Public Health Science

The Lancet invite abstract submissions for Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health to be held in London at Mary Ward House, UK, on Nov 24, 2017.

This year we will again be awarding both oral and poster presentation prizes. To be entered, tell us if you are a pre-PhD researcher (eg, MSc student, foundation year trainee, research assistant, public health trainee, or academic clinical fellow), PhD student, or postdoctoral trainee (clinical lecturers, clinician scientist fellows, or equivalent posts) when you submit your abstract. Public Health England is also sponsoring a prize for the best piece of implementation research that will be selected from all submissions.

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, be written in English, and contain no references, tables, or figures. Submissions should include the following sections: background (including context and aim), methods, findings, and interpretation. Please also include a non-declamatory title (including a study descriptor—eg, randomised); names, titles, highest degrees, and affiliations of authors; postal and email addresses for the corresponding author; any funding received (if none, please state this); and a brief summary of the contributions of each author and any competing interests. Abstract guidelines are available on The Lancet‘s website. Reports of randomised trials should follow the CONSORT extension for abstracts.

Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document through The Lancet’s online submission system and state in your covering letter that the submission is for the Public Health Science conference. The abstract submission deadline is June 19, 2017. After The Lancet‘s peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation by Aug 25, 2017.

You can now book your place at the conference at the HG3 booking website here – https://registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/phs17

Thanks to Gareth Richards for writing this great blog about the 2016 conference. We’re glad you enjoyed the day and hope to see you next year!

We are delighted to announce the programme for Public Health Science 2016. This year the conference is being held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Cardiff, UK on Nov 25, 2016.

Programme

09.00	Welcome and introduction to the day Richard Horton, The Lancet Rob Aldridge, University College London
09.15	Creativity and innovation in public health science Chairs: Richard Horton and Emily Tweed
	1.     Trajectory of achievement in primary school and development of mental health conditions in adolescence. Sinead Brophy. 2.     Suicide and self-harm related Internet use: a cross-sectional study investigating the prevalence and characteristics of hospital presenting self-harm patients. Prianka Padmanathan. 3.     Effects of national housing quality standards on hospital emergency admissions: a quasi-experiment using data linkage. Sarah Rodgers. 4.     What is the maternal and child mental health impact of moving into poverty and child and maternal mental health? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Sophie Wickham. 5.     Health impacts of the M74 urban motorway extension: a natural experimental study. David Ogilvie
10.30	Tea and coffee
11.00	New methodological approaches to public health science Chairs: Martin McKee and Louise Hurst
	1.     Content analysis of tobacco industry data on the illicit tobacco trade in UK newspapers during the standardised packaging debate. Karen Evans-Reeves. 2.     Towards a new model of evidence for public health. Harry Rutter 3.     Negotiating multisectoral evidence: a qualitative study of knowledge exchange in transport and public health. Cornelia Guell. 4.     Body mass index and cardiometabolic disease in UK Biobank: a Mendelian randomization study of 119,859 UK Biobank participants. Donald Lyall. 5.     Econometric and comparative risk assessment scenario modelling of the proposed UK sugary drink tax on health. Adam Briggs.
12.30	Lunch and chaired poster viewing
14.00	Keynote Speeches: Chair: Anne Johnson 1.     Public Health research in Wales. Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer, Wales. 2.     Data Linkage: an essential tool for efficient observational and interventional research and service delivery. Ronan Lyons, Clinical Professor of Public Health, Swansea University Medical School
15.00	Tea, coffee and poster viewing
15.30	Implementing public health science in policy and practice Chairs: Klim McPherson and Serena Luchenski 1.     Does exposure to opioid substitution treatment at prison release reduce the risk of death? A national prospective cohort study in England. Matthew Hickman. 2.     Evaluation of the Healthy Start Voucher Scheme: a Qualitative Study of Low Income Mothers’ Perspectives. Susan Browne. 3.     Can continuity of primary care decrease emergency care use? A nested case-control study. Peter Tammes. 4.     Low alcohol consumption and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: time to change guidelines indicating apparently ‘safe’ levels of alcohol during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analyses. Loubaba Mamluk. 5.     Impact of a levy on sales of sugar-sweetened beverages within Jamie’s Italian restaurants: interrupted time-series analysis. Steven Cummins.
17.00	Closing remarks  Richard Horton, The Lancet

 

 

Ageing

1. Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and hearing impairment in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Camille Lassale
2. Vision impairment doubles the risk of frailty over 4 years: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Ann Elizabeth Margaretha Liljas
3. Physical activity in older people: A review of systematic reviews of interventions and context, Olawale Olanrewaju
4. Lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve and cognitive function: results from a population-based cohort, the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales (CFAS Wales), Yu-Tzu Wu
5. Life course adiposity and biological ageing: A cross-sectional study, Wahyu Wulaningsih
6. Dementia case-finding in acute hospitals: qualitative study of hospital clinicians’ and GPs’ perspectives, Anne-Marie Burn

Alcohol

7. Factors associated with public support for alcohol policy in England: a population-based survey, Penny Buykx
8. Alcohol in older people: systematic reviews of interventions and context, Sarah Kelly
9. Alcohol misuse and injury outcomes in young people aged 10-24: A cohort analysis using linked primary and secondary data in England, Louise Lester
10. Assessing the feasibility of using health information in alcohol licensing decisions: A case study of seven English local authorities, John Daniel Mooney
11. Do cumulative impact zones reduce alcohol availability in UK high streets? Evaluating a natural experiment introducing a new licencing policy, Triantafyllos Pliakas 

Cardiovascular

12. Evaluating the Number of Offspring and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Men and Women to Distinguish the Role of Shared Lifestyle Characteristics, Maria Christine Magnus
13. Explaining differences in cardiovascular disease mortality between local authorities in England: an ecological analysis, Prachi Bhatnagar
14. Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A prospective study using routinely collected health data held in the SAIL Databank, Roxanne Cooksey
15. Childhood maltreatment and biomarkers for cardiometabolic disease in mid-adulthood: associations and potential explanations, Snehal Pinto Pereira
16. Is post-stent clopidogrel stopped on time? A prescribing audit in primary care, Katherine Maskell
17. Reducing US cardiovascular disease inequalities through dietary policy, Piotr Bandosz 

Child and Adolescent Health

18. Body-mass index and incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in UK children and young adults, Ali Abbasi
19. NAP SACC UK: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial to adapt a US environmental intervention in UK nurseries to increase physical activity and healthy eating in 2-4 year olds, Rowan Brockman
20. Parental influences on children’s physical self-perceptions, body composition and physical activity levels, William Thompson Bezant Eddolls
21. Exploring the case for investing in Early Years in Wales: A health economics perspective, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
22. Methods of ascertainment of children and young people living with diabetes mellitus: a mapping exercise of the NHS diabetic eye screening programmes, Maria Ibanez Bruron 

Ethnicity and Migration

23. Migration and Health: A Policy Review to Support Inter-Sectoral Actions and Joint-Policy Interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries Across Regions, Anjali Bhaskar Borhade
24. Health needs of unaccompanied children seeking asylum – a descriptive analysis of the physical and mental health needs of unaccompanied children, Rachel Margaret Coyle
25. Body mass index adjustments to increase the validity of body fatness assessment in UK black African and South Asian children, Mohammed T Hudda
26. Exploring determinants of overweight and obesity in South Asian Adolescents in England, Gurnam Singh Johal
27. Perceived barriers to accessing mental health services amongst the black and minority ethnic (BME) communities: A qualitative study in southeast England, Anjum Memon 

Health Protection

28. Seasonal influenza vaccination in healthcare workers: exploring the influence of consultants on the uptake of vaccination by medical students and early career doctors, Rhiannon Louise Edge
29. Public attitudes toward research participation during an infectious disease pandemic: a qualitative study across four European countries, Nina Gobat
30. Estimating the burden of admissions due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children <5 years of age in England using linked laboratory surveillance and hospital data, Rachel Melanie Reeves
31. Winter burden of hospital bed closures due to acute gastroenteritis in England, 2010/11-2015/16: a population-based observational study using routinely collected data, Frank G Sandmann
32. Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in people age 50 and above: a systematic review, Elaney Youssef

Implementation research

33. Systematic review of public-targeted communication interventions to improve antibiotic use, Robert Tolfree
34. Inferring the intervention effect of local alcohol licensing polices on hospital admission and violent crime: a natural experiment using a novel Bayesian synthetic control method, Frank de Vocht
35. Modelling the long-term epidemiological and cost impact of a multi-component lifestyle intervention and a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in the EU: results from the EConDA project, Laura Pimpin
36. Achieving the 2025 WHO Global Health BMI Targets: Progress of 53 WHO-Europe region countries, a modelling study, Elisa Pineda
37. Improving population levels of physical activity through integration into everyday life: a pre-post analysis of the Cycling Cities and Towns (CCTs) programme, Glenn Stewart

Maternal and Child Health

38. Mam-Kind Study: A Novel Peer Support Intervention Using Motivational Interviewing for Breastfeeding Maintenance: a UK Feasibility Study, Lauren Copeland
39. Adversity and risk of poor birth and infant outcomes for young mothers: a population-based data linkage cohort study, Katie Harron
40. A systematic review of interventions that enhance health professional contact with parents and infants to improve child development and social-emotional wellbeing in the early years in high-income countries, Lisa Hurt
41. Prenatal alcohol exposure and pregnancy and childhood outcomes: a systematic review of alternative analytical approaches, Loubaba Mamluk
42. Systematic review of infant and young children complementary feeding practices in South Asian families, Logan Manikam
43. Providing the Best Medicine: The Use of Evidence to Support Breastfeeding/breast milk feeding in Neonatal Units (NNUs) in Scotland, Kate Woodman 

Mental Health (1)

44. A national cross-sectional survey of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their association with health-harming behaviours and mental well-being in the Welsh adult population, Kathryn Ashton
45. Barriers and facilitators for lowering cardiovascular disease risk in people with severe mental illnesses: Evidence from a systematic review and focus group study, Alexandra Burton
46. Meditation in Humanitarian Aid – an action research, Jivana Hunt
47. Recent trends in diagnosis and psychotropic prescribing for children and young people- a series of e-cohort studies, Ann John

Mental Health (2)

48. Cost effectiveness of a befriending intervention to improve the wellbeing and reduce loneliness of older women, Lesley Owen
49. Mental health and wellbeing trends among children and young people in the UK 2000-2014: repeated cross-sectional study. Jackie Pitchforth
50. Generalized anxiety disorder and excess cancer deaths: findings from a large, longitudinal population study, Sarah Kelly and Olawale Olanrewaju
51. Evaluation of an Asset-based Community Development project: Does it promote health and well-being?, Emily van de Venter
52. Improving mental health through the regeneration of deprived neighborhoods: A prospective controlled quasi-experimental study, James White

New Methods and Tools 

53. Reporting of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews of public health interventions: a methodological assessment, Mhairi Campbell
54. Using a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) approach to elicit patients’ preferences for hip fracture rehabilitation services as part of a feasibility study, Joanna Mary Charles
55. The UK Secure eResearch Platform for public health research: a case study, Kerina Helen Jones
56. Cost Analysis of Standard Sanger Sequencing (SSS) versus Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in ICONIC: Infection Response through Virus Genomics, Nishma Patel
57. Vitamin D levels in relation to gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia: a Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Maria Christine Magnus 

Obesity, Diet, Physical activity and other Behavioural Interventions (1)

58. Poverty and non-communicable disease behavioural risk factors in low- and lower-middle income countries: A systematic review, Luke Allen
59. How much do people spend on physical activity in England: the first nationwide cross- sectional survey of expenditure in England, Nana Kwame Anokye
60. A Secondary Analysis of Data in the ‘Welsh Health Survey for Children’ to Identify Risk Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity in Wales, Claire Beynon
61. Examining the interplay of fast food exposure and income on diet and obesity: A cross-sectional study in UK Biobank, Thomas Burgoin
62. Sugar Sweetened Beverages Coverage in the British Media – An Analysis of Public Health Advocacy versus Pro-Industry Messaging, Simon Capewell

Obesity, Diet, Physical activity and other Behavioural Interventions (2)

63. Home cooking experiences, perceptions and practices: a qualitative study using interviews with photo-elicitation, Susanna Mills
64. A systematic review of concepts and mechanisms linking environmental change and changes in physical activity, Jenna Panter
65. Association of the Food Environment and Obesity: A Systematic Review of Geographic and Statistical Methods, Elisa Pineda
66. Determinants in early adulthood of leisure-time physical inactivity stability and change in mid-life: findings from a prospective cohort, Snehal M Pinto Pereira
67. Associations between energy drink consumption and school attendance, academic attainment, and problem behaviour: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis, Gareth Richards

Population Healthcare and Screening

68. Is the timing of the first antenatal visit associated with adverse birth outcomes? Analysis from a population-based birth cohort, Nisreen A Alwan
69. The relationship between GP Practice funding and practice achievement: a cross-sectional study, Veline L’Esperance
70. A grounded theory study of participation in cervical screening for young women: Sexual association the hidden issue, Mabel Okoeki
71. Understanding barriers to cervical screening uptake in transmen: an exploratory qualitative analysis, Joanna Semlyen
72. Cancer stigma and cancer screening attendance: a population-based survey in England, Charlotte Vrinten
73. Understanding factors influencing vaccination acceptance during pregnancy in Hackney, London, Rose Wilson

Sexual and Reproductive Health

74. Finding Sexual partners online: prevalence and associations with sexual behaviour and sexual health outcomes using a British national probability survey, Melissa Cabecinha
75. A discrete choice experiment involving 1,230 young people across England to identify attributes which might influence young people’s preferences for emerging technologies for Chlamydia testing and treatment, Sue Eaton
76. Perceptions of HPV and attitudes towards HPV vaccination amongst men who have sex with men: a qualitative analysis, Tom Nadarzynski
77. A realist evaluation of the provision of positive sexual health services for young people, Katie Shearn

Smoking

78. Models for Access to Maternal Smoking cessation Support MAMSS): results from a quasi-experiment to increase the engagement of pregnant women who smoke in NHS Stop Smoking Services, Lorna Bennett
79. The Causal Effects of Varenicline on Adverse Outcomes: an Observational Cohort Study Using Electronic Medical Records, Neil Martin Davies
80. The Costs of Disinvesting from Stop Smoking Services: an economic evaluation based on the NICE Tobacco Return on Investment model, Lesley Owen
81. The effectiveness of varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy on long-term smoking cessation in primary care, Neil Martin Davies
82. Smoke responsibly: A qualitative study of student and staff beliefs about smoking in further education institutions, Micky Willmott

 Social Determinants of Health (1)

83. Understanding social inequalities in childhood hospital admissions: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, Melisa Campbell
84. Socioeconomic indicators and sociobehavioural mediators of high mental wellbeing despite low physical capability: Findings from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, Theodore David Cosco
85. Associations between different measures of child poverty, healthcare utilisation and health outcomes: observational study of nationally representative English data, Dougal S Hargreaves
86. Does intergenerational social mobility affect general health, oral health and physical function among older adults in England?, Alejandra Letelier
87. A Small Area Estimation Model of Comorbidity for England, Karyn Morrissey

Social Determinants of Health (2)

88. Child maltreatment and living standards in adulthood: findings from a prospective birth cohort, Snehal M Pinto Pereira
89. The short-term health and social impacts of energy-efficiency investments in low-income communities: A controlled field study, Wouter Poortinga
90. Poverty and development interventions which address behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases in low- and lower-middle income countries: a systematic review, Jessica Pullar
91. A natural experiment evaluating the impact of the built environment on self-rated health and well-being, and other health behaviours: baseline characteristics of participants from social, affordable and market-rent accommodation, Bina Ram
92. Public Health Data Science: using the Global Burden of Disease methodology to estimate disease burden due to air pollution in England, Jurgen Carlo Schmidt
93. Effect of internal migration on inequalities in mortality in Wales: an e-cohort study, Andrea Gartner

Trials

94. The short and long-term cost-effectiveness of a pedometer based intervention in primary care: results of a within trial analysis and beyond trial modelling, Nana Kwame Anokye
95. Evaluating youth mentoring for young people at risk of exclusion from secondary school: results from a feasibility randomised control trial study, Heide Busse
96. Text-message Reminders in Colorectal Cancer Screening (TRICCS): a non-clinical randomised controlled trial, Yasemin Hirst
97. Message framing in cervical screening invitation letters: A randomised controlled trial, Sarah Huf
98. National Cancer Registration Service prostate cancer registry validation utilising data from the Cluster randomised triAl of PSA testing for Prostate cancer (CAP) study, Sam Merriel

 

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The Lancet invite abstract submissions for Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health to be held on Nov 25, 2016. This year the conference will be held in Cardiff.

This year we hope to build on our support for early career researchers by introducing oral and poster presentation prizes. To be entered into this competition please inform us when you submit your abstract if you are a pre-PhD (e.g. MSc student, Foundation Year trainee, Public Health trainee or Academic Clinical Fellow), PhD student, or Postdoctoral trainee (Clinical Lecturers, Clinician Scientist Fellows or equivalent posts). Additionally, Public Health England will sponsor a prize for the best piece of implementation research that will be selected from all submissions by judges at the conference.

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, be written in English, and contain no references, tables, or figures. Submissions should include the following sections: background (including context and aim); methods; findings; and interpretation. Please also include a non-declamatory title (including a study descriptor—eg, randomised); names, titles, highest degrees, and affiliations of authors; postal and email addresses for the corresponding author; any funding received (if none, please state this); and a brief summary of the contributions of each author and any competing interests. Guidelines are available on The Lancet’s website. Reports of randomised trials should follow the CONSORT extension for abstracts.

Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document to The Lancet’s online submission system. To submit your abstract go to http://ees.elsevier.com/thelancet/ stating in your covering letter that the submission is for the Public Health Science conference. The abstract submission deadline is June 20, 2016. After The Lancet peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation by Aug 25, 2016.

We are delighted to announce the programme for Public Health Science 2015. This year the conference is being held at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK on Nov 13, 2015.

Online booking now open: Please follow this link to HG3 Conferences where you can book your place.

Draft Programme

08.30	Registration
09.00	Welcome and introduction to the day Richard Horton, The Lancet Rob Aldridge, University College London
09.15	Creativity and innovation in public health science Chairs: Richard Horton & Serena Luchenski
	A risk calculator for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in London, UK, Oliver Dukes Sleep duration and risk markers for type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in children aged 9–10 years, Alicja Rudnicka How the local built environment affects physical activity behaviour in older adults in the UK: a cross-sectional analysis linked to two national cohorts, Richard Silverworth Trends in absolute and relative risk of acute myocardial infarction in people with type 2 diabetes in Scotland: a national retrospective cohort study, Stephanie Read Surviving cancer: pilot of a web-based self-management support programme, eHOPE, Becky Whiteman
10.30	Tea and coffee
11.00	New methodological approaches to public health science Chairs: Anne Johnson  & Louise Hurst
	Does active commuting protect against obesity in mid-life? Evidence from UK Biobank, Ellen Flint Lessons from comparing narrative synthesis and meta-analysis in a systematic review, G.J. Melendez-Torres Assessing changes in the burden of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the context of widespread opportunistic chlamydia screening: Application of a novel Pgp3 antibody assay to a series of nationally-representative household surveys in England (1994-2012), Sarah Charlotte Woodhall Linkage of population-level administrative hospital data to evaluate maternal influences on infant and child health, Ruth Gilbert Development of an open source tool for mapping disease clusters, Catherine Smith
12.30	Lunch and chaired poster viewing
14.00	Keynote Speeches: Rockefeller Foundation / Lancet Commission on planetary health – the challenges for public health science by Prof Sir Andy Haines, LSHTM Health of the public in 2040: identifying the main health challenges the UK population will face by 2040, and the opportunities to address them by Prof Dame Anne Johnson, UCL. Chair: Simon Capewell
15.00	Tea, coffee and poster viewing
15.30	Implementing public health science in policy and practice Chairs: Klim McPherson & Bethan Davies A primary care pedometer-based walking intervention with and without practice nurse support in 45-75 year olds: PACE-UP (Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation) cluster randomised controlled trial, Tess Harris Variation in patient experience between General Practice contract types: multilevel analysis of a national cross-sectional survey, Anthony Laverty Addressing alcohol harms by removing cheap, super-strength beer and cider: a qualitative study of a local alcohol availability intervention, Elizabeth Tyner McGill Cost-effectiveness and cost of an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme for high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) in England: results of a static decision analytical model, Koh Jun Ong A mixed methods study on the prioritisation of cancer and access to cancer drugs: the Cancer Drugs Fund in England, Charlotte Chamberlain
17.00	Closing remarks
	Richard Horton, The Lancet

Early Career Researcher Group 1                                  

1. Mobile phone-based intervention for promoting adherence of tuberculosis treatment: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. Chen Shanquan
2. Vaccination information in public libraries: Results of a catalogue search of the London Libraries Consortium. Dilshad Marikar
3. Emergency hormonal contraception and body weight: analysis of data from the Health Survey for England 2010. Sarah Woodhall
4. Characterising the Alcohol Harm Paradox: A population based survey of adults in England. Emma Beard
5. Association between ethnic minority status at school and bullying and mental health outcomes in early adolescents: cross-sectional analysis of data from the INCLUSIVE study. Leo Bevilacqua

Early Career Researcher Group 2

6. “Sit Less ScHARR!”: A feasibility study looking at the development, implementation and evaluation of a pilot workplace intervention to reduce sitting amongst staff in a UK university department. Kelly Mackenzie
7. An investigation of the relationship between perceived exercise capability and childhood obesity: A prospective cohort study. Michael Taylor
8. A prospective cohort feasibility study investigating effectiveness of a weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for Qatari children. Michael Taylor
9. Does food portion size differ by level of household income? A cross sectional study using the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/2011. Nisreen Alwan
10. Social cohesion, neighbourhood resilience and health: evidence from New Deals for Community study. Vladimir Gordee

Early Career Researcher Group 3

11. Interpreting ‘community’ within the context of a ‘community’-based regeneration initiative – a qualitative case study. Joanna Reynolds
12. Frequent attendances to NHS GP-led urgent care centres in London – How many and whom? An observational study. Geva Greenfield
13. Time trends in hospital admissions for violent, self-inflicted and drug/alcohol-related injury for adolescents in England and Scotland, 2005-2011. Annie Herbert
14. Reporting guidelines for population health and policy interventions: TIDieR-PHP. Vittal Katikireddi
15. Associations between GP experience and health outcomes among English adolescents: cross-sectional study of national data. Arrash Yassaee

New Methods

16. An embedded realist synthesis of what works, for whom, how and in what circumstances to reduce repeat pregnancies in adolescence. Joanna Charles
17. Understanding area-based community empowerment initiatives as “events in systems” and the implications for evaluating their potential to impact on health inequalities. Emma Halliday
18. The cost effectiveness of an internet and computer training intervention to improve older people’s independence and mental wellbeing. Lesley Owen
19. Effects of visual adaptation on perception of and satisfaction with own body size: two randomised studies. Helen Bould
20. Measuring the contributions of prevention and treatment of illness to changing life expectancy using ‘Avoidable Mortality’: how to deal with new diseases. Ilias Goranitis

Health Protection

21. Factors influencing uptake of childhood vaccination in the United Kingdom: a thematic synthesis. Alice Forster
22. Can outbreak research be achieved in a population with impaired capacity? Lessons from a study of scabies outbreaks in residential care. Stefania Lanza
23. Is the current evidence about costs for outcomes associated with chlamydia sufficiently robust for evaluation of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme? A critique of the evidence from an English perspective. Koh Jun Ong
24. Video Observed Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: A Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives. Philip Windish
25. Bio-aerosol production by patients with tuberculosis during normal tidal breathing: implications for transmission risk – a cohort study. Fatima Wurie

Sexual and Reproductive Health 

26. Occurrence of domestic violence in gay and bisexual men attending a sexual health clinic and pilot testing of an educational support intervention for sexual health practitioners. Loraine Bacchus
27. Evaluation of the Health in Pregnancy Grant policy in Scotland: a natural experiment using routine data from 2004-13. Ruth Dundas
28. Delay in sexual orientation disclosure to healthcare professionals amongst men who have sex with men in the South-East of England: a qualitative analysis. Tom Nadarzynski
29. How common are chlamydia related bacteria in early pregnancy and are they associated with miscarriage or preterm birth? Community-based prospective cohort study. Pippa Oakeshott
30. Qualitative synthesis of young people’s views of sex and relationship education (SRE). Pandora Pound

Smoking and Alcohol

31. The measurable impact of local alcohol licensing policies on population health. Frank de Vocht
32. A multi-centre randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH). Emma Giles
33. Smoking cessation advice delivered to older adults accessing primary care: A qualitative exploration. Lisa Huddlestone
34. The impact of food insecurity on smoking and quitting behaviours: A survey of food bank clients. Lisa Huddlestone
35. Perception of the effects of e-cigarettes. Jennie Day

Mental Health

36. Maternal depression and the risk of injuries in children aged 0-4 years: a population-based cohort study. Ruth Baker
37. Maternal depression episodes in the 5 years after childbirth among women with antenatal and postnatal depression: a population-based cohort study. Ruth Baker
38. Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and risk of later depression in older people: follow-up of participants in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Sungano Chigogora
39. Area deprivation and generalised anxiety disorder in a British community cohort: findings from the EPIC-Norfolk study. Olivia Remes
40. Is education a demographic dividend? The role of cognitive reserve on dementia-related cognitive decline: a comparison of six longitudinal studies of ageing. Dorina Cadar

Diet, Weight Management and Other Lifestyle Interventions

41. Takeaway meal consumption and risk markers for coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity in children aged 9-10 years: a cross-sectional study. Angela Donin
42. An opportunity to reduce cardiovascular and gastric cancer disease burdens and inequalities attributable to dietary salt: IMPACTNCD microsimulation study. Chris Kypridemos
43. Sugar and artificially sweetened beverage consumption and adiposity changes: national longitudinal study. Anthony Laverty
44. Lifestyle interventions for obese and overweight pregnant women to improve pregnancy outcome: updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Oteng-Ntim
45. Teachers as health promoters: a longitudinal study of the effect of a health education curriculum for trainee teachers on their practice in schools. Karen Pickett

Social Determinants of Health

46. Health and wellbeing of lone parents in welfare to work: a systematic review of qualitative studies. Mhairi Campbell
47. Dynamic longitudinal associations between social support and cognitive function: a prospective cohort study. Jing Liao
48. Changes in first entry to out-of-home care from 1992 to 2012 among children in England: analysis of administrative data. Louise Mc Grath-Lone
49. Developing a framework for identifying and measuring “collective control” as a social determinant of health: Findings from an evaluation of a natural policy experiment in empowerment. Ruth Ponsford
50. Does education explain the terminal decline in the oldest-old? Evidence from two longitudinal studies of ageing: Newcastle 85+, UK and OCTO-Twin, Sweden. Dorina Cadar 

Population Healthcare

51. Complications following pelvic organ prolapse surgery: effect of procedure type and the use of mesh, a retrospective cohort study. Rachael Wood
52. The effect of alpha blocker exposure on cancer specific and overall mortality in prostate cancer patients -a population based cohort study. Beade Numbere
53. Practitioner-based complementary and alternative therapies in the management of asthma in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Louisa Woollen
54. Emergency admissions across the transition from paediatric to adult care: cross-sectional analysis of English hospital data. Linda Wijlaars
55. Service evaluation of a pilot to improve primary care sexual health services in England implemented using a stepped wedge design. Katy Town

Ageing

56. Successful ageing trajectories at the end of life: A longitudinal population-based cohort study. Theodore David Cosco
57. Operational definitions of resilience in ageing: A systematic review. Theodore David Cosco
58. Facilitators and barriers for recruiting and engaging hard-to-reach older people to health promotion and health-related research: a systematic review. Ann Liljas
59. Sensory impairments and incident disability in older British community-dwelling men. Ann Liljas
60. How does our decision to smoke and drink in midlife affect our cognition in later life? Findings from the 1946 British Birth Cohort. Martina Vnukova
61. Is cancer a good way to die? A population-based survey among older adults in the UK. Charlotte Vrinten

Child and Adolescent Health

62. Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of childhood myopia, a systematic review: implications for aetiology and early prevention. Alicja Rudnicka
63. Recalibrating the assessment of overweight-obesity prevalence from body mass index (BMI) in UK children of South Asian and black African origin: cross-sectional study based on recent National Child Measurement Programme data. Peter Whincup
64. Why do more infants die in the UK than in Sweden? An inter-country comparison of birthweight-specific infant mortality between England & Wales and Sweden. Anna Zylbersztejn
65. Effectiveness of the statutory health assessment in identifying and treating tobacco dependence among residentially looked-after youth: A one-year retrospective review. Lisa Huddlestone
66. Operation Smoke Storm: effectiveness of a school-based smoking prevention intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry. Lisa Szatkowski

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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University College London, UK Health Forum, and The Lancet invite abstract submissions for Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health to be held on Nov 13, 2015. This year the conference is being held at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, be written in English, and contain no references, tables, or figures. Submissions should include the following sections: background (including context and aim); methods; findings; and interpretation. Please also include a non-declamatory title (including a study descriptor—eg, randomised); names, titles, highest degrees, and affiliations of authors; postal and email addresses for the corresponding author; any funding received (if none, please state this); and a brief summary of the contributions of each author and any competing interests. Guidelines are available on The Lancet’s website. Reports of randomised trials should follow the CONSORT extension for abstracts.

Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document to The Lancet’s online submission system. To submit your abstract go to http://ees.elsevier.com/thelancet/ stating in your covering letter that the submission is for the Public Health Science conference. The abstract submission deadline is June 23, 2015. After The Lancet peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation by Sept 4, 2015.

A draft programme will be published shortly. Conference bookings will open in July.