Public Health Science

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.

Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health held on Nov 19, 2014.

All abstracts from the conference are available online at The Lancet

Programme

09.00	Welcome and introduction to the dayRichard Horton, The Lancet Rob Aldridge, University College London
09.15	Creativity and innovation in public health science Chairs: Anne Johnson, University College London & TBC
	Does a complex intervention by primary care nurses increase walking in 60-75 year olds? Outcomes at three and twelve months in the PACE-Lift (Pedometer Accelerometer Consultation Evaluation – Lift) cluster randomised controlled trial – Tess HarrisFinancial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy: A randomised controlled trial – David Tappin Are Financial Incentives for Breastfeeding feasible in the UK? A mixed methods field study – Clare Relton Multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating implementation of a fire-prevention injury prevention briefing in children’s centres. – Toity Deave Towards enhanced community genetic literacy among a minority ethnic community: a participatory action research project – Sarah Salway
10.30	Tea, coffee and meet the funders talk
11.00	New methodological approaches to public health science Chairs: Klim McPherson, UK Health Forum & TBC Using seemingly unrelated equations to assess changes in dietary behaviours during the UK’s economic crisis – Michelle Cecchini Successful ageing, education and functional trajectories in later life: A longitudinal latent variable modelling analysis – Theodore David Cosco Active monitoring of potential adverse immunisation events using hospitalisation data and linked analysis in Scotland – Claire Cameron Explaining ethnic inequalities in health in Scotland: a pilot study linking primary care to Census data to account for ethnic variations in cardiovascular disease – Anne Douglas What do people fear about cancer? A systematic review and meta-synthesis – Charlotte Vrinten
12.30	Lunch and chaired poster viewing
14.00	Keynote SpeechesChair: Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15.00	Tea, coffee and poster viewing
15.30	Implementing public health science in policy and practice Chairs: Simon Capewell, University of Liverpool & TBC
	Reflections And Best Practice Recommendations For Interdisciplinary Working: A Case Study on Identifying The Determinants Of Addiction From The Addiction And Lifestyles In Contemporary Europe – Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP). – Lucy GellInvestigating healthcare rationing in practice: a qualitative study – Amanda Owen-Smith Primary care competition and the effect of new providers on quality of care in England – Felix Greaves Attitudes towards lung cancer screening within socioeconomically deprived and heavy smoking communities: a qualitative study – Samantha L Quaife Interpretation and use of official drinking guidelines by adult men and women in England and Scotland: a qualitative study – Melanie Lovatt
17.00	Closing remarks
	Richard Horton, The Lancet

You can view all abstracts presented at the 2013 conference online at The Lancet.

You can view all abstracts presented at the 2012 conference online at The Lancet.