Outputs (9)

Community pharmacy-delivered interventions for public health priorities: a systematic review of interventions for alcohol reduction, smoking cessation and weight management, including meta-analysis for smoking cessation (2016)
Journal Article
Brown, T., Todd, A., O’Malley, C., Moore, H., Husband, A., Bambra, C., …Summerbell, C. (2016). Community pharmacy-delivered interventions for public health priorities: a systematic review of interventions for alcohol reduction, smoking cessation and weight management, including meta-analysis for smoking cessation. BMJ Open, 6(2), Article e009828. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009828

Objectives: To systematically review the effectiveness of community pharmacy-delivered interventions for alcohol reduction, smoking cessation and weight management. Design: Systematic review and meta-analyses. 10 electronic databases were searched fr... Read More about Community pharmacy-delivered interventions for public health priorities: a systematic review of interventions for alcohol reduction, smoking cessation and weight management, including meta-analysis for smoking cessation.

Weighing up the evidence: a systematic review of the effectiveness of workplace interventions to tackle socio-economic inequalities in obesity (2015)
Journal Article
Cairns, J., Bambra, C., Hillier-Brown, F., Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2015). Weighing up the evidence: a systematic review of the effectiveness of workplace interventions to tackle socio-economic inequalities in obesity. Journal of Public Health, 37(4), 659-670. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu077

Background: Addressing socio-economic inequalities in obesity is a public health priority and the workplace is seen as a potential health promotion site. However, there is a lack of evidence on what works. This article systematically reviews studies... Read More about Weighing up the evidence: a systematic review of the effectiveness of workplace interventions to tackle socio-economic inequalities in obesity.

How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews (2015)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Hillier, F., Cairns, J., Kasim, A., Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2015). How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews. Public Health Research, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3310/phr03010

Background: Tackling obesity is one of the major contemporary public health policy challenges and is vital in terms of addressing health inequalities. Objectives: To systematically review the effectiveness of interventions (individual, community and... Read More about How effective are interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among children and adults? Two systematic reviews.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst adults (2014)
Journal Article
Hillier-Brown, F., Bambra, C., Cairns-Nagi, J., Kasim, A., Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2014). A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst adults. International Journal of Obesity, 38(12), 1483-1490. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.75

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity are well established in high-income countries. There is a lack of evidence of the types of intervention that are effective in reducing these inequalities among adults. Objectives: To systematically re... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst adults.

Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions (2014)
Journal Article
Todd, A., Moore, H., Husband, A., Bambra, C., Kasim, A., Sniehotta, F., …Summerbell, C. (2014). Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions. Systematic Reviews, 3, https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-93

Background: Community pharmacists can deliver health care advice at an opportunistic level, related to prescription or non-prescription medicines and as part of focused services designed to reduce specific risks to health. Obesity, smoking and excess... Read More about Community pharmacy interventions for public health priorities: protocol for a systematic review of community pharmacy-delivered smoking, alcohol and weight management interventions.

Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to evaluate a public health policy initiative in the North East of England (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Wistow, J., & Bambra, C. (2013). Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to evaluate a public health policy initiative in the North East of England. Policy and Society, 32(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polsoc.2013.10.002

This paper presents a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) analysis of data produced as part of the evaluation a Nation Health Service commissioned intervention in the North East of England. QCA is a case-oriented method that allows systematic comp... Read More about Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to evaluate a public health policy initiative in the North East of England.

Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults (2013)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Hillier, F., Moore, H., Cairns-Nagi, J., & Summerbell, C. (2013). Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults. Systematic Reviews, 2(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-27

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in obesity and associated risk factors for obesity are widening throughout developed countries worldwide. Tackling obesity is high on the public health agenda both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Howe... Read More about Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among adults.

Applying qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health: a case study of a health improvement service for long-term incapacity benefit recipients (2013)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Wistow, J., & Bambra, C. (2014). Applying qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health: a case study of a health improvement service for long-term incapacity benefit recipients. Journal of Public Health, 36(1), 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdt047

Background This paper explores the value of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health research using the example of a pilot case management intervention for long-term incapacity benefit recipients. It uses QCA to examine how the ‘health... Read More about Applying qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public health: a case study of a health improvement service for long-term incapacity benefit recipients.

Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children (2012)
Journal Article
Bambra, C., Hillier, F., Moore, H., & Summerbell, C. (2012). Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children. Systematic Reviews, 1, Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-1-16

Background: There is growing evidence of the impact of overweight and obesity on short- and long-term functioning, health and well-being. Internationally, childhood obesity rates continue to rise in some countries (for example, Mexico, India, China a... Read More about Tackling inequalities in obesity: a protocol for a systematic review of the effectiveness of public health interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children.