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The incidence, cost, and burden of concussion in women’s rugby league and rugby union: A systematic review and pooled analysis (2022)
Journal Article
King, D., Hume, P., Hind, K., Clark, N., & Hardaker, N. (2022). The incidence, cost, and burden of concussion in women’s rugby league and rugby union: A systematic review and pooled analysis. Sports Medicine, 52, 1751–1764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01645-8

Background: The extent of concussion injury in the rugby codes for women is unclear. Objective: Our aim was to review all published studies reporting concussion injuries from match and training participation in rugby codes and report the pooled data... Read More about The incidence, cost, and burden of concussion in women’s rugby league and rugby union: A systematic review and pooled analysis.

An institutional analysis of gender (in)equalities, covid-19 and governance of elite women’s football in Australia, England and the USA (2022)
Journal Article
Clarkson, B. G., Parry, K. D., Culvin, A., & Pope, S. (2022). An institutional analysis of gender (in)equalities, covid-19 and governance of elite women’s football in Australia, England and the USA. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 12(4), 459-478. https://doi.org/10.1108/sbm-01-2021-0004

Purpose: Women’s football faces an existential threat from covid-19. Using case studies, we explore the covid-19 responses of three highly-ranked national football associations (Australia, England, and the USA) and their professional women’s football... Read More about An institutional analysis of gender (in)equalities, covid-19 and governance of elite women’s football in Australia, England and the USA.

Men’s Football Fandom and the Performance of Progressive and Misogynistic Masculinities in a ‘New Age’ of UK Women’s Sport (2022)
Journal Article
Pope, S., Williams, J., & Cleland, J. (2022). Men’s Football Fandom and the Performance of Progressive and Misogynistic Masculinities in a ‘New Age’ of UK Women’s Sport. Sociology, 56(4), 730-748. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211063359

This article offers an original contribution as the first to focus empirically on men football fans’ attitudes towards women’s sport in a ‘new age’ of UK media coverage, in which women’s sport has experienced a significantly increased and more positi... Read More about Men’s Football Fandom and the Performance of Progressive and Misogynistic Masculinities in a ‘New Age’ of UK Women’s Sport.

Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Monforte, J., Smith, M., & Smith, B. (2022). Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2805-e2817. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13724

Recently, social workers have been identified as a key messenger group for promoting physical activity (PA) to disabled people. Also identified is the need to train social workers in PA promotion. In response, the purpose of this article is to inform... Read More about Designing a programme to train social workers on how to promote physical activity for disabled people: A Delphi study in the UK.

The reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test in elite rugby league athletes (2022)
Journal Article
Scott, T. J., McLaren, S. J., Lovell, R., Scott, M. T., & Barrett, S. (2022). The reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test in elite rugby league athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(8), 840-852. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.2021047

We aimed to examine the reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test (SMFTIFT60). Nineteen elite rugby league players performed a one-week test-retest of SMFTIFT60. Typical Errors and ICCs were: small (<3.5%) an... Read More about The reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal fitness test in elite rugby league athletes.

Neighbourhood planning, rural ageing and public health policy in England: a case of policy myopia? (2022)
Journal Article
Lee, C., Parker, G., Buckner, S., Mattocks, C., Barnes, A., Oliver, E. J., Cowan, A., & Lafortune, L. (2022). Neighbourhood planning, rural ageing and public health policy in England: a case of policy myopia?. Town Planning Review, 93(3), 275-300. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2021.39

This article draws together new research findings with recent evidence, theory and policy developments relating to place-based planning for health and well-being. It considers how neighbourhood planning (NP) can support the advancement of the ageing-... Read More about Neighbourhood planning, rural ageing and public health policy in England: a case of policy myopia?.

‘Genuinely in love with the game’ football fan experiences and perceptions of women’s football in England (2022)
Journal Article
Williams, J., Pope, S., & Cleland, J. (2023). ‘Genuinely in love with the game’ football fan experiences and perceptions of women’s football in England. Sport in Society, 26(2), 285-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2021.2021509

Women’s sport, and perhaps especially women’s football, in England has enjoyed much greater media visibility and support over the past decade. But we still know relatively little about the response of fans of men’s football to the rise of the women’s... Read More about ‘Genuinely in love with the game’ football fan experiences and perceptions of women’s football in England.

Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia (2022)
Journal Article
Lee, J., Cheah, W., Anchang, G., Noor Hafizah, Y., Abim, M., Ruzita, A., Koh, D., Reeves, S., Summerbell, C., Essau, C., Poh, B., & Gibson, E. (2023). Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01290-2

The aim of this qualitative study, an embedded component of ToyBox Study Malaysia (TSM), was to elicit the perspectives of teachers and parents regarding the implementation of TSM. TSM is a preschool-based behavioral intervention program aimed at imp... Read More about Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Preschool-Based Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Obesity: An Embedded Qualitative Study within ToyBox Study Malaysia.