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Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul (2024)
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Hamidi, M. D., Haenssgen, M. J., Vasiljevic, M., Greenwell, H. C., & Stevenson, E. G. J. (2024). Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul. Water Security, 22, Article 100177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2024.100177

Approximately 50% of the global population currently experiences severe water scarcity, a situation likely to intensify due to climate change. At the same time, the poorest population segments bear the greatest burden of water insecurity. This inters... Read More about Between a rock and a hard place: A geosocial approach to water insecurity in Kabul.

Can Environmental Traffic Light Warning Labels Reduce Meat Meal Selection? A Randomised Experimental Study with UK Meat Consumers. (2024)
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Hughes, J. P., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2024). Can Environmental Traffic Light Warning Labels Reduce Meat Meal Selection? A Randomised Experimental Study with UK Meat Consumers. Appetite, Article 107500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107500

An important area for tackling climate change and health improvement is reducing population meat consumption. Traffic light labelling has successfully been implemented to reduce the consumption of unhealthy foods and sugary drinks. The present resear... Read More about Can Environmental Traffic Light Warning Labels Reduce Meat Meal Selection? A Randomised Experimental Study with UK Meat Consumers..

Can warning labels communicating the environmental impact of meat reduce meat consumption? Evidence from two multiple treatment reversal experiments in college dining halls (2024)
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Vasiljevic, M., Hughes, J. P., Andersen, C. D., Pennington, G., Leite, A. C., Weick, M., & Couturier, D. (2024). Can warning labels communicating the environmental impact of meat reduce meat consumption? Evidence from two multiple treatment reversal experiments in college dining halls. Food Quality and Preference, 115, Article 105084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105084

Meat consumption has an adverse impact on both human and planetary health. To date, very few studies have examined the effectiveness of interventions tackling the overconsumption of meat in field settings. The present research addresses this gap by e... Read More about Can warning labels communicating the environmental impact of meat reduce meat consumption? Evidence from two multiple treatment reversal experiments in college dining halls.

How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review. (2023)
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Dougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Wright, J. D., & Weick, M. (2024). How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review. Social Science & Medicine, 343, Article 116542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116542

Rationale: Meta-reviews synthesising research on social class and mental health and wellbeing are currently limited and focused on specific facets of social class (e.g., social capital) or mental health and wellbeing (e.g., mental health disorders),... Read More about How, when, and why is social class linked to mental health and wellbeing? A systematic meta-review..

Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and wellbeing among UK students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clarifying underlying mechanisms (2023)
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Dougall, I., Vasiljevic, M., Kutlaca, M., & Weick, M. (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and wellbeing among UK students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clarifying underlying mechanisms. PLoS ONE, 18(11), Article e0292842. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292842

Universities are seeing growing numbers of students with poor mental health and wellbeing. Given that lower socioeconomic status (SES) students typically have poorer mental health and wellbeing than their peers, this may be, in part, caused by an inc... Read More about Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health and wellbeing among UK students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clarifying underlying mechanisms.

Impact of pictorial warning labels on meat meal selection: A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers (2023)
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Hughes, J. P., Weick, M., & Vasiljevic, M. (2023). Impact of pictorial warning labels on meat meal selection: A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers. Appetite, 190, Article 107026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107026

Meat consumption has been linked to adverse health consequences, worsening climate change, and the risk of pandemics. Meat is however a popular food product and dissuading people from consuming meat has proven difficult. Outside the realm of meat con... Read More about Impact of pictorial warning labels on meat meal selection: A randomised experimental study with UK meat consumers.

Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. (2023)
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McKevitt, S., White, M., Petticrew, M., Summerbell, C., Vasiljevic, M., Boyland, E., …Vamos, E. P. (2023). Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England. Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad155

Background Commercial advertising and sponsorship drive the consumption of harmful commodities. Local authorities (LAs) have considerable powers to reduce such exposures. This study aimed to characterize local commercial policies across all English... Read More about Characterising restrictions on commercial advertising and sponsorship of harmful commodities in local government policies: a nationwide study in England..

Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study (2023)
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Toumpakari, Z., Valerino-Perea, S., Willis, K., Adams, J., White, M., Vasiljevic, M., …Jago, R. (2023). Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01465-7

Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation (2023)
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Rodrigues, A. M., Kemp, E., Aquino, M. R. J., Wilson, R., Vasiljevic, M., McBride, K., …Haighton, C. (2023). Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11(1), Article 2174698. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2174698

‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) is a public health strategy supporting public-facing workers to use opportunities during routine contacts to enable health behaviour change. A mental health hospital in the North East of England is currently implem... Read More about Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a mental health hospital: protocol for a pragmatic formative process evaluation.

Being Bad to Look Good: Competence Reputational Stakes Can Increase Unethical Behavior (2022)
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Clark, C., Keighley, D., & Vasiljevic, M. (2023). Being Bad to Look Good: Competence Reputational Stakes Can Increase Unethical Behavior. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 17(4), 393–406. https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000301

Two studies (total n = 1,245) explored the influence of (1) receiving public vs. private performance feedback, (2) competing on a team vs. solo, and (3) individual differences in team competition participation on cheating behavior. Participants were... Read More about Being Bad to Look Good: Competence Reputational Stakes Can Increase Unethical Behavior.