Outputs (6)

Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT) (2022)
Journal Article
Maier, R. H., Plummer, C., Kasim, A. S., Akhter, N., Ogundimu, E., Maddox, J., Graham, J., Stewart, M., Wardley, A., Haney, S., Vahabi, S., Oxenham, H., Humphreys, A., Cresti, N., Verrill, M., Graham, R., Chang, L., Hancock, H. C., & Austin, D. (2022). Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT). BMJ Open, 12(12), Article e066252. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066252

Introduction: Anthracyclines are included in chemotherapy regimens to treat several different types of cancer and are extremely effective. However, it is recognised that a significant side effect is cardiotoxicity; anthracyclines can cause irreversib... Read More about Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT).

Parents and Children Together (PACT) Evaluation Report (2022)
Report
Menzies, V., Cramman, H., Eerola, P., Hugill-Jones, J., Akhter, N., & Einbeck, J. (2022). Parents and Children Together (PACT) Evaluation Report. [No known commissioning body]

The Parallel Pandemic: COVID-19 and Mental Health (2022)
Report
Bambra, C., Munford, L., Bennett, N., Khavandi, S., Davies, H., Bernard, K., …Taylor-Robinson, D. (2022). The Parallel Pandemic: COVID-19 and Mental Health. National Institute for Health and Care Research

Community empowerment and mental wellbeing: longitudinal findings from a survey of people actively involved in the big local place-based initiative in England (2022)
Journal Article
Akhter, N., McGowan, V., Halliday, E., Popay, J., Kasim, A., & Bambra, C. (2023). Community empowerment and mental wellbeing: longitudinal findings from a survey of people actively involved in the big local place-based initiative in England. Journal of Public Health, 45(2), 423–431. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac073

Background: Community empowerment initiatives are receiving increased interest as ways of improving health and reducing health inequalities. Purpose: Longitudinally examine associations between collective control, social-cohesion and mental wellbeing... Read More about Community empowerment and mental wellbeing: longitudinal findings from a survey of people actively involved in the big local place-based initiative in England.

No new fast-food outlets allowed! Evaluating the effect of planning policy on the local food environment in the North East of England (2022)
Journal Article
Brown, H., Xiang, H., Albani, V., Goffe, L., Akhter, N., Lake, A., Sorrell, S., Gibson, E., & Wildman, J. (2022). No new fast-food outlets allowed! Evaluating the effect of planning policy on the local food environment in the North East of England. Social Science & Medicine, 306, Article 115126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115126

The environment in which we live impacts on our health. The food available to us in our environment is likely to influence what we eat and subsequently our weight. The use of planning policy can be one way for both local and national government to he... Read More about No new fast-food outlets allowed! Evaluating the effect of planning policy on the local food environment in the North East of England.

Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmed, S., Chase, L. E., Wagnild, J., Akhter, N., Sturridge, S., Clarke, A., Chowdhary, P., Mukami, D., Kasim, A., & Hampshire, K. (2022). Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01615-y

Background: The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Yet there is limited evidence on whether and how CHW programmes achieve this. Th... Read More about Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice.