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Better health at work? An evaluation of the effects and cost benefits of a structured workplace health improvement programme in reducing sickness absence (2015)
Journal Article
Braun, T., Bambra, C., Booth, M., Kasim, A., & Milne, E. (2015). Better health at work? An evaluation of the effects and cost benefits of a structured workplace health improvement programme in reducing sickness absence. Journal of Public Health, 37(1), 138-142. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu043

Background This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the Better Health at Work Award—a structured regional workplace health programme which combined changes to the work environment with lifestyle interventions. Methods Baseline and follow-u... Read More about Better health at work? An evaluation of the effects and cost benefits of a structured workplace health improvement programme in reducing sickness absence.

A migrant study of pubertal timing and tempo in British-Bangladeshi girls at varying risk for breast cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Houghton, L., Cooper, G., Bentley, G., Booth, M., Chowdhury, O., Troisi, R., …Katki, H. (2014). A migrant study of pubertal timing and tempo in British-Bangladeshi girls at varying risk for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 16(6), Article 469. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-014-0469-8

Introduction: Earlier menarche is related to subsequent breast cancer risk, yet international differences in the age and tempo of other pubertal milestones and their relationships with body mass index (BMI) are not firmly established in populations a... Read More about A migrant study of pubertal timing and tempo in British-Bangladeshi girls at varying risk for breast cancer.

Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Houghton, L., Cooper, G., Booth, M., Chowdhury, O., Troisi, R., Ziegler, R., …Bentley, G. (2014). Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article e109200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109200

Background: Adrenarche is a key early life event that marks middle childhood at approximately 7 years of age. Earlier work with British-Bangladeshi migrant women suggested that environmental conditions experienced before adrenarche influence adult re... Read More about Childhood Environment Influences Adrenarcheal Timing among First-Generation Bangladeshi Migrant Girls to the UK.

Prospective pilot evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-utility of a "health first" case management service for long-term Incapacity Benefit recipients (2014)
Journal Article
Warren, J., Bambra, C., Kasim, A., Garthwaite, K., Mason, J., & Booth, M. (2014). Prospective pilot evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-utility of a "health first" case management service for long-term Incapacity Benefit recipients. Journal of Public Health, 36(1), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds100

Background: In line with the NICE guidance, an NHS-commissioned case management intervention was provided for individuals receiving Incapacity Benefit payments for ≥3 years in the North East of England. The intervention aimed to improve the health of... Read More about Prospective pilot evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-utility of a "health first" case management service for long-term Incapacity Benefit recipients.