List of works - Charles Abraham

'We're all in the same boat': A qualitative study on how groups work in a diabetes prevention and management programme

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

A European evidence-based guideline for the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

scientific article published on 13 April 2010

A Parsimonious, Integrative Model of Key Psychological Correlates of UK University Students' Alcohol Consumption ⬇️

scientific article published on March 10, 2011

A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

A comprehensive review of reviews of school-based interventions to improve sexual-health

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

A description of interventions promoting healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away, or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets in England: a systematic mapping and evidence synthesis.

scientific article

A randomised controlled trial of a facilitated home-based rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and their caregivers: the REACH-HFpEF Pilot Study.

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

A randomised controlled trial of a telephone administered brief HIV risk reduction intervention amongst men who have sex with men prescribed post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV after sexual exposure in the UK: Project PEPSE

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

A review and content analysis of engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and change techniques in the most popular commercial apps for weight management

scientific article

A review of Grey and academic literature of evaluation guidance relevant to public health interventions

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

A tailored intervention to promote uptake of retinal screening among young adults with type 2 diabetes - an intervention mapping approach.

scientific article published on 31 May 2018

Advancing the science of behaviour change: a plea for scientific reporting.

scientific article published in September 2008

Are We Overestimating Physical Activity Prevalence in Children?

scientific article published on 13 October 2018

Are lapsed donors willing to resume blood donation, and what determines their motivation to do so?

scientific article published on 21 November 2011

Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five studies involving consensus methods, randomised controlled trials and analysis of qualitat

scientific article

Behaviour change: the NICE perspective on the NICE guidance

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

Brief interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections suitable for in-service use: A systematic review

scientific article

Can individual, dyadic, or collaborative planning reduce sedentary behavior? A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in October 2021

Can social cognitive models contribute to the effectiveness of HIV-preventive behavioural interventions? A brief review of the literature and a reply to Joffe (1996; 1997) and Fife-Schaw (1997)

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Can the effectiveness of health promotion campaigns be improved using self-efficacy and self-affirmation interventions? An analysis of sun protection messages

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Can theory-based messages in combination with cognitive prompts promote exercise in classroom settings?

scientific article published on 04 June 2007

Caregiver outcomes of the REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Charting variability to ensure conceptual and design precision: a comment on Ogden (2016)

scientific article published on 01 September 2016

Children's Compliance With Wrist-Worn Accelerometry Within a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial: Findings From the Healthy Lifestyles Programme

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a cross-sectional study.

scientific article

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in heart failure patients and caregivers: rationale and protocol for a multicentre r

scientific article

Cognitive predictors of adherence to malaria prophylaxis regimens on return from a malarious region: a prospective study.

scientific article published on June 1999

Commuting and wellbeing in London: The roles of commute mode and local public transport connectivity.

scientific article

Constructing an integrated model of the antecedents of adolescent smoking.

scientific article published in September 2004

Deciding to exercise: the role of anticipated regret.

scientific article

Developing E-cigarette friendly smoking cessation services in England: staff perspectives

scientific article published on 03 August 2018

Developing and applying a framework to understand mechanisms of action in group-based, behaviour change interventions: the MAGI mixed-methods study

Digital media interventions for sexual health promotion-opportunities and challenges: a great way to reach people, particularly those at increased risk of sexual ill health.

scientific article

Do health promotion messages target cognitive and behavioural correlates of condom use? A content analysis of safer sex promotion leaflets in two countries

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Does questionnaire distribution promote blood donation? An investigation of question-behavior effects.

scientific article published in April 2013

Effective approaches to persuading pregnant women to quit smoking: a meta-analysis of intervention evaluation studies.

scientific article published on September 2001

Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: a meta-regression.

scientific article

Effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) to prevent obesity in UK primary-school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Effects of a self-efficacy intervention on initiation of recommended exercises in patients with spondylosis.

scientific article published in January 2007

Enhancing reporting of behavior change intervention evaluations

scientific article published on August 2014

Erratum to "Brief interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections suitable for in-service use: A systematic review" [Prev. Med. 91 (2016) 364-382].

scientific article published on 9 December 2016

Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of ImpulsePal: Smartphone App–Based Weight Management Intervention to Reduce Impulsive Eating in Overweight Adults

scientific article published on 30 April 2019

Feasibility and acceptability of a Takeaway Masterclass aimed at encouraging healthier cooking practices and menu options in takeaway food outlets

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Group-Based Diet and Physical Activity Weight-Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Health promotion for people aged over 65 years in hospitals: nurses' perceptions about their role.

scientific article published in March 2007

Heterosexual risk behaviour among young teenagers in Scotland

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Home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: mixed methods process evaluation of the REACH-HF multicentre randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

How alike are young non-drinkers, former-drinkers, low-risk drinkers, and hazardous drinkers?

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

How can weight-loss app designers' best engage and support users? A qualitative investigation.

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms.

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

How do brochures encourage walking in natural environments in the UK? A content analysis.

scientific article published on 29 October 2016

Identifying blood donors willing to help with recruitment.

scientific article published on 14 July 2008

Identifying change processes in group-based health behaviour-change interventions: development of the mechanisms of action in group-based interventions (MAGI) framework

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial.

scientific article

Impact of goal priority and goal conflict on the intention-health-behavior relationship: Tests on physical activity and other health behaviors. ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 May 2016

Implementing health promotion in schools: protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK).

scientific article

Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom

scientific article

Improving public health evaluation: a qualitative investigation of practitioners' needs

scientific article

Informing the development of online weight management interventions: a qualitative investigation of primary care patient perceptions

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Intervention fidelity in the definitive cluster randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial: findings from the process evaluation.

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Interventions utilising contact with people with disabilities to improve children's attitudes towards disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article

Lay understanding of terms used in cancer consultations

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Mapping modifiable mechanisms in health promotion research: a commentary on Sniehotta, Presseau, and Araújo-Soares.

scientific article

Mediator of moderators: temporal stability of intention and the intention-behavior relation.

scientific article published in February 2003

Mobile Phone and Web 2.0 Technologies for Weight Management: A Systematic Scoping Review.

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Mobile and Web 2.0 interventions for weight management: an overview of review evidence and its methodological quality.

scientific article published on 21 June 2016

Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education.

scientific article published on 10 June 2008

Motivating blood donors to recruit new donors: experimental evaluation of an evidence-based behavior change intervention.

scientific article

Multicentre RCT and economic evaluation of a psychological intervention together with a leaflet to reduce risk behaviour amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) prescribed post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure (PEPSE): a protoc

scientific article

Needs of caregivers in heart failure management: A qualitative study

scientific article

Nutrition and bone health: turning knowledge and beliefs into healthy behaviour.

scientific article

Older adults' perceptions of ageing and their health and functioning: a systematic review of observational studies

scientific article

Open-mindedness can decrease persuasion amongst adolescents: the role of self-affirmation.

scientific article

Perceived discrimination of international visitors to universities in Germany and the UK

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Planning to lose weight: randomized controlled trial of an implementation intention prompt to enhance weight reduction among overweight and obese women.

scientific article published in July 2007

Predicting having condoms available among adolescents: The role of personal norm and enjoyment ⬇️

scientific article published on September 18, 2012

Promoting early presentation of breast cancer: a preliminary evaluation of a written intervention.

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Promoting physical activity among cancer survivors: Meta-analysis and meta-CART analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE): project design and conceptual framework.

scientific article

Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on March 2012

Psychosocial correlates of heterosexual condom use: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published in January 1999

RCT of a theory-based intervention promoting healthy eating and physical activity amongst out-patients older than 65 years.

scientific article

Randomized controlled trial of a brief research-based intervention promoting fruit and vegetable consumption.

scientific article published in November 2005

Rasch analysis of the Chedoke-McMaster Attitudes towards Children with Handicaps scale. ⬇️

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Reciprocal relationships between three aspects of physical self-concept, vigorous physical activity, and lung function: A longitudinal study among late adolescents

Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure-a facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (REACH-HFpEF) and their caregivers: rationale and protocol for a single-centre pil

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Relationship between perceptions of ageing and frailty in English older adults.

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Reporting behaviour change interventions: do the behaviour change technique taxonomy v1, and training in its use, improve the quality of intervention descriptions?

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School-based sexual health education interventions to prevent STI/HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

School-based, randomised controlled trial of an evidence-based condom promotion leaflet

scientific article published in January 2008

Self-directed interventions to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Self-directed interventions to promote weight loss: a systematic review of reviews

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Sex education as health promotion: what does it take?

scientific article published on June 2004

Sexual health professionals' evaluations of a prototype computer-based contraceptive planning intervention for adolescents: implications for practice.

scientific article published in September 2012

Sexual risk reduction interventions for patients attending sexual health clinics: a mixed-methods feasibility study

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Social cognitive determinants of ecstasy use to target in evidence-based interventions: a meta-analytical review

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Staying in the 'sweet spot': A resilience-based analysis of the lived experience of low-risk drinking and abstention among British youth.

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Strengthening evaluation and implementation by specifying components of behaviour change interventions: a study protocol.

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Synthesising practice guidelines for the development of community-based exercise programmes after stroke

scientific article published on October 2013

Systematic review of reviews of intervention components associated with increased effectiveness in dietary and physical activity interventions.

scientific article

Techniques for modifying impulsive processes associated with unhealthy eating: A systematic review.

scientific article

Testing a support programme for opioid reduction for people with chronic non-malignant pain: the I-WOTCH randomised controlled trial protocol

scientific article published on 08 August 2019

The Diabetes Intention, Attitude, and Behavior Questionnaire: evaluation of a brief questionnaire to measure physical activity, dietary control, maintenance of a healthy weight, and psychological antecedents

scientific article

The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP), a novel school-based intervention to prevent obesity in school children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 4 April 2013

The UK national institute for health and clinical excellence public health guidance on behaviour change: A brief introduction

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The association between children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a systematic review.

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The challenges of interventions to promote healthier food in independent takeaways in England: qualitative study of intervention deliverers' views.

scientific article published on 27 January 2018

The cost effectiveness of REACH-HF and home-based cardiac rehabilitation compared with the usual medical care for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: A decision model-based analysis

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

The diabetes app challenge: user-led development and piloting of internet applications enabling young people with diabetes to set the focus for their diabetes consultations.

scientific article

The effectiveness of interventions targeting specific out-of-home food outlets: protocol for a systematic review.

scientific article published on 24 February 2014

The effects and costs of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: The REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

The impact of interventions to promote healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets open to the general public: a systematic review.

scientific article

The influence of adverse reactions, subjective distress, and anxiety on retention of first-time blood donors

scientific article published on 31 July 2012

Therapist-delivered and self-help interventions for gambling problems: A review of contents

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

Trial baseline characteristics of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-located obesity prevention programme; the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial

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Trial protocol: a clustered, randomised, longitudinal, type 2 translational trial of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm among adolescents in Australia.

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

Understanding donation experiences of unspecified (altruistic) kidney donors.

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

Understanding young and older male drivers' willingness to drive while intoxicated: the predictive utility of constructs specified by the theory of planned behaviour and the prototype willingness model

scientific article published on 11 March 2011

Using qualitative methods within a mixed-methods approach to developing and evaluating interventions to address harmful alcohol use among young people

scientific article published on April 2015

What explains between-school differences in rates of smoking?

scientific article

What is best practice in sex and relationship education? A synthesis of evidence, including stakeholders' views

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What psychological and behaviour changes are initiated by 'expert patient' training and what training techniques are most helpful?

scientific article published on December 2009

What works in smoking cessation interventions for cancer survivors? A meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Which alcohol control strategies do young people think are effective?

scientific article

List of works by Charles Abraham

'We're all in the same boat': A qualitative study on how groups work in a diabetes prevention and management programme

A European evidence-based guideline for the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

A Parsimonious, Integrative Model of Key Psychological Correlates of UK University Students' Alcohol Consumption ⬇️

A checklist to improve reporting of group-based behaviour-change interventions

A comprehensive review of reviews of school-based interventions to improve sexual-health

A description of interventions promoting healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away, or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets in England: a systematic mapping and evidence synthesis.

A randomised controlled trial of a facilitated home-based rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and their caregivers: the REACH-HFpEF Pilot Study.

A randomised controlled trial of a telephone administered brief HIV risk reduction intervention amongst men who have sex with men prescribed post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV after sexual exposure in the UK: Project PEPSE

A review and content analysis of engagement, functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and change techniques in the most popular commercial apps for weight management

A review of Grey and academic literature of evaluation guidance relevant to public health interventions

A tailored intervention to promote uptake of retinal screening among young adults with type 2 diabetes - an intervention mapping approach.

Advancing the science of behaviour change: a plea for scientific reporting.

Are We Overestimating Physical Activity Prevalence in Children?

Are lapsed donors willing to resume blood donation, and what determines their motivation to do so?

Behaviour change techniques: the development and evaluation of a taxonomic method for reporting and describing behaviour change interventions (a suite of five studies involving consensus methods, randomised controlled trials and analysis of qualitat

Behaviour change: the NICE perspective on the NICE guidance

Brief interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections suitable for in-service use: A systematic review

Can individual, dyadic, or collaborative planning reduce sedentary behavior? A randomized controlled trial

Can social cognitive models contribute to the effectiveness of HIV-preventive behavioural interventions? A brief review of the literature and a reply to Joffe (1996; 1997) and Fife-Schaw (1997)

Can the effectiveness of health promotion campaigns be improved using self-efficacy and self-affirmation interventions? An analysis of sun protection messages

Can theory-based messages in combination with cognitive prompts promote exercise in classroom settings?

Caregiver outcomes of the REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Charting variability to ensure conceptual and design precision: a comment on Ogden (2016)

Children's Compliance With Wrist-Worn Accelerometry Within a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial: Findings From the Healthy Lifestyles Programme

Children's contact with people with disabilities and their attitudes towards disability: a cross-sectional study.

Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in heart failure patients and caregivers: rationale and protocol for a multicentre r

Cognitive predictors of adherence to malaria prophylaxis regimens on return from a malarious region: a prospective study.

Commuting and wellbeing in London: The roles of commute mode and local public transport connectivity.

Constructing an integrated model of the antecedents of adolescent smoking.

Deciding to exercise: the role of anticipated regret.

Developing E-cigarette friendly smoking cessation services in England: staff perspectives

Developing and applying a framework to understand mechanisms of action in group-based, behaviour change interventions: the MAGI mixed-methods study

Digital media interventions for sexual health promotion-opportunities and challenges: a great way to reach people, particularly those at increased risk of sexual ill health.

Do health promotion messages target cognitive and behavioural correlates of condom use? A content analysis of safer sex promotion leaflets in two countries

Does questionnaire distribution promote blood donation? An investigation of question-behavior effects.

Effective approaches to persuading pregnant women to quit smoking: a meta-analysis of intervention evaluation studies.

Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: a meta-regression.

Effectiveness of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) to prevent obesity in UK primary-school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Effects of a self-efficacy intervention on initiation of recommended exercises in patients with spondylosis.

Enhancing reporting of behavior change intervention evaluations

Erratum to "Brief interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections suitable for in-service use: A systematic review" [Prev. Med. 91 (2016) 364-382].

Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of ImpulsePal: Smartphone App–Based Weight Management Intervention to Reduce Impulsive Eating in Overweight Adults

Feasibility and acceptability of a Takeaway Masterclass aimed at encouraging healthier cooking practices and menu options in takeaway food outlets

Group-Based Diet and Physical Activity Weight-Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials

Health promotion for people aged over 65 years in hospitals: nurses' perceptions about their role.

Heterosexual risk behaviour among young teenagers in Scotland

Home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: mixed methods process evaluation of the REACH-HF multicentre randomised controlled trial

How alike are young non-drinkers, former-drinkers, low-risk drinkers, and hazardous drinkers?

How can weight-loss app designers' best engage and support users? A qualitative investigation.

How do Small Groups Promote Behaviour Change? An Integrative Conceptual Review of Explanatory Mechanisms.

How do brochures encourage walking in natural environments in the UK? A content analysis.

Identifying blood donors willing to help with recruitment.

Identifying change processes in group-based health behaviour-change interventions: development of the mechanisms of action in group-based interventions (MAGI) framework

Impact of a theoretically based sex education programme (SHARE) delivered by teachers on NHS registered conceptions and terminations: final results of cluster randomised trial.

Impact of goal priority and goal conflict on the intention-health-behavior relationship: Tests on physical activity and other health behaviors. ⬇️

Implementing health promotion in schools: protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK).

Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom

Improving public health evaluation: a qualitative investigation of practitioners' needs

Informing the development of online weight management interventions: a qualitative investigation of primary care patient perceptions

Intervention fidelity in the definitive cluster randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial: findings from the process evaluation.

Interventions utilising contact with people with disabilities to improve children's attitudes towards disability: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lay understanding of terms used in cancer consultations

Mapping modifiable mechanisms in health promotion research: a commentary on Sniehotta, Presseau, and Araújo-Soares.

Mediator of moderators: temporal stability of intention and the intention-behavior relation.

Mobile Phone and Web 2.0 Technologies for Weight Management: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Mobile and Web 2.0 interventions for weight management: an overview of review evidence and its methodological quality.

Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education.

Motivating blood donors to recruit new donors: experimental evaluation of an evidence-based behavior change intervention.

Multicentre RCT and economic evaluation of a psychological intervention together with a leaflet to reduce risk behaviour amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) prescribed post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV following sexual exposure (PEPSE): a protoc

Needs of caregivers in heart failure management: A qualitative study

Nutrition and bone health: turning knowledge and beliefs into healthy behaviour.

Older adults' perceptions of ageing and their health and functioning: a systematic review of observational studies

Open-mindedness can decrease persuasion amongst adolescents: the role of self-affirmation.

Perceived discrimination of international visitors to universities in Germany and the UK

Planning to lose weight: randomized controlled trial of an implementation intention prompt to enhance weight reduction among overweight and obese women.

Predicting having condoms available among adolescents: The role of personal norm and enjoyment ⬇️

Promoting early presentation of breast cancer: a preliminary evaluation of a written intervention.

Promoting physical activity among cancer survivors: Meta-analysis and meta-CART analysis of randomized controlled trials

Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE): project design and conceptual framework.