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"I thought cancer was one of those random things. I didn't know cancer could be caught...": adolescent girls' understandings and experiences of the HPV programme in the UK

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'Combined vaccines are like a sudden onslaught to the body's immune system': parental concerns about vaccine 'overload' and 'immune-vulnerability'

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'Maybe they should regulate them quite strictly until they know the true dangers': a focus group study exploring UK adolescents' views on e-cigarette regulation

scientific article published on 07 March 2016

A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the "sugar tax" debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

A quantitative content analysis of UK newsprint coverage of proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children

scientific article published on 8 August 2015

Applying recommended evidence standards to understand the impact of e-cigarettes on youth smoking and reporting of weak scientific evidence

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Avoiding Pitfalls and Realising Opportunities: Reflecting on Issues of Sampling and Recruitment for Online Focus Groups.

scientific article published on February 2014

Bar workers' exposure to second-hand smoke: the effect of Scottish smoke-free legislation on occupational exposure

scientific article published on 10 September 2007

Bar workers' health and environmental tobacco smoke exposure (BHETSE): symptomatic improvement in bar staff following smoke-free legislation in Scotland.

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Changing policy framing as a deliberate strategy for public health advocacy: a qualitative policy case study of minimum unit pricing of alcohol.

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Communicating antimicrobial resistance and stewardship in the national press: Lessons from sepsis awareness campaigns

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Competency, confidence and conflicting evidence: key issues affecting health visitors' use of research evidence in practice.

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Consent for the use of human biological samples for biomedical research: a mixed methods study exploring the UK public's preferences.

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Content analysis of UK newspaper and online news representations of women's and men's 'binge' drinking: a challenge for communicating evidence-based messages about single-episodic drinking?

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Coverage of Jade Goody's cervical cancer in UK newspapers: a missed opportunity for health promotion?

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Covert observation in practice: lessons from the evaluation of the prohibition of smoking in public places in Scotland

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Development of a cross-cultural HPV community engagement model within Scotland.

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Disclosing a cancer diagnosis to friends and family: a gendered analysis of young men's and women's experiences.

scientific article published on 02 April 2009

Double-standards in reporting of risk and responsibility for sexual health: a qualitative content analysis of negatively toned UK newsprint articles.

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E-Cigarettes: A Disruptive Technology? An Analysis of Health Actors' Positions on E-Cigarette Regulation in Scotland

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

E-cigarettes, a safer alternative for teenagers? A UK focus group study of teenagers' views.

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Effectiveness of Mass Media Campaigns to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Harm: A Systematic Review.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Effectiveness of mass media campaigns to reduce alcohol consumption and harm: a systematic review

scientific article published in The Lancet

Effects of new motorway infrastructure on active travel in the local population: a retrospective repeat cross-sectional study in Glasgow, Scotland.

scientific article published on 07 July 2016

Evaluating possible intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland: a natural experiment protocol

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Expectations and changing attitudes of bar workers before and after the implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland

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Following in the footsteps of tobacco and alcohol? Stakeholder discourse in UK newspaper coverage of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Gaps in parental understandings and experiences of vaccine-preventable diseases: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Gay and Bisexual Men's Perceptions of the Donation and Use of Human Biological Samples for Research: A Qualitative Study.

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Harms to 'others' from alcohol consumption in the minimum unit pricing policy debate: a qualitative content analysis of U.K. newspapers (2005-12).

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Health and medical research funding agencies' promotion of public engagement within research: a qualitative interview study exploring the United Kingdom context.

scientific article published on 24 March 2016

How did policy actors use mass media to influence the Scottish alcohol minimum unit pricing debate? Comparative analysis of newspapers, evidence submissions and interviews

scientific article published on 7 November 2014

Implications for alcohol minimum unit pricing advocacy: what can we learn for public health from UK newsprint coverage of key claim-makers in the policy debate?

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MMR: marginalised, misrepresented and rejected? Autism: a focus group study.

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Mapping discourse coalitions in the minimum unit pricing for alcohol debate: a discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Mass media and risk factors for cancer: the under-representation of age.

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Mass media to communicate public health messages in six health topic areas: a systematic review and other reviews of the evidence

Media framing and construction of childhood obesity: a content analysis of Swedish newspapers

scientific article published on 11 February 2018

Media framing of childhood obesity: a content analysis of UK newspapers from 1996 to 2014

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Newsprint coverage of smoking in cars carrying children: a case study of public and scientific opinion driving the policy debate

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Newsprint media representations of the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for cervical cancer prevention in the UK (2005-2008).

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Normalisation and Stigmatisation of Obesity in UK Newspapers: a Visual Content Analysis

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Observations from behind the bar: changing patrons' behaviours in response to smoke-free legislation in Scotland.

scientific article published on 14 July 2008

Parents' champions vs. vested interests: who do parents believe about MMR? A qualitative study

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Perspectives on econometric modelling to inform policy: a UK qualitative case study of minimum unit pricing of alcohol

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Primary care nurses' experiences of how the mass media influence frontline healthcare in the UK.

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Public views of the UK media and government reaction to the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

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Public views on the donation and use of human biological samples in biomedical research: a mixed methods study.

scientific article published on 07 August 2013

Representations of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in UK newspapers: a case study of a public health policy debate.

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Right Here Right Now (RHRN) pilot study: testing a method of near-real-time data collection on the social determinants of health.

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School nurses' experiences of delivering the UK HPV vaccination programme in its first year

scientific article published on 24 August 2011

Social media as a space for support: Young adults' perspectives on producing and consuming user-generated content about diabetes and mental health.

scientific article published on 08 October 2016

Teenagers' understandings of and attitudes towards vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases: a qualitative study.

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

The challenges of communicating research evidence in practice: perspectives from UK health visitors and practice nurses.

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The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The pursuit of ignorance

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

The relationship between workers' self-reported changes in health and their attitudes towards a workplace intervention: lessons from smoke-free legislation across the UK hospitality industry

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The role of the Sheffield model on the minimum unit pricing of alcohol debate: the importance of a rhetorical perspective.

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The stigmatisation of abortion: a qualitative analysis of print media in Great Britain in 2010.

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Tobacco, Alcohol, and Processed Food Industries - Why Do Public Health Practitioners View Them So Differently?

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

UK newspapers' representations of the 2009-10 outbreak of swine flu: one health scare not over-hyped by the media?

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UK research funding bodies' views towards public participation in health-related research decisions: an exploratory study

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Understanding the development of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative study of the policy process.

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Understandings of Participation in Behavioural Research: A Qualitative Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Scotland.

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

United Kingdom newsprint media reporting on sexual health and blood-borne viruses in 2010.

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Vulnerable children, stigmatised smokers: The social construction of target audiences in media debates on policies regulating smoking in vehicles

scientific article published on 24 July 2016

What young people want from health-related online resources: a focus group study.

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Who thinks what about e-cigarette regulation? A content analysis of UK newspapers

scientific article published on 23 January 2016

Why media representations of corporations matter for public health policy: a scoping review

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Young adults' experiences of seeking online information about diabetes and mental health in the age of social media

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“Arming half-baked people with weapons!” Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi

scientific article published on 5 March 2024