OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perspectives in Public Health is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Climate change, health, and conflict in Africa’s arc of instability	173
Associations of loneliness and social isolation with physical and mental health among adolescents and young adults	71
Sustaining and strengthening community resilience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	57
Understanding loneliness: a systematic review of the impact of social prescribing initiatives on loneliness	42
Differences in the impact of precarious employment on health across population subgroups: a scoping review	37
Predictors of engaging in voluntary work during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 31,890 adults in the UK	28
Experiencing loneliness in parenthood: a scoping review	27
The Action Scales Model: A conceptual tool to identify key points for action within complex adaptive systems	26
Art, nature and mental health: assessing the biopsychosocial effects of a ‘creative green prescription’ museum programme involving horticulture, artmaking and collections	23
The impact of socioeconomic position on non-communicable diseases: what do we know about it?	20
COVID-19: the key to flattening the curve is health literacy	19
The value of qualitative methods to public health research, policy and practice	16
Why we need to integrate mental health into pandemic planning	14
Barriers and facilitators to delivering bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in deprived communities: a systematic review	14
Teaching young consumers in Europe: a multicentre qualitative needs assessment with educators on food hygiene and food safety	12
Dynamic transactional model: a framework for communicating public health messages via social media	12
Tracking momentary experience in the evaluation of arts-on-prescription services: using mood changes during art workshops to predict global wellbeing change	12
Advancing community-engaged research to promote health equity: considerations to improve the field	11
Measuring the digital divide among people with severe mental ill health using the essential digital skills framework	10
Changing demography of homeless adult populations	10
Happy Hookers: findings from an international study exploring the effects of crochet on wellbeing	9
Use of Artificial Intelligence to understand adults’ thoughts and behaviours relating to COVID-19	8
Community singing, wellbeing and older people: implementing and evaluating an English singing for health intervention in Rome	8
Fighting antibiotic resistance: a narrative review of public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of antibiotics use	8
Exploring the fast food and planning appeals system in England and Wales: decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS)	8

The influence of residential greenness on mortality in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Participatory visual arts activities for people with dementia: a review	7
Nightingale’s legacy as a nurse theorist promotes healthful food systems	7
Breastfeeding attitudes of refugee women from Syria and influencing factors: a study based on the transition theory	6
The impact of participatory arts in promoting social relationships for older people within care homes	6
Atmospheric circulation and mortality by unintentional drowning in Spain: from 1999 to 2018	6
Meeting the UK Government’s prevention agenda: primary care practitioners can be trained in skills to prevent disease and support self-management	6
Organisational injustice from the COVID-19 pandemic: a hidden burden of disease	6
Workplace wellbeing	6
Advancing global public health using science-for-diplomacy	6
Loneliness prevention and the role of the Public Health system	6
Paramedics and health promotion	5
Is children’s health-related quality of life associated with physical fitness and mode of commuting? PREVIENE Project	5
Using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation: evaluation of a pilot project in the North West of England	5
Examining arts and creativity in later life and its impact on older people’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review of the evidence	5
Comparisons of physical activity and sedentary behavior between owners and non-owners of commercial wearable devices	4
The arts may not always be good for us	4
Voluntary sector interventions to address loneliness and mental health in older people: taking account of emotional, psychological and social wellbeing	4
We do things differently here: the Greater Manchester approach to preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancy	4
The impact of COVID-19 on the hot food takeaway planning regulatory environment: perspectives of local authority professionals in the North East of England	4
Longitudinal changes in home-based arts engagement during and following the first national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	4
The changing vaccine landscape: rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in young adults during vaccine rollout	4
Group singing for health and wellbeing in the Republic of Ireland: the first national map	4
First steps in identifying and addressing loneliness in the context of COVID-19	4
The characteristics of an obesogenic small European country: results from a Malta cross-sectional study	4
To HIIT or not to HIIT? The question pregnant women may be searching for online: a descriptive observational study	4
Working with healthcare professionals to promote physical activity	4
Systematic review on the effects of the physical and social aspects of community pharmacy spaces on service users and staff	3
Life after COVID-19: a better normal?	3
Learning from Nightingale’s engagement with complex systems: 21st-century public health issues of homelessness and achieving Sustainable Development Goals	3
Video gaming – taking a gamble with young people’s health and wellbeing?	3
Working with local people as part of a whole-systems approach to physical activity: reflections from local delivery pilots	3
A systematic review of ethnic disparities in the uptake of colorectal cancer screening	3
Addressing the under-representation of ethnic minority groups in COVID-19 vaccine trials	3
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the refugee population: a rapid review	3
Trends and projections in sexually transmitted infections in people aged 45 years and older in England: analysis of national surveillance data	3
The role of social prescribers in wales: a consensus methods study	3
Perceived stigma among diabetic patients and their caregivers: a review	3
A qualitative study of men’s behavioural changes during weight loss maintenance	3
‘Creating health’: evaluation of three arts for health training events for GP trainees	3
Social networking in mental health interventions for adolescents	3
An evaluation of PlayStreets in the South Side neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio	2
Taking the lead: an insight into orthophosphoric acid treatment for lead control in the UK drinking water industry	2
Why don’t they do it? Handwashing barriers and influencer study in Faridabad district, India	2
The effect of a hand hygiene intervention on the behaviour, practices and health of parents of preschool children in South Africa	2
Are faith leaders a divine intervention when it comes to public health?	2
New urban mobility: a catalyst to enhance population health	2
Addressing high cervical cancer rates in the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas–Mexico border: a community-based initiative focused on education, patient navigation, and medical provider training/telem	2
Student mental health – a public health challenge?	2
Tackling sheepishness about a COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of herd immunity	2

Mapping the movement for climate change and health in England: a descriptive review and theory of change analysis	2
Arts, health and wellbeing across the age span	2
Diary	2
‘You’re not going to give a monkey’s chuff’: exploring co-production in the design of services for women who have experienced sexual violence	2
One planet, one people, one health, please	2
Is commissioning the enemy of co-production?	2
Peri-discharge complex interventions for reducing 30-day hospital readmissions among heart failure patients: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis	2
Community Partnered Participatory Research methods as tools for racial justice and health equity	2
Service user perspectives on social prescribing services for mental health in the UK: a systematic review	2
The two-child limit for benefits in the Supreme Court: implications for public health	2
NHS workplace health and wellbeing during COVID-19	2
Ending weight-related stigma as the lynchpin for tackling obesity: a comment on the contribution of the UK’s policy response to obesity in the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Advancing food is medicine: lessons from medical anthropology for public health nutrition	2
Changing risky health behaviours through fiscal policy: the time is now	2
Fiscal and monetary policies: the cutting edge of advocacy and research on population health and climate change	2
Training for line managers should focus on primary prevention of mental ill-health at work	2
Florence Nightingale’s public health agenda	2
Making co-creation a trustworthy methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion: the Health CASCADE project	2
One size does not fit all: key messages from Pakistani, Somali and Yemeni (PSY) patients in Sheffield, UK, regarding the language and cultural challenges of the IAPT programme	2
A digital campaign to increase awareness of alcohol-exposed pregnancy	2
Climate change and global health: a medical anthropology perspective	2
Encouraging physical activity: what works	2
Exploring the benefits of nature-based interventions in socio-economically deprived communities: a narrative review of the evidence to date	2