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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Climate change, health, and conflict in Africa’s arc of instability	180
Associations of loneliness and social isolation with physical and mental health among adolescents and young adults	106
Understanding loneliness: a systematic review of the impact of social prescribing initiatives on loneliness	57
Differences in the impact of precarious employment on health across population subgroups: a scoping review	48
The Action Scales Model: A conceptual tool to identify key points for action within complex adaptive systems	36
Experiencing loneliness in parenthood: a scoping review	32
Predictors of engaging in voluntary work during the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of data from 31,890 adults in the UK	28
The value of qualitative methods to public health research, policy and practice	25
Measuring the digital divide among people with severe mental ill health using the essential digital skills framework	20
Barriers and facilitators to delivering bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in deprived communities: a systematic review	18
Advancing community-engaged research to promote health equity: considerations to improve the field	16
Teaching young consumers in Europe: a multicentre qualitative needs assessment with educators on food hygiene and food safety	13
Loneliness prevention and the role of the Public Health system	11
The influence of residential greenness on mortality in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Service user perspectives on social prescribing services for mental health in the UK: a systematic review	10
Examining arts and creativity in later life and its impact on older people’s health and wellbeing: a systematic review of the evidence	10
Workplace wellbeing	10
Breastfeeding attitudes of refugee women from Syria and influencing factors: a study based on the transition theory	8
Meeting the UK Government’s prevention agenda: primary care practitioners can be trained in skills to prevent disease and support self-management	8
Use of Artificial Intelligence to understand adults’ thoughts and behaviours relating to COVID-19	8
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	7
Is children’s health-related quality of life associated with physical fitness and mode of commuting? PREVIENE Project	7
Making co-creation a trustworthy methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion: the Health CASCADE project	7
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the refugee population: a rapid review	7
Public health lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: the importance of green spaces for vulnerable populations	6

Longitudinal changes in home-based arts engagement during and following the first national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	6
Voluntary sector interventions to address loneliness and mental health in older people: taking account of emotional, psychological and social wellbeing	6
Comparisons of physical activity and sedentary behavior between owners and non-owners of commercial wearable devices	6
The impact of COVID-19 on the hot food takeaway planning regulatory environment: perspectives of local authority professionals in the North East of England	6
Systematic review on the effects of the physical and social aspects of community pharmacy spaces on service users and staff	6
Paramedics and health promotion	6
Advancing global public health using science-for-diplomacy	6
Organisational injustice from the COVID-19 pandemic: a hidden burden of disease	6
Mapping the movement for climate change and health in England: a descriptive review and theory of change analysis	5
Training for line managers should focus on primary prevention of mental ill-health at work	5
The changing vaccine landscape: rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in young adults during vaccine rollout	5
Atmospheric circulation and mortality by unintentional drowning in Spain: from 1999 to 2018	5
To HIIT or not to HIIT? The question pregnant women may be searching for online: a descriptive observational study	5
Trends and projections in sexually transmitted infections in people aged 45 years and older in England: analysis of national surveillance data	5
Exploring the benefits of nature-based interventions in socio-economically deprived communities: a narrative review of the evidence to date	4
Group singing for health and wellbeing in the Republic of Ireland: the first national map	4
Video gaming – taking a gamble with young people’s health and wellbeing?	4
We do things differently here: the Greater Manchester approach to preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancy	4
Regulatory mechanisms to create healthier environments: planning appeals and hot food takeaways in England	4
The Health Map: Its genesis and widespread use in guiding urban spatial policy and action for population and planetary health	4
Addressing the under-representation of ethnic minority groups in COVID-19 vaccine trials	4
Working with healthcare professionals to promote physical activity	4
First steps in identifying and addressing loneliness in the context of COVID-19	4
‘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	4
A qualitative study of men’s behavioural changes during weight loss maintenance	4
Working with local people as part of a whole-systems approach to physical activity: reflections from local delivery pilots	4
Perceived stigma among diabetic patients and their caregivers: a review	3
System resilience and neighbourhood action on social determinants of health inequalities: an English Case Study	3
The role of social prescribers in wales: a consensus methods study	3
Is commissioning the enemy of co-production?	3
A systematic review of ethnic disparities in the uptake of colorectal cancer screening	3
Mindsong – music therapy for dementia: music therapy during the Covid-19 pandemic	3
Factors influencing social prescribing initiatives: a systematic review of qualitative evidence	3
A digital campaign to increase awareness of alcohol-exposed pregnancy	3
Has interest in smoking cessation declined during the COVID-19 pandemic?	3
The effect of a hand hygiene intervention on the behaviour, practices and health of parents of preschool children in South Africa	3
Why don’t they do it? Handwashing barriers and influencer study in Faridabad district, India	3
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	3
Low-traffic neighbourhoods – what’s not to like?	2
Exploring the mental health effects of Universal Credit: a journey of co-production	2
Fiscal and monetary policies: the cutting edge of advocacy and research on population health and climate change	2
Co-production to tackle vaccine uptake	2
Student mental health – a public health challenge?	2
Tackling sheepishness about a COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of herd immunity	2
Encouraging physical activity: what works	2
Implementation fidelity of an Integrated Healthy Lifestyle Service: a process evaluation	2
Peri-discharge complex interventions for reducing 30-day hospital readmissions among heart failure patients: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis	2
An evaluation of PlayStreets in the South Side neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio	2
Advancing food is medicine: lessons from medical anthropology for public health nutrition	2
The reach and benefits of a digital intervention to improve physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	2

Excess mortality in 22 European countries in 2020 and 2021: relationship with socioeconomic indicators	2
The two-child limit for benefits in the Supreme Court: implications for public health	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
Mapping healthy planning frameworks	2
One planet, one people, one health, please	2
We care but we’re not carers: perceptions and experiences of social prescribing in a UK national community organisation	2
Community Partnered Participatory Research methods as tools for racial justice and health equity	2
The intrinsic relationship between food, health, and the environment	2
Mental health and wellbeing among people with informal caring responsibilities across different time points during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based propensity score matching analysis	2
Are faith leaders a divine intervention when it comes to public health?	2
Medicalisation of vaping in the UK? E-cigarette users’ perspectives on the merging of commercial and medical routes to vaping	2
Musics for life: a Spanish project for improving quality of life and prevention of dementia through music participation	2
Implementing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine: ethical challenges	2
NHS workplace health and wellbeing during COVID-19	2
Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription	2
Bringing lived experience into research: good practices for public involvement in research	2
Embedding health and wellbeing opportunities for people experiencing homelessness in a wider support system	2