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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The aftermath of floods in Pakistan: a public health emergency	180
Implementing creative dance activities for primary school children to improve health and wellbeing: a qualitative study in the North East England	137
Community Health Synchronisation project	66
Socioeconomic inequalities in health – debates on the persistence	53
News	45
First Dental Steps: a multistranded oral health improvement intervention embedded in the Healthy Child Programme	32
Resident review: assessing the impact of new homes on people’s health and wellbeing	31
The role for public health in building local partnerships to improve air quality and reduce health inequalities	27
RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards 2022	20
Tackling health inequalities through the development of the wider public health workforce	19
Enhancing the training of community engagement officers to address vaccine hesitancy: a university and local authority collaboration	14
Trends and projections in sexually transmitted infections in people aged 45 years and older in England: analysis of national surveillance data	13
Nepal health financing in light of federalism and pandemic	13
Guest editorial	12
A systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based interventions aimed at improving health literacy of parents/carers of children	10
Studentification: shining a light on students’ experiences of living among the private rented sector: impacts on wellbeing and study	8
Swim when you’re winning: how Good Boost and Swim England won the public health minister’s award	7
‘Valued and listened to’: the collective experience of patient and public involvement in a national evaluation	7
Associations of loneliness and social isolation with physical and mental health among adolescents and young adults	7
Could racism hold back the race to vaccinate?	7
The importance of spatial planning for health disparities	7
Inspiring sustainability: insights from a global creative competition on healthy planet, healthy people	7
Diary	7
News	7
Advancing community-engaged research to promote health equity: considerations to improve the field	7

Sociologists in public health: marginal observers or mainstream collaborators?	6
Expanding healthcare access in rural sub-Saharan Africa	6
Preparing for the next pandemic: a call for action on health inequalities	6
Participatory asset mapping and photovoice interviews to scope cultural and community resources to reduce alcohol harm in Chitwan, Nepal	6
Measuring the digital divide among people with severe mental ill health using the essential digital skills framework	6
Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace	5
Challenges and opportunities of remote public involvement and community engagement during a pandemic: refining the MapMe childhood healthy weight intervention	5
Whole systems approach to diet and healthy weight: a longitudinal process evaluation in East Scotland	5
Diary	5
‘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	5
Editorial	5
Regulatory mechanisms to create healthier environments: planning appeals and hot food takeaways in England	4
Installing public handwashing facilities and integrating them with water fountains to reduce plastic pollution and prevent spread of infections	4
A qualitative exploration of a financial inclusion service in an English foodbank	4
India led health innovation(s) for achieving the SDG health goal in the global South	4
Can social prescribing reach patients most in need? Patterns of (in)equalities in referrals in a representative cohort of older adults in England	4
Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?	4
Adolescents’ unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey and the association with transport modes and food outlets along the school route	4
Editorial	4
We care but we’re not carers: perceptions and experiences of social prescribing in a UK national community organisation	4
Diary	4
The editor is not the author: artificial intelligence and public health publishing	4
CORRIGENDUM to “The role of community champions in place-based early years support: how can we successfully share knowledge and build parent confidence?”	3
Diary	3
Developing better understanding of hygiene is key to developing hygiene behaviour change in home and everyday life settings	3
Bringing lived experience into research: good practices for public involvement in research	3
Understanding health inequalities in COVID-19: a description of a pragmatic community-based consultation method	3
Green space for public mental health: an ethnographic study of ecotherapy in Wales	3
Editorial	3
Strengthening population and public health data governance in the era of digital technology in Africa	3
Will lessons from the global COVID-19 response strengthen commitment to sustainable development?	3
Protecting and improving the environment to protect and improve health: public health on the Board of environmental Non-Departmental Public Bodies	3
Improving our communication around vaccines	3
Diary	3
Experiencing loneliness in parenthood: a scoping review	2
Studentification and student wellbeing in the private rented sector: further reflections on Lynch et al	2
The forensic implications of food hypersensitivity – a review of cases in United Kingdom courts: January 2014–February 2020	2
Sudan conflicts (2012–2023): how does it prolong and intensify hunger?	2
Creative health in the urban Global South: barriers and facilitators in the cases of Cochabamba and Salvador	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
Climate change adaptation must not replicate lockdown scenarios	2
Group singing for health and wellbeing in the Republic of Ireland: the first national map	2
De-medicalising public mental health with the Power Threat Meaning Framework	2
Somatics and contemporary dance for wellbeing during digital times	2
Dying whilst on probation: a scoping review of mortality amongst those under community justice supervision	2
It’s time to change how we talk about alcohol	2
Therapeutic soundscapes – improving health and wellbeing with sonic art	2
Strategic planning in oral health improvement	2
Mapping the movement for climate change and health in England: a descriptive review and theory of change analysis	2
Climate change, health, and conflict in Africa’s arc of instability	2

Making co-creation a trustworthy methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion: the Health CASCADE project	2
Diary	2
The two-child limit for benefits in the Supreme Court: implications for public health	2
Participatory arts, refugees and mental health	2
Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription	2
Social capital, food insecurity, and health outcomes in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic	2