- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Health Care Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Rural development and sustainability
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
University of Leeds
2016-2025
Queen's University Belfast
2024
University of Sheffield
2014-2024
University of Amsterdam
2024
Texas A&M University
2023
Memorial University of Newfoundland
2018-2022
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2020-2022
University of Ottawa
2018-2022
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2018-2020
Hudson Institute
2018-2020
BACKGROUND: Life-limiting conditions (LLCs) describe diseases with no reasonable hope of cure that will ultimately be fatal. For children these diseases, palliative care services should available but few data are to estimate the burden conditions. METHODS: Children (0–19 years) LLCs were identified within an English Hospital Episode Statistics dataset (2000/2001–2009/2010) by applying a customized coding framework International Classification Diseases, 10th Revision, disease codes....
This paper reports a study applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to prediction pedestrians' road crossing intentions. Respondents (N = 210) completed questionnaires which included scenarios three potentially dangerous behaviours, followed by measures attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, self-identity and intention. The results indicated that social psychological variables under consideration were able explain between 39 52% variance in intentions cross manner...
To report population-based prevalence of hearing impairment based on speech recognition in noise testing a large and inclusive sample U.K. adults aged 40 to 69 years. The present study is the first such data. Prevalence tinnitus use aids also reported.
The deployment of renewable technologies as part climate mitigation strategies have provoked a range responses from various actors, bringing public acceptance to the forefront energy debates. A key example is reaction communities when projects are proposed in their local areas. This paper analyses effect that community has had on planning applications for onshore wind and solar farms Great Britain between 1990 2017. It does this by compiling set indicators testing association with outcomes...
To examine whether posttraumatic growth (PTG) after stroke is associated with cognitive processing and psychological distress time since moderates relationships between these variables.A sample of survivors (N = 60) completed the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory, Cognitive Processing Trauma Scale Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale.PTG correlated positively four indicators (i.e., positive restructuring, downward comparison, resolution, denial) negatively depression. Time moderated a number...
Background: Previous studies showed increasing number of children with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition who may benefit from input pediatric palliative care services. Aim: To estimate the current prevalence and to model future this population. Design: Observational study using national inpatient hospital data. A population-based approach utilizing ethnic specific population projections was used prevalence. Setting/participants: All aged 0–19 years diagnostic code recorded in...
Objective To determine whether there were inequalities in the sustained rise infant mortality England recent years and contribution of rising child poverty to these trends. Design This is an analysis trends local authorities grouped into five categories (quintiles) based on their level income deprivation. Fixed-effects regression models used quantify association between regional changes mortality. Setting 324 English 9 government office regions. Participants Live-born children under 1 year...
Binge drinking (i.e. consuming half the recommended weekly consumption of alcohol in a single session) is common activity among young people. Using Theory Planned Behaviour as its theoretical framework, this paper reports study exploring motivational and attitudinal factors underlying binge sample undergraduate students. Questionnaires were completed by 136 undergraduates which focused on their behaviour beliefs about drinking. was found to be more prevalent male respondents, number...
Mindfulness, defined as purposively and nonjudgementally paying attention in the present moment, could be used within psychosocial interventions to reduce distress associated with social anxiety avoidance found many skin conditions. However, little is known about relationship between naturally occurring levels of mindfulness dermatology patients.To examine a dermatological population. It was hypothesized that higher would lower anxiety, depression shame, better quality life.Adult outpatients...
Air quality in Great Britain has improved recent years, but not enough to prevent the European Commission (EC) taking legal action for non-compliance with limit values. is a national public health concern, disease burden associated current air estimated at 29 000 premature deaths per year due fine particulates, further NO2. National small-area analyses showed that 2001 poor was much more prevalent socio-economically deprived areas. We extend this social distribution of analysis consider how...
Abstract Measures of small area deprivation have played a major role in targeting resources the UK. The English Index Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is official measure England and it has been used to allocate billions pounds government money. success schemes reduce can only be assessed by measuring changes over time. In addition, effect such likely partly function history an area. More generally, trajectory deprivation, not just its current state, important understanding impacts on those who...
Abstract Populist radical right (PRR) parties are often more successful in some regions of their countries than others. However, previous research shows that the relationship between context and PRR support is not straightforward. We develop test an expanded framework linking local conditions to through two causal mechanisms. First, we argue economic cultural contextual factors can influence citizens by fostering a sense perceived decline, which turn predicts both populist nativist attitudes...