MRC Epidemiology Unit - Publications Database

Urban public space initiatives and health in Africa: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Meelan T, Mogo ERI, Onyemaobi N, Ogunro T, Odekunle D, Unuigboje R, K Muyiolu S, Olalekan D, Dominic C, Thomas A, Ngwa E, Walter O, Sanga C, Onifade V, Ndiabamoh CM, Blanche N, Seyinde D, Ogunjimi TF, Mapa-Tassou C, Buraimoh OM, Teguia SS, Mukhtar G, Iorse MP, Farr C, Oguntade AS, Olowoniyi I, Chatzidiakou L, Foley L, Alani R, Lawanson T, Assah F, Oni T

PLOS global public health. Oct 2024

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003709)

Reducing Sugar Intake in South Africa: Learnings from a Multilevel Policy Analysis on Diet and Noncommunicable Disease Prevention.

McCreedy N, Shung-King M, Weimann A, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Muzenda T, Govia I, Were V, Oni T

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Sep 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph191811828)

A Mixed-Methods Participatory Intervention Design Process to Develop Intervention Options in Immediate Food and Built Environments to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living among Children and Adolescents in Cameroon and South Africa.

Erzse A, Rwafa-Ponela T, Kruger P, Wayas FA, Lambert EV, Mapa-Tassou C, Ngwa E, Goldstein S, Foley L, Hofman KJ, Teguia S, Oni T, Assah F, Shung-King M, Abdool Karim S

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Aug 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph191610263)

The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns

Mogo ERI, Lawanson T, Unuigboje R, Chetty Y, Onifade V, Odekunle D, Ogunro T, Blanche N, Alani R, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Assah F, Popoola O, Peter C, Oni T

Cities & Health. May 2022

(DOI : 10.1080/23748834.2022.2073540)

Three Growth Spurts in Global Physical Activity Policies between 2000 and 2019: A Policy Document Analysis.

Muzenda T, Shung-King M, Lambert EV, Brugulat Panés A, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Govia I, Were V, Oni T

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Dec 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph19073819)

A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities.

Mogo ERI, Lawanson T, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Assah F, Ogunro T, Onifade V, Odekunle D, Unuigboje R, Blanche N, Alani R, Chatzidiakou L, Popoola O, Jones R, Oni T

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph19042285)

Analysis of Cameroon's Sectoral Policies on Physical Activity for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention.

Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Shung-King M, Oni T, Woodcock J, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Muzenda T, Govia I, Mbanya JC, Assah F

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph182312713)

Protocol for a Multi-Level Policy Analysis of Non-Communicable Disease Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity: Implications for Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Africa and the Caribbean.

Shung-King M, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Muzenda T, Govia I, Were V, Oni T

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Sep 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph182413061)

Intersectoral Action for Addressing NCDs through the Food Environment: An Analysis of NCD Framing in Global Policies and Its Relevance for the African Context.

Weimann A, Shung-King M, McCreedy N, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Muzenda T, Govia I, Were V, Oni T

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Sep 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph182111246)

Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol.

Odunitan-Wayas FA, Wadende P, Mogo ERI, Brugulat-Panés A, Micklesfield LK, Govia I, Mapa-Tassou C, Mukoma G, Smith JA, Motlhalhedi M, Wasnyo Y, Were V, Assah F, Okop KJ, Norris SA, Obonyo C, Mbanya JC, Tulloch-Reid MK, King AC, Lambert EV, Oni T

JMIR research protocols. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.2196/26739)

Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries.

Oni T, Micklesfield LK, Wadende P, Obonyo CO, Woodcock J, Mogo ERI, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Assah F, Tatah L, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Bhagtani D, Weimann A, Mba C, Unwin N, Brugulat-Panés A, Hofman KJ, Smith J, Tulloch-Reid M, Erzse A, Shung-King M, Lambert EV, Wareham NJ

Global health action. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1080/16549716.2020.1810415)