MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

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)

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Virtual Assessment of Physical Activity-Related Built Environment in Soweto, South Africa: What Is the Role of Contextual Familiarity?

Godongwana M, Gama K, Maluleke V, Micklesfield LK, Odekunle D, Wasnyo YF, Elouna B, Ngwa E, Lopes A, Balarabe MR, Coringrato E, McGushin A, Oni T, Foley L, Canelas T

Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. Sep 2024

(DOI : 10.1007/s11524-024-00914-3)

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Understanding how and why travel mode changes: analysis of longitudinal qualitative interviews.

Garrott K, Foley L, Ogilvie D, Panter J

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2024

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-024-01647-x)

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Charting a Course: Navigating Rigor and Meaning in Global Health Research.

Canelas T, Godongwana M, Wayas FA, Lambert EV, Wasnyo Y, Foley L

Journal of physical activity & health. Nov 2023

(DOI : 10.1123/jpah.2023-0611)

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Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of financial incentives to promote alternative travel modes to the car

Garrott K, Foley L, Cummins S, Adams J, Panter J

Journal of transport & health. Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jth.2023.101673)

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Comparing travel behaviour characteristics and correlates between large and small Kenyan cities (Nairobi versus Kisumu).

Tatah L, Foley L, Oni T, Pearce M, Lwanga C, Were V, Assah F, Wasnyo Y, Mogo E, Okello G, Mogere S, Obonyo C, Woodcock J

Journal of Transport Geography. Jul 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103625)

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Participatory prioritisation of interventions to improve primary school food environments in Gauteng, South Africa.

Erzse A, Karim SA, Rwafa-Ponela T, Kruger P, Hofman K, Foley L, Oni T, Goldstein S

BMC Public Health. Jun 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-023-16101-z)

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Identifying priority interventions using the Behaviour Change Wheel to improve public primary school food environments in urban South Africa.

Erzse A, Karim SA, Rwafa-Ponela T, Kruger P, Hofman KJ, Foley L, Oni T, Goldstein S

The Lancet. Global health. Mar 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00102-X)

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Socioeconomic inequalities in food purchasing practices and expenditure patterns: Results from a cross-sectional household survey in western Kenya.

Were V, Foley L, Musuva R, Pearce M, Wadende P, Lwanga C, Mogo E, Turner-Moss E, Obonyo C

Frontiers in Public Health. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.3389/fpubh.2023.943523)

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Foodscapes, finance, and faith: Multi-sectoral stakeholder perspectives on the local population health and wellbeing in an urbanizing area in Kenya.

Wadende P, Francis O, Musuva R, Mogo E, Turner-Moss E, Were V, Obonyo C, Foley L

Frontiers in Public Health. Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.3389/fpubh.2022.913851)

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Resilience in maternal and child nutrition outcomes in a refugee-hosting community in Cameroon: A quasi-experimental study.

Tatah L, Nkunzimana T, Foley L, de Brauw A, Rodriguez-Llanes JM

Heliyon. Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12096)

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Active travel and paratransit use in African cities: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography.

Randall L, Brugulat-Panés A, Woodcock J, Ware LJ, Pley C, Abdool Karim S, Micklesfield L, Mukoma G, Tatah L, Dambisya PM, Matina SS, Hambleton I, Okello G, Assah F, Anil M, Kwan H, Awinja AC, Pujol-Busquets Guillén G, Foley L

Journal of transport & health. Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101558)

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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)

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Travel Behaviour and Barriers to Active Travel among Adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Tatah L, Wasnyo Y, Pearce M, Oni T, Foley L, Mogo ERI, Obonyo CO, Mbanya JC, Woodcock J, Assah FK

Sustainability. Jul 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/su14159092)

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A protocol for a systematic review on intersectoral interventions to reduce non-communicable disease risk factors in African cities.

Mogo ERI, Brugulat-Panés A, Micklesfield LK, Ebikeme C, Muzenda T, Foley L, Oni T

Public health in practice (Oxford, England). Jun 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100251)

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Navigating the local foodscape: qualitative investigation of food retail and dietary preferences in Kisumu and Homa Bay Counties, western Kenya.

Musuva RM, Foley L, Wadende P, Francis O, Lwanga C, Turner-Moss E, Were V, Obonyo C

BMC Public Health. Jun 2022

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-022-13580-4)

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Children's experiences of the journey between home and school: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography.

Morris S, Lawlor ER, Foley L, Summerbell C, Panter J, Adams J, Jago R, Pollard TM

Health & place. Jun 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102819)

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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)

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Gender differences in active travel in major cities across the world.

Goel R, Oyebode O, Foley L, Tatah L, Millett C, Woodcock J

Transportation. Jan 2022

(DOI : PMC7614415)

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Comparison of household socioeconomic status classification methods and effects on risk estimation: lessons from a natural experimental study, Kisumu, Western Kenya.

Were V, Foley L, Turner-Moss E, Mogo E, Wadende P, Musuva R, Obonyo C

International Journal for Equity in Health. Jan 2022

(DOI : 10.1186/s12939-022-01652-1)

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Cross-Sectional Association of Food Source with Food Insecurity, Dietary Diversity and Body Mass Index in Western Kenya.

Olatunji E, Obonyo C, Wadende P, Were V, Musuva R, Lwanga C, Turner-Moss E, Pearce M, Mogo ERI, Francis O, Foley L

Nutrients. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/nu14010121)

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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)

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Socioeconomic and gendered inequities in travel behaviour in Africa: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography.

Foley L, Brugulat-Panés A, Woodcock J, Govia I, Hambleton I, Turner-Moss E, Mogo ERI, Awinja AC, Dambisya PM, Matina SS, Micklesfield L, Abdool Karim S, Ware LJ, Tulloch-Reid M, Assah F, Pley C, Bennett N, Pujol-Busquets G, Okop K, Anand T, Mba CM, Kwan H, Mukoma G, Anil M, Tatah L, Randall L

Social science & medicine (1982). Jun 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114545)

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Availability and advertising of sugar sweetened beverages in South African public primary schools following a voluntary pledge by a major beverage company: a mixed methods study.

Erzse A, Christofides N, Stacey N, Lebard K, Foley L, Hofman K

Global health action. Apr 2021

(DOI : 10.1080/16549716.2021.1898130)

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A natural experimental study of new walking and cycling infrastructure across the United Kingdom: The Connect2 programme

Le Gouais A, Panter J, Cope A, Powell J, Bird EL, Woodcock J, Ogilvie D, Foley L, iConnect consortium

Journal of transport & health. Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jth.2020.1009687)

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Foodwork in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2014: A compositional data analysis of repeat cross-sectional time use surveys.

Clifford Astbury C, Penney TL, Foley L, Adams J

Appetite. Feb 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105694)

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Sharing believable stories: A qualitative study exploring the relevance of case studies for influencing the creation of healthy environments.

Le Gouais A, Foley L, Ogilvie D, Panter J, Guell C

Health & place. Jan 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102615)

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Food Sources and Dietary Quality in Small Island Developing States: Development of Methods and Policy Relevant Novel Survey Data from the Pacific and Caribbean.

Haynes E, Bhagtani D, Iese V, Brown CR, Fesaitu J, Hambleton I, Badrie N, Kroll F, Guell C, Brugulat-Panés A, Saint Ville A, Benjamin-Neelon SE, Foley L, Samuels TA, Wairiu M, Forouhi NG, Unwin N, On Behalf Of The Community Food And Health CFaH Team

Nutrients. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.3390/nu12113350)

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Making sense of the evidence in population health intervention research: building a dry stone wall.

Ogilvie D, Bauman A, Foley L, Guell C, Humphreys D, Panter J

BMJ global health. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004017)

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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)

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Decision-making for active living infrastructure in new communities: a qualitative study in England.

Le Gouais A, Foley L, Ogilvie D, Guell C

Journal of public health (Oxford, England). Aug 2020

(DOI : 10.1093/pubmed/fdz105)

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How Does Time Use Differ between Individuals Who Do More versus Less Foodwork? A Compositional Data Analysis of Time Use in the United Kingdom Time Use Survey 2014-2015.

Clifford Astbury C, Foley L, Penney TL, Adams J

Nutrients. Jun 2020

(DOI : 10.3390/nu12082280)

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Evidence for factors associated with diet and physical activity in African and Caribbean countries.

Turner-Moss E, Razavi A, Unwin N, Foley L, Global Diet and Activity Research Group and Network

Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Jun 2020

(DOI : 10.2471/BLT.20.269308)

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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts.

Oni T, Assah F, Erzse A, Foley L, Govia I, Hofman KJ, Lambert EV, Micklesfield LK, Shung-King M, Smith J, Turner-Moss E, Unwin N, Wadende P, Woodcock J, Mbanya JC, Norris SA, Obonyo CO, Tulloch-Reid M, Wareham NJ, GDAR network GDAR network

Globalization and health. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12992-020-00630-y)

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Local walking and cycling by residents living near urban motorways: cross-sectional analysis.

Powers EFJ, Panter J, Ogilvie D, Foley L

BMC Public Health. Feb 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-019-7621-4)

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Activity spaces in studies of the environment and physical activity: A review and synthesis of implications for causality.

Smith L, Foley L, Panter J

Health & place. Dec 2018

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.04.003)

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between active commuting and patterns of movement behaviour during discretionary time: A compositional data analysis.

Foley L, Dumuid D, Atkin AJ, Wijndaele K, Ogilvie D, Olds T

PLoS ONE. Oct 2018

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0216650)

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Changes in the mode of travel to work and the severity of depressive symptoms: a longitudinal analysis of UK Biobank.

Knott CS, Panter J, Foley L, Ogilvie D

Preventive Medicine . Oct 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.03.018)

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Patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel: a compositional data analysis.

Foley L, Dumuid D, Atkin AJ, Olds T, Ogilvie D

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Sep 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-018-0662-8)

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Longitudinal association between change in the neighbourhood built environment and the wellbeing of local residents in deprived areas: an observational study.

Foley L, Coombes E, Hayman D, Humphreys D, Jones A, Mitchell R, Ogilvie D

BMC Public Health. Sep 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5459-9)

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Population levels of, and inequalities in, active travel: A national, cross-sectional study of adults in Scotland.

Olsen JR, Mitchell R, Mutrie N, Foley L, Ogilvie D, M74 study team

Preventive medicine reports. Jul 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.09.008)

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Experiences of connectivity and severance in the wake of a new motorway: Implications for health and well-being.

Nimegeer A, Thomson H, Foley L, Hilton S, Crawford F, Ogilvie D, M74 study team

Social science & medicine (1982). Jun 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.049)

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A Domain-Specific Approach for Assessing Physical Activity Efficacy in Adolescents: From Scale Conception to Predictive Validity.

Campbell N, Gray C, Foley L, Maddison R, Prapavessis H

Psychology of sport and exercise. May 2017

(DOI : 10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.05.002)

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Effects of urban motorways on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in local residents: a natural experimental study.

Prins RG, Foley L, Mutrie N, Ogilvie D, M74 study team

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Dec 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-017-0557-0)

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Effects of living near an urban motorway on the wellbeing of local residents in deprived areas: Natural experimental study.

Foley L, Prins RG, Crawford F, Humphreys D, Mitchell R, Sahlqvist S, Thomson H, Ogilvie D, M74 study team

PLoS ONE. Nov 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0174882)

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Effects of living near a new urban motorway on the travel behaviour of local residents in deprived areas: Evidence from a natural experimental study.

Foley L, Prins R, Crawford F, Sahlqvist S, Ogilvie D, M74 study team

Health & place. Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.008)

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Determinants of Three-Year Change in Children's Objectively Measured Sedentary Time.

Atkin AJ, Foley L, Corder K, Ekelund U, Van Sluijs EM

PLoS ONE. Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0167826)

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Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention.

Foley L, Ni Mhurchu C, Marsh S, Epstein LH, Olds T, Dewes O, Heke I, Jiang Y, Maddison R

BMC Public Health. Oct 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3124-8)

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Changes in active commuting and changes in physical activity in adults: a cohort study.

Foley L, Panter J, Heinen E, Prins R, Ogilvie D

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Jul 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-015-0323-0)

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The association between the activity profile and cardiovascular risk.

Maddison R, Jiang Y, Foley L, Scragg R, Direito A, Olds T

Journal of science and medicine in sport. Jan 2015

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.08.001)

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