MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review.

McGill E, Er V, Penney T, Egan M, White M, Meier P, Whitehead M, Lock K, Anderson de Cuevas R, Smith R, Savona N, Rutter H, Marks D, de Vocht F, Cummins S, Popay J, Petticrew M

Social science & medicine (1982). Aug 2020

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113697)

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What is the evidence that differences in 'control over destiny' lead to socioeconomic inequalities in health? A theory-led systematic review of high-quality longitudinal studies on pathways in the living environment.

Orton LC, Pennington A, Nayak S, Sowden A, Petticrew M, White M, Whitehead M

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Apr 2019

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2019-212565)

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The health impacts of women's low control in their living environment: A theory-based systematic review of observational studies in societies with profound gender discrimination.

Pennington A, Orton L, Nayak S, Ring A, Petticrew M, Sowden A, White M, Whitehead M

Health & place. Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.02.001)

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Group-based microfinance for collective empowerment: a systematic review of health impacts.

Orton L, Pennington A, Nayak S, Sowden A, White M, Whitehead M

Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Dec 2015

(DOI : 10.2471/BLT.15.168252)

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Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: systematic review.

Thomas S, Fayter D, Misso K, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, Sowden A, Whitehead M, Worthy G

Tobacco control. Apr 2008

(DOI : 10.1136/tc.2007.023911)

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Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: placing an equity lens on existing systematic reviews.

Main C, Thomas S, Ogilvie D, Stirk L, Petticrew M, Whitehead M, Sowden A

BMC Public Health. Dec 2007

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-8-178)

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The harvest plot: a method for synthesising evidence about the differential effects of interventions.

Ogilvie D, Fayter D, Petticrew M, Sowden A, Thomas S, Whitehead M, Worthy G

BMC Medical Research Methodology. Oct 2007

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2288-8-8)

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