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Social Sciences and Humanities

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41
Citations
11738
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4907
National Ranking
829

Best Publications

  • Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline.

    Mhairi Campbell;Joanne E McKenzie;Amanda Sowden;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

  • Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing: mapping review of theories and causal pathways.

    Theo Lorenc;Stephen Clayton;David Neary;Margaret Whitehead

  • Health effects of housing improvement: systematic review of intervention studies

    Hilary Thomson;Mark Petticrew;David Morrison

  • Housing improvements for health and associated socio‐economic outcomes

    Hilary Thomson;Sian Thomas;Eva Sellstrom;Mark Petticrew

  • The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 1. A systematic review of organisational-level interventions that aim to increase employee control

    Matt Egan;Clare Bambra;Sian Thomas;Mark Petticrew

  • The health impacts of housing improvement: a systematic review of intervention studies from 1887 to 2007

    Hilary Thomson;Sian Thomas;Eva Sellstrom;Mark Petticrew

  • Effects of Housing First approaches on health and well-being of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

    Andrew J Baxter;Emily J Tweed;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi;Hilary Thomson

  • The health and socioeconomic impacts of major multi-sport events: systematic review (1978-2008).

    Gerry McCartney;Sian Thomas;Hilary Thomson;John Scott

  • Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis

    Joanne E McKenzie;Sue E Brennan;Rebecca E Ryan;Hilary J Thomson

  • Global Report on Urban Health: Equitable, Healthier Cities for Sustainable Development

    Paul Rosenberg;Megumi Kano;Isobel Ludford;Amit Prasad

  • Do urban regeneration programmes improve public health and reduce health inequalities? A synthesis of the evidence from UK policy and practice (1980–2004)

    Hilary Thomson;Rowland Atkinson;Mark Petticrew;Ade Kearns

  • The effect direction plot revisited: application of the 2019 Cochrane Handbook guidance on alternative synthesis methods

    Michele Hilton Boon;Hilary Thomson

  • Fear of crime and the environment: systematic review of UK qualitative evidence

    Theo Lorenc;Mark Petticrew;Margaret Whitehead;David Neary

  • What are the most effective ways of improving population health through transport interventions? Evidence from systematic reviews

    David S. Morrison;Mark Petticrew;Hilary Thomson

  • Evidence synthesis for constructing directed acyclic graphs (ESC-DAGs): a novel and systematic method for building directed acyclic graphs.

    Karl D Ferguson;Mark McCann;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi;Hilary Thomson

  • Health impact assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence.

    Hilary Thomson;Mark Petticrew;Margaret Douglas

  • Assessing causality in epidemiology: revisiting Bradford Hill to incorporate developments in causal thinking.

    Michal Shimonovich;Anna Pearce;Hilary Thomson;Katherine Keyes

  • The effect direction plot: visual display of non-standardised effects across multiple outcome domains

    Hilary J Thomson;Sian Thomas

  • Crime, fear of crime and mental health: synthesis of theory and systematic reviews of interventions and qualitative evidence

    Theo Lorenc;Mark Petticrew;Margaret Whitehead;David Neary

  • Lack of transparency in reporting narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a methodological assessment of systematic reviews.

    Mhairi Campbell;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi;Amanda Sowden;Hilary Thomson

  • Evaluating the health effects of social interventions.

    Hilary Thomson;Robert Hoskins;Mark Petticrew;David Ogilvie

  • Evaluation of the health effects of a neighbourhood traffic calming scheme

    David S Morrison;Hilary Thomson;Mark Petticrew

  • Developing empirically supported theories of change for housing investment and health.

    Hilary Thomson;Sian Thomas

  • Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme

    Matt Egan;Ade Kearns;Phil Mason;Carol Tannahill

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi
Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi University of Glasgow
Margaret Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead University of Liverpool
Laurence Moore
Laurence Moore University of Glasgow
Ade Kearns
Ade Kearns University of Glasgow
Lyndal Bond
Lyndal Bond Victoria University
David Ogilvie
David Ogilvie University of Cambridge
Elizabeth Waters
Elizabeth Waters University of Melbourne

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