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Overview

John Porter is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences and psychology, with a particular emphasis on mental health, healthcare decision-making, and aspects of emergency medical care.

The main fields of study for Porter include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Key subfields explored in their work are:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Literature and Literary Theory

Porter's research addresses a range of interrelated topics, such as:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

The scientist has contributed to recent scholarly articles including:

  • An analysis of Nepal's Draft Mental Health Acts 2006-2017: competing values and power, 2024, published in Health Policy and Planning
  • A role for fiction in science, 2021, published in EMBO Reports

Porter frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, among whom are:

  • Jane Stephens
  • Padam Simkhada
  • Edwin van Teijlingen
  • Julian Eaton

Their work is published in venues including:

  • Health Policy and Planning
  • EMBO Reports

Best Publications

  • Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial

    Paul M Pronyk;Paul M Pronyk;James R Hargreaves;James R Hargreaves;Julia C Kim;Julia C Kim;Linda A Morison

  • Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women’s Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa

    Julia C. Kim;Charlotte H. Watts;James R. Hargreaves;Luceth X. Ndhlovu

  • The Social Determinants of Tuberculosis: From Evidence to Action

    James R. Hargreaves;Delia Boccia;Carlton A. Evans;Michelle Adato

  • Disappearing, displaced, and undervalued: a call to action for Indigenous health worldwide

    Carolyn Stephens;John Porter;Clive Nettleton;Ruth Willis

  • Twice weekly tuberculosis preventive therapy in HIV infection in Zambia

    A. Mwinga;M. Hosp;P. Godfrey-Faussett;M. Quigley

  • A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants

    Paul M. Pronyk;Julia C. Kim;Tanya Abramsky;Godfrey Phetla

  • Can social capital be intentionally generated? A randomized trial from rural South Africa

    Paul M. Pronyk;Trudy Harpham;Joanna Busza;Godfrey Phetla

  • Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions: the IMAGE study in South Africa

    Julia Kim;Giulia Ferrari;Tanya Abramsky;Charlotte Watts

  • Adherence to tuberculosis treatment: lessons from the urban setting of Delhi, India.

    A. Jaiswal;V. Singh;J. A. Ogden;J. D. H. Porter

  • Indigenous peoples' health--why are they behind everyone, everywhere?

    Carolyn Stephens;Clive Nettleton;John Porter;Ruth Willis

  • Outcomes in adults and children with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

    Gloria Ashuntantang;Charlotte Osafo;Wasiu A Olowu;Fatiu Arogundade

  • Evaluation of a new rapid bacteriophage-based method for the drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Stuart Mark Wilson;Zubaida Al-Suwaidi;Ruth McNerney;John Porter

  • Isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis in HIV-1-infected adults: results of a randomized controlled trial.

    M.P. Hawken;H.K. Meme;L.C. Elliott;J.M. Chakaya

  • Outcomes of acute kidney injury in children and adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

    Wasiu A Olowu;Abdou Niang;Charlotte Osafo;Gloria Ashuntantang

  • Autopsy study of HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative adult medical patients in Nairobi, Kenya.

    F S Rana;M P Hawken;C Mwachari;S M Bhatt

  • The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa

    J R Hargreaves;L A Morison;J C Kim;C P Bonell

  • Is social capital associated with HIV risk in rural South Africa

    Paul M. Pronyk;Trudy Harpham;Linda A. Morison;James R. Hargreaves

  • Adherence to TB preventive therapy for HIV-positive patients in rural South Africa: implications for antiretroviral delivery in resource-poor settings?

    K A Rowe;B Makhubele;J R Hargreaves;J D Porter

  • Explaining continued high HIV prevalence in South Africa: socioeconomic factors, HIV incidence and sexual behaviour change among a rural cohort, 2001-2004.

    James R. Hargreaves;Christopher P. Bonell;Linda A. Morison;Julia C. Kim

  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

    Carolyn Stephens;John Porter;Clive Nettleton;Ruth Willis

  • The global burden of tuberculosis.

    J. M. Grange;J. D. H. Porter

  • Assessing the Incremental Effects of Combining Economic and Health Interventions: The IMAGE Study in South Africa/Evaluation Des Effets Supplementaires Produits Par la Combinaison D'interventions Economiques et Sanitaires: Etude De l'Intervention IMAGE En Afrique Du Sud./Evaluacion De Los Efectos Incrementales De la Combinacion De Intervenciones Economicas Y Sanitarias: Estudio De IMAGE En Sudafrica

    Julia Kim;Giulia Ferrari;Tanya Abramsky;Charlotte Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

James R Hargreaves
James R Hargreaves London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Joanna Busza
Joanna Busza London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Abigail M. Hatcher
Abigail M. Hatcher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Phil Edwards
Phil Edwards London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alison M. Elliott
Alison M. Elliott London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Charles F. Gilks
Charles F. Gilks University of Queensland
Ruairi Brugha
Ruairi Brugha Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Francis Drobniewski
Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London
Jim McCambridge
Jim McCambridge University of York

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