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2026

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120
Citations
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22
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  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
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Overview

Mark Petticrew is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom and has produced extensive research in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research focuses primarily on key topics such as Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Health Policy Implementation Science, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Health Disparities and Outcomes, and Public Health Policies and Education.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance (2021, BMJ)
  • Defining and conceptualising the commercial determinants of health (2023, The Lancet)
  • Framework for the development and evaluation of complex interventions: gap analysis, workshop and consultation-informed update (2021, Health Technology Assessment)
  • Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review (2021, Social Science & Medicine)
  • A framework for identifying and mitigating the equity harms of COVID-19 policy interventions (2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology)

Frequent collaborators of Mark Petticrew include:

  • May CI van Schalkwyk
  • Nason Maani
  • Matt Egan
  • Cécile Knai
  • Martin White

They have published extensively in several notable venues. These include:

  • BMJ
  • Health Promotion International
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Milbank Quarterly

Best Publications

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

    David Moher;Larissa Shamseer;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • Developing and evaluating complex interventions: The new Medical Research Council guidance

    Peter Craig;Paul Dieppe;Sally Macintyre;Susan Michie

  • Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation.

    Larissa Shamseer;David Moher;Mike Clarke;Davina Ghersi

  • A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: Update of Medical Research Council guidance

    Kathryn Skivington;Lynsay Matthews;Sharon Anne Simpson;Peter Craig

  • Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide

    Mark Petticrew;Helen Roberts

  • Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in sytematic reviews

    Jennie Popay;Helen M. Roberts;Amanda Sowden;Mark Petticrew

  • Evaluating non-randomised intervention studies.

    J J Deeks;J Dinnes;R D'Amico;A J Sowden

  • Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic Reviews. A Product from the ESRC Methods Programme. Version 1

    jennie popay;Helen Roberts;Amanda Sowden;Mark Petticrew

  • Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions: New Guidance

    Peter Craig;Paul Dieppe;Sally Macintyre;Susan Michie

  • Applying an equity lens to interventions: using PROGRESS ensures consideration of socially stratifying factors to illuminate inequities in health

    Jennifer O'Neill;Hilary Tabish;Vivian Welch;Mark Petticrew

  • The nuts and bolts of PROSPERO: an international prospective register of systematic reviews

    Alison Booth;Mike Clarke;Gordon Dooley;Davina Ghersi

  • The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health

    Harry Rutter;Natalie Savona;Ketevan Glonti;Jo Bibby

  • What types of interventions generate inequalities? Evidence from systematic reviews

    Theo Lorenc;Mark Petticrew;Vivian Welch;Peter Tugwell

  • Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new Medical Research Council guidance

    Peter Craig;Cyrus Cooper;David Gunnell;Sally Haw

  • Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews

    C Bambra;M Gibson;A Sowden;K Wright

  • The Social Determinants of Tuberculosis: From Evidence to Action

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

  • PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity

    Vivian Welch;Mark Petticrew;Peter Tugwell;Peter Tugwell;David Moher

  • Evidence, hierarchies, and typologies: horses for courses

    M Petticrew;H Roberts

  • Systematic reviews from astronomy to zoology: myths and misconceptions

    Mark Petticrew

  • 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

  • Defining and conceptualising the commercial determinants of health

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Frequent Co-Authors

Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Hilary Thomson
Hilary Thomson University of Glasgow
Margaret Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead University of Liverpool
Helen Roberts
Helen Roberts University College London
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
David Ogilvie
David Ogilvie University of Cambridge
Vivian Welch
Vivian Welch University of Ottawa
Cécile Knai
Cécile Knai London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Judith Green
Judith Green King's College London

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