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Trevor A Sheldon is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields including medicine, health professions, and social sciences, with a particular focus on general health professions, clinical psychology, emergency medicine, and sociology and political science.

Their work prominently addresses topics such as health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 and mental health, trauma and emergency care studies, health policy implementation science, misinformation and its impacts, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and chronic disease management strategies.

Sheldon has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include Wellcome Open Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Palliative Medicine, Emergency Medicine Journal, and BMJ.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Understanding COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK" (2021, Health Expectations)
  • "The Caregiver Health Effects of Caring for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-analysis" (2020, Maternal and Child Health Journal)
  • "Twin epidemics of covid-19 and non-communicable disease" (2020, BMJ)
  • "The Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Study: Protocol for an adaptive mixed methods research study to gather actionable intelligence on the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities amongst families living in Bradford" (2020, Wellcome Open Research)
  • "Understanding Covid-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Sheldon collaborates frequently with other researchers, with regular coauthors including John Wright, Kate E. Pickett, Rosemary McEachan, Josie Dickerson, and Bridget Lockyer. These collaborative efforts reflect a multidisciplinary approach aligning with the broad scope of their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Modelling in economic evaluation: an unavoidable fact of life.

    Martin J. Buxton;Michael F. Drummond;Ben A. Van Hout;Richard L. Prince

  • Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial

    W Atkinson;T A Sheldon;N Shaath;P J Whorwell

  • The treatment and prevention of obesity: a systematic review of the literature.

    A M Glenny;S O'Meara;A Melville;T A Sheldon

  • Developing and implementing clinical practice guidelines.

    J Grimshaw;N Freemantle;S Wallace;I Russell

  • Cholesterol lowering and mortality: the importance of considering initial level of risk.

    G. D. Smith;Fujian Song;T. A. Sheldon

  • Health effects of obstructive sleep apnoea and the effectiveness of continuous positive airways pressure: a systematic review of the research evidence

    John Wright;Rachel Johns;Ian Watt;Arabella Melville

  • What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented? Results from a national evaluation using time series analysis, audit of patients' notes, and interviews.

    Trevor A. Sheldon;Nicky Cullum;Diane Dawson;Annette Jean Lankshear

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: meta-analysis of efficacy and acceptability.

    Fujian Song;N. Freemantle;T. A. Sheldon;A. House

  • Sensitivity of routine system for reporting patient safety incidents in an NHS hospital: retrospective patient case note review.

    Ali Baba-Akbari Sari;Trevor A Sheldon;Alison Cracknell;Alastair Turnbull

  • Screening and case-finding instruments for depression: a meta-analysis

    Simon Gilbody;Trevor Sheldon;Allan House

  • Nurse staffing and healthcare outcomes: a systematic review of the international research evidence

    Annette Jean Lankshear;Trevor A. Sheldon;Alan Maynard

  • Routinely administered questionnaires for depression and anxiety: systematic review.

    Simon M Gilbody;Allan O House;Trevor A Sheldon

  • A systematic review of compression treatment for venous leg ulcers

    Alison Fletcher;Nicky Cullum;Trevor A Sheldon

  • Race and ethnicity in health research.

    Trevor A. Sheldon;Hilda Parker

  • Systematic reviews of wound care management: (3) antimicrobial agents for chronic wounds; (4) diabetic foot ulceration.

    S O'Meara;N Cullum;M Majid;T Sheldon

  • Hyperglycaemia and Risk of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    D. Farrar;M. Simmonds;M. Bryant;T.A. Sheldon

  • A systematic review of comparisons of effect sizes derived from randomised and non-randomised studies.

    MacLehose Rr;Reeves Bc;Harvey Im;Sheldon Ta

  • Nurses, information use, and clinical decision making—the real world potential for evidence-based decisions in nursing

    Carl Thompson;Nicky Cullum;Dorothy McCaughan;Trevor Sheldon

  • Research information in nurses’ clinical decision‐making: what is useful?

    Carl Thompson;Dorothy McCaughan;Nicky Cullum;Trevor A. Sheldon

  • Compression for venous leg ulcers

    N. Cullum;E.A. Nelson;A.W. Fletcher;T.A. Sheldon

Frequent Co-Authors

John Wright
John Wright National Health Service
Nick Freemantle
Nick Freemantle University College London
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Simon Gilbody
Simon Gilbody University of York
James Mason
James Mason University of Warwick
Allan House
Allan House University of Leeds
Kate E. Pickett
Kate E. Pickett University of York
Alan Maynard
Alan Maynard University of York
Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York
Rosemary R. C. McEachan
Rosemary R. C. McEachan National Health Service

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