PHRC projects by date

Completed projects, 2005-2011

The following projects, under the 2005-2011 PHRC research programme, have been completed. For full details and reports of each project, please click on the project title.

For details of the projects which are on-going under the 2005-2011 PHRC research programme, please click here.


Using qualitative research to inform interventions to reduce smoking in pregnancy in England: a systematic review of qualitative studies

  • Principal Investigator: Hilary Graham, York
  • Duration: March 2010 - March 2011 (13 months)

What scope is there for averting the adverse health effects of obesity? Investigating the role of physical activity

  • Principal Investigator: Chris Power, Institute of Child Health, UCL
  • Duration: August 2009 - March 2011 (20 months)

The process and impact of change in school food policy on food and nutrient intake both in and outside of school
  • Principal Investigator: Ashley Adamson, Newcastle
  • Duration: July 2007 - March 2011 (46 months)

Tobacco Control, Inequalities in Health and Action at the Local Level in England

  • Principal Investigator: Amanda Amos, Edinburgh
  • Duration: April 2010 - December 2010 (11 months)

Obesity in ethnic minority children and adolescents: developing acceptable parent and child-based interventions in schools and places of worship

  • Principal Invesitgator: Seeromanie Harding, Glasgow
  • Duration: February 2008 - December 2010 (35 months)

PEAR: Our Voices, Our Health (Young People's Public Health Reference Group)

  • PHRC Lead: Catherine Shaw, NCB
  • Duration: November 2005 - November 2010 (61 months)

An Economic Model of Adult Smoking Related Costs and Consequences for England

  • Principal Investigator: Chris Godfrey, York
  • Duration: August 2007 - July 2010 (36 months)

Will policies for the early years reduce inequalities in health? A synthesis of evidence to inform policy development, using the examples of unintentional injury and childcare.

  • Principal Investigator: Catherine Law, Institute of Child Health, UCL
  • Duration: September 2007 - February 2010 (30 months)

Evaluating the Impact of Picture Health Warnings on Cigarette Packets

  • Principal Investigator: Heather Wardle, NatCen
  • Duration: June 2008 - September 2009 (16 months)

Evaluation of Smokefree England: a Longitudinal, Qualitative Study

  • Principal Investigator: Stephen Platt, Edinburgh
  • Duration: April 2007 - March 2009 (24 months)

A Review of Young People and Smoking in England

  • Principal Investigator: Amanda Amos, Edinburgh
  • Duration: August 2008 - January 2009 (6 months)

How do young people engage with food branding?

  • Principal Investigator: Martine Stead, Stirling
  • Duration: January 2007 - December 2008 (24 months)

Estimating the Costs to the NHS of Smoking in Pregnancy for Pregnant Women and Infants

  • Principal Investigator: Chris Godfrey, York
  • Duration: August 2007 - November 2008 (16 months)

A Systematic Review of the Effects of Price on the Smoking Behaviour of Young People

  • Principal Investigator: Nigel Rice, York
  • Duration: April 2007 - September 2008 (18 months)

Helping chronically ill or disabled people into work: what can we learn from international comparative analyses?

  • Principal Investigator: Margaret Whitehead, University of Liverpool
  • Commenced: October 2006 - September 2008 (24 months)

Tackling inequalities through the social determinants of health: Building the evidence base.

  • Principal Investigator: Mark Petticrew, LSHTM
  • Duration: October 2006 - August 2007 (11 months)

Scoping review on evaluation of Health Start.

  • Principal Investigator: Mary Renfrew, York
  • Duration: September 2006 - May 2007 (9 months)

The changing social patterning of obesity: an analysis to inform practice and policy development.

  • Principal Investigator: Martin White, Newcastle
  • Duration: January 2006 - December 2006 (12 months)

National Tobacco Control Policies: do they have a Differential Social Impact?

  • Principal Investigator: Gerard Hastings, Stirling
  • Duration: November 2005 - October 2006 (12 months)

Shiftwork and health: a systematic review.

  • Principal Investigator: Mark Petticrew, LSHTM
  • Duration: October 2005 - September 2006 (12 months)

Assessing the challenges of applying standard methods of economic evaluation to public health programmes.

  • Principal Investigator: Mike Drummond, York
  • Duration: October 2005 - June 2006 (9 months)

 

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