Publications

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2025

Caitlyn Donaldson, Kelly Morgan, Safia Ouerghi, James J. Lewis & Graham Moore Child

Associations of Perceived School and Year Group Climate with Mental Health Among Children Aged 7-to-11 Years 

Indicators Research

Jessica M. Armitage, Gemma Lewis, Nicholas Page, Foteini Tseliou, Rebecca Anthony, Simon Murphy, Graham Moore, Stephan Collishaw 

Change over time in perceived schoolwork pressure and associations with emotional problems among 11–16-year-olds: A repeat cross-sectional study in Wales, UK 

JCPP Advances

Cosma, A. et al. 2025. 

Cross-national trends in adolescents psychological and somatic complaints before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Adolescent Health 76(2), pp. 254-264.

Sischka, P. E., Martin, G., Residori, C., Hammami, N., Page, N., Schnohr, C. and Cosma, A. 2025.

 Cross-national validation of the WHO-5 Well-Being Index within adolescent populations: Findings from 43 countries

ORCA

Morgan, K. et al. 2025. 

Findings from a cluster randomised feasibility study of a school-based physical activity role model intervention (CHARMING) for 9–10-year-old girls

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

 

 

 

 

2024

Gurpinder Lalli, Kim Smith, Jayne Woodside, Greta Defeyter, Valeria Skafida, Kelly Morgan, Christopher Martin

A brief review of Secondary School Food Policy (SSFP) approaches in the UK from 2010 to 2022 

Nutrition & Food Science

Nicholas Page, Shujun Liu, Kelly Morgan, Lianna Angel, Edna Ogada, Chris Roberts, Honor Young, Simon Murphy 

Data Resource Profile: The School Health Research Network (SHRN) Student Health and Well-being (SHW) survey of 11–16-year-olds (2017–2023) 

International Journal of Epidemiology

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse Trubey, R., Evans, R., McDonald, S., Noyes, J., Robling, M., Willis, S., Boffey, M., Wooders, C., Vinnicombe, S., & Melendez-Torres, G. J.

Effectiveness of Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions for Children and Young People in Foster, Kinship, and Residential Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

Sage Journals

Rhiannon Evans, Sarah MacDonald, Robert Trubey, Jane Noyes, Michael Robling, Simone Willis, Soo Vinnicombe, Maria Boffey, Charlotte Wooders, Asmaa El-Banna, GJ Melendez-Torres 

Interventions to improve mental health and well-being in care-experienced children and young people aged less than 25: the CHIMES systematic review 

Public Health Research

Clare Bennett, Daniel Kelly, Catherine Dunn, Massirfufulay Kpehe Musa, Honor Young, Zoë Couzens, John McSorley, Emma Jones 

‘I wouldn’t trust it …’ Digital transformation of young people’s sexual health services: a systems-informed qualitative enquiry 

BMJ

MacDonald, S., Trubey, R., Noyes, J., Vinnicombe, S., Morgan, H.E., Willis, S., Boffey, M., Melendez-Torres, G.J., Robling, M., Wooder, C., and Evans, R. 

Mental health and wellbeing interventions for care-experienced children and young people: Systematic review and synthesis of process evaluations. 

Children and Youth Services Review

 

Caitlyn DonaldsonKelly MorganNicholas PageLianna AngelGraham Moore

Mental health, bullying and school connectedness: A comparative analysis of school transition at age 11 from within the Welsh education system Caitlyn Donaldson, Kelly Morgan, Nicholas Page, Lianna Angel, Graham Moore 

BERJ

Kelly Morgan, Hayley Reed, Samantha Garay, Frank de Vocht, Simon Murphy 

Perceived impacts of a school-based growth mindset programme ‘Mindset Teams’ in Scotland: a qualitative study 

BMC Public Health

Lauren Copeland, Simone Willis, Gillian Hewitt, Amy Edwards, Siôn Jones, Nicholas Page, Simon Murphy, Rhiannon Evans 

School- and community-based counselling services for children and young people aged 7–18 in the UK: A rapid review of effectiveness, implementation and acceptability 

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

GJ Melendez-Torres, Noreen Orr, Caroline Farmer, Naomi Shaw, Annah Chollet, Andrew J Rizzo, Fraizer Kiff, Emma Rigby, Ann Hagell, Sidnei R Priolo Filho, Bruce Taylor, Honor Young, Chris Bonell, Vashti Berry 

School-based interventions TO Prevent Dating and Relationship Violence and Gender-Based Violence: STOP-DRV-GBV systematic review 

Public Health Research

Annie Williams, Hannah Bayfield, Martin Elliott, Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith, Honor Young, Rhiannon Evans, Sara Long 

Secure futures? A mixed methods study on opportunities for helping young people referred to secure children’s homes for welfare reasons 

Journal of Children’s Services

Rhiannon Evans, Rob Trubey, Sarah MacDonald, Jane Noyes, Michael Robling, Simone Willis, Maria Boffey, Charlotte Wooders, Soo Vinnicombe & G. J. Melendez-Torres 

What Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions Work for Which Children and Young People in Care? Systematic Review of Potential Outcome Inequities 

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

 

 

2023

Matthews, K., Heravi, S., Morgan, P.H., Page, N., Shepherd, J., Sivarajasingam, V. 

Alcohol prices, the April effect, and the environment, in violence-related injury in England and Wales

The European Journal of Health Economics

G J Melendez-Torres, Bonell C, Shaw N, Orr N, Chollet A, Rizzo A, Rigby E, Hagell A,  Young H, Berry V, Humphreys D K, Farmer C. 

Are school-based interventions to prevent dating and relationship violence and gender-based violence equally effective for all students? Systematic review and equity analysis of moderation analyses in randomised trials – PubMed

Preventive Medicine Reports 

Caitlyn Donaldson, Graham Moore, Jemma Hawkins 

Conceptualising the primary to secondary school transition within the theoretical framework of ecosocial theory -ORCA

International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions

Coulman, E., Abburow, A., Curran, M., Grant, J., Murphy, J., Murphy S., Robinson-Miles, T., Sewel, N., Hawkins, J. 

The evaluation of the Scottish Borders/Food… | Documents | NIHR Open Research

PHIRST report

Moore, G., Hallingberg, B., Brown, R., Mckell, J., van Godwin, J., Bauld, L., Gray, L., Maynard, Olivia, Mackintosh, A-M., Munafo, M., Blackwell, A., Lowthian, E., Page, N. 

Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations on use of e-cigarettes in adolescents in Great Britain: a natural experiment evaluation | NIHR Journals Library

NIHR Public Health Research

Rhiannon Evans, Sarah MacDonald, Rob Trubey, Jane Noyes, Michael Robling, Simone Willis, Maria Boffey, Charlotte Wooders, Soo Vinnicombe, G. J. Melendez-Torres 

Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people in higher-income countries: Evidence map and systematic review | Systematic Reviews

Systematic Review

 

Lorna Stabler, Emily Cunningham, Dawn Mannay, Maria Boffey, Aimee Cummings, Brittany Davies, Charlotte Wooders, Rachael Vaughan, Rhiannon Evans 

‘I probably wouldn’t want to talk about anything too personal’: A qualitative exploration of how issues of privacy, confidentiality and surveillance in the home impact on access and engagement with online services and spaces for care-experienced young people 

Sage Journals

Sarah MacDonald, Rob Trubey , Jane Noyes, Soo Vinnicombe c, Helen E. Morgan, Simone Willis, Maria Boffey, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Michael Robling, Charlotte Wooders, Rhiannon Evans 

Mental health and wellbeing interventions for care-experienced children and young people: Systematic review and synthesis of process evaluations – ScienceDirect

Children and Youth Services Review

Kelly Morgan, Jordan Van Godwin, Rebecca Cannings-John, Britt Hallingberg, Graham Moore, Bethan Pell, Holly Whiteley & Jemma Hawkins 

A mixed‑methods process evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of involving community and peer role models within a physical activity intervention for primary‑school‑aged girls (the CHARMING study) 

BMC Public Health

Hayley Reed, Simon Murphy, Rhiannon Evans  Optimising a co‑production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school‑based Research Action Groups 

Health Research Policy and Systems

Chris Bonell, Bruce Taylor, Vashti Berry, Sidnei R. Priolo Filho, Andrew Rizzo, Caroline Farmer, Ann Hagell, Honor Young, Noreen Orr, Naomi Shaw, Annah Chollet, Fraizer Kiff, Emma Rigby, G. J. Melendez-Torres 

Re-orientating systematic reviews to rigorously examine what works, for whom and how: Example of a realist systematic review of school-based prevention of dating and gender violence 

Research Synthesis Methods

Lauren C., Simone W., Amy E., Siôn J., Nicholas P., Simon M., Rhiannon E.

School- and community-based counselling services for children and young people aged 7–18 in the UK: A rapid review of effectiveness, implementation and acceptability 

 Wiley

Maria Lohan, Kathryn Gillespie, Áine Aventin, Aisling Gough, Emily Warren, Ruth Lewis, Kelly Buckley, Theresa McShane, Aoibheann Brennan-Wilson, Susan Lagdon, Linda Adara, Lisa McDaid, Rebecca French, Honor Young,  Clíona McDowell, Danielle Logan, Sorcha Toase,  Rachael M Hunter, , Andrea Gabrio,  Mike Clarke, Liam O’Hare, Chris Bonell, Julia V Bailey, James White 

School-based relationship and sexuality education intervention engaging adolescent boys for the reductions of teenage pregnancy: the JACK cluster RCT 

National Institute for Health and Care Research

Sara Jayne Long, Jemma Hawkins, Simon Murphy, Graham Moore British

School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: A qualitative study 

Educational Research Journal

Ann John, Sze Chim Lee, Alice Puchades, Marcos Del Pozo-Baños, Kelly Morgan, Nicholas Page, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy 

Self-harm, in-person bullying and cyberbullying in secondary school-aged children: A data linkage study in Wales 

Journal of Adolescence

Elanor Harwood, Kathryn Newman, Graham, Moore, Safia Ouerghi, Tom Lee, Kate Anstey 

Socio-economic status and well-being: an intersectional perspective 

Welsh Government Education

Page, N., Angel, L., Ogada, E., Young, H., and Murphy, S. 

Student health and wellbeing in Wales: Report of the 2021/22 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey and School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey. 

SHRN

Melendez-Torres, G.J., Ponsford, R., Meiksin, R., Tilouche, N., Sundaram, N., Allen, E., Lohan, M., Young, H., Hadley, Al., Campbell, R., Bonell, C. x

Student-reported relationships and sex education coverage and knowledge among a diverse population of early adolescents: a cross-sectional survey of students in England 

SHRN

Graham Moore, Rhiannon Evans, Jemma Hawkins, Yulia Shenderovich, Honor Young 

What does ‘following the guidance’ mean in an era of increasingly pluralistic guidance for the development, evaluation and implementation of interventions? 

BMJ Journals

Rebecca Anthony, Honor Young, Gillian Hewitt, Luke Sloan, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy Steven Cook 

Young people’s online communication and its association with mental well-being: results from the 2019 student health and well-being survey 

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

2022

Lauren Copeland, Hannah J Littlecott, Danielle Couturiaux, Pat Hoddinott, Jeremy Segrott, Simon Murphy, Graham Moore, Rhiannon E Evans

Adapting population health interventions for new contexts: qualitative interviews understanding the experiences, practices and challenges of researchers, funders and journal editors 

BMJ Open

Pell, B., Hawkins, J., Cannings-John, R., Charlies, J.M., Hallingberg, B., Moore, G., Roberts, J., van Sluijs, E., Morgan, K. 

CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls (CHARMING): protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial of a school-based, community-linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9–10-year-old girls.  Pilot and Feasibility Studies volume 8, Article number: 2

Warne, N., Rook, S., Bevan Jones, R., Brown, R., Murphy, S., Moore, G., et al. 

Collecting genetic samples and linked mental health data from adolescents in schools: protocol coproduction and a mixed-methods pilot of feasibility and acceptability

BMJ Open, Vol 12, Issue 2

Taylor, A., McMellon, C., French, T., Maclachlan, A., Evans, R.,Murphy, S., et al.  

Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a co-production approach to transdisciplinary working. 

Health Research Policy and Systems

Taylor, A., McMellon, C., French, T., Maclachlan, A., Evans, R., Murphy, S., et al.

Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a co-production approach to transdisciplinary working 

 Preprint from Research Square

Maria L.; Aoibheann Brennan-Wilson; Rachael H.; Andrea G.; Lisa Mc., Honor Y.; Rebecca F.; Áine A.; Mike C.; Clíona Mc.; Danielle L.; Sorcha T.; Liam O’Hare; Chris B.; Katie G.; Aisling G.; Susan L.; Emily W.; Kelly B.; Ruth L.; Linda A.; Theresa Mc.; Julia B.; James W.

Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial  

The Lancet

S., Ponsford, R., Meiksin, R., Lohan, M., Melendez-Torres, G.J., Hadley, A., Young, H., Barter, C.A., Taylor, B., Bonell, C. 

Enacting whole-school relationships and sexuality education in England: context matters. Bragg

British Education Research Journal

Andrew J. Rizzo, Noreen Orr, Naomi Shaw, Caroline Farmer, Annah Chollet, Honor Young, Vashti Berry, Emma Rigby, Ann Hagell, mChris Bonell, G. J. Melendez-Torres

Exploring the Activities and Target Audiences of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: Systematic Review and Intervention Component Analysis 

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Mannay, D., Boffey, M., Cummings, A., Cunningham, E., Davies, B, Stabler, L., Vaughan, R., Wooders, C. and Evans, R.

Exploring wellbeing support for young people in the pandemic 

 Exchange: Family Community  

R Ponsford, S Bragg, R Meiksin, N Tilouche, L Van Dyck, J Sturgess, E Allen, D Elbourne, A Hadley, M Lohan, C H Mercer, G J Melendez Torres, S Morris, H Young, R Campbell, C Bonell

Feasibility and acceptability of a whole-school social-marketing intervention to prevent unintended teenage pregnancies and promote sexual health: evidence for progression from a pilot to a phase III randomised trial in English secondary schools 

Pilot Feasibility Studies

Moore, G., Anthony, R., Angel, L., Hawkins, J., Morgan, K., Copeland, L., Murphy, S., Van Godwin, J., Shenderovich, Y. 

Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BMC Public Health 22

Ruth Ponsford, Rebecca Meiksin, Elizabeth Allen, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Steve Morris, Catherine Mercer, Rona Campbell, Honor Young, Maria Lohan, Karin Coyle, Chris Bonell 

The Positive Choices trial: update to study protocol for a phase-III RCT trial of a whole-school social-marketing intervention to promote sexual health and reduce health inequalities. 

 Trials  

Long, S., Page, N, SHRN team

Preparedness for roll-out of national school reforms from the perspectives of school staff: Findings from the School Health Research Network 2020 School Environment Questionnaire  

SHRN Website. 

Hewitt, G., Copeland, L., Page, N., Willis, S., Murphy, S., Edwards, A., Jones, S., Renold, R., Evans., R. 

Review of statutory school and community-based counselling services: Optimisation of services for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years and extension to younger primary school aged children 

 Welsh Government Social Research

Alina Cosma, András Költő, Honor Young, Einar Thorsteinsson, Emmanuelle Godeau, Elizabeth Saewyc, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn 

Romantic love and involvement in bullying and cyberbullying in 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries and regions 

 Journal of LGBT Youth 19(2)

Noreen Orr, Annah Chollet, Andrew J. Rizzo, Naomi Shaw, Caroline Farmer, Honor Young, Emma Rigby, Vashti Berry, Chris Bonell, G. J. Melendez-Torres

School-based interventions for preventing dating and relationship violence and gender-based violence: A systematic review and synthesis of theories of change  

Review of Education

Ann John, Sze Chim Lee, Alice Puchades, Marcos Del PozoBaños, Kelly Morgan, Nicholas Page, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy

Self‐harm, in‐person bullying and cyberbullying in secondary school‐aged children: A data linkage study in Wales 

WILEY

Amie B Richards, Kelly A Mackintosh, Nils Swindell, Malcolm Ward, Emily Marchant, Michaela James, Lowri C Edwards, Richard Tyler, Dylan Blain, Nalda Wainwright, Sarah Nicholls, Marianne Mannello, Kelly Morgan, Tim Evans, Gareth Stratton 

WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity 

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Rebecca Anthony, Honor Young, Gillian Hewitt, Luke Sloan, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy, Steven Cook

Young people’s online communication and its association with mental well-being: results from the 2019 student health and well-being survey 

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Moodie C, Page N, Moore G

Prevalence of Menthol and Menthol Capsule Cigarette Use Among 11–16 Year Olds in Wales Prior to a Ban on Characterizing Flavors in Cigarettes: Findings From the 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing Survey
Nicotine and Tobacco research

Moore G, Anthony R, Angel L, Hawkins J, Morgan K, Copeland L, Murphy S, Van Godwin J, Shenderovich Y
Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
BMC Public Health

2021

Warne N, Rook S, Bevan-Jones R, Brown R, Murphy S, Moore G, et al
Collecting genetic samples and linked mental health data from adolescents in schools: protocol coproduction and a mixed-methods pilot of feasibility and acceptability
BMJ Open

Warne, N., Rook, S., Bevan Jones, R., Brown, R., Murphy, S., Moore, G., et al. 

Collecting genetic samples and linked mental health data from adolescents in schools: protocol coproduction and a mixed-methods pilot of feasibility and acceptability.

BMJ Open, Vol 12, Issue 2

Lauren Copeland, Hannah J Littlecott, Danielle Couturiaux, Pat Hoddinott, Jeremy Segrott, Simon Murphy, Graham Moore, Rhiannon E Evans 

Adapting population health interventions for new contexts: qualitative interviews understanding the experiences, practices and challenges of researchers, funders and journal editors 

BMJ Open

Pell, B., Hawkins, J., Cannings-John, R., Charlies, J.M., Hallingberg, B., Moore, G., Roberts, J., van Sluijs, E., Morgan, K. 

CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls (CHARMING): protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial of a school-based, community-linked programme to increase physical activity levels in 9–10-year-old girls.  Pilot and Feasibility Studies volume 8, Article number: 2

Morgan K, Lowthian E, Hawkins J, Hallingberg B, Alhumud M, Roberts C, Murphy S, Moore G
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption from 1998–2017: Findings from the health behaviour in school-aged children/school health research network in Wales
PLOS One

Gobat N, Littlecott H, Williams A, McEwan K, Stanton H, Robling M, Rollnick S, Murphy S, Evans R
Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: a case-study of innovative local practice within The School Health Research Network
BMC Public Health

Holtam D, Lloyd-Jones S, Bowen R
Evaluation of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs) In-Reach to Schools Pilot Programme: Final Report
GSR / Welsh Government Publication

Hallingberg B, Angel L, Brown R, Copeland L, Gray L, Van Godwin J, Moore G
Changes in childhood experimentation with, and exposure to, tobacco and e-cigarettes and perceived smoking norms: a repeated cross-sectional study of 10-11 year olds’ in Wales
BMC Public Health

Lowthian E, Page N, Melendez-Torres GJ, Murphy S, Hewitt G, Moore G
Using Latent Class Analysis to Explore Complex Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Adolescent Health and Well-Being
Journal of Adolescent Health

Anthony R, Moore G, Page N, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Melendez-Torres GJ
Measurement invariance of the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and latent mean differences (SWEMWBS) in young people by current care status
Quality of Life Research

Moore G, Angel L, Brown R, Van Godwin J, Hallingber B, Rice F
Socio-Economic Status, Mental Health Difficulties and Feelings about Transition to Secondary School among 10–11 Year Olds in Wales: Multi-Level Analysis of a Cross Sectional Survey
Child Indicators Research

Couturiaux D, Young H, Anthony R, Page N, Lowthian E, Melendez-Torres GJ, Hewitt G, Moore G
Risk Behaviours Associated with Dating and Relationship Violence among 11–16 Year Olds in Wales: Results from the 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing Survey
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)

Taylor, A., McMellon, C., French, T., Maclachlan, A., Evans, R.,Murphy, S., et al.  

Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a co-production approach to transdisciplinary working. 

Health Research Policy and Systems

Maria L.; Aoibheann Brennan-Wilson; Rachael H.; Andrea G.; Lisa Mc., Honor Y.; Rebecca F.; Áine A.; Mike C.; Clíona Mc.; Danielle L.; Sorcha T.; Liam O’Hare; Chris B.; Katie G.; Aisling G.; Susan L.; Emily W.; Kelly B.; Ruth L.; Linda A.; Theresa Mc.; Julia B.; James W.

Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial 

The Lancet

S., Ponsford, R., Meiksin, R., Lohan, M., Melendez-Torres, G.J., Hadley, A., Young, H., Barter, C.A., Taylor, B., Bonell, C. 

Enacting whole-school relationships and sexuality education in England: context matters. Bragg,

British Education Research Journal

Andrew J. Rizzo, Noreen Orr, Naomi Shaw, Caroline Farmer, Annah Chollet, Honor Young, Vashti Berry, Emma Rigby, Ann Hagell, mChris Bonell, G. J. Melendez-Torres 

Exploring the Activities and Target Audiences of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: Systematic Review and Intervention Component Analysis 

 Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Mannay, D., Boffey, M., Cummings, A., Cunningham, E., Davies, B, Stabler, L., Vaughan, R., Wooders, C. and Evans, R.

Exploring wellbeing support for young people in the pandemic 

 Exchange: Family Community  

Mannay, D., Boffey, M., Cummings, A., Cunningham, E., Davies, B, Stabler, L., Vaughan, R., Wooders, C. and Evans, R. 

Exploring wellbeing support for young people in the pandemic 

Exchange: Family Community  

R Ponsford, S Bragg, R Meiksin, N Tilouche, L Van Dyck, J Sturgess, E Allen, D Elbourne, A Hadley, M Lohan, C H Mercer, G J Melendez Torres, S Morris, H Young, R Campbell, C Bonell 

Feasibility and acceptability of a whole-school social-marketing intervention to prevent unintended teenage pregnancies and promote sexual health: evidence for progression from a pilot to a phase III randomised trial in English secondary schools 

 Pilot Feasibility Studies

Moore, Graham , Hallingberg, Britt , Brown, Rachel, McKell, Jennifer, Van Godwin, Jordan , Bauld, Linda, Gray, Linsay, Maynard, Olivia, Mackintosh, Anne-Marie, Munafò, Marcus, Blackwell, Anna, Lowthian, Emily, Page, Nicholas 

Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive Regulations on young people’s use of e-cigarettes in Great Britain: a natural experimental evaluation 

Public Health Research

Moore, G., Anthony, R., Angel, L., Hawkins, J., Morgan, K., Copeland, L., Murphy, S., Van Godwin, J., Shenderovich, Y

Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health 22

Ruth Ponsford, Rebecca Meiksin, Elizabeth Allen, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Steve Morris, Catherine Mercer, Rona Campbell, Honor Young, Maria Lohan, Karin Coyle, Chris Bonell 

The Positive Choices trial: update to study protocol for a phase-III RCT trial of a whole-school social-marketing intervention to promote sexual health and reduce health inequalities. 

 Trials  

Long, S., Page, N, SHRN team 

Preparedness for roll-out of national school reforms from the perspectives of school staff: Findings from the School Health Research Network 2020 School Environment Questionnaire 

SHRN Website.  

Findings From the 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing Survey. Moodie, C., Page, N., Moore, G. 

Prevalence of Menthol and Menthol Capsule Cigarette Use Among 11-16 Year Olds in Wales Prior to a Ban on Characterizing Flavours in Cigarettes: 

 Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Hewitt, G., Copeland, L., Page, N., Willis, S., Murphy, S., Edwards, A., Jones, S., Renold, R., Evans., R. 

Review of statutory school and community-based counselling services: Optimisation of services for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years and extension to younger primary school aged children 

 Welsh Government Social Research

Alina Cosma, András Költő, Honor Young, Einar Thorsteinsson, Emmanuelle Godeau, Elizabeth Saewyc, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn

Romantic love and involvement in bullying and cyberbullying in 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries and regions  

Journal of LGBT Youth 19(2

Noreen Orr, Annah Chollet, Andrew J. Rizzo, Naomi Shaw, Caroline Farmer, Honor Young, Emma Rigby, Vashti Berry, Chris Bonell, G. J. Melendez-Torres 

School-based interventions for preventing dating and relationship violence and gender-based violence: A systematic review and synthesis of theories of change 

Review of Education

Ann John, Sze Chim Lee, Alice Puchades, Marcos Del PozoBaños, Kelly Morgan, Nicholas Page, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy

Self‐harm, in‐person bullying and cyberbullying in secondary school‐aged children: A data linkage study in Wales 

WILEY

Fraizer Kiff, Naomi Shaw, Noreen Orr, Andrew. J. Rizzo, Annah Chollet, Honor Young, Emma Rigby, Ann Hagell, Vashti Berry, Chris Bonell, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Caroline Farmer 

Systematic Review of the Economics of School-Based Interventions for Dating Violence and Gender-Based Violence 

 Health Education & Behavior

Amie B Richards, Kelly A M., Nils S., Malcolm W., Emily M., Michaela J., Lowri C E., Richard T., Dylan B., Nalda W., Sarah N., Marianne M., Kelly M., Tim E., Gareth S. 

WALES 2021 Active Healthy Kids (AHK) Report Card: The Fourth Pandemic of Childhood Inactivity 

 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Rebecca Anthony, Honor Young, Gillian Hewitt, Luke Sloan, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy, Steven Cook

Young people’s online communication and its association with mental well-being: results from the 2019 student health and well-being survey

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

2020

Morgan K, Page N, Brown R, Long S, Hewitt G, Del Pozo-Banos M, John A, Murphy S, Moore G
Sources of potential bias when combining routine data linkage and a national survey of secondary school-aged children: a record linkage study
BMC Medical Research Methodology

Morgan, K., Page, N., Brown, R., Long, S., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S., Moore, G., et al. 

Sources of potential bias when combining routine data linkage and a national survey of secondary school-aged children: a record linkage study 

 BMC Medical Research Methodology

Page N, Hallingberg B, Brown R, Lowthian E, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Change over time in adolescent smoking, cannabis use and their association: findings from the School Health Research Network in Wales
Journal of Public Health

Agrawal S, Moore G et al.
Smoking and Health 2021, a coming of age for tobacco control? A report by the Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians Report

Long S, Littlecott H, Hawkins J, Eccles G, Fletcher A, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G.
Testing the “Zero‐Sum Game” Hypothesis: An Examination of School Health Policies and Practices and Inequalities in Educational Outcomes
Journal of School Health

Moore F, Anthony R, Hawkins J, Van Godwin J, Murphy S, Hewitt G, Melendez-Torres G.
Socioeconomic status, mental wellbeing and transition to secondary school: Analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School‐aged Children survey in Wales
British Educational Research Journal

Morgan K, Littlecott H, Long S.
IJERPH Special Issue – Recent Advances in Understanding Inequalities in School Health and Wellbeing
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) – Special Issue

Page N, Hewitt G, Young H, Moore G, Murphy S.
Student Health and Wellbeing In Wales: Report of the 2019/20 School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey

SHRN

 

Anthony R
Young People ‘Looked After’ in Wales: findings from the 2017/18 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey and School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey

Page N
DECIPHer/SHRN Youth smoking and vaping in Wales: Findings from the School Health Research Network 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing survey

Page, N

Youth smoking and vaping in Wales: Findings from the School Health Research Network 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing survey 

DECIPHer/SHRN

Brown, R., Van Godwin, J., Copeland, L., Hallingberg, B., Angel, L., Macdonald, S., Segrott, J., Moore, G. 

Ecological exploration of knowledge and attitudes towards tobacco and e-cigarettes among primary school children, teachers and parents in Wales: a qualitative study 

Tobacco Use Insights

Aventin, A., Gough, A., McShane, T., Gillespie, K., O’Hare, L., Young, H., Lewis, R., Warren R. & Lohan, M

Engaging parents in digital sexual and reproductive health education: Evidence from the JACK Trial. Reproductive Health 

Reproductive Health volume 17 

Morgan, K., Moore, G., Rahman, M. 

Patterning in Patient Referral to and Uptake of a National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) in Wales From 2008 to 2017: A Data Linkage Study 

 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)

2019

Melendez-Torres G, Hewitt G, Hallingberg B, Anthony R, Collishaw S, Hall J, Murphy S, Moore G
Measurement invariance properties and external construct validity of the short Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale in a large national sample of secondary school students in Wales
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Young H, Long S, Melendez-Torres G, Kim H, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Dating and relationship violence victimization and perpetration among 11–16 year olds in Wales: a cross-sectional analysis of the School Health Research Network (SHRN) survey
Journal of Public Health

Morgan K, Melendez-Torres G, Bond A, Hawkins J, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Socio-Economic inequalities in adolescent summer holiday experiences, and mental wellbeing on return to school: analysis of the School Health Research Network / Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey in Wales
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Annie Williams, Hannah Bayfield, Martin Elliott, Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith, Rhiannon Evans, Honor Young, Sara Long 

The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders 

Social Care Wales

Honor Young, Catherine Turney, James White, Ruth Lewis, Chris Bonell 

Formative mixed-method multicase study research to inform development of a safer sex and healthy relationships intervention in Further Education (FE) settings: The SaFE Project 

 BMJ

Hallingberg B, Maynard O, Bauld L, Brown R, Gray L, Lowthian E, MacKintosh A, Moore L, Munafo M, Moore G

Have e-cigarettes renormalised or displaced youth smoking? Results of a segmented regression analysis of repeated cross sectional survey data in England, Scotland and Wales

Tobacco Control

Littlecott H, Moore G, Gallagher H, Murphy S
From complex interventions to complex systems: using social network analysis to understand school engagement with health and wellbeing
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Nicholas Page, Mitchel Langford, Gary Higgs 

Measuring spatial accessibility to services within indices of multiple deprivation: Implications of applying an enhanced two-step floating catchment area (E2SFCA) approach 

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Haider Raza, Shang-Ming Zhou, Charlotte Todd, Danielle Christian, Emily Marchant, Kelly Morgan, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Rebecca Hill, Ronan Lyons, Sinead Brophy 

Predictors of objectively measured physical activity in 12-month-old infants: A study of linked birth cohort data with electronic health records 

 Wiley

Melendez-Torres G, Anthony R, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Prevalence of gambling behaviours and their associations with socioemotional harm among 11–16 year olds in Wales: findings from the School Health Research Network survey
European Journal of Public Health

András Költő, Alina Cosma, Honor Young, Nathalie Moreau, Daryna Pavlova, Riki Tesler, Einar Thorsteinsson, Alessio Vieno, Elizabeth Saewyc, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn 

Romantic attraction and substance use in 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries 

MDPI

Rhiannon Evans, Peter Craig, Pat Hoddinott, Hannah Littlecott, Laurence Moore, Simon Murphy, Alicia O’Cathain, Lisa Pfadenhauer, Eva Rehfuess, Jeremy Segrott, Graham Moore  

When and how do ‘effective’ interventions need to be adapted and/or re-evaluated in new contexts? The need for guidance 

 Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

 

2018

Rhiannon Evans, Rowan Brockman, Jillian Grey, Sarah Bell, Sarah Harding, David Gunnell, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, Tamsin Ford, William Hollingworth, Kate Tilling, Richard Morris, Bryar Kadir, Ricardo Araya, Judi Kidger 

A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Wellbeing in Secondary Education (WISE) Project – an intervention to improve the mental health support and training available to secondary school teachers: Protocol for an integrated process evaluation 

Trials

Murphy S, Littlecott H, Hewitt G, MacDonald S, Roberts J, Bishop J, Roberts C, Thurston R, Bishop A, Moore L, Mooore G

A Transdisciplinary Complex Adaptive Systems (T-CAS) Approach to Developing a National School-Based Culture of Prevention for Health Improvement: the School Health Research Network (SHRN) in Wales

Prevention Science

Evans R, Parker R, Russell A, Mathews F, Ford T, Hewitt G, Scourfield J, Janssens A

Adolescent self‐harm prevention and intervention in secondary schools: a survey of staff in England and Wales

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Sarah MacDonald, Simon Murphy, Eva Elliott 

Controlling food, controlling relationships: exploring the meanings and dynamics of family food practices through the diary-interview approach 

 Sociology of Health and Illness

Graham Moore, Rhiannon Evans, Chris Bonell, Jemma Hawkins, GJ Melendez-Torres, Simon Murphy 

From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: Future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation 

Evaluation

 Hannah Littlecott, Sara Long, Jemma Hawkins, Simon Murphy, Gillian Hewitt, Gemma Eccles, Adam Fletcher, Graham Moore

Health Improvement and Educational Attainment in Secondary Schools: Complementary or Competing Priorities? Exploratory Analyses From the School Health Research Network in Wale

Health Education and Behaviour

Littlecott H, Moore G, Murphy S

Student health and well-being in secondary schools: the role of school support staff alongside teaching staff

Pastoral Care in Education

Hewitt G, Roberts J, Fletcher A, Moore G, Murphy S
Improving young people’s health and well-being through a school health research network: Reflections on school-researcher engagement at the national level 
Research for All

Roberts L, Long SJ, Young H, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Sexual health outcomes for young people in state care: Cross-sectional analysis of a national survey and views of social care professionals in Wales
Children and Youth Sciences Review

Midgely L, Murphy S, Moore G, Hewitt G, White J
Multilevel population-based cross-sectional study examining school substance-misuse policy and the use of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances amongst 11-16 year olds in schools in Wales
BMJ

Littlecott H, Long S, Hawkins J, Murphy S, Hewitt G, Eccles G, Fletcher A, Moore G
Health improvement and educational attainment in secondary schools: complementary or competing policies? Exploratory analyses from the School Health Research Network in Wales
Health Education & Behaviour

Sarah Harding, Richard Morris, David Gunnell, Tamsin Ford, William Hollingworth, KateTilling, Rhiannon Evans, Sarah Bella, Jillian Grey, Rowan Brockman, Rona Campbell, Ricardo Arayad, Simon Murphy, Judi Kidger 

Is teachers’ mental health and wellbeing associated with students’ mental health and wellbeing? 

 Science Direct

Moore G, Cox R, Evans R, Hallingberg B, Hawkins J, Littlecott H, Long S, Murphy S
School, peer and family relationships and adolescent substance use, subjective wellbeing and mental health symptoms in Wales: A cross-sectional study
Child Indicators Research

 

2017

James White, Jemma Hawkins, Kim Madden, Jemma Hawkins, Kim Madden, Aimee Grant, Vanessa Er, Lianna Angel, Timothy Pickles, Mark Kelson, Adam Fletcher, Simon Murphy, Luke Midgley, Gemma Eccles, Gemma Cox, William Hollingworth, Rona Campbell, Matthew Hickman, Chris Bonell, Laurence Moore

Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST + FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial 

NIHR Journals Library

James White, Jemma Hawkins, Kim Madden, Jemma Hawkins, Kim Madden, Aimee Grant, Vanessa Er, Lianna Angel, Timothy Pickles, Mark Kelson, Adam Fletcher, Simon Murphy, Luke Midgley, Gemma Eccles, Gemma Cox, William Hollingworth, Rona Campbell, Matthew Hickman, Chris Bonell, Laurence Moore

Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial 

THE LANCET

Jeremy Segrott, Simon Murphy, Heather Rothwell, Jonathan Scourfield, David Foxcroft, David Gillespie, Jo Holliday, Kerenza Hood, Claire Hurlow, Sarah Morgan-Trimmer, Ceri Phillips, Hayley Reed, Zoe Roberts, Laurence Moore

An application of Extended Normalisation Process Theory in a randomised controlled trial of a complex social intervention: process evaluation of the Strengthening Families Programme (10-14) in Wales, UK 

SSM Population Health

de Lacy E, Fletcher A, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Cross-sectional study examining the prevalence, correlates and sequencing of electronic cigarette and tobacco use among 11-16 year olds in schools in Wales
BMJ Open

Moore G, Littlecott H, Evans R, Murphy S, Hewitt G, Fletcher A
School composition, school culture and socioeconomic inequalities in young people’s health: Multi-level analysis of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in Wales
British Educational Research Journal

Long S, Evans R, Fletcher A, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Young H, Moore G
Comparison of substance use, subjective well-being and interpersonal relationships among young people in foster care and private households: a cross sectional analysis of the School Health Research Network survey in Wales
BMJ Open

Jemma Hawkins, Kim Madden, Adam Fletcher, Luke Midgley, Aimee Grant, Gemma Cox, Laurence Moore, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, Chris Bonell, James White

Development of a framework for the co-production and prototyping of public health interventions 

BMC Public Health Open Access

Joanne Demmler, Rebecca Hill, Muhammad Rahman, Amrita Bandyopadhyay, Melanie Healy, Shantini Paranjothy, Simon Murphy, Adam Fletcher, Gillian Hewitt, Ann John, Ronan Lyons, Sinead Brophy 

Educational Attainment at Age 10-11 Years Predicts Health Risk Behaviors and Injury Risk During Adolescence 

J Adolesc Health

Ivor Gordon Chestnutt, Simon Hutchings, Rebecca Playle, Sarah Morgan-Trimmer, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Nadine Aawar, Lianna Angel, Sharron Derrick, Cheney Drew, Ceri Hoddell, Kerenza Hood, Ioan Humphreys, Nigel Kirby, Tin Man Mandy Lau, Catherine Lisles, Maria Zeta Morgan, Simon Murphy, Jacqueline Nuttall, Kateryna Onishchenko, Ceri Phillips, Timothy Pickles, Charlotte Scoble, Julia Townson, Beverley Withers, Barbara Lesley Chadwick 

Fissure Seal or Fluoride Varnish? A Randomized Trial of Relative Effectiveness 

 Journal of Dental Research

Gillian Hewitt, Joan Roberts, Adam Fletcher, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy

Improving young people’s health and wellbeing through a school health research network: reflections on school-researcher engagement at the national level 

ResearchGate

Julia Townson, Dunla Gallagher, Laura Cowley, Susan Channon, Michael Robling, David Williams, Clare Hughes, Simon Murphy, Lesley Lowes, John Gregory

Keeping it on your radar-assessing the barriers and facilitators to a timely diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in childhood: A qualitative study from the early detection of type 1 diabetes in youth study 

WILEY Online library

Adam Fletcher, Micky Willmott, Rebecca Langford, James White, Ria Poole, Rachel Brown, Honor Young, Graham Moore, Simon Murphy, Julia Townson, William Hollingworth, Rona Campbell, Chris Bonell 

Pilot trial and process evaluation of a multi-level smoking prevention intervention in further education settings 

NIHR Journals Library

Jemma Hawkins, Michelle Edwards, Joanna Charles, Russell Jago, Mark Kelson, Kelly Morgan, Simon Murphy, Emily Oliver, Sharon Simpson, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Graham Moore

Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of the use of Physical ACtivity monitors in an Exercise Referral Setting: The PACERS study 

Pilot Feasibility Stud

Young H, Long S, Hallingberg B, Fletcher A, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
School practices important for students’ sexual health: Analysis of the School Health Research Network survey in Wales
European Journal of Public Health

Long S, Littlecott H, Eccles G Fletcher A, Hawkins J, Hewitt G, Murphy S, Moore G
Testing the zero-sum games hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice inequalities in educational outcomes (abstract)
The Lancet

Rhiannon Evans, Simon Murphy, Jonathan Scourfield, Ruth Turley

Understanding the diffusion of non-evidence-based health interventions: The role of experiential evidence 

Sage Journals

 

2016

Moore G F, Littlecott H J, Fletcher A, Hewitt G, Murphy S
Variations in schools’ commitment to health and implementation of health improvement activities: a cross-sectional study of secondary schools in Wales
BMC Public Health

Morgan K, Hallingberg B, Littlecott H, Murphy Murphy, Fletcher A, Roberts C, Moore G
Predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among 11-16 year olds: Multilevel analysis of the 2013 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Wales
BMC Public Health

Hallingberg B, Fletcher A, Murphy S, Morgan K, Littlecott H J, Roberts J, Moore G F
Do stronger school smoking policies make a difference? Analysis of the health behaviour in school-aged children survey
The European Journal of Public Health

Hannah Littlecott, Graham Moore, Laurence Moore, Ronan Lyons, Simon Murphy Breakfast: how important is it really? A response  

University of Cambridge

Chris Bonell, Kelly Dickson, Kate Hinds, GJ Melendez-Torres, Claire Stansfield, Adam Fletcher, James Thomas, Katrina Lester, Elizabeth Oliver, Simon Murphy, Rona Campbell 

The effects of Positive Youth Development interventions on substance use, violence and inequalities: systematic review of theories of change, processes and outcomes 

Public Health Research

Jeremy Segrott, Heather Rothwell, Ilaria Pignatelli, Rebecca Playle, Gillian Hewitt, Chao Huang, Simon Murphy, Matthew Hickman, Hayley Reed, Laurence Moore Exploratory trial of a school-based alcohol prevention intervention with a family component: Implications for implementation  

Health Education

Jemma Hawkins, Paulina Bravo, Nina Gobat, Stephen Rollnick, Gabrielle Jerzembek, Sarah Whitehead, Sue Chanon, Mark Kelson, Orla Adams, Simon Murphy

Group motivational interviewing in schools: Development of a health promotion intervention 

 Health Education Journal

Rebecca Langford, Christopher Bonell, Kelli Komro, Simon Murphy, Daniel Magnus, Elizabeth Waters, Lisa Gibbs, Rona Campbell 

The health promoting schools framework: known unknowns and an agenda for future research 

 Health Education and Behaviour

G J Melendez-Torres, Kelly Dickson, Adam Fletcher, James Thomas, Kate Hinds, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, Chris Bonell  

Positive youth development programmes to reduce substance use in young people: Systematic review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26874990/ 

The International Journal on Drug Policy

Kelly Morgan, Britt Hallingberg, Hannah Littlecott, Simon Murphy, Adam Fletcher, Chris Roberts, Graham Moore 

Predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among 11-16 year olds: Multilevel analysis of the 2013 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Wales 

BMC Public Health

Judi Kidger, Rhiannon Evans, Kate Tilling, William Hollingworth, Rona Campbell, Tamsin Ford, Simon Murphy, Ricardo Araya, Richard Morris, Bryar Kadir, Aida Moure Fernandez, Sarah Bell, Sarah Harding, Rowan Brockman, Jill Grey, David Gunnell

  Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve the mental health support and training available to secondary school teachers – the WISE (Wellbeing in Secondary Education) study 

Randomized Controlled Trial

Simon Moore, Alex Wood, Laurence Moore, Jonathan Shepherd, Simon Murphy, Gordon Brown  

A rank based social norms model of how people judge their levels of drunkenness whilst intoxicated 

 BMC Public Health

Adam Fletcher, Farah Jamal, Graham Moore, Rhiannon Evans, Simon Murphy, Chris Bonell 

Realist complex intervention science: Applying realist principles across all phases of the Medical Research Council framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions

Sage Journals

G J Melendez-Torres, Kelly Dickson, Adam Fletcher, James Thomas, Kate Hinds, Rona Campbell, Simon Murphy, Chris Bonell 
Systematic review and meta-analysis of effects of community-delivered positive youth development interventions on violence outcomes
 

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Graham Moore, Hannah Littlecott, Adam Fletcher, Gillian Hewitt, Simon Murphy Variations in schools’ commitment to health and implementation of health improvement activities: a cross-sectional study of secondary schools in Wales  

BMC Public Health

 

2015

Moore G, Hewitt G, Evans J, Littlecott H J, Holliday J, Ahmed N, Moore L, Murphy S, Fletcher A
Electronic-cigarette use among young people in Wales: evidence from two cross-sectional surveys
BMJ Open

Hannah Littlecott, Graham Moore, Laurence Moore, Ronan Lyons, Simon Murphy

Association between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes in 9–11-year-old children 

Published online by Cambridge University Press

Shang-Ming Zhou, Rebecca Hill, Kelly Morgan, Gareth Stratton, Mike Gravenor, Gunnar Bijlsma, Sinead Brophy

Classification of accelerometer wear and non-wear events in seconds for monitoring free-living physical activity 

BMJ Journals

Kelly Morgan, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Rebecca Hill, Ronan Lyons, Sinead Brophy

Cohort Profile: Growing Up in Wales: The Environments for Healthy Living study 

International Journal of Epidemiology

Jeremy Segrott, Jo Holliday, Simon Murphy, Sarah Macdonald, Joan Roberts, Laurence Moore, Ceri Phillips

Implementation of a Cooking Bus intervention to support cooking in schools in Wales, UK.

 Emerald Publishing Limited

Rhiannon Evans, Simon Murphy, Jonathan Scourfield

Implementation of a school-based Social & Emotional Learning intervention: understanding diffusion processes within complex systems 

SPRINGER Nature Link

Ashrafunnesa Khanom, Rebecca Hill, Kelly Morgan, Frances Rapport, Ronan Lyons, Sinead Brophy 

Parental recommendations for population level interventions to support infant and family dietary choices: a qualitative study from the Growing Up in Wales, Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) study 

BMC Public Health

Rhiannon Evans, Jonathan Scourfield, Simon Murphy

Pragmatic, formative process evaluations of complex interventions and why we need more of them 

J Epidemiol Community Health

Graham Moore, Hannah Littlecott, Ruth Turley, Elizabeth Waters, Simon Murphy

Socioeconomic gradients in the effects of universal school-based health behaviour interventions: a systematic review of intervention studies 

BMC Public Health Open access

Chris Bonell, Kate Hinds, Kelly Dickson, James Thomas, Adam Fletcher, Simon Murphy, GJ Melendez-Torres, Carys Bonell, Rona Campbell

What is positive youth development and how might it reduce substance use and violence? A systematic review and synthesis of theoretical literature 

BMC Public Health Open access

Rebecca Langford, Christopher Bonell, Hayley Jones, Theodora Pouliou, Simon Murphy, Elizabeth Waters, Kelli Komro, Lisa Gibbs, Daniel Magnus, Rona Campbell

The world health organization’s health promoting schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis 

BMC Public Health Open access