OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perspectives in Public Health is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Making the invisible visible: Data, leadership, and the future of public health	48
First Dental Steps: a multistranded oral health improvement intervention embedded in the Healthy Child Programme	46
News	38
Resident review: assessing the impact of new homes on people’s health and wellbeing	32
Community Health Synchronisation project	25
Socioeconomic inequalities in health – debates on the persistence	24
The aftermath of floods in Pakistan: a public health emergency	18
Public health and planetary health: human–planet relationship through education, research, policy, and practice	13
Implementing creative dance activities for primary school children to improve health and wellbeing: a qualitative study in the North East England	13
RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards 2022	13
Tackling health inequalities through the development of the wider public health workforce	12
Guest Editorial	11
Enhancing the training of community engagement officers to address vaccine hesitancy: a university and local authority collaboration	11
Nepal health financing in light of federalism and pandemic	10
A systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based interventions aimed at improving health literacy of parents/carers of children	10
The benefits of plain language summaries in public health publishing	10
Studentification: shining a light on students’ experiences of living among the private rented sector: impacts on wellbeing and study	9
The importance of spatial planning for health disparities	8
Trends and projections in sexually transmitted infections in people aged 45 years and older in England: analysis of national surveillance data	8
Diary	8
News	8
‘Valued and listened to’: the collective experience of patient and public involvement in a national evaluation	8
Inspiring sustainability: insights from a global creative competition on healthy planet, healthy people	8
Diary	7
Smoke-free homes: what can we learn from adopting patient and public involvement in clinical practice in two countries to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke?	7

Swim when you’re winning: how Good Boost and Swim England won the public health minister’s award	7
Sociologists in public health: marginal observers or mainstream collaborators?	7
Participatory asset mapping and photovoice interviews to scope cultural and community resources to reduce alcohol harm in Chitwan, Nepal	6
Preparing for the next pandemic: a call for action on health inequalities	6
Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace	5
The smoke-free generation policy: policy analysis	5
Reflecting on the social value of movement and dance	5
Diary	5
Challenges and opportunities of remote public involvement and community engagement during a pandemic: refining the MapMe childhood healthy weight intervention	5
Expanding healthcare access in rural sub-Saharan Africa	5
Editorial	5
‘You’re not going to give a monkey’s chuff’: exploring co-production in the design of services for women who have experienced sexual violence	5
Measuring the digital divide among people with severe mental ill health using the essential digital skills framework	5
Editorial	4
India led health innovation(s) for achieving the SDG health goal in the global South	4
Can social prescribing reach patients most in need? Patterns of (in)equalities in referrals in a representative cohort of older adults in England	4
The editor is not the author: artificial intelligence and public health publishing	4
Whole systems approach to diet and healthy weight: a longitudinal process evaluation in East Scotland	4
Adolescents’ unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey and the association with transport modes and food outlets along the school route	4
Diary	4
A qualitative exploration of a financial inclusion service in an English foodbank	4
The Youth Educating Peers (YEP) project: making adaptions for youth peer-led sexual health education	4
Improving our communication around vaccines	3
Regulatory mechanisms to create healthier environments: planning appeals and hot food takeaways in England	3
We care but we’re not carers: perceptions and experiences of social prescribing in a UK national community organisation	3
Diary	3
Understanding health inequalities in COVID-19: a description of a pragmatic community-based consultation method	3
Diary	3
A review of early childhood psychosocial interventions following extreme weather events in low- and middle-income countries	3
Editorial	3
Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?	3
CORRIGENDUM to “The role of community champions in place-based early years support: how can we successfully share knowledge and build parent confidence?”	3
Strengthening population and public health data governance in the era of digital technology in Africa	3
Green space for public mental health: an ethnographic study of ecotherapy in Wales	3
Editorial	3
Sudan conflicts (2012–2023): how does it prolong and intensify hunger?	2
Somatics and contemporary dance for wellbeing during digital times	2
Developing better understanding of hygiene is key to developing hygiene behaviour change in home and everyday life settings	2
Group singing for health and wellbeing in the Republic of Ireland: the first national map	2
De-medicalising public mental health with the Power Threat Meaning Framework	2
Diary	2
Dying whilst on probation: a scoping review of mortality amongst those under community justice supervision	2
Access arts for refugees: an evaluation	2
Making co-creation a trustworthy methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion: the Health CASCADE project	2
What will make the biggest contribution to improving the public’s health in the next 10 years?	2
Bringing lived experience into research: good practices for public involvement in research	2
Climate change adaptation must not replicate lockdown scenarios	2
Towards heat health plans in sub-Saharan Africa: case study – Nigeria	2
Therapeutic soundscapes – improving health and wellbeing with sonic art	2
Strategic planning in oral health improvement	2

Social prescribing link workers: a test for public health ethics?	2
It’s time to change how we talk about alcohol	2
The forensic implications of food hypersensitivity – a review of cases in United Kingdom courts: January 2014–February 2020	2
Social capital, food insecurity, and health outcomes in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription	2
Building resilience to climate change: designing research with health system and community perspectives	2
Seen and not heard: how we used visual creative activities for public health knowledge exchange with communities in rural India	2
What are ‘dark kitchens’? A consensus definition from public, local authority, business and academic stakeholders in the United Kingdom	2