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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Implementing creative dance activities for primary school children to improve health and wellbeing: a qualitative study in the North East England	181
Community Health Synchronisation project	41
Socioeconomic inequalities in health – debates on the persistence	38
News	29
First Dental Steps: a multistranded oral health improvement intervention embedded in the Healthy Child Programme	26
Resident review: assessing the impact of new homes on people’s health and wellbeing	20
The role for public health in building local partnerships to improve air quality and reduce health inequalities	19
The aftermath of floods in Pakistan: a public health emergency	16
RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards 2022	14
Enhancing the training of community engagement officers to address vaccine hesitancy: a university and local authority collaboration	11
Tackling health inequalities through the development of the wider public health workforce	11
The benefits of plain language summaries in public health publishing	10
A systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based interventions aimed at improving health literacy of parents/carers of children	9
Guest editorial	9
Studentification: shining a light on students’ experiences of living among the private rented sector: impacts on wellbeing and study	8
‘Valued and listened to’: the collective experience of patient and public involvement in a national evaluation	7
Trends and projections in sexually transmitted infections in people aged 45 years and older in England: analysis of national surveillance data	7
Inspiring sustainability: insights from a global creative competition on healthy planet, healthy people	7
Nepal health financing in light of federalism and pandemic	7
News	7
Advancing community-engaged research to promote health equity: considerations to improve the field	7
Expanding healthcare access in rural sub-Saharan Africa	6
Diary	6
Sociologists in public health: marginal observers or mainstream collaborators?	6
Preparing for the next pandemic: a call for action on health inequalities	6

The importance of spatial planning for health disparities	6
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?	6
Participatory asset mapping and photovoice interviews to scope cultural and community resources to reduce alcohol harm in Chitwan, Nepal	6
Swim when you’re winning: how Good Boost and Swim England won the public health minister’s award	6
Diary	6
Editorial	5
Measuring the digital divide among people with severe mental ill health using the essential digital skills framework	5
Whole systems approach to diet and healthy weight: a longitudinal process evaluation in East Scotland	5
Challenges and opportunities of remote public involvement and community engagement during a pandemic: refining the MapMe childhood healthy weight intervention	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
Diary	5
Diary	4
A qualitative exploration of a financial inclusion service in an English foodbank	4
Adolescents’ unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey and the association with transport modes and food outlets along the school route	4
The Youth Educating Peers (YEP) project: making adaptions for youth peer-led sexual health education	4
Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace	4
Editorial	4
The editor is not the author: artificial intelligence and public health publishing	4
Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?	4
The smoke-free generation policy: policy analysis	4
India led health innovation(s) for achieving the SDG health goal in the global South	4
Regulatory mechanisms to create healthier environments: planning appeals and hot food takeaways in England	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
Installing public handwashing facilities and integrating them with water fountains to reduce plastic pollution and prevent spread of infections	3
We care but we’re not carers: perceptions and experiences of social prescribing in a UK national community organisation	3
Editorial	3
Will lessons from the global COVID-19 response strengthen commitment to sustainable development?	3
Protecting and improving the environment to protect and improve health: public health on the Board of environmental Non-Departmental Public Bodies	3
Strengthening population and public health data governance in the era of digital technology in Africa	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
Diary	3
Improving our communication around vaccines	3
Green space for public mental health: an ethnographic study of ecotherapy in Wales	3
Editorial	3
Understanding health inequalities in COVID-19: a description of a pragmatic community-based consultation method	3
Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription	2
Group singing for health and wellbeing in the Republic of Ireland: the first national map	2
Social capital, food insecurity, and health outcomes in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Developing better understanding of hygiene is key to developing hygiene behaviour change in home and everyday life settings	2
Therapeutic soundscapes – improving health and wellbeing with sonic art	2
The two-child limit for benefits in the Supreme Court: implications for public health	2
Making co-creation a trustworthy methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion: the Health CASCADE project	2
Climate change adaptation must not replicate lockdown scenarios	2
Diary	2
Bringing lived experience into research: good practices for public involvement in research	2
Strategic planning in oral health improvement	2
Diary	2
One size does not fit all: key messages from Pakistani, Somali and Yemeni (PSY) patients in Sheffield, UK, regarding the language and cultural challenges of the IAPT programme	2
Access arts for refugees: an evaluation	2
Mapping the movement for climate change and health in England: a descriptive review and theory of change analysis	2

Climate change, health, and conflict in Africa’s arc of instability	2
De-medicalising public mental health with the Power Threat Meaning Framework	2
Somatics and contemporary dance for wellbeing during digital times	2
The forensic implications of food hypersensitivity – a review of cases in United Kingdom courts: January 2014–February 2020	2
Sudan conflicts (2012–2023): how does it prolong and intensify hunger?	2
Social prescribing link workers: a test for public health ethics?	2