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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
News	55
Resident review: assessing the impact of new homes on people’s health and wellbeing	43
Community Health Synchronisation project	30
Socioeconomic inequalities in health – debates on the persistence	28
The aftermath of floods in Pakistan: a public health emergency	22
Public health and planetary health: human–planet relationship through education, research, policy, and practice	17
First Dental Steps: a multistranded oral health improvement intervention embedded in the Healthy Child Programme	16
Reframing our data: promoting positive epidemiology	15
Making the invisible visible: Data, leadership, and the future of public health	15
Implementing creative dance activities for primary school children to improve health and wellbeing: a qualitative study in the North East England	14
RSPH Health and Wellbeing Awards 2022	14
Enhancing the training of community engagement officers to address vaccine hesitancy: a university and local authority collaboration	13
Guest Editorial	12
The benefits of plain language summaries in public health publishing	11
Trends and projections in sexually transmitted infections in people aged 45 years and older in England: analysis of national surveillance data	10
A systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based interventions aimed at improving health literacy of parents/carers of children	10
Studentification: shining a light on students’ experiences of living among the private rented sector: impacts on wellbeing and study	9
Nepal health financing in light of federalism and pandemic	9
News	8
Tackling health inequalities through the development of the wider public health workforce	8
Inspiring sustainability: insights from a global creative competition on healthy planet, healthy people	8
The importance of spatial planning for health disparities	8
‘Valued and listened to’: the collective experience of patient and public involvement in a national evaluation	8
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
Diary	7

Sociologists in public health: marginal observers or mainstream collaborators?	7
‘Communicating cancer project’ empowering African and Caribbean communities through forum theatre: a culturally responsive approach to early head and neck cancer detection	7
Diary	7
Building adaptive capacity: applying the action scales model for self-evaluation in a community-based health promotion programme	7
Swim when you’re winning: how Good Boost and Swim England won the public health minister’s award	7
Diary	6
Reflecting on the social value of movement and dance	6
Expanding healthcare access in rural sub-Saharan Africa	6
Participatory asset mapping and photovoice interviews to scope cultural and community resources to reduce alcohol harm in Chitwan, Nepal	6
Editorial	6
Measuring the digital divide among people with severe mental ill health using the essential digital skills framework	6
Challenges and opportunities of remote public involvement and community engagement during a pandemic: refining the MapMe childhood healthy weight intervention	5
Editorial	5
A qualitative exploration of a financial inclusion service in an English foodbank	5
The smoke-free generation policy: policy analysis	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
The editor is not the author: artificial intelligence and public health publishing	5
Regulatory mechanisms to create healthier environments: planning appeals and hot food takeaways in England	5
Whole systems approach to diet and healthy weight: a longitudinal process evaluation in East Scotland	5
Employers should promote smoking cessation in the workplace	5
The Youth Educating Peers (YEP) project: making adaptions for youth peer-led sexual health education	5
Diary	5
Can social prescribing reach patients most in need? Patterns of (in)equalities in referrals in a representative cohort of older adults in England	4
Understanding health inequalities in COVID-19: a description of a pragmatic community-based consultation method	4
CORRIGENDUM to “The role of community champions in place-based early years support: how can we successfully share knowledge and build parent confidence?”	4
Strengthening population and public health data governance in the era of digital technology in Africa	4
Adolescents’ unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey and the association with transport modes and food outlets along the school route	4
Improving our communication around vaccines	4
We care but we’re not carers: perceptions and experiences of social prescribing in a UK national community organisation	4
Diary	4
Food and exercise practices among British Pakistanis; how can Bourdieu’s theory of practice help to understand them?	4
Editorial	4
Building resilience to climate change: designing research with health system and community perspectives	3
Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription	3
Green space for public mental health: an ethnographic study of ecotherapy in Wales	3
Diary	3
Singing Mamas: singing the way to good perinatal mental wellbeing	3
Developing better understanding of hygiene is key to developing hygiene behaviour change in home and everyday life settings	3
Climate change adaptation must not replicate lockdown scenarios	3
‘We don’t just ink skin’: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of tattoo artists responding to their clients’ mental health disclosures	3
A review of early childhood psychosocial interventions following extreme weather events in low- and middle-income countries	3
Editorial	3
Social capital, food insecurity, and health outcomes in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Creative Health Associates and the Two Loops model of systems change: key insights for the field	3
Towards heat health plans in sub-Saharan Africa: case study – Nigeria	3
Collaboration to improve health literacy and confidence through drama for those facing language barriers	3
School attendance is a public health issue: lessons for the UK from a new US framework	3
Bringing lived experience into research: good practices for public involvement in research	3
Diary	3
De-medicalising public mental health with the Power Threat Meaning Framework	2

Dying whilst on probation: a scoping review of mortality amongst those under community justice supervision	2
What are ‘dark kitchens’? A consensus definition from public, local authority, business and academic stakeholders in the United Kingdom	2
It’s time to change how we talk about alcohol	2
Participatory arts, refugees and mental health	2
Diary	2
Therapeutic soundscapes – improving health and wellbeing with sonic art	2
Diary	2
Making co-creation a trustworthy methodology for closing the implementation gap between knowledge and action in health promotion: the Health CASCADE project	2
Seen and not heard: how we used visual creative activities for public health knowledge exchange with communities in rural India	2
ArtSpeak: an arts programme for older people	2
Sudan conflicts (2012–2023): how does it prolong and intensify hunger?	2
The forensic implications of food hypersensitivity – a review of cases in United Kingdom courts: January 2014–February 2020	2
Somatics and contemporary dance for wellbeing during digital times	2
Access arts for refugees: an evaluation	2
Oxfordshire Mosque runs sport activities to fight inequalities	2
What will make the biggest contribution to improving the public’s health in the next 10 years?	2
Social prescribing link workers: a test for public health ethics?	2