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What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist review (2016)
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Husk, K., Blockley, K., Lovell, R., Bethel, A., Bloomfield, D., Warber, S., …Garside, R. (2016). What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist review. Systematic reviews, 5(1), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0269-6

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: The use of non-drug, non-health-service interventions has been proposed as a cost-effective alternative to help those with long-term conditions manage their illness and improve their health and well-being. Interventi... Read More about What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist review.

Improving the Reporting of Health and Psychological Research (2016)
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Fuller, T. E., Pearson, M., & Peters, J. (2016). Improving the Reporting of Health and Psychological Research. Australian Psychologist, 51(3), 182-187. https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12135

A growing body of empirical evidence has consistently demonstrated that much publically and privately funded research is reported in a way that makes it difficult for the findings to be included in evidence syntheses or used by researchers, clinician... Read More about Improving the Reporting of Health and Psychological Research.

Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: A realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (2015)
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Pearson, M., Chilton, R., Wyatt, K., Abraham, C., Ford, T., Woods, H., & Anderson, R. (2015). Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: A realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom. Implementation Science, 10(1), Article 149. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0338-6

Background Schools have long been viewed as a good setting in which to encourage healthy lifestyles amongst children, and schools in many countries aspire to more comprehensive, integrated approaches to health promotion. Recent reviews have identifie... Read More about Implementing health promotion programmes in schools: A realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom.

Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training: The IMPACT (IMProving Antimicrobial presCribing of doctors in Training) realist review (2015)
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Wong, G., Brennan, N., Mattick, K., Pearson, M., Briscoe, S., & Papoutsi, C. (2015). Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training: The IMPACT (IMProving Antimicrobial presCribing of doctors in Training) realist review. BMJ open, 5(10), e009059. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009059

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance has been described as a global crisis-more prudent prescribing is part of the solution. Behaviour change interventions are needed to improve prescribing practice. Presently, the literature documents that context... Read More about Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training: The IMPACT (IMProving Antimicrobial presCribing of doctors in Training) realist review.

Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health (2015)
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Pearson, M., Brand, S. L., Quinn, C., Shaw, J., Maguire, M., Michie, S., …Byng, R. (2015). Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health. Implementation Science, 10(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0321-2

Background This paper reports how we used a realist review, as part of a wider project to improve collaborative mental health care for prisoners with common mental health problems, to develop a conceptual platform. The importance of offenders gaining... Read More about Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health.

Evaluating the impact of a simulation study in emergency stroke care (2015)
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Monks, T., Pearson, M., Pitt, M., Stein, K., & James, M. A. (2015). Evaluating the impact of a simulation study in emergency stroke care. Operations research for health care, 6, 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orhc.2015.09.002

© 2015 The Authors. Very few discrete-event simulation studies follow up on recommendations with evaluation of whether modelled benefits have been realised and the extent to which modelling contributed to any change. This paper evaluates changes made... Read More about Evaluating the impact of a simulation study in emergency stroke care.

Health promotion in schools: A scoping review of systematic reviews (2015)
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Chilton, R., Pearson, M., & Anderson, R. (2015). Health promotion in schools: A scoping review of systematic reviews. Health Education, 115(3-4), 357-376. https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-03-2014-0033

Purpose – Schools are an important setting for a wide variety of activities to promote health. The purpose of this paper is to map the different types of health promotion programmes and activities in schools, to estimate the amount of published evalu... Read More about Health promotion in schools: A scoping review of systematic reviews.

What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews (2015)
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Fuller, T., Pearson, M., Peters, J., & Anderson, R. (2015). What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0121585. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121585

Objectives To identify and understand, through data from multiple sources, some of the factors that affect authors’ and editors’ decisions to use reporting guidelines in the publication of health research. Design Mixed methods study comprising an on... Read More about What affects authors' and editors' use of reporting guidelines? Findings from an online survey and qualitative interviews.

Providing effective and preferred care closer to home: a realist review of intermediate care (2015)
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Pearson, M., Hunt, H., Cooper, C., Shepperd, S., Pawson, R., & Anderson, R. (2015). Providing effective and preferred care closer to home: a realist review of intermediate care. Health and Social Care in the Community, 23(6), 577-593. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12183

Intermediate care is one of the number of service delivery models intended to integrate care and provide enhanced health and social care services closer to home, especially to reduce reliance on acute care hospital beds. In order for health and socia... Read More about Providing effective and preferred care closer to home: a realist review of intermediate care.

Impact of the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs reporting guideline: Ten years on (2014)
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Fuller, T., Peters, J., Pearson, M., & Anderson, R. (2014). Impact of the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs reporting guideline: Ten years on. American journal of public health : JPH / American Public Health Association, 104(11), e110-e117. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302195

Objectives. We assessed how the Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND) reporting guideline was used by authors and journal editors in journals’ instructions to authors. We also evaluated its impact on reporting comple... Read More about Impact of the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs reporting guideline: Ten years on.

Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: A realist review protocol (2014)
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Brennan, N., Bryce, M., Pearson, M., Wong, G., Cooper, C., & Archer, J. (2014). Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: A realist review protocol. BMJ open, 4(6), Article e005466. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005466

Introduction: UK doctors are now required to participate in revalidation to maintain their licence to practise. Appraisal is a fundamental component of revalidation. However, objective evidence of appraisal changing doctors' behaviour and directly re... Read More about Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: A realist review protocol.

Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research—The challenges and opportunities (2013)
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Pearson, M., Monks, T., Gibson, A., Allen, M., Komashie, A., Fordyce, A., …Stein, K. (2013). Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research—The challenges and opportunities. Operations research for health care, 2(4), 86-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orhc.2013.09.001

Interest is growing internationally in the potential benefits of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research. In the United Kingdom (UK) health and social care services are now committed to involving patients and service users in the planning, d... Read More about Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research—The challenges and opportunities.

Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective? A systematic review (2013)
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Jones-Hughes, T., Peters, J., Whear, R., Cooper, C., Evans, H., Depledge, M., & Pearson, M. (2013). Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective? A systematic review. Environmental Evidence, 2(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2382-2-11

Background Within developing countries, groundwater provides an alternative drinking source to polluted surface water. However, the presence of arsenic in some groundwater sources has resulted in chronic worldwide poisoning. The aim of this review wa... Read More about Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective? A systematic review.

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of shared care: protocol for a realist review. (2013)
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Hardwick, R., Pearson, M., Byng, R., & Anderson, R. (2013). The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of shared care: protocol for a realist review. Systematic reviews, 2, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-2-12

Shared care (an enhanced information exchange over and above routine outpatient letters) is commonly used to improve care coordination and communication between a specialist and primary care services for people with long-term conditions. Evidence of... Read More about The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of shared care: protocol for a realist review..

Evaluating the impact and use of Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomised Designs (TREND) reporting guidelines (2012)
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Fuller, T., Pearson, M., Peters, J., & Anderson, R. (2012). Evaluating the impact and use of Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomised Designs (TREND) reporting guidelines. BMJ open, 2(6), Article e002073. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002073

Introduction. Accurate and full reporting of evaluation of interventions in health research is needed for evidence synthesis and informed decision-making. Evidence suggests that biases and incomplete reporting affect the assessment of study validity... Read More about Evaluating the impact and use of Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomised Designs (TREND) reporting guidelines.

Implementing health promotion in schools: Protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK) (2012)
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Pearson, M., Chilton, R., Woods, H. B., Wyatt, K., Ford, T., Abraham, C., & Anderson, R. (2012). Implementing health promotion in schools: Protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK). Systematic reviews, 1(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-1-48

Background: School-based interventions and campaigns are used to promote health and address a wide variety of public health problems. Schools are considered to be key sites for the implementation of health promotion programmes for their potential to... Read More about Implementing health promotion in schools: Protocol for a realist systematic review of research and experience in the United Kingdom (UK).

The role of systematic reviews of qualitative evidence in evaluating interventions: a case study (2012)
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Lorenc, T., Pearson, M., Jamal, F., Cooper, C., & Garside, R. (2012). The role of systematic reviews of qualitative evidence in evaluating interventions: a case study. Research Synthesis Methods, 3(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1036

Systematic reviews of qualitative evidence have been widely used to provide information on the context and implementation of interventions, and their potential barriers and facilitators. However, such reviews face a number of methodological challenge... Read More about The role of systematic reviews of qualitative evidence in evaluating interventions: a case study.

Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective?: A systematic review protocol (2011)
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Pearson, M., Jones-Hughes, T., Whear, R., Cooper, C., Peters, J., Evans, E., & Depledge, M. (2011). Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective?: A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 1(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2382-1-1

© 2011 Pearson et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Chronic arsenic pollution is now recognised as a worldwide problem, with 21 countries experiencing arsenic groundwater contamination. It is a particularly important issue in developing co... Read More about Are interventions to reduce the impact of arsenic contamination of groundwater on human health in developing countries effective?: A systematic review protocol.

Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs (2011)
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Pearson, M., Hunt, H., Garside, R., Moxham, T., Peters, J., & Anderson, R. (2012). Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs. Injury Prevention, 18(2), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040043

Introduction Unintentional injuries to children in the outdoors have a significant impact on child mortality, development and healthcare costs. This paper presents the findings of a systematic review about the effectiveness of programs that provided... Read More about Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs.

Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register (2011)
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Pearson, M., & Peters, J. (2012). Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 66(4), 286-289. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.122465

Background: Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of interventions are increasingly used to inform recommendations for public health policy and practice, but outcome reporting bias is rarely assessed. Methods: Studies excluded at full-text stage sc... Read More about Outcome reporting bias in evaluations of public health interventions: Evidence of impact and the potential role of a study register.