Professor Mark Pearson's Outputs (110)

Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: A systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs (2011)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Generalizing applied qualitative research on harm reduction: the example of a public injecting typology (2011)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Parkin, S., & Coomber, R. (2011). Generalizing applied qualitative research on harm reduction: the example of a public injecting typology. Contemporary Drug Problems, 38(1), 61-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/009145091103800104

The small sample sizes and context-bound findings of qualitative research are commonly viewed as significant factors that limit its use (or “transferability”) in settings other than those in which the research was originally conducted. This perceived... Read More about Generalizing applied qualitative research on harm reduction: the example of a public injecting typology.

Effectiveness of search strategies for qualitative research about barriers and facilitators of program delivery (2011)
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Pearson, M., Moxham, T., & Ashton, K. (2011). Effectiveness of search strategies for qualitative research about barriers and facilitators of program delivery. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 34(3), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163278710388029

Electronic database search strategies have developed substantially over the course of the past two decades, but their optimal use within a broader search strategy remains unclear. This article evaluates the use of a range of search strategies to iden... Read More about Effectiveness of search strategies for qualitative research about barriers and facilitators of program delivery.

Preventing unintentional injuries to children in the home: A systematic review of the effectiveness of programmes supplying and/or installing home safety equipment (2010)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Garside, R., Moxham, T., & Anderson, R. (2011). Preventing unintentional injuries to children in the home: A systematic review of the effectiveness of programmes supplying and/or installing home safety equipment. Health Promotion International, 26(3), 376-392. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daq074

In children under the age of five, the majority of unintentional injuries occur in the home, with higher levels of injury morbidity and mortality being found among those from more deprived backgrounds. This paper presents the findings of a systematic... Read More about Preventing unintentional injuries to children in the home: A systematic review of the effectiveness of programmes supplying and/or installing home safety equipment.

Barriers to, and facilitators of, the prevention of unintentional injury in children in the home: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research (2010)
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Smithson, J., Garside, R., & Pearson, M. (2011). Barriers to, and facilitators of, the prevention of unintentional injury in children in the home: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. Injury Prevention, 17(2), 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.026989

Background This review considers barriers to, and facilitators of, success for interventions to reduce unintentional injury to children in the home through supply and/or installation of home safety equipment, and looks at risk assessments. Methods A... Read More about Barriers to, and facilitators of, the prevention of unintentional injury in children in the home: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research.

'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making (2010)
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Pearson, M. (2010). 'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making. Evidence and Policy, 6(1), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426410X483015

'Evidence-based policy and practice' was proposed to usher in an era where explicit use was made of evidence ('what we know') to inform decisions made about policy and practice ('what we should do'). Critics have focused on its allegedly technocratic... Read More about 'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making.

What influences the uptake of information to prevent skin cancer? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research (2009)
Journal Article
Garside, R., Pearson, M., & Moxham, T. (2010). What influences the uptake of information to prevent skin cancer? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research. Health education research, 25(1), 162-182. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyp060

Skin cancer is an increasing problem in Europe, America and Australasia, although largely preventable by avoiding excessive ultraviolet (UV) exposure. This paper presents the findings of a systematic review of qualitative research about the preventio... Read More about What influences the uptake of information to prevent skin cancer? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research.

The challenge of external validity in policy-relevant systematic reviews: A case study from the field of substance misuse (2009)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., & Coomber, R. (2010). The challenge of external validity in policy-relevant systematic reviews: A case study from the field of substance misuse. Addiction, 105(1), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02713.x

Aim  To critically evaluate the methods utilized in the conduct of a systematic review in the field of substance misuse

Design  Participant‐observation in the review process, semi‐structured interviews with review team members and management and str... Read More about The challenge of external validity in policy-relevant systematic reviews: A case study from the field of substance misuse.

Systematic reviews in social policy: To go forward, do we first need to look back? (2007)
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Pearson, M. (2007). Systematic reviews in social policy: To go forward, do we first need to look back?. Evidence and Policy, 3(4), 505-526. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426407782516448

This article argues that the development of systematic review methods for social policy and practice in the UK has been inhibited in two ways. First, there has been insufficient engagement with the breadth of Donald Campbell's thought on research met... Read More about Systematic reviews in social policy: To go forward, do we first need to look back?.