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Preventing adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK: Findings from a participatory evidence synthesis of what does or could work (2025)
Journal Article
Such, E., Ariyo, M. D., Brierley, R., Barnes, A., Hayes, K., & Aminu, H. (in press). Preventing adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK: Findings from a participatory evidence synthesis of what does or could work. Journal of Human Trafficking,

Preventing trafficking and exploitation is an elusive global goal. We completed a participatory evidence synthesis to explore what does or could work in preventing labour and sexual exploitation among UK adults. Electronic database (ASSIA, IBSS, Scop... Read More about Preventing adult sexual and labour exploitation in the UK: Findings from a participatory evidence synthesis of what does or could work.

A public health approach to modern slavery in the United Kingdom: a codeveloped framework (2024)
Journal Article
Such, E., Campos-Matos, I., Hayes, K., Smith, A., Thornton, S., & Woodward, J. (2024). A public health approach to modern slavery in the United Kingdom: a codeveloped framework. Public Health, 232, 146-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.04.004

Objectives: Modern slavery is a public health challenge. The objective of this research was to build and refine a public health approach to addressing it. Study design: This was a participatory qualitative study with a proof-of-concept exercise. Meth... Read More about A public health approach to modern slavery in the United Kingdom: a codeveloped framework.

Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium (2024)
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Stewart, E., SIPHER Greater Manchester Community Panel, SIPHER Scotland Community Panel, SIPHER Sheffield Community Panel, & Such, E. (2024). Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00521-7

Data-intensive research, including policy modelling, poses some distinctive challenges for efforts to mainstream public involvement into health research. There is a need for learning about how to design and deliver involvement for these types of rese... Read More about Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium.

Framing the wider determinants of health: Reflections and learning from a knowledge mobilisation exercise with an English local authority (2023)
Journal Article
Such, E., Akakpo, D., Cleghorn, L., Eddleston, F., Eyoma, J., Fish, L., Jan-Khan, M., Khattran, S., Leitner, V., Young, C., & Laurent, C. (2023). Framing the wider determinants of health: Reflections and learning from a knowledge mobilisation exercise with an English local authority. Public Health In Practice, 6, Article 100410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2023.100410

Background: Health inequalities remain a persistent problem in the UK. One contributing factor may be how health inequalities are framed in professional and public debate. Dominant understandings of health focus on the individual, personal choice, li... Read More about Framing the wider determinants of health: Reflections and learning from a knowledge mobilisation exercise with an English local authority.

Self-Compassion during COVID-19 in Non-WEIRD Countries: A Narrative Review (2023)
Journal Article
Kotera, Y., Kirkman, A., Beaumont, J., Komorowska, M. A., Such, E., Kaneda, Y., & Rushforth, A. (2023). Self-Compassion during COVID-19 in Non-WEIRD Countries: A Narrative Review. Healthcare, 11(14), Article 2016. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142016

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted people’s mental health negatively worldwide, including in non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic) countries. Self-compassion, kindness and understanding towards ones... Read More about Self-Compassion during COVID-19 in Non-WEIRD Countries: A Narrative Review.

Framing the wider determinants of health and health inequalities: local stakeholder views in England (2023)
Journal Article
Such, E. (2023). Framing the wider determinants of health and health inequalities: local stakeholder views in England. Evidence and Policy, 19(4), 513-535. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16848470383584

Background:
Despite decades of concern, health inequalities persist and collaborations to address them at a local level are yet to prove effective. One potential way of improving actions to address health inequalities is to pay greater attention to... Read More about Framing the wider determinants of health and health inequalities: local stakeholder views in England.

The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study (2023)
Journal Article
Such, E., Gardner, A., Dang, M., Wright, N., Bravo-Balsa, L., Brotherton, V., Browne, H., Esiovwa, N., Jiménez, E., Lucas, B., Wyman, E., & Trodd, Z. (in press). The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2194760

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably affected global economies and societies, exacerbating existing social inequalities. This “syndemic” pandemic has placed people and communities affected by modern slavery and human trafficking at elevated risk of... Read More about The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study.

Governance of Intersectoral Collaborations for Population Health and to Reduce Health Inequalities in High-Income Countries: A Complexity-Informed Systematic Review (2022)
Journal Article
Such, E., Smith, K., Woods, H. B., & Meier, P. (2022). Governance of Intersectoral Collaborations for Population Health and to Reduce Health Inequalities in High-Income Countries: A Complexity-Informed Systematic Review. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(12), 2780-2792. https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6550

Background
A ‘Health in All Policies’ (HiAP) approach has been widely advocated as a way to involve multiple government sectors in addressing health inequalities, but implementation attempts have not always produced the expected results. Explaining... Read More about Governance of Intersectoral Collaborations for Population Health and to Reduce Health Inequalities in High-Income Countries: A Complexity-Informed Systematic Review.

Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis (2020)
Journal Article
Salway, S., Such, E., Preston, L., Booth, A., Zubair, M., Victor, C., & Raghavan, R. (2020). Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis. Public Health Research, 8(10), https://doi.org/10.3310/phr08100

Background
To date, there has been little research into the causes of, and solutions to, loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people.

Objectives
The objectives were to synthesise available evidence and produce new insights relating to in... Read More about Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis.

The SIPHER Consortium: Introducing the new UK hub for systems science in public health and health economic research [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] (2019)
Journal Article
Meier, P., Purshouse, R., Bain, M., Bambra, C., Bentall, R., Birkin, M., Brazier, J., Brennan, A., Bryan, M., Cox, J., Fell, G., Goyder, E., Heppenstall, A., Holmes, J., Hughes, C., Ishaq, A., Kadirkamanathan, V., Lomax, N., Lupton, R., Paisley, S., …Watkins, C. (2019). The SIPHER Consortium: Introducing the new UK hub for systems science in public health and health economic research [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research, 4, Article 174. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15534.1

The conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age are key drivers of health and inequalities in life chances. To maximise health and wellbeing across the whole population, we need well-coordinated action across government sectors, in area... Read More about The SIPHER Consortium: Introducing the new UK hub for systems science in public health and health economic research [version 1; peer review: 2 approved].