All Outputs (7)

ChatGPT sits the DFPH exam: large language model performance and potential to support public health learning (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N. P., Wilson, R., Winder, M. S., Tunster, S. J., McVicar, K., Thakrar, S., …Reid, A. (2024). ChatGPT sits the DFPH exam: large language model performance and potential to support public health learning. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05042-9

Background: Artificial intelligence-based large language models, like ChatGPT, have been rapidly assessed for both risks and potential in health-related assessment and learning. However, their applications in public health professional exams have not... Read More about ChatGPT sits the DFPH exam: large language model performance and potential to support public health learning.

Introducing a framework to support the identification and tackling of health inequalities within specialised services (2024)
Journal Article
McGill, S., Davies, N., Addei, D., Bharkhada, D., Elleray, R., Wilson, R., & Day, M. (in press). Introducing a framework to support the identification and tackling of health inequalities within specialised services. BMJ Leader, leader-2023-000918. https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2023-000918

Background: The potential for addressing healthcare inequalities in prescribed specialised services has historically been overlooked. There is evidence that prescribed specialised services can exacerbate inequalities even though they are often access... Read More about Introducing a framework to support the identification and tackling of health inequalities within specialised services.

Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Ferris, S. (2022). Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms. Lancet Public Health, 7(8), Article e655. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2822%2900173-6

Public health harms from gambling are now well recognised. Public Health England estimates societal gambling-related harm in England exceeds £1·27 billion. Australian research estimates that the years lost to disability from gambling exceeds that of... Read More about Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms.

Opportunistic Non-Governmental Organisation Delivery of a Virtual Stop Smoking Service in England during the COVID-19 Lockdown (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, N. P., Callister, M. E., Copeland, H., Griffiths, S., Holtam, L., Lambert, P., …Murray, R. L. (2022). Opportunistic Non-Governmental Organisation Delivery of a Virtual Stop Smoking Service in England during the COVID-19 Lockdown. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), Article 7722. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137722

Smoking cessation services have rapidly transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes include pivoting from face-to-face to telephone and video call support, remote provision of stop smoking aids and more flexible appointments. This study reports... Read More about Opportunistic Non-Governmental Organisation Delivery of a Virtual Stop Smoking Service in England during the COVID-19 Lockdown.

Human judgement forecasting tournaments: A feasibility study based on the COVID-19 pandemic with public health practitioners in England (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Ferris, S. (2022). Human judgement forecasting tournaments: A feasibility study based on the COVID-19 pandemic with public health practitioners in England. Public Health In Practice, 3, Article 100260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100260

Objectives: To explore the viability of running human judgement forecasting tournaments with public health practitioners, and to gather initial data on forecasting accuracy and participant perceptions of forecasting. Study design: Quality improvement... Read More about Human judgement forecasting tournaments: A feasibility study based on the COVID-19 pandemic with public health practitioners in England.

When is Subnational, Supralocal Tobacco Control "just right"? A Qualitative Study in England (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Cheeseman, H., Arnott, D., Pierce, E., Langley, T. E., Murray, R., …Bains, M. (2022). When is Subnational, Supralocal Tobacco Control "just right"? A Qualitative Study in England. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 24(8), 1241-1246. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntac069

Introduction: Subnational, supralocal (or "regional") approaches to tobacco control are often central federal nation tobacco control and can be superfluous for very small nations. However, their relevance to countries with weak intermediate tiers of... Read More about When is Subnational, Supralocal Tobacco Control "just right"? A Qualitative Study in England.

Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health training: participatory action research to understand experiences in the East Midlands (2021)
Journal Article
Maile, E. L., Horsley, S. M., Dunn, T., Knight, J. M., Brough, G., Davies, N., …Cooper, R. (2024). Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health training: participatory action research to understand experiences in the East Midlands. Journal of Public Health, 45(1), 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab348

Background Specialty public health training consists of 48 months of practice across the domains of health protection, healthcare public health and health improvement. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, activity pivoted towards pandemic man... Read More about Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health training: participatory action research to understand experiences in the East Midlands.