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Prospective cohort study of exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and smoking uptake among children in southern India (2021)
Journal Article
Kulkarni, M. M., Kamath, A., Kamath, V. G., Lewis, S., Bogdanovica, I., Bains, M., …Britton, J. (2021). Prospective cohort study of exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and smoking uptake among children in southern India. PLoS ONE, 16(8), Article e0253593. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253593

Background Exposure to tobacco imagery in films causes young people to start smoking. Popular Indian films contain high levels of tobacco imagery, but those that do are required by law to display onscreen health warnings when smoking imagery occurs a... Read More about Prospective cohort study of exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and smoking uptake among children in southern India.

Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Ussher, M., Best, C., Lewis, S., McKell, J., Coleman, T., Cooper, S., …Bauld, L. (2021). Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22(1), Article 512. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05480-6

Background: Financial incentives are an effective way of helping women to stop smoking during pregnancy. Unfortunately, most women who stop smoking at this time return to smoking within 12 months of the infant’s birth. There is no evidence for interv... Read More about Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial.

Prospective examination of mental health in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jia, R., Knight, H., Ayling, K., Coupland, C., Corner, J., Denning, C., …Vedhara, K. Prospective examination of mental health in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background The impact of changing social restrictions on the mental health of students during the COVID-19 pandemic warrants exploration.

Aims To prospectively examine changes to university students’ mental health during the pandemic.

Methods S... Read More about Prospective examination of mental health in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Impact of Environmental Sustainability Labels on Willingness-to-Pay for Foods: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments (2021)
Journal Article
Bastounis, A., Buckell, J., Hartmann-Boyce, J., Cook, B., King, S., Potter, C., …Jebb, S. A. (2021). The Impact of Environmental Sustainability Labels on Willingness-to-Pay for Foods: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments. Nutrients, 13(8), Article 2677. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082677

Food production is a major contributor to environmental damage. More environmentally sustainable foods could incur higher costs for consumers. In this review, we explore whether consumers are willing to pay (WTP) more for foods with environmental sus... Read More about The Impact of Environmental Sustainability Labels on Willingness-to-Pay for Foods: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Discrete Choice Experiments.

The impact of COVID-19 on national screening programmes in England (2021)
Journal Article
Armitage, R. C., & Morling, J. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on national screening programmes in England. Public Health, 198, 174-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.07.022

Objectives: This study aimed to review the trends in adult national screening programme performance in England before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and consider the future implications. Study design: This was a quantitative, longitudinal study. Me... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on national screening programmes in England.

Was the implementation of standardised tobacco packaging legislation in England associated with changes in smoking prevalence? A segmented regression analysis between 2006 and 2019 (2021)
Journal Article
Opazo Breton, M., Britton, J., Brown, J., Beard, E., & Bogdanovica, I. (2021). Was the implementation of standardised tobacco packaging legislation in England associated with changes in smoking prevalence? A segmented regression analysis between 2006 and 2019. Tobacco Control, https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056694

Background and aim In 2016, England initiated the implementation of standardised tobacco packaging, introduced in conjunction with minimum pack sizes and other measures included in the 2014 European Tobacco Products Directive, over the course of a 1-... Read More about Was the implementation of standardised tobacco packaging legislation in England associated with changes in smoking prevalence? A segmented regression analysis between 2006 and 2019.

Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Drake, T. M., Riad, A. M., Fairfield, C. J., Egan, C., Knight, S. R., Pius, R., … ISARIC4C investigators, O. B. O. T. (2021). Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Lancet, 398(10296), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2821%2900799-6

Background
COVID-19 is a multisystem disease and patients who survive might have in-hospital complications. These complications are likely to have important short-term and long-term consequences for patients, health-care utilisation, health-care sys... Read More about Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study.

Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Drake, T. M., Riad, A. M., Fairfield, C. J., Egan, C., Knight, S. R., Pius, R., …Young, P. (2021). Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Lancet, 398(10296), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2821%2900799-6

BackgroundCOVID-19 is a multisystem disease and patients who survive might have in-hospital complications. These complications are likely to have important short-term and long-term consequences for patients, health-care utilisation, health-care syste... Read More about Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study.

Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey (2021)
Journal Article
Bowker, K., Lewis, S., Ussher, M., Naughton, F., Phillips, L., Coleman, T., …Cooper, S. (2021). Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey. Addictive Behaviors, 123, Article 107050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107050

Introduction: There is limited information about longitudinal patterns of vaping during pregnancy and the postpartum. We describe the prevalence, frequency, and reasons for vaping throughout pregnancy and postpartum. We also describe temporal pattern... Read More about Smoking and vaping patterns during pregnancy and the postpartum: a longitudinal UK cohort survey.

Correction: A Direct-to-Public Peer Support Program (Big White Wall) Versus Web-Based Information to Aid the Self-management of Depression and Anxiety: Results and Challenges of an Automated Randomized Controlled Trial (2021)
Journal Article
Morriss, R., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Rawsthorne, M., Coulson, N., Simpson, S., Guo, B., …Williams, L. (2021). Correction: A Direct-to-Public Peer Support Program (Big White Wall) Versus Web-Based Information to Aid the Self-management of Depression and Anxiety: Results and Challenges of an Automated Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(7), Article e31543. https://doi.org/10.2196/31543

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/23487.].

Socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide Danish study (2021)
Journal Article
Askgaard, G., Fleming, K. M., Crooks, C., Kraglund, F., Jensen, C. B., West, J., & Jepsen, P. (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide Danish study. Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 8, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100172

Background: There is socio-economic inequality in total alcohol-related harm, but knowledge of inequality in the incidence of specific alcohol-related diseases would be beneficial for prevention. Registry-based studies with nationwide coverage may re... Read More about Socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of alcohol-related liver disease: A nationwide Danish study.

Ethnicity and COVID-19 outcomes among healthcare workers in the UK: UK-REACH ethico-legal research, qualitative research on healthcare workers' experiences and stakeholder engagement protocol (2021)
Journal Article
Gogoi, M., Reed-Berendt, R., Al-Oraibi, A., Hassan, O., Wobi, F., Gupta, A., …Pareek, M. (2021). Ethnicity and COVID-19 outcomes among healthcare workers in the UK: UK-REACH ethico-legal research, qualitative research on healthcare workers' experiences and stakeholder engagement protocol. BMJ Open, 11(7), Article e049611. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049611

Introduction As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, emerging evidence suggests that individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds may be disproportionately affected. The United Kingdom Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19... Read More about Ethnicity and COVID-19 outcomes among healthcare workers in the UK: UK-REACH ethico-legal research, qualitative research on healthcare workers' experiences and stakeholder engagement protocol.

Evaluating an ‘incident control’ approach to non-communicable disease (2021)
Journal Article
Horsley, S. M., Morling, J. R., Khaw, F. M., & Day, M. (2021). Evaluating an ‘incident control’ approach to non-communicable disease. Public Health, 197, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.04.031

Objectives: This article evaluates the application of ‘incident control’ methodology usually applied in communicable disease control to an ‘incident’ of unexplained deaths, specifically to resolve a significant difference in 1-year survival after a l... Read More about Evaluating an ‘incident control’ approach to non-communicable disease.

Estimating the clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Wijayasiri, P., Hayre, J., Nicholson, E. S., Kaye, P., Wilkes, E. A., Evans, J., …Aravinthan, A. D. (2021). Estimating the clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the UK. JHEP Reports, 3(5), Article 100329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100329

Background and Aim
The clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease (WD) in the UK remains unknown. The estimated genetic prevalence in the UK, 142/million, is higher than the clinical prevalence (15/million) reported in other European studies. The aim o... Read More about Estimating the clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the UK.

An Emerging Problem of Shisha Smoking among High School Students in Ethiopia (2021)
Journal Article
Hirpa, S., Fogarty, A., Addissie, A., Bauld, L., Frese, T., Unverzagt, S., …Deressa, W. (2021). An Emerging Problem of Shisha Smoking among High School Students in Ethiopia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(13), Article 7023. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137023

Shisha smoking is also known as hookah, water pipe, goza, and nargile. Shisha use among the young is increasing globally. Shisha smoke results in a high concentration of carbon monoxide, tar, nicotine, and heavy metals which can be toxic to humans, e... Read More about An Emerging Problem of Shisha Smoking among High School Students in Ethiopia.

Comparative efficacy and safety of acetaminophen, topical and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for knee osteoarthritis: evidence from a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and real-world data (2021)
Journal Article
Zeng, C., Doherty, M., Persson, M., Yang, Z., Sarmanova, A., Zhang, Y., …Zhang, W. (2021). Comparative efficacy and safety of acetaminophen, topical and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for knee osteoarthritis: evidence from a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and real-world data. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 29(9), 1242-1251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.06.004

Objective: Current global guidelines regarding the first-line analgesics (acetaminophen, topical or oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs]) for knee osteoarthritis remain controversial and their comparative risk–benefit profiles have yet... Read More about Comparative efficacy and safety of acetaminophen, topical and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for knee osteoarthritis: evidence from a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and real-world data.

Effects of tobacco smoking on recurrent hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Baskaran, V., Lim, W. S., & McKeever, T. M. (2022). Effects of tobacco smoking on recurrent hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based cohort study. Thorax, 77(1), 82-85. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216494

The incidence of and risk factors for recurrent hospitalisation for pneumonia were investigated using data from Hospital Episode Statistics, linked to a UK primary care database. Within 90 days and 1 year of follow-up, 1733 (3.1%) and 5064 (9.0%), de... Read More about Effects of tobacco smoking on recurrent hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based cohort study.

Risk and outcome of venous and arterial thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis: a Danish nationwide cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Jepsen, P., Tapper, E. B., Deleuran, T., Kazankov, K., Askgaard, G., Toft Sørensen, H., …West, J. (2021). Risk and outcome of venous and arterial thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis: a Danish nationwide cohort study. Hepatology, 74(5), 2725-2734. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.32019

Background & Aims

Cirrhosis affects hemostasis, but its effects across the spectrum of thromboses remain poorly understood. We examined risks and outcomes of venous and arterial thrombosis.

Approach & Results

We used nationwide Danish health... Read More about Risk and outcome of venous and arterial thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis: a Danish nationwide cohort study.

Pre-emptive and preventive NSAIDs for postoperative pain in adults undergoing all types of surgery (2021)
Journal Article
Doleman, B., Leonardi-Bee, J., Heinink, T. P., Boyd-Carson, H., Carrick, L., Mandalia, R., …Williams, J. P. (2021). Pre-emptive and preventive NSAIDs for postoperative pain in adults undergoing all types of surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(6), Article CD012978. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd012978.pub2

Background
Postoperative pain is a common consequence of surgery and can have many negative perioperative effects. It has been suggested that the administration of analgesia before a painful stimulus may improve pain control. We defined pre‐emptive... Read More about Pre-emptive and preventive NSAIDs for postoperative pain in adults undergoing all types of surgery.

Surgical management of patent ductus arteriosus in pre-term infants - a British paediatric surveillance study (2021)
Journal Article
Warnock, A., Szatkowski, L., Lakshmanan, A., Lee, L., & Kelsall, W. (2021). Surgical management of patent ductus arteriosus in pre-term infants - a British paediatric surveillance study. BMC Pediatrics, 21, Article 270. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02734-9

Background: This study aimed to provide UK data describing the incidence of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) surgery in the neonatal population, including: pre-ligation management, and outcomes until discharge. We used British Paediatric Surveillance U... Read More about Surgical management of patent ductus arteriosus in pre-term infants - a British paediatric surveillance study.