Ms Valerie Wells
- Research Associate - Information Scientist (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)
email:
Valerie.Wells@glasgow.ac.uk
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB
Publications
2024
Dibben-Santillan, G. et al. (2024) Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. EClinicalMedicine, (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102599) (Early Online Publication)
Shimonovich, M. , Campbell, M. , Thomson, R. M. , Broadbent, P., Wells, V. , Kopasker, D. , McCartney, G. , Thomson, H. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Causal assessment of income inequality on self-rated health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), pp. 141-182. (doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689) (PMID:38294094)
Amberson, T., Heagele, T., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J., Wells, V. and Castner, J. (2024) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1257714. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1257714) (PMID:38596429) (PMCID:PMC11003604)
2023
Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)
Manyara, A. M. et al. (2023) Definitions, acceptability, limitations, and guidance in the use and reporting of surrogate endpoints in trials: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 160, pp. 83-99. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.013) (PMID:37380118)
Sweeting, H. , Thomson, H. , Wells, V. and Flowers, P. (2023) Evolution of ‘whole institution’ approaches to improving health in tertiary education settings: a critical scoping review. Research Papers in Education, 38(4), pp. 661-689. (doi: 10.1080/02671522.2021.1961302) (PMID:37424522) (PMCID:PMC7614732)
2022
Manyara, A. , Davies, P., Stewart, D., Wells, V. , Weir, C., Young, A., Taylor, R. and Ciani, O. (2022) Scoping and targeted reviews to support development of SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions for randomised controlled trials with surrogate primary endpoints: protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e062798. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062798) (PMID:36229145) (PMCID:PMC9562307)
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s physical activity, sedentary behavior, motor competence, and other physical health outcomes: a mixed-methods systematic review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(6), pp. 456-472. (doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0760) (PMID:35537707) (PMCID:PMC7613039)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s social, emotional and cognitive development: a mixed-methods systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5967. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105967) (PMID:35627504) (PMCID:PMC9142068)
Kromydas, T., Campbell, M. , Chambers, S. , Hilton Boon, M. , Pearce, A. , Wells, V. and Craig, P. (2022) The effects of school summer holidays on inequalities in children and young people's mental health and cognitive ability in the UK. A secondary analysis from the Millennium cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22, 154. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12540-2) (PMID:35065629) (PMCID:PMC8782677)
2021
Amberson, T., Heagele, T. N., Castner, J., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J. and Wells, V. (2021) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(5), CD014934. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014934) (PMCID:PMC8129632)
2020
Johnstone, A. et al. (2020) Nature-based early childhood education for child health, wellbeing and development: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 9, 226. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01489-1) (PMCID:PMC7532588)
Thomson, M. , Martin, A. , Logue, J. , Wells, V. and Simpson, S. A. (2020) Barriers and facilitators of successful weight loss during participation in behavioural weight management programmes: A protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9, 168. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01427-1) (PMID:32731884) (PMCID:PMC7393897)
2019
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. Documentation. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
Articles
Dibben-Santillan, G. et al. (2024) Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. EClinicalMedicine, (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102599) (Early Online Publication)
Shimonovich, M. , Campbell, M. , Thomson, R. M. , Broadbent, P., Wells, V. , Kopasker, D. , McCartney, G. , Thomson, H. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Causal assessment of income inequality on self-rated health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), pp. 141-182. (doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689) (PMID:38294094)
Amberson, T., Heagele, T., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J., Wells, V. and Castner, J. (2024) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1257714. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1257714) (PMID:38596429) (PMCID:PMC11003604)
Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)
Manyara, A. M. et al. (2023) Definitions, acceptability, limitations, and guidance in the use and reporting of surrogate endpoints in trials: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 160, pp. 83-99. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.013) (PMID:37380118)
Sweeting, H. , Thomson, H. , Wells, V. and Flowers, P. (2023) Evolution of ‘whole institution’ approaches to improving health in tertiary education settings: a critical scoping review. Research Papers in Education, 38(4), pp. 661-689. (doi: 10.1080/02671522.2021.1961302) (PMID:37424522) (PMCID:PMC7614732)
Manyara, A. , Davies, P., Stewart, D., Wells, V. , Weir, C., Young, A., Taylor, R. and Ciani, O. (2022) Scoping and targeted reviews to support development of SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions for randomised controlled trials with surrogate primary endpoints: protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e062798. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062798) (PMID:36229145) (PMCID:PMC9562307)
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s physical activity, sedentary behavior, motor competence, and other physical health outcomes: a mixed-methods systematic review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(6), pp. 456-472. (doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0760) (PMID:35537707) (PMCID:PMC7613039)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s social, emotional and cognitive development: a mixed-methods systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5967. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105967) (PMID:35627504) (PMCID:PMC9142068)
Kromydas, T., Campbell, M. , Chambers, S. , Hilton Boon, M. , Pearce, A. , Wells, V. and Craig, P. (2022) The effects of school summer holidays on inequalities in children and young people's mental health and cognitive ability in the UK. A secondary analysis from the Millennium cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22, 154. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12540-2) (PMID:35065629) (PMCID:PMC8782677)
Amberson, T., Heagele, T. N., Castner, J., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J. and Wells, V. (2021) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(5), CD014934. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014934) (PMCID:PMC8129632)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2020) Nature-based early childhood education for child health, wellbeing and development: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 9, 226. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01489-1) (PMCID:PMC7532588)
Thomson, M. , Martin, A. , Logue, J. , Wells, V. and Simpson, S. A. (2020) Barriers and facilitators of successful weight loss during participation in behavioural weight management programmes: A protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9, 168. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01427-1) (PMID:32731884) (PMCID:PMC7393897)
Research Reports or Papers
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. Documentation. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
Conference or Workshop Item
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Systematic review on the potential of outdoor nurseries for promoting learning, social relationships, health and wellbeing in early childhood
Scottish Government
2019 - 2020
- Rapid Review of the Relationships between Adolescents' Screen Time, Sleep and Mental Health and Wellbeing
Scottish Government
2019 - 2019