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About the Programme

Why Relationships and Health?

Social relationships exert strong influence on health and wellbeing. Social connection and support is fundamental to good health; while isolation and harmful relationships are strong risk factors. Context matters; human relationships are played out within broad and complex social systems which influence health.

About our research

We explore human relationships in context to tackle key population health issues. We focus on inherently relational health topics (like loneliness), and public health priorities that are strongly influenced by relationships (like mental health and healthy ageing). Our research also focuses on relational mechanisms of change, recognising that human relationships are crucial to the effectiveness of complex interventions. We use relational theories – such as social network theory – to understand problems and test solutions to key public health challenges.

About our team

Our team comprises researchers from a wide range of backgrounds: psychology, sociology, human sciences, political science. Our programme has three overlapping workstreams: Intimate partners and families; peer networks; and communities. We work with partners such as Rape Crisis, the Scottish Prison Service, NHS health boards and Public Health Scotland to frame research questions, and together design and evaluate interventions.

Our vision is to drive forward relational thinking in Public Health.

We seek to:

Uncover multilevel and modifiable relational mechanisms important to health
Improve methods for discovery and translational Public Health research on relationships
Co-produce and evaluate relationship-focused solutions to public health priorities

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Relationships and Health

Projects

Equally Safe at School – a whole school approach to preventing gender-based violence

PACES – social connectivity and physical activity in later life

CONUNDRUM – co-producing national sexual health policy with young people

National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles

The Scottish Drug-Related Deaths Study

Net4Health: Social networks and adolescent health

WAYS (Wellbeing Among Youth in Scotland)

Understanding Young People’s Sexual Wellbeing

The Good Measure project – advancing the measurement of gender and sexual dimensions of adolescent mental health and wellbeing

KATAWAG Study – workplace mental health and wellbeing

COMPASS – community pharmacies as a resource for sexual health in Scotland

Key publications

Sexual wellbeing and public health

Loneliness and wellbeing in young people

Loneliness and life satisfaction during COVID-19

School climate, peer relationships and adolescent mental health

Social bonds within Drug Recovery communities

Impact of COVID 19 on social relationships and health

Change in sex life and relationship quality during COVID-19

Condom and contraceptive access during COVID-19

Developing and evaluating complex interventions

Briefings

Prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment at secondary school

Natsal COVID Interview Study: Summary of findings

Normalising abortion

Navigating STI risk with new partners in midlife: Research insights

How did lockdown affect sex lives in Britain?

Media coverage and news

'‘I feel a bit rusty’: Has Covid killed our sex lives?', The Guardian

'Love lost in lockdown: Staying at home has been make or break for couples', Sunday Post

Equally Safe at School wins University of Glasgow MVLS engagement award

Blogs

Doing trans and non-binary sexual health research

Don’t ask, don’t tell: Silence in the medical encounter when sexual problems, ageing, and health conditions meet

Working together to understand condom and contraception use among young people in Scotland

Why we need targeted parenting interventions

A new approach to improving youth mental public health – the TRIUMPH network

What has science ever done for our sex lives?

Staff

Claire Goodfellow

Mark McCann (Networks Workstream lead)

Kirstin Mitchell (programme lead; Intimate and Family Relationships)

Laurence Moore

Julie Riddell

Rosie Seaman

Kathryn Skivington (Communities Workstream lead)

Billie Turner

Danny Wight

Malachi Willis

Equally safe at school

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Loneliness and wellbeing

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Navigating new relationships in mid-life

How do people count their lifetime partners

Impact on parental imprisonment on children

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Condom and contraception access during COVID-19

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Guidance on processing social network data

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The influence of relationships on recovery

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Sexual harassment in Scottish schools

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Youth breakup cultures

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Nuances of sexual consent

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Accessing sexual health services during COVID-19

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Publications

Smith, M. J. , Vaczy, C. and Hilton, S. (2025) Co-production of a youth advocacy video on the harms of e-cigarette advertising in Scotland. Health Promotion International, 40(2), daae097. (doi: 10.1093/heapro/daae097) (PMID:40037914)

Priestley, M., Slack, H., Islam, M., Fuhrmann, D., Long, E. , Crook, S., Foster, J., Homer, S. and Byrom, N. (2025) “No one told you life was gonna be this way”: a qualitative exploration of friendship expectations and reality in university life. Journal of Adolescence, (Accepted for Publication)

Hamilton, C. et al. (2025) Evaluating a whole-school approach to addressing gender-based violence in Scottish secondary schools (Equally Safe at School): a study protocol for a type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. BMJ Open, 15(2), e096596. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096596) (PMID:39956602)

Miall, N. et al. (2025) Longitudinal assessment of sexual behavior and relationship quality during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain: Findings from a longitudinal population survey (Natsal-COVID). Journal of Sex Research, (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2432000) (PMID:39812391) (Early Online Publication)

Mitchell, K. R. et al. (2025) Development and validation of a brief measure of sexual wellbeing for population surveys: The Natsal Sexual Wellbeing Measure (Natsal-SW). Journal of Sex Research, 62(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2278530) (PMID:38127808)

Kernaghan, K., Mitchell, K. R. and Lewis, R. (2025) Women’s experiences of in-person sexual and reproductive health services: a rapid Qualitative Evidence Synthesis to explore the potential role for community pharmacies. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1177/16094069251320213)

Kwasnicka, D., O’Gorman, A., Anderson, M. , Bowman, L. and McCann, M. (2025) A N-of-1 social network approach to study the social dynamics of alcohol consumption. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 13(1), 2465616. (doi: 10.1080/21642850.2025.2465616)

Allan, S. et al. (2024) Co-designing a low-intensity psychological therapy for fear of recurrence in psychosis using translational learning from fear of recurrence in oncology: protocol for intervention development for future testing in a feasibility study. BMJ Open, 14(12), e090566. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090566) (PMID:39732497) (PMCID:PMC11683982)

Williams-Thomas, R. et al. (2024) Sexual health and healthy relationships for Further Education (SaFE) in Wales and England: results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(12), e091355. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091355) (PMID:39806667) (PMCID:PMC11667339)

Lachman, J. M. , Wamoyi, J., Martin, M., Han, Q., Calderon, F. A. A., Mgunga, S., Nydetabura, E., Manjengenja, N., Wambura, M. and Shenderovich, Y. (2024) Reducing family and school-based violence at scale: A large-scale pre-post study of a parenting programme delivered to families with adolescent girls in Tanzania. BMJ Global Health, 9(11), e015472. (doi: 10.1136/ bmjgh-2024-015472) (PMID:39581633) (PMCID:PMC11590853)

Baillie, A. et al. (2024) Research and Policy Agenda on Health Inequalities and Planetary Health: A Coproduced Cross Sector Vision. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.339527).

Frost, L., Erio, T., Whitworth, H., Marwerwe, G., Hayes, R., Baisley, K., de SanJosé, S., Watson-Jones, D. and Mitchell, K. (2024) Ethical issues in vaccine trial participation by adolescents: Qualitative insights on family decision making from a human papillomavirus vaccine trial in Tanzania. BMC Medical Ethics, 25, 134. (doi: 10.1186/s12910-024-01122-z) (PMID:39563292) (PMCID:PMC11577580)

Baillie, A., Skivington, K. and Fergie, G. (2024) An exploration of community food pantries in Scotland: strategic and operational perspectives on addressing food insecurity and health inequalities. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2881. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20421-z) (PMID:39425062) (PMCID:PMC11490137)

Olsen, J. R. et al. (2024) Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people’s walking: analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society). Social Science and Medicine, 358, 117083. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117083) (PMID:39226800)

Blake, C. , Lewis, R. , Riddell, J. , Willis, M. , Wylie, L., Dawson, K., Moore, L. and Mitchell, K. R. (2024) Prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment at secondary school: a system map. Social Science and Medicine, 358, 117092. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117092) (PMID:39216136)

Perski, O., Copeland, A., Allen, J., Pavel, M., Rivera, D. E., Hekler, E., Hankonen, N. and Chevance, G. (2024) The iterative development and refinement of health psychology theories through formal, dynamical systems modelling: a scoping review and initial expert-derived ‘best practice’ recommendations. Health Psychology Review, (doi: 10.1080/17437199.2024.2400977) (PMID:39260381) (Early Online Publication)

Gallego Marquez, N., Howarth, A. R., Dema, E., Burns, F., Copas, A. J., Mercer, C. H., Sonnenberg, P., Mitchell, K. , Field, N. and Gibbs, J. (2024) Who accessed STI testing in Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic and how: Findings from Natsal-COVID, a cross-sectional quasi-representative survey. International Journal of STD and AIDS, (doi: 10.1177/0956462424127758) (Early Online Publication)

Lachman, J. M. et al. (2024) Innovate! Accelerate! Evaluate! Harnessing the RE-AIM Framework to examine the global dissemination of parenting resources during COVID-19 to more than 210 million people. BMC Public Health, 24, 2391. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19751-9) (PMID:39227875) (PMCID:PMC11373112)

Sumnall, H.R., Atkinson, A.M., Anderson, M. , McAuley, A. and Trayner, K.M.A. (2024) How to save a life: Public awareness of a national mass media take home naloxone campaign, and effects of exposure to campaign components on overdose knowledge and responses. International Journal of Drug Policy, 118, 104111. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104111) (PMID:37563039)

Trayner, K.M.A., Yeung, A., Sumnall, H.R., Anderson, M. , Glancy, M.E., Atkinson, A., Smith, M. and McAuley, A. (2024) National increase in the community supply of take‐home naloxone associated with a mass media campaign in Scotland: a segmented time series analysis. International Journal of Drug Policy, 131, 104106. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104106) (PMID:37563038)

MacLachlan, A. , Pemmasani, P., Jamieson-MacKenzie, I., McMellon, C., Cunningham, E., Lewis, R. and Tisdall, E. K. (2024) Applying co-production principles in research: reflections from young people and academics. Childhood, 31(3), pp. 309-328. (doi: 10.1177/09075682241269692) (PMID:39404694) (PMCID:PMC7616617)

Smith, M. , Vaczy, C. and Hilton, S. (2024) Co-production and the commercial determinants of health: producing a video on young people's exposure to unhealthy food marketing. Medical Research Archives, 12(7), (doi: 10.18103/mra.v12i7.5683)

Wilson-Lowe, R. V., Purcell, C. , Lewis, R. and McDaid, L. (2024) Seeking support for abortion online: a qualitative study of women’s experiences. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 50(3), pp. 172-177. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2023-202083) (PMID:38336468) (PMCID:PMC11287619)

Letina, S., Long, E. , Mccrorie, P. , Mitchell, K. , Zucca, C., Riddell, J. , Simpson, S. A. , Moore, L. and McCann, M. (2024) Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing: the importance of the meso-level. Social Networks, 78, pp. 119-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2023.12.002)

Skivington, K. et al. (2024) Reprint of: 'A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance'. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 154, 104705. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104705) (PMID:38564982)

Siu, G., Nsubuga, R. N., Lachman, J. M. , Namutebi, C., Sekiwunga, R., Zalwango, F., Riddell, J. and Wight, D. (2024) The impact of the Parenting for Respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: a pre-post study. PLoS ONE, 19(5), e0299927. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299927) (PMID:38787892) (PMCID:PMC11125497)

McCann, M. , Bianchi, F., Letina, S., Stewart, S., McLeod, K. and Tranmer, M. (2024) A social network analysis approach to assess COVID19-related disruption to substance use treatment and informal social interactions among people who use drugs in Scotland. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 19, 42. (doi: 10.1186/s13722-024-00469-3) (PMID:38778422) (PMCID:PMC11110318)

Demou, E. , Blake, C. , Llorin, C. T., Salanga, M. G., Mateo, N. J., Lewis, R. and Mitchell, K. R. (2024) Group-level workplace interventions to improve mental health in low control, high demand office-based jobs. A scoping review. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 68(4), pp. 335-350. (doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxae012) (PMID:38489824) (PMCID:PMC11033569)

Long, E. , Thomson, M. , Milicev, J. , Goodfellow, C. , Letina, S., Bradley, S. and McCann, M. (2024) Loneliness, social support, and social networks: Urban-rural variation and links to wellbeing in Scotland. Journal of Public Health, (doi: 10.1007/s10389-024-02236-9) (Early Online Publication)

Lewis, R. , Bosó Pérez, R. , Maxwell, K. J., Reid, D., Macdowall, W., Bonell, C., Fortenberry, J. D., Mercer, C. H., Sonnenberg, P. and Mitchell, K. R. (2024) Conceptualizing sexual wellbeing: a qualitative investigation to inform development of a measure (Natsal-SW). Journal of Sex Research, (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2326933) (PMID:38517458) (Early Online Publication)

Skivington, K. , Craig, N., Craig, P. , Rycroft-Malone, J., Matthews, L., Simpson, S. A. and Moore, L. (2024) Introducing the revised framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: a challenge and a resource for nursing research. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 154, 104748. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104748) (PMID:38564983)

Riddell, J. , Cleary, A., Dean, J. A., Flowers, P. , Heard, E., Inch, Z., Mutch, A., Fitzgerald, L. and McDaid, L. (2024) Social marketing and mass media interventions to increase sexually transmissible infections (STIs) testing among young people: social marketing and visual design component analysis. BMC Public Health, 24, 620. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18095-8) (PMID:38408945) (PMCID:PMC10898181)

Richardson, L., Long, E. , Goodfellow, C. , Milicev, J. and Gardani, M. (2024) Starting an undergraduate degree amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method egocentric network study on student loneliness. PLoS ONE, 19(2), e0297953. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297953) (PMID:38306333) (PMCID:PMC10836688)

Blake, C. et al. (2024) Participatory systems mapping for population health research, policy and practice: guidance on method choice and design. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.316563).

Menezes, D., Sonnenberg, P., Willis, M. , Mercer, C. H., Mitchell, K. and Field, N. (2024) Compliance with COVID-19 rules on intimate physical contact between households. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 100, p. 54. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-055948) (PMID:38071580)

Dema, E. et al. (2024) Methodology of Natsal-COVID Wave 2: a large, quasi-representative, longitudinal survey measuring the impact of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health in Britain. Wellcome Open Research, 7, 166. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17850.2) (PMID:37794900) (PMCID:PMC10545983)

Anderson, M. , Atkinson, A.M., McAuley, A., Sumnall, H.R., Glancy, M.E., Bloomfield, H.A. and Trayner, K.M.A. (2024) Assessing the reach and engagement with the “How To Save A Life” mass media campaign on drug-related death prevention in Scotland. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 31(5), pp. 524-533. (doi: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2262735) (PMID:39355306) (PMCID:PMC11441393)

Willis, M. et al. (2023) Prevalence and correlates of fearing a partner during the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain: findings from Natsal-COVID. Journal of Family Violence, (doi: 10.1007/s10896-023-00665-w) (Early Online Publication)

Wellings, K., Gibson, L., Lewis, R. , Datta, J., Macdowall, W. and Mitchell, K. (2023) "We’re just tired": influences on sexual activity among male-partnered women in midlife; a mixed method study. Journal of Sex Research, 60(9), pp. 1304-1317. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2165613) (PMID:36757684)

Marzetti, H., McDaid, L. and O'Connor, R. (2023) A qualitative study of young people's lived experiences of suicide and self‐harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28(4), pp. 504-511. (doi: 10.1111/camh.12641) (PMID:36811313)

Griffiths, C. et al. (2023) A complex systems approach to obesity: a transdisciplinary framework for action. Perspectives in Public Health, 143(6), pp. 305-309. (doi: 10.1177/17579139231180761) (PMID:37395317) (PMCID:PMC10683338)

Baxter, A. J. et al. (2023) Contraceptive use and pregnancy planning in Britain during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 49, pp. 260-273. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201763) (PMID:36958823) (PMCID:PMC10579517)

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)

Milicev, J. , Qualter, P., Goodfellow, C. , Inchley, J. , Simpson, S. A. , Leyland, A. H. , Kharicha, K. and Long, E. (2023) The prospective relationship between loneliness, life satisfaction, and psychological distress before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. Journal of Public Health, 31(9), pp. 1417-1431. (doi: 10.1007/s10389-022-01719-x) (PMID:35668719) (PMCID:PMC9136554)

Goodfellow, C. , Macintyre, A., Knifton, L. and Sosu, E. (2023) Associations between dimensions of mental health literacy and adolescent help-seeking intentions. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28(3), pp. 385-392. (doi: 10.1111/camh.12608) (PMID:36375813)

Mitchell, K. R. et al. (2023) Sexual and reproductive health in Britain during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional population survey (Natsal-COVID-Wave 2) and national surveillance data. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99(6), pp. 386-397. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055680) (PMID:36973042) (PMCID:PMC10447381)

de Graaf, H. et al. (2023) Sex surveys in Europe: reflections on over four decades of sexual behavior and sexual health surveillance. Journal of Sex Research, 60(7), pp. 1020-1033. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2222403) (PMID:37339272)

Kipping, R. et al. (2023) Protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in nurseries (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care - NAP SACC UK): a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 23, 1475. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16229-y) (PMID:37532982) (PMCID:PMC10398919)

Smith, M. J. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Skivington, K. and Hilton, S. (2023) Contextual influences on the role evidence in e-cigarette recommendations: a multi-method analysis of international and nation recommendations. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 19(3), pp. 400-422. (doi: 10.1332/174426421X16711062023280) (PMID:37529415) (PMCID:PMC7614860)

Smillie, S. and Riddell, J. (2023) Supporting emotionally demanding research: developing guidance for a university research centre. In: Clift, Bryan C., Batlle, Ioannis Costas, Bekker, Sheree and Chudzikowski, Katharina (eds.) Qualitative Researcher Vulnerability: Negotiating, Experiencing and Embracing. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 77-93. ISBN 9781032393339 (doi: 10.4324/9781003349266-6)

Goodfellow, C. , Willis, M. , Inchley, J. , Kharicha, K., Leyland, A. H. , Qualter, P., Simpson, S. and Long, E. (2023) Mental health and loneliness in Scottish schools: a multilevel analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 93(2), pp. 608-625. (doi: 10.1111/bjep.12581) (PMID:36683467)

Dema, E. et al. (2023) How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect access to condoms, chlamydia and HIV testing, and cervical cancer screening at a population level in Britain? (Natsal-COVID). Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99(4), pp. 261-267. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055516) (PMID:35981863) (PMCID:PMC10313967)

Maxwell, K. J., Bosó Pérez, R. , Reid, D., Freeman, L., Menezes, D., Sonnenberg, P., Field, N. and Mitchell, K. R. (2023) Balancing risk, intimacy and (non)compliance: a qualitative study of sex across household during COVID-19 social restrictions. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 25(5), pp. 582-598. (doi: 10.1080/13691058.2022.2078507) (PMID:35674048) (PMCID:PMC10184729)

Macdowall, W. G. et al. (2023) Sexting among British adults: a qualitative analysis of sexting as emotion work governed by 'feeling rules'. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 25(5), pp. 617-632. (doi: 10.1080/13691058.2022.2080866) (PMID:35674014) (PMCID:PMC7614518)

Purcell, C. , McDaid, L. , Forsyth, R., Simpson, S. A. , Elliott, L., Bailey, J. V., Moore, L. and Mitchell, K. R. (2023) A peer-led, school-based social network intervention for young people in the UK, promoting sexual health via social media and conversations with friends: intervention development and optimisation of STASH. BMC Public Health, 23, 675. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15541-x) (PMID:37041542) (PMCID:PMC10088210)

Teal, G., McAra, M., Riddell, J. , Flowers, P. , Coia, N. and McDaid, L. (2023) Integrating and producing evidence through participatory design. CoDesign, 19(2), pp. 110-127. (doi: 10.1080/15710882.2022.2096906)

Lewis, R. , Boydell, N. , Blake, C. , Clarke, Z., Kernaghan, K. and McMellon, C. (2023) Involving young people in sexual health research and service improvement: conceptual analysis of patient and public involvement (PPI) in three projects. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 49(2), pp. 76-86. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201611) (PMID:36307186)

Littlecott, H. J. et al. (2023) Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking according to tobacco control context: a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research. BMC Public Health, 23, 424. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14727-z) (PMID:36869343) (PMCID:PMC9983235)

Marquez, J., Goodfellow, C. , Hardoon, D., Inchley, J. , Leyland, A.H. , Qualter, P., Simpson, S.A. and Long, E. (2023) Loneliness in young people: a multilevel exploration of social ecological influences and geographic variation. Journal of Public Health, 45(1), pp. 109-117. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab402) (PMID:34999845) (PMCID:PMC10017088)

Lachman, J.M. et al. (2023) “Before I was like a Tarzan. But now, I take a pause”: mixed methods feasibility study of the Naungan Kasih parenting program to prevent violence against children in Malaysia. BMC Public Health, 23, 241. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15065-4) (PMID:36737719) (PMCID:PMC9898888)

Cheetham, N. J. et al. (2023) Antibody levels following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: associations with post-vaccination infection and risk factors in two UK longitudinal studies. eLife, 12, e80428. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.80428) (PMID:36692910) (PMCID:PMC9940912)

Bosó Pérez, R. , Reid, D., Maxwell, K. J., Gibbs, J., Dema, E., Bonell, C., Mercer, C. H., Sonnenberg, P., Field, N. and Mitchell, K. R. (2023) Access to and quality of sexual and reproductive health services in Britain during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study of patient experiences. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 49, pp. 12-20. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2021-201413) (PMID:35444001) (PMCID:PMC9062459)

Mitchell, K. et al. (2023) Initial impacts of COVID-19 on sex life and relationship quality in steady relationships in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Journal of Sex Research, 60(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2035663) (PMID:35286182)

Shenderovich, Y., Sacolo-Gwebu, H., Fang, Z., Lachman, J. , Cluver, L. and Ward, C. (2023) Adaptations and staff experiences in delivering parenting programmes and other family support services in three community-based organisations in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID pandemic. Global Public Health, 18(1), 2129725. (doi: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2129725) (PMID:36342401)

Datta, J., Maxwell, K. J., Mitchell, K. R. , Lewis, R. and Wellings, K. (2023) Factors shaping the timing of later entry into parenthood: narratives of choice and constraint. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8, 100700. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100700)

Smith, M. J. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Hilton, S. and Skivington, K. (2022) Development processes for e-cigarette public health recommendations lacked transparency in managing conflicts of interest. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 152, pp. 80-88. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.09.006) (PMID:36122822)

Mercer, C. H. et al. (2022) Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98(7), pp. 469-477. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055210) (PMID:34916335) (PMCID:PMC8687784)

Baillie, A., Skivington, K. , Fergie, G. and Mackenzie, M. (2022) Participatory and Deliberative Processes in the UK Related to Income Insecurity: a Scoping Review. Public Health Science 2021. Lancet 400(Supplement 1). S18, 26 Nov 2021. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02228-0)

Reid, D. S. et al. (2022) Online sexual partner seeking as a social practice: qualitative evidence from the 4th British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-4). Journal of Sex Research, 59(8), pp. 1034-1044. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1994516) (PMID:34792430) (PMCID:PMC9519119)

Long, E. , Stevens, S., Topciu, R., Williams, A. J., Taylor, T. J. and Morrissey, K. (2022) Wellbeing and social network characteristics in rural communities: findings from a cohort in social housing in Cornwall, United Kingdom. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 5(3), pp. 559-570. (doi: 10.1007/s42413-022-00167-5) (PMID:35611238) (PMCID:PMC9118807)

Cosma, A., Elgar, F. J., de Looze, M., Canale, N., Lenzi, M., Inchley, J. and Vieno, A. (2022) Structural gender inequality and gender differences in adolescent substance use: a multilevel study from 45 countries. SSM - Population Health, 19, 101208. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101208) (PMID:36124256) (PMCID:PMC9482136)

Wismans, A. et al. (2022) Face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: how risk perception, experience with COVID-19, and attitude towards government interact with country-wide policy stringency. BMC Public Health, 22, 1622. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13632-9) (PMID:36028876) (PMCID:PMC9412789)

Marquez, J., Inchley, J. and Long, E. (2022) Cross-country and gender differences in factors associated with population-level declines in adolescent life satisfaction. Child Indicators Research, 15(4), pp. 1405-1428. (doi: 10.1007/s12187-022-09930-8)

Lohan, M. et al. (2022) Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Public Health, 7(7), e626-e637. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00117-7) (PMID:35779545) (PMCID:PMC7613971)

Carters-White, L., Hilton, S. , Skivington, K. and Chambers, S. (2022) Children’s, parents’ and professional stakeholders’ views on power concerning the regulation of online advertising of unhealthy food to young people in the UK: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 17(6), e0268701. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268701) (PMID:35696387) (PMCID:PMC9191734)

Goodfellow, C. , Hardoon, D., Inchley, J. , Leyland, A. H. , Qualter, P., Simpson, S. A. and Long, E. (2022) Loneliness and personal well-being in young people: moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors. Journal of Adolescence, 94(4), pp. 554-568. (doi: 10.1002/jad.12046) (PMID:35403218) (PMCID:PMC9320932)

Willis, M. , Jozkowski, K. N. and Marcantonio, T. L. (2022) Testing the internal consent scale for measurement invariance across women and men. Sex Roles, 86(11-12), pp. 711-721. (doi: 10.1007/s11199-022-01287-0)

Mitchell, K. R. , Gurney, K., McAloney-Kocaman, K., Kiddy, C. and Parkes, A. (2022) The Sexual Function Evaluation Questionnaire (SFEQ) to evaluate effectiveness of treatment for sexual difficulties: development and validation in a clinical sample. Journal of Sex Research, 59(4), pp. 426-434. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1986800) (PMID:34781800)

Wight, D. , Sekiwunga, R., Namutebi, C., Zalwango, F. and Siu, G. E. (2022) A Ugandan parenting programme to prevent gender-based violence: description and formative evaluation. Research on Social Work Practice, 32(4), pp. 448-464. (doi: 10.1177/10497315211056246) (PMID:35431527) (PMCID:PMC7612614)

Moriarty, J., Maguire, A., Edgar-Fitzsimons, N. and McCann, M. (2022) Health costs and benefits associated with economic transitions: linking records of address change, property value, and self-reported health. Population, Space and Place, 28(3), e2466. (doi: 10.1002/psp.2466)

Marzetti, H., McDaid, L. and O'Connor, R. (2022) “Am I really alive?”: understanding the role of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in young LGBT+ people's suicidal distress. Social Science and Medicine, 298, 114860. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114860) (PMID:35231781) (PMCID:PMC7613893)

Dema, E. et al. (2022) Methodology of Natsal-COVID Wave 1: a large, quasi-representative survey with qualitative follow-up measuring the impact of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health in Britain. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 209. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16963.2) (PMCID:PMC9020538)

Sweeting, H. , Blake, C. , Riddell, J. , Barrett, S. and Mitchell, K. R. (2022) Sexual harassment in secondary school: prevalence and ambiguities. A mixed methods study in Scottish schools. PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0262248. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262248) (PMID:35196313) (PMCID:PMC8865636)

Sonnenberg, P. et al. (2022) Intimate physical contact between people from different households during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study from a large, quasi representative survey (Natsal-COVID). BMJ Open, 12(2), e055284. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055284) (PMID:35140158) (PMCID:PMC8829844)

Long, E. et al. (2022) COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(2), pp. 128-132. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-216690) (PMID:34413184) (PMCID:PMC8380476)

Patterson, S. et al. (2022) Improving effective contraception uptake through provision of bridging contraception within community pharmacies: findings from the Bridge-it Study process evaluation. BMJ Open, 12(2), e057348. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057348) (PMID:35149574) (PMCID:PMC8845311)

Littlecott, H. J., Moore, G. F., McCann, M. , Melendez-Torres, G. J., Mercken, L., Reed, H., Mann, M., Dobbie, F. and Hawkins, J. (2022) Exploring the association between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 142. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12333-z) (PMID:35057769) (PMCID:PMC8772141)

Riddell, J. et al. (2022) Sexual and Reproductive Health in Scotland During the First Year of the COVID Pandemic (March 2020-March 2021). Natsal-COVID study Scotland report. Documentation. Natsal Resource.

Dema, E. et al. (2022) Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health service use and unmet need in Britain: findings from a quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Lancet Public Health, 7(1), e36-e47. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00253-X) (PMID:34995541) (PMCID:PMC8730819)

Bosó Pérez, R. , Lewis, R. , Littlejohn, J., Willis, M. and Mitchell, K. R. (2022) Young people’s sexual wellbeing: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, p. 16094069221123674. (doi: 10.1177/16094069221123674)

Mitchell, K.R. , Erio, T., Whitworth, H.S., Marwerwe, G., Changalucha, J., Baisley, K., Lacey, C.J., Hayes, R., de SanJosé, S. and Watson-Jones, D. (2021) Does the number of doses matter? A qualitative study of HPV vaccination acceptability nested in a dose reduction trial in Tanzania. Tumour Virus Research, 12, 200217. (doi: 10.1016/j.tvr.2021.200217) (PMID:34051389) (PMCID:PMC8233223)

Willis, M. , Jozkowski, K. N., Bridges, A. J., Veilleux, J. C. and Davis, R. E. (2021) Assessing the within-person variability of internal and external sexual consent. Journal of Sex Research, 58(9), pp. 1173-1183. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1913567) (PMID:33929282)

Lewis, R. , Blake, C. , Shimonovich, M. , Coia, N., Duffy, J., Kerr, Y., Wilson, J., Graham, C. A. and Mitchell, K. R. (2021) Disrupted prevention: Condom and contraception access and use among young adults during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 47(4), pp. 269-276. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200975) (PMID:33707178) (PMCID:PMC7956735)

Willis, M. , Jozkowski, K. N., Bridges, A. J., Davis, R. E. and Veilleux, J. C. (2021) Developing valid and feasible measures of sexual consent for experience sampling methodology. Journal of Sex Research, 58(8), pp. 996-1007. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1907526) (PMID:33891521)

Willis, M. , Murray, K. N. and Jozkowski, K. N. (2021) Sexual consent in committed relationships: a dyadic study. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 47(7), pp. 669-686. (doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2021.1937417) (PMID:34279182)

Carters-White, L., Chambers, S. , Skivington, K. and Hilton, S. (2021) Whose rights deserve protection? Framing analysis of responses to the 2016 committee of advertising practice consultation on the non-broadcast advertising of foods and soft drinks to children. Food Policy, 104, 102139. (doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102139) (PMID:34720343) (PMCID:PMC8547229)

Skivington, K. et al. (2021) A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions: update of Medical Research Council guidance. British Medical Journal, 374, n2061. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2061) (PMID:34593508)

Zucca, C. , Long, E. , Hilton, J. and McCann, M. (2021) Appraising the implementation of complexity approaches within the Public Health Sector in Scotland. An assessment framework for pre-implementation policy evaluation. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 653588. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.653588) (PMID:34631638) (PMCID:PMC8492954)

Massarwi, A. A., Cluver, L., Meinck, F., Doubt, J., Lachman, J. M. , Shenderovich, Y. and Green, O. (2021) Mediation pathways for reduced substance use among parents in South Africa: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 21, 1656. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11651-6) (PMID:34507584) (PMCID:PMC8434729)

Wismans, A. et al. (2021) The role of impulsivity and delay discounting in student compliance with COVID-19 protective measures. Personality and Individual Differences, 179, 110925. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110925)

Anderson, M. , Devlin, A. M. , Pickering, L. , McCann, M. and Wight, D. (2021) 'It’s not 9 to 5 recovery': the role of a recovery community in producing social bonds that support recovery. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 28(5), pp. 475-485. (doi: 10.1080/09687637.2021.1933911) (PMID:34675456) (PMCID:PMC8522802)

Smith, M. J. , Baxter, A. J. , Skivington, K. , McCann, M. , Hilton, S. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Examining the sources of evidence in e-cigarette policy recommendations: a citation network analysis of international public health recommendations. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255604. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255604) (PMID:34347823) (PMCID:PMC8336794)

Milicev, J. , McCann, M. , Simpson, S. A. , Biello, S. M. and Gardani, M. (2021) Evaluating mental health and wellbeing of postgraduate researchers: prevalence and contributing factors. Current Psychology, 42(14), pp. 12267-12280. (doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02309-y)

Willis, M. , Marcantonio, T. L. and Jozkowski, K. N. (2021) Momentary versus retrospective reports of alcohol or cannabis use, sexual activity, and their co-occurrence. Addictive Behaviors, 119, 106932. (doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106932) (PMID:33892310)

Mitchell, K. , Lewis, R. , O'Sullivan, L. F. and Fortenberry, J. D. (2021) What is sexual wellbeing, and why does it matter for public health? Lancet Public Health, 6(8), e608-e613. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00099-2) (PMID:34166629)

Murphy, K., Embleton, L., Lachman, J. M. , Owino, E., Kirwa, S., Makori, D. and Braitstein, P. (2021) “From Analog to Digital”: the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a positive parenting program for street-connected mothers in Kenya. Children and Youth Services Review, 127, 106077. (doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106077) (PMID:34421160) (PMCID:PMC8372834)

Silverman, E. , Gostoli, U. , Picascia, S. , Almagor, J. , McCann, M. , Shaw, R. and Angione, C. (2021) Situating agent-based modelling in population health research. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 18, 10. (doi: 10.1186/s12982-021-00102-7) (PMID:34330302) (PMCID:PMC8325181)

Mitchell, K. R. et al. (2021) Feasibility study of peer-led and school-based social network Intervention (STASH) to promote adolescent sexual health. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, 125. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00835-x) (PMID:34127082) (PMCID:PMC8201683)

Broccatelli, C. , Wang, P., McDaid, L. , McCann, M. , Simpson, S. A. , Elliott, L., Moore, L. and Mitchell, K. (2021) Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention. Scientific Reports, 11, 12244. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90852-w) (PMID:34112848) (PMCID:PMC8192897)

Green, M. J. , Pearce, A. , Parkes, A. , Robertson, E. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Pre-school childcare and inequalities in child development. SSM - Population Health, 14, 100776. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100776) (PMID:33768138) (PMCID:PMC7980060)

McCoy, A., Lachman, J. M. , Ward, C. L., Tapanya, S., Poomchaichote, T., Kelly, J., Mukaka, M., Cheah, P. Y. and Gardner, F. (2021) Feasibility pilot of an adapted parenting program embedded within the Thai public health system. BMC Public Health, 21, 1009. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11081-4) (PMID:34051772) (PMCID:PMC8164235)

Martin, M., Lachman, J. , Wamoyi, J., Shenderovich, Y., Mgunga, S., Ndyetabura, E., Ally, A., Barankena, A., Exavery, A. and Manjengenja, N. (2021) A mixed methods evaluation of the large-scale implementation of a school- and community-based parenting program to reduce violence against children in Tanzania: A study protocol. Implementation Science Communications, 2, 52. (doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00154-5) (PMID:34016191) (PMCID:PMC8136373)

Lewis, R. , Kaner, E. and Antin, T. (2021) Nic'd Up: a practice theory approach to understanding vaping nicotine as intoxication. In: Hunt, Geoffrey, Antin, Tamar and Frank, Vibeke (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Intoxicants and Intoxication. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

Willis, M. , Marcantonio, T. L. and Jozkowski, K. N. (2021) Internal and external sexual consent during events that involved alcohol, cannabis, or both. Sexual Health, 18(3), pp. 260-268. (doi: 10.1071/SH21015) (PMID:34134817)

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