School of Health & Wellbeing

Dr Manuela Deidda

  • Research Fellow (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

Biography

Manuela is a Research Fellow in Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, where she leads the Economics of population health  (EPH) research programme within the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) group.

She has lead as health economist co-applicant high value multidisciplinary grants with a cumulative value of over £4 million, designing and conducting the economic evaluation of complex, public health interventions in a wide range of clinical and public health topics (i.e. physical activity, maternal health, child maltreatment, suicide prevention, cancer screening). She has expertise in a broad range of mixed-methods tools (econometric modelling of primary and secondary data,systematic reviews,  decision-analytic models, design of data collection instruments, development of conceptual models). She led the development of a guidance for designing and conducting economic evaluations alongside Natural experiments, and she is the lead health economist in the updated MRC guidance to evaluate population health interventions.

Manuela has a MSc and PhD in Economics and Finance. Prior to joining HEHTA she held positions in the academia (University of Cagliari and University of Bolzano) and in international institutions (European Central Bank and European Commission Joint Research Centre), working on a range of topics ( households’ economics, applied economics  and public policy evaluation), and developing an extensive expertise in quantitative research methods including analysis of individual-level dataset using microeconometrics methods and non-parametric techniques. 

 

Research interests

Manuela’s research interests are both methodological and applied and include exploring innovative methodological solutions to the challenges posed by preventive, complex interventions in complex systems.

Current projects

As co-investigator and lead Health economist:

As  lead Health economist:

Recent completed projects

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As co-investigator and lead Health economist

 

 

Publications

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Number of items: 56.

2026

Williams, A. D.N. et al. (2026) Critical time intervention to prevent homelessness and improve health for people leaving prison: the PHaCT pilot RCT. Public Health Research, 14(15), (doi: 10.3310/GJJL2910) (PMID:42249836)

Cliffe, B. et al. (2026) Surveillance technologies for suicide prevention in public places: a scoping review of their nature and feasibility. Archives of Suicide Research, (doi: 10.1080/13811118.2026.2666413) (PMID:42163645) (Early Online Publication)

Biggar, B. et al. (2026) An uneven playing field: a mixed methods, multiphase feasibility study of a programme to reduce gambling among at-risk men in a professional football club setting. BMC Public Health, (doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26845-z) (PMID:41781913) (Early Online Publication)

Owusu Achiaw, Samuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5711-7240 and Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2026) Developing integrated mass-transit for the Glasgow City Region: Informing the Clyde Metro Case for Investment. Report B: Health Economic Review. Documentation. University of Glasgow.

2025

Newman Williams, A. D. et al. (2025) Critical time intervention for people leaving prison at risk of homelessness in England and Wales (PHaCT trial): a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 15(12), e097753. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097753) (PMID:41407408) (PMCID:PMC12719885)

Newman Williams, A. D. et al. (2025) A pilot randomised controlled trial of a critical time intervention for people leaving prison: findings from an integrated process evaluation. BMJ Open, 15(12), e097761. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097761) (PMID:41407405) (PMCID:PMC12716555)

Grieve, E. et al. (2025) How do musculoskeletal disorders impact on quality of life in Tanzania? Results from a community-based survey. BMJ Open, 15(12), e092877. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092877) (PMID:41338648)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Cost-effectiveness of regular surveillance versus endoscopy at need for patients with Barrett's esophagus: economic evaluation alongside the Barrett's Oesophagus Surveillance Study (BOSS) randomized controlled trial. Gastroenterology, 169(6), 1244-1252.e7. (doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.04.026) (PMID:40383306)

Old, O. et al. (2025) Barrett’s Oesophagus Surveillance Versus Endoscopy at Need Study (BOSS): a randomized controlled trial. Gastroenterology, 169(6), 1233-1243.e8. (doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.03.021) (PMID:40180292)

Reith, G. et al. (2025) Group-based interventions to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans: a synopsis of findings from a feasibility study. Public Health Research, 13(6), pp. 1-24. (doi: 10.3310/SWWP9393) (PMID:40690427)

Crawford, K. et al. (2025) Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial. Nature Medicine, 31(5), pp. 1617-1625. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9) (PMID:40312587) (PMCID:PMC12092239)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated children in foster care (BeST? services trial). Journal of Public Health, (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf038) (PMID:40188478) (Early Online Publication)

Craig, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, Campbell, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-7270, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286, Green, Judith, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Lewsey, Jim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Ogilvie, David, de Vocht, Frank and White, Martin (2025) Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: a framework for producers, funders, publishers and users of evidence. Public Health Research, 13(3), (doi: 10.3310/JTYW6582)

Kirby, N. et al. (2025) Interventions for pre‐school children in foster care: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of child‐related outcomes. JCPP Advances, 5(1), e12273. (doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12273) (PMID:40059998) (PMCID:PMC11889642)

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) (PMCID:PMC11831264)

Craig, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, Campbell, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-7270, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286, Green, Judith, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Lewsey, Jim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Ogilvie, David, de Vocht, Frank and White, Martin (2025) Using natural experiments to evaluate population health and health system interventions: new framework for producers and users of evidence. British Medical Journal, 388, e080505. (doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080505) (PMID:40154983) (PMCID:PMC11950994)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: results from a community-based survey. BMJ Open, 15(1), e087425. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087425) (PMID:39819935)

2024

Sanya, R. E. et al. (2024) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global Health Action, 17(1), 2345970. (doi: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2345970) (PMID:38774927)

Yokobori, Yuta, Manca, Francesco and Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2024) Pharmaceutical intervention for hypertension in a rural district of the Republic of Zambia: a model-based economic evaluation. BMJ Open, 14, e084575. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084575) (PMID:39237286) (PMCID:PMC11381728)

Karugu, C. H. et al. (2024) Economic Impact of COVID-19 on patients with Type 2 diabetes in Kenya and Tanzania: a costing analysis. BMJ Public Health, 2(2), e000383. (doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000383)

Murray, S. et al. (2024) Randomised placebo-controlled trial of antenatal corticosteroids for planned birth in twins (STOPPIT-3): study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(1), e078778. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078778) (PMID:38238048) (PMCID:PMC10806667)

2023

Rodriguez Roca, B. et al. (2023) Is education level, as a proxy for socio-economic position, related to device-measured and self-reported sedentary behavior in European older adults? A cross-sectional study from the SITLESS project. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1296821. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1296821) (PMID:38169596) (PMCID:PMC10758416)

Viegas, R. et al. (2023) Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults: an exploratory study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1238842. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1238842)

Dundas, R. et al. (2023) Evaluation of the Healthy Start Voucher Scheme in UK: a natural experiment using the Growing Up in Scotland record linkage study and the Infant Feeding Survey. Public Health Research, 11(11), (doi: 10.3310/RTEU2107) (PMID:37953640)

Deidda, M. et al. (2023) Estimating the Economic Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.

Grieve, E. et al. (2023) Estimating the Quality-of-Life Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.

2022

Craig, P. et al. (2022) Making better use of natural experimental evaluation in population health. British Medical Journal, 379, e070872. (doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070872) (PMID:36280251) (PMCID:PMC7613963)

Deidda, M. et al. (2022) Cost-effectiveness of a programme to address sedentary behaviour in older adults: results from the SITLESS RCT. European Journal of Public Health, 32(3), pp. 415-421. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac017) (PMID:35426903) (PMCID:PMC9159313)

Grieve, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-2882, Hsieh, Ping Hsuan, McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 and Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2022) Estimating the Quality of Life and Economic Impact of Arthritis in Tanzania. British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference (BSR 2022), Glasgow, UK, 25-27 April 2022. (doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac133.100)

Ciminata, Giorgio, Geue, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733, Wu, Olivia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0570-6016, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Kreif, Noemi and Langhorne, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-2659 (2022) Propensity score methods for comparative-effectiveness analysis: a case study of direct oral anticoagulants in the atrial fibrillation population. PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0262293. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262293) (PMID:35073380) (PMCID:PMC8786176)

Sansano-Nadal, O. et al. (2022) Validity of the sedentary behavior questionnaire in European older adults using English, Spanish, German and Danish versions. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 26(1), pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1080/1091367X.2021.1922910)

2021

Blackburn, N. et al. (2021) Older adults’ experiences of a physical activity and sedentary behaviour intervention: a nested qualitative study in the SITLESS multi-country randomised clinical trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4730. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094730) (PMID:33946717) (PMCID:PMC8124427)

2020

Tully, M. A. et al. (2020) Sedentary behaviour, physical activity and mental health in older adults: an isotemporal substitution model. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30(10), pp. 1957-1965. (doi: 10.1111/sms.13762) (PMID:32643826)

Tully, Mark A., McMullan, Ilona I., Blackburn, Nicole E., Wilson, Jason J., Coll-Planas, Laura, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Caserotti, Paolo and Rothenbacher, Dietrich (2020) Is sedentary behavior or physical activity associated with loneliness in older adults? Results of the European-wide SITLESS study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 28(4), pp. 549-555. (doi: 10.1123/japa.2019-0311) (PMID:31860832)

Wilson, J. J. et al. (2020) Consequences of choosing different settings when processing hip-based accelerometry data from older adults: a practical approach using baseline data from the SITLESS study. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 3(2), pp. 89-99. (doi: 10.1123/jmpb.2019-0037)

Blackburn, N. E. et al. (2020) The effectiveness and complexity of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(1), 53. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00957-0) (PMID:32334631) (PMCID:PMC7183680)

2019

Coll-Planas, L. et al. (2019) Exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity among community-dwelling older adults from four European countries: protocol for the process evaluation of the SITLESS randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(6), e027073. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027073) (PMID:31203243)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Geue, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733, Krief, Noemi, Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 and McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 (2019) A framework for conducting economic evaluations alongside natural experiments. Social Science and Medicine, 220, pp. 353-361. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.032) (PMID:30513485) (PMCID:PMC6323352)

Cocco, Luisanna, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Marchesi, Michele and Pigliaru, Francesco (2019) Insularity and economies of density: analyzing the efficiency of a logistic network using an econometric simulation-based approach. Regional Studies, 53(6), pp. 900-911. (doi: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1490500)

2018

Deidda, M. et al. (2018) Cost-effectiveness of exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to battle sedentary behaviour in older adults: protocol for an economic evaluation alongside the SITLESS three-armed pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8(10), e022266. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022266) (PMID:30327403) (PMCID:PMC6194476)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Meleddu, Marta and Pulina, Manuela (2018) Potential users’ preferences towards cardiac telemedicine: a discrete choice experiment investigation in Sardinia. Health Policy and Technology, 7(2), pp. 125-130. (doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2018.04.002)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Boyd, Kathleen A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-0113, Minnis, Helen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945, Donaldson, Julia, Brown, Kevin, Boyer, Nicole R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-917X and McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 (2018) Protocol for the economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated infants and children in foster care in the UK (The BeST? services trial). BMJ Open, 8(3), e020066. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020066) (PMID:29540420)

2017

Giné-Garriga, M. et al. (2017) The SITLESS project: exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to battle sedentary behaviour in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18, 221. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1956-x) (PMID:28521831) (PMCID:PMC5437412)

2016

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2016) Insularity and economic development: a survey. International Review of Economics, 63(2), pp. 107-128. (doi: 10.1007/s12232-015-0238-8)

2015

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2015) Economic hardship, housing cost burden and tenure status: evidence from EU-SILC. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 36(4), pp. 531-556. (doi: 10.1007/s10834-014-9431-2)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Di Liberto, Adriana, Foddi, Marta and Sulis, Giovanni (2015) Employment subsidies, informal economy and women’s transition into work in a depressed area: evidence from a matching approach. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 4, 7. (doi: 10.1186/s40173-015-0034-9)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Garrido, Nicolas and Manuela, Pulina (2015) Analyzing the performance of the South Tyrolean hospitality sector: a dynamic approach. International Journal of Tourism Research, 17(2), pp. 196-208. (doi: 10.1002/jtr.1980)

2014

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Francisco, Codagnone, Cristiano and Maghiros, Ioannis (2014) Using data envelopment analysis to analyse the efficiency of primary care units. Journal of Medical Systems, 38(10), 122. (doi: 10.1007/s10916-014-0122-1) (PMID:25123457)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 and Pulina, Manuela (2014) Tourism and transport systems in mountain environments: analysis of the economic efficiency of cableways in South Tyrol. Journal of Transport Geography, 36, pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.02.004)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2014) Precautionary saving under liquidity constraints: evidence from Italy. Empirical Economics, 46(1), pp. 329-360. (doi: 10.1007/s00181-012-0677-y)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2014) Does portfolio diversification mitigate financial risk? Evidence from Italian survey data. Rivista italiana degli economisti, 3, pp. 393-420. (doi: 10.1427/78243)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2014) Financial development and selection into entrepreneurship: Evidence from Italy and US. Rivista italiana degli economisti, 1, pp. 67-102. (doi: 10.1427/76115)

2013

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2013) Precautionary saving, financial risk, and portfolio choice. Review of Income and Wealth, 59(1), pp. 133-156. (doi: 10.1111/roiw.12001)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Lupiañez, F. and Maghiros, I. (2013) European Hospital Survey: Benchmarking deployment of e-Health services (2012–2013) – Methodological report. JRC-IPTS Working Papers JRC85871. Working Paper. Institute for Prospective and Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre. (doi: 10.2791/57542).

2012

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Garrido, Nicolás, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 and Pulina, Manuela (2012) Exploring the dynamics of the efficiency in the Italian hospitality sector. A regional case study. Expert Systems with Applications, 39(10), pp. 9064-9071. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.045)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 and Pulina, Manuela (2012) Investigating economic efficiency in Italy: a regional comparison. International Journal of Revenue Management, 6(3/4), pp. 175-198. (doi: 10.1504/IJRM.2012.050383)

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Articles

Williams, A. D.N. et al. (2026) Critical time intervention to prevent homelessness and improve health for people leaving prison: the PHaCT pilot RCT. Public Health Research, 14(15), (doi: 10.3310/GJJL2910) (PMID:42249836)

Cliffe, B. et al. (2026) Surveillance technologies for suicide prevention in public places: a scoping review of their nature and feasibility. Archives of Suicide Research, (doi: 10.1080/13811118.2026.2666413) (PMID:42163645) (Early Online Publication)

Biggar, B. et al. (2026) An uneven playing field: a mixed methods, multiphase feasibility study of a programme to reduce gambling among at-risk men in a professional football club setting. BMC Public Health, (doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26845-z) (PMID:41781913) (Early Online Publication)

Newman Williams, A. D. et al. (2025) Critical time intervention for people leaving prison at risk of homelessness in England and Wales (PHaCT trial): a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 15(12), e097753. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097753) (PMID:41407408) (PMCID:PMC12719885)

Newman Williams, A. D. et al. (2025) A pilot randomised controlled trial of a critical time intervention for people leaving prison: findings from an integrated process evaluation. BMJ Open, 15(12), e097761. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097761) (PMID:41407405) (PMCID:PMC12716555)

Grieve, E. et al. (2025) How do musculoskeletal disorders impact on quality of life in Tanzania? Results from a community-based survey. BMJ Open, 15(12), e092877. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092877) (PMID:41338648)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Cost-effectiveness of regular surveillance versus endoscopy at need for patients with Barrett's esophagus: economic evaluation alongside the Barrett's Oesophagus Surveillance Study (BOSS) randomized controlled trial. Gastroenterology, 169(6), 1244-1252.e7. (doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.04.026) (PMID:40383306)

Old, O. et al. (2025) Barrett’s Oesophagus Surveillance Versus Endoscopy at Need Study (BOSS): a randomized controlled trial. Gastroenterology, 169(6), 1233-1243.e8. (doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.03.021) (PMID:40180292)

Reith, G. et al. (2025) Group-based interventions to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans: a synopsis of findings from a feasibility study. Public Health Research, 13(6), pp. 1-24. (doi: 10.3310/SWWP9393) (PMID:40690427)

Crawford, K. et al. (2025) Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial. Nature Medicine, 31(5), pp. 1617-1625. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9) (PMID:40312587) (PMCID:PMC12092239)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated children in foster care (BeST? services trial). Journal of Public Health, (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaf038) (PMID:40188478) (Early Online Publication)

Craig, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, Campbell, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-7270, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286, Green, Judith, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Lewsey, Jim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Ogilvie, David, de Vocht, Frank and White, Martin (2025) Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: a framework for producers, funders, publishers and users of evidence. Public Health Research, 13(3), (doi: 10.3310/JTYW6582)

Kirby, N. et al. (2025) Interventions for pre‐school children in foster care: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of child‐related outcomes. JCPP Advances, 5(1), e12273. (doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12273) (PMID:40059998) (PMCID:PMC11889642)

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) (PMCID:PMC11831264)

Craig, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, Campbell, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-7270, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286, Green, Judith, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Lewsey, Jim ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Ogilvie, David, de Vocht, Frank and White, Martin (2025) Using natural experiments to evaluate population health and health system interventions: new framework for producers and users of evidence. British Medical Journal, 388, e080505. (doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080505) (PMID:40154983) (PMCID:PMC11950994)

Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: results from a community-based survey. BMJ Open, 15(1), e087425. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087425) (PMID:39819935)

Sanya, R. E. et al. (2024) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Global Health Action, 17(1), 2345970. (doi: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2345970) (PMID:38774927)

Yokobori, Yuta, Manca, Francesco and Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2024) Pharmaceutical intervention for hypertension in a rural district of the Republic of Zambia: a model-based economic evaluation. BMJ Open, 14, e084575. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084575) (PMID:39237286) (PMCID:PMC11381728)

Karugu, C. H. et al. (2024) Economic Impact of COVID-19 on patients with Type 2 diabetes in Kenya and Tanzania: a costing analysis. BMJ Public Health, 2(2), e000383. (doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000383)

Murray, S. et al. (2024) Randomised placebo-controlled trial of antenatal corticosteroids for planned birth in twins (STOPPIT-3): study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(1), e078778. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078778) (PMID:38238048) (PMCID:PMC10806667)

Rodriguez Roca, B. et al. (2023) Is education level, as a proxy for socio-economic position, related to device-measured and self-reported sedentary behavior in European older adults? A cross-sectional study from the SITLESS project. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1296821. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1296821) (PMID:38169596) (PMCID:PMC10758416)

Viegas, R. et al. (2023) Relationship of the SITLESS intervention on medication use in community-dwelling older adults: an exploratory study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1238842. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1238842)

Dundas, R. et al. (2023) Evaluation of the Healthy Start Voucher Scheme in UK: a natural experiment using the Growing Up in Scotland record linkage study and the Infant Feeding Survey. Public Health Research, 11(11), (doi: 10.3310/RTEU2107) (PMID:37953640)

Craig, P. et al. (2022) Making better use of natural experimental evaluation in population health. British Medical Journal, 379, e070872. (doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070872) (PMID:36280251) (PMCID:PMC7613963)

Deidda, M. et al. (2022) Cost-effectiveness of a programme to address sedentary behaviour in older adults: results from the SITLESS RCT. European Journal of Public Health, 32(3), pp. 415-421. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac017) (PMID:35426903) (PMCID:PMC9159313)

Ciminata, Giorgio, Geue, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733, Wu, Olivia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0570-6016, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Kreif, Noemi and Langhorne, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8185-2659 (2022) Propensity score methods for comparative-effectiveness analysis: a case study of direct oral anticoagulants in the atrial fibrillation population. PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0262293. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262293) (PMID:35073380) (PMCID:PMC8786176)

Sansano-Nadal, O. et al. (2022) Validity of the sedentary behavior questionnaire in European older adults using English, Spanish, German and Danish versions. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 26(1), pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1080/1091367X.2021.1922910)

Blackburn, N. et al. (2021) Older adults’ experiences of a physical activity and sedentary behaviour intervention: a nested qualitative study in the SITLESS multi-country randomised clinical trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4730. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094730) (PMID:33946717) (PMCID:PMC8124427)

Tully, M. A. et al. (2020) Sedentary behaviour, physical activity and mental health in older adults: an isotemporal substitution model. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30(10), pp. 1957-1965. (doi: 10.1111/sms.13762) (PMID:32643826)

Tully, Mark A., McMullan, Ilona I., Blackburn, Nicole E., Wilson, Jason J., Coll-Planas, Laura, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Caserotti, Paolo and Rothenbacher, Dietrich (2020) Is sedentary behavior or physical activity associated with loneliness in older adults? Results of the European-wide SITLESS study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 28(4), pp. 549-555. (doi: 10.1123/japa.2019-0311) (PMID:31860832)

Wilson, J. J. et al. (2020) Consequences of choosing different settings when processing hip-based accelerometry data from older adults: a practical approach using baseline data from the SITLESS study. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 3(2), pp. 89-99. (doi: 10.1123/jmpb.2019-0037)

Blackburn, N. E. et al. (2020) The effectiveness and complexity of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(1), 53. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-00957-0) (PMID:32334631) (PMCID:PMC7183680)

Coll-Planas, L. et al. (2019) Exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity among community-dwelling older adults from four European countries: protocol for the process evaluation of the SITLESS randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(6), e027073. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027073) (PMID:31203243)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Geue, Claudia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2243-0733, Krief, Noemi, Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 and McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 (2019) A framework for conducting economic evaluations alongside natural experiments. Social Science and Medicine, 220, pp. 353-361. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.032) (PMID:30513485) (PMCID:PMC6323352)

Cocco, Luisanna, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Marchesi, Michele and Pigliaru, Francesco (2019) Insularity and economies of density: analyzing the efficiency of a logistic network using an econometric simulation-based approach. Regional Studies, 53(6), pp. 900-911. (doi: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1490500)

Deidda, M. et al. (2018) Cost-effectiveness of exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to battle sedentary behaviour in older adults: protocol for an economic evaluation alongside the SITLESS three-armed pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8(10), e022266. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022266) (PMID:30327403) (PMCID:PMC6194476)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Meleddu, Marta and Pulina, Manuela (2018) Potential users’ preferences towards cardiac telemedicine: a discrete choice experiment investigation in Sardinia. Health Policy and Technology, 7(2), pp. 125-130. (doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2018.04.002)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Boyd, Kathleen A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-0113, Minnis, Helen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945, Donaldson, Julia, Brown, Kevin, Boyer, Nicole R.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-917X and McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 (2018) Protocol for the economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated infants and children in foster care in the UK (The BeST? services trial). BMJ Open, 8(3), e020066. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020066) (PMID:29540420)

Giné-Garriga, M. et al. (2017) The SITLESS project: exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management strategies to battle sedentary behaviour in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18, 221. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1956-x) (PMID:28521831) (PMCID:PMC5437412)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2016) Insularity and economic development: a survey. International Review of Economics, 63(2), pp. 107-128. (doi: 10.1007/s12232-015-0238-8)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2015) Economic hardship, housing cost burden and tenure status: evidence from EU-SILC. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 36(4), pp. 531-556. (doi: 10.1007/s10834-014-9431-2)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Di Liberto, Adriana, Foddi, Marta and Sulis, Giovanni (2015) Employment subsidies, informal economy and women’s transition into work in a depressed area: evidence from a matching approach. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 4, 7. (doi: 10.1186/s40173-015-0034-9)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Garrido, Nicolas and Manuela, Pulina (2015) Analyzing the performance of the South Tyrolean hospitality sector: a dynamic approach. International Journal of Tourism Research, 17(2), pp. 196-208. (doi: 10.1002/jtr.1980)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Francisco, Codagnone, Cristiano and Maghiros, Ioannis (2014) Using data envelopment analysis to analyse the efficiency of primary care units. Journal of Medical Systems, 38(10), 122. (doi: 10.1007/s10916-014-0122-1) (PMID:25123457)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 and Pulina, Manuela (2014) Tourism and transport systems in mountain environments: analysis of the economic efficiency of cableways in South Tyrol. Journal of Transport Geography, 36, pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.02.004)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2014) Precautionary saving under liquidity constraints: evidence from Italy. Empirical Economics, 46(1), pp. 329-360. (doi: 10.1007/s00181-012-0677-y)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2014) Does portfolio diversification mitigate financial risk? Evidence from Italian survey data. Rivista italiana degli economisti, 3, pp. 393-420. (doi: 10.1427/78243)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2014) Financial development and selection into entrepreneurship: Evidence from Italy and US. Rivista italiana degli economisti, 1, pp. 67-102. (doi: 10.1427/76115)

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2013) Precautionary saving, financial risk, and portfolio choice. Review of Income and Wealth, 59(1), pp. 133-156. (doi: 10.1111/roiw.12001)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Garrido, Nicolás, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 and Pulina, Manuela (2012) Exploring the dynamics of the efficiency in the Italian hospitality sector. A regional case study. Expert Systems with Applications, 39(10), pp. 9064-9071. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.045)

Brida, Juan Gabriel, Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 and Pulina, Manuela (2012) Investigating economic efficiency in Italy: a regional comparison. International Journal of Revenue Management, 6(3/4), pp. 175-198. (doi: 10.1504/IJRM.2012.050383)

Research Reports or Papers

Owusu Achiaw, Samuel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5711-7240 and Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2026) Developing integrated mass-transit for the Glasgow City Region: Informing the Clyde Metro Case for Investment. Report B: Health Economic Review. Documentation. University of Glasgow.

Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970, Lupiañez, F. and Maghiros, I. (2013) European Hospital Survey: Benchmarking deployment of e-Health services (2012–2013) – Methodological report. JRC-IPTS Working Papers JRC85871. Working Paper. Institute for Prospective and Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre. (doi: 10.2791/57542).

Conference or Workshop Item

Deidda, M. et al. (2023) Estimating the Economic Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.

Grieve, E. et al. (2023) Estimating the Quality-of-Life Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.

Grieve, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4115-2882, Hsieh, Ping Hsuan, McIntosh, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 and Deidda, Manuela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0921-6970 (2022) Estimating the Quality of Life and Economic Impact of Arthritis in Tanzania. British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference (BSR 2022), Glasgow, UK, 25-27 April 2022. (doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac133.100)

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Equity through the ages: A life course approach to tackling health inequities in the black community: A feasibility trial of a co-produced, community-centred and faith-placed intervention to increase uptake of population screening.
    National Institute for Health Research
    2025 - 2027
     
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of health protection interventions for Inclusion Health populations
    UK Health Security Agency
    2024 - 2025
     
  • A pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of the Go2Play Active Play intervention for children with intellectual disabilities.
    Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
    2023 - 2025
     
  • Effectiveness of Surveillance Technologies to Prevent Suicides at High-Risk Locations
    National Institute for Health Research
    2023 - 2026
     
  • PHaCT Trial: Prevention of Homelessness and Critical Time Intervention Trial
    National Institute for Health Research
    2022 - 2024
     
  • STOPPIT-3
    National Institute for Health Research
    2021 - 2025
     
  • MRC/NIHR guidance on Natural Experimental Evaluations (NEEs) for researchers and End-Users
    Medical Research Council
    2021 - 2023
     
  • Football and gambling: a feasibility study and pilot for an intervention to reduce gambling involvement among football fans
    National Institute for Health Research
    2020 - 2021
     

Supervision

 

  • Tehmina Ashraf (Pakistan Institute for Living & learning) (Current) 

'Health care and quality of life in burns victims in Pakistan'. Co-supervisor: Prof Emma McIntosh 

Teaching

  • Course co-lead: Health Technology Assessment in a Global Context, 10-week MSc module and CPD course. Glasgow University
  • Development and design of the following Teaching Modules, regularly taught at the University of Glasgow:
    • ‘Advanced epidemiology: methods designed to accommodate unobserved confounding’, Master in Public Health
    • ‘Introduction to Health Economics’, delivered to the Nursing & Health Care School students, 4th year, to the Microcredential course ‘Introduction to management and leadership in Health services’ and to the MSc Health Services Management students University of Glasgow
    • 'Combining/linking different datasets, Data Manipulation and Transformation’. Online module, delivered to MSc in Health Technology Assessment Students
    • ‘Evaluation of interventions- Measurement of health economic outcomes in physical activity research an intervention’, MSc in Sports and exercise science and medicine

Professional activities & recognition

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2021 - 2024: Health economist member of the Trial steering committee for the project ‘Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-led walking programme to increase physical activity in inactive older adults: Walk with me Study'(NIHR award id NIHR131550), NIHR
  • 2022 - 2022: Associated committee member for the HTA General Funding committee, NIHR
  • 2020 - 2020: College of Expert Member for the Global Effort on COVID-19 (GECO) Health Research call:, UKRI-MRC

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: International health economics association (IHEA) (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • 2021: Invited webinar (Ulster University, School of medicine)
  • 2018: European Health Economics association (EuHEA) Conference (Maastricht)
  • 2019: Health economics study group (HESG) (York)
  • 2017: Health economics study group (HESG) (Aberdeen)
  • 2017: Health economics study group (HESG) (Birmingham)

Supplementary

  • Regularly provide reviews for NIHR funding programmes (Health Services and Delivery Research and Public Health Research) 2022: Reviewer of a project proposal in a funding call from the WWTF - Vienna Science and Technology Fund (Austria) in the field of Public Health. 2023: Reviewer for the Irish Health Research Board (one Postdoctoral fellowship) Peer reviewer for multiple journals in the field of Health Economics, Applied Economics and Public Health (Social Science and Medicine, Value in Health, PLoS ONE, Health Economics, Applied health Economics and Health Policy, BMC Medicine, Cost effectiveness and Resource allocation, BMC Health services research, , BMJ Open, International journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, European Journal of health economics, Journal of Affective Disorders, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ).

Portrait of Manuela Deidda