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Professor Michael Robling
Director of Population Health and Social Care Trials
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am Professor and Director of Population Health Trials at Cardiff University's Centre for Trials Research. My main research interests are in the use of randomized trials and other research designs to evaluate complex interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and the public. I have worked across many different contexts including primary and secondary medical care, community and social care settings.
Since 2008, I have led a research programme evaluating the Family Nurse Partnership specialist home-visiting programme in England (Building Blocks, Building Blocks 2-6, BABBLE studies) and now in Scotland.
I am a co-investigator and part of the senior management team of the Centre for Trials Research (CTR). I am also an investigator with the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), the Centre for Development, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) and the HealthWise Wales population health research platform.
In CTR I am the Centre Directorial lead for research using routine data and the Centre lead for Public Involvement and Engagement. I am a standing committee member for the NIHR Policy Research Programme, Ireland's Health Research Board's Definitive Interventions and Feasibility Awards panel and Health and Care Research Wales' Social Care Research grants committee.
Publication
2024
- Sanders, J. et al. 2024. Maternal and neonatal outcomes among spontaneous vaginal births occurring in or out of water following intrapartum water immersion: The POOL cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 131(12), pp. 1650-1659. (10.1111/1471-0528.17878)
- Trubey, R. et al. 2024. Effectiveness of mental health and wellbeing interventions for children and young people in foster, kinship, and residential care: systematic review and meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 25(4), pp. 2829-2844. (10.1177/15248380241227987)
- Evans, R. et al. 2024. Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: Mixed-methods systematic review with stakeholder consultation to inform transportability and adaptability to UK context. The British Journal of Social Work, article number: bcae061. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae061)
- Wood, S. et al. 2024. Family group conference provision in UK local authorities and associations with children looked after rates. The British Journal of Social Work 54(5), pp. 2045-2066. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae019)
- Buscemi, V. et al. 2024. Exploring the issues that influence how people with rare neurological conditions engage in physical activity. Disability and Rehabilitation 46(13), pp. 2789-2798. (10.1080/09638288.2023.2230128)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2024. Integrating qualitative research within a clinical trials unit: developing strategies and understanding their implementation in contexts. Trials 25(1), article number: 323. (10.1186/s13063-024-08124-7)
- Lifford, K. J. et al. 2024. Satisfaction with remote consultations in primary care during COVID-19: a population survey of UK adults. British Journal of General Practice 74(739), pp. e96-e103. (10.3399/BJGP.2023.0092)
- Toader, A. et al. 2024. Using healthcare systems data for outcomes in clinical trials: issues to consider at the design stage. Trials 25, article number: 94. (10.1186/s13063-024-07926-z)
- Evans, R. et al. 2024. What mental health and wellbeing interventions work for which children and young people in care? Systematic review of potential outcome inequities. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (10.1007/s10560-023-00956-7)
2023
- Law, M. et al. 2023. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's "Consultation on proposals for legislative changes for clinical trials": a response from the Trials Methodology Research Partnership Adaptive Designs Working Group, with a focus on data sharing. Trials 24, article number: 640. (10.1186/s13063-023-07576-7)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2023. The practicalities of adapting UK maternity clinical information systems for observational research: Experiences of the POOL study. International Journal of Population Data Science 8(1), article number: 18. (10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2072.)
- Evans, R. et al. 2023. Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people in higher-income countries: Evidence map and systematic review. Systematic Reviews 12(1), article number: 111. (10.1186/s13643-023-02260-y)
- Cannings-John, R. et al. 2023. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domiciliary care workers in Wales, UK: a data linkage cohort study using the SAIL Databank. BMJ Open 13(6), article number: e070637. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070637)
- Williams, A. D. N., Davies, G., Farrin, A. J., Mafham, M., Robling, M., Sydes, M. R. and Lugg-Widger, F. V. 2023. A DELPHI study priority setting the remaining challenges for the use of routinely collected data in trials: COMORANT-UK. Trials 24(1), article number: 243. (10.1186/s13063-023-07251-x)
- Cavallaro, F. et al. 2023. Lessons learned from using linked administrative data to evaluate the Family Nurse Partnership in England and Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science 8(1) (10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2113)
2022
- Wood, S. et al. 2022. A UK-wide survey of family group conference provision. Project Report. Cardiff: CASCADE.
- Prout, H. et al. 2022. “I don't mean to be rude, but could you put a mask on while I'm here?” A qualitative study of risks experienced by domiciliary care workers in Wales during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Health and Social Care in the Community 30(6), pp. e6601-e6612. (10.1111/hsc.14109)
- Waters, C. S., Cannings-John, R., Channon, S., Lugg-Widger, F., Robling, M. and Paine, A. L. 2022. The impact of a specialist home-visiting intervention on the language outcomes of young mothers and their children: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychology 10, article number: 224. (10.1186/s40359-022-00926-1)
- Anyanwu, P. et al. 2022. Health behaviour change among UK adults during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 Cancer Attitudes and Behaviours study. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 1437. (10.1186/s12889-022-13870-x)
- Robling, M. et al. 2022. A nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data-linkage. BMJ Open 12(2), article number: e049960. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V., Munnery, K., Townson, J., Trubey, R. and Robling, M. 2022. Identifying researcher learning needs to develop online training for UK researchers working with administrative data: CENTRIC training. International Journal of Population Data Science 7(1), article number: 1712. (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1712)
- Moody, G., Cannings-John, R., Hood, K. and Robling, M. 2022. Attitudes towards the collection and linkage of maltreatment data for research:A qualitative study. International Journal of Population Data Science 7(1), article number: 1693. (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1693)
- Cannings-John, R., Gale, C., Lugg-Widger, F. V., Milton, R., Robling, M. and Sanders, J. 2022. Protocol and statistical analysis plan for the POOL study: establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component. British Medical Journal
2021
- Wilson, R. et al. 2021. Intentions to participate in cervical and colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study. Preventive Medicine 153, article number: 106826. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106826)
- Shepherd, V., Wood, F., Robling, M., Randell, E. and Hood, K. 2021. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to enhance trial participation decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity to consent: a mixed methods study (COnSiDER Study). Trials 22, article number: 935. (10.1186/s13063-021-05883-5)
- Ramdharry, G. et al. 2021. Proposing a core outcome set for physical activity and exercise interventions in people with rare neurological conditions. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences 2, article number: 705474. (10.3389/fresc.2021.705474)
- Moriarty, Y. et al. 2021. Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a targeted cancer awareness intervention for adults living in deprived areas of the UK. British Journal of Cancer 125, pp. 1100-1110. (10.1038/s41416-021-01524-5)
- Quinn-Scoggins, H. et al. 2021. Cancer symptom experience and help-seeking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional population survey. BMJ Open 11(9), article number: e053095. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053095)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2021. Establishing the impact of COVID-19 on the health outcomes of domiciliary care workers in Wales using routine data: a protocol for the OSCAR study. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(4), article number: 8. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1656)
- McCarroll, Z., Townson, J., Pickles, T., Gregory, J. W., Playle, R., Robling, M. and Hughes, D. 2021. Cost-effectiveness of home versus hospital management of children at onset of Type 1 Diabetes: The DECIDE randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 11(5), article number: e043523. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043523)
- Smith, A., Hewitt, J., Quinn, T. J. and Robling, M. 2021. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) use in post-stroke patient care and clinical practice: a realist synthesis protocol. Systematic Reviews 10(1), article number: 128. (10.1186/s13643-021-01682-w)
- Moody, G. et al. 2021. What are the challenges when recruiting to a trial in children’s social care? A qualitative evaluation of a trial of foster carer training. Trials 22, article number: 241. (10.1186/s13063-021-05186-9)
- Robling, M. et al. 2021. The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2 6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research 9, article number: 2. (10.3310/phr09020)
- Evans, R. et al. 2021. Care-experienced cHildren and young people's Interventions to improve Mental health and wEll-being outcomes: Systematic review (CHIMES) protocol. BMJ Open 11(1), article number: e042815. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042815)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2021. Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: A case-study of innovative local practice within the School Health Research Network. BMC Public Health 21, article number: 154. (10.1186/s12889-020-10124-6)
- Milton, R. et al. 2021. Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component: The protocol for the POOL study.. BMJ Open 11(1), article number: e040684. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040684)
2020
- Channon, S. et al. 2020. Qualitative process evaluation of the Fostering Changes program for foster carers as part of the Confidence in Care randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect 109, article number: 104768. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104768)
- Kolovou, V. et al. 2020. Recruitment and retention of participants from socioeconomically deprived communities: lessons from the awareness and beliefs about cancer (ABACus3) randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20, article number: 272. (10.1186/s12874-020-01149-x)
- Taylor, P. J. et al. 2020. A randomised controlled trial of a Group psychological intervention to increase locus of control for alcohol consumption among Alcohol-Misusing Short-term (male) Prisoners (GASP). Addiction 115(10), pp. 1844-1854. (10.1111/add.15006)
- Buchanan, E., Cannings-John, R., Lugg-Widger, F., Hood, K., Butler, C. and Robling, M. 2020. Assessing predictors of respiratory tract infections in infants born to teenage mothers; secondary analysis of the Building Blocks trial data. Family Practice 37(5), pp. 623-630. (10.1093/fampra/cmaa037)
- Moody, G. et al. 2020. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the fostering changes programme. Child Abuse and Neglect 108, article number: 104646. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104646)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2020. The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a group programme (E-PAtS) for family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6(1), article number: 147. (10.1186/s40814-020-00689-9)
- Henwood, T., Channon, S., Penny, H., Robling, M. and Waters, C. 2020. Do home visiting programmes improve children's language development? A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies 109, article number: 103610. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103610)
- Paine, A. L., Cannings-John, R., Channon, S., Lugg-Widger, F., Waters, C. S. and Robling, M. 2020. Assessing the impact of a family nurse-led intervention on young mothers’ references to internal states. Infant Mental Health Journal 41(4), pp. 463-476. (10.1002/imhj.21849)
- Townson, J., Lowes, L., Robling, M., Hood, K. and Gregory, J. W. 2020. Health professionals’ perspectives on delivering home and hospital management at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study from the Delivering Early Care in Diabetes Evaluation (DECIDE) trial. Pediatric Diabetes 21(5), pp. 824-831. (10.1111/pedi.13023)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2020. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme in first time young mothers in Scotland: a protocol for a natural experiment. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(1), article number: 12. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1154)
- Robling, M. R. 2020. Variable uptake of face masks could reinforce health inequalities. The BMJ 369, article number: m2001. (10.1136/bmj.m2001)
2019
- Huang, C., Roberts, Z., Cannings-John, R., Sanders, J., Pickett, K., Montgomery, A. and Robling, M. 2019. A validation and calibration process for self-reported tobacco use with participants’ cotinine levels: an example from the Building Blocks trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 21(12), pp. 1660-1654. (10.1093/ntr/nty232)
- Moody, G., Addison, K., Cannings-John, R., Sanders, J., Wallace, C. and Robling, M. 2019. Monitoring adverse social and medical events in public health trials: assessing predictors and interpretation against a proposed model of adverse event reporting. Trials 20(1), article number: 804. (10.1186/s13063-019-3961-8)
- Gregory, J. W. et al. 2019. Effectiveness of home or hospital initiation of treatment at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes (DECIDE trial): a multicentre individually randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 9, article number: e032317. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032317)
- Scourfield, J., Corliss, C., Wijedasa, D., Robling, M. and Clayton, V. 2019. Overview of administrative data on children's social care in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Overview_of_administrative_data_Oct_2019.pdf
- Bell, K. et al. 2019. Costs and consequences of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in England: evidence from the Building Blocks trial. F1000Research 8, article number: 1640. (10.12688/f1000research.20149.1)
- Rees, S., Cohen, D., Marfell, N. and Robling, M. 2019. Doctors' decisions when disclosing their mental ill-health. Occupational Medicine 69(4), pp. 258-265., article number: kqz062. (10.1093/occmed/kqz062)
- Sanders, J., Channon, S., Gobat, N., Bennert, K., Addison, K. and Robling, M. 2019. Implementation of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England: experiences of key health professionals explored through trial parallel process evaluation. BMC Nursing 18(1), article number: 13. (10.1186/s12912-019-0338-y)
- Copeland, L. et al. 2019. Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention. Maternal and Child Nutrition 15(2), article number: e12703. (10.1111/mcn.12703)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. and Robling, M. 2019. Routinely collected data for trialists: The need for continued conversations and solution sharing [Letter]. Clinical Trials 16(2), pp. 217-218. (10.1177/1740774518814760)
- Moriarty, Y. et al. 2019. Improving cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking among adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities in the UK using a facilitated health check: A protocol for the Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus) Randomised Control Trial. BMC Public Health 19(1), article number: 285. (10.1186/s12889-019-6612-9)
- Sheeran, L. and Robling, M. 2019. Spinal function classification framework for non-specific low back pain: a delphi survey of academic experts and clinicians. Presented at: 10th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain, Antwerp, Belgium, 28-31 October 2019.
2018
- Moody, G., Cannings-John, R., Hood, K., Kemp, A. and Robling, M. 2018. Establishing the international prevalence of self-reported child maltreatment: a systematic review by maltreatment type and gender. BMC Public Health 18(1), article number: 1164. (10.1186/s12889-018-6044-y)
- Moore, L. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: the need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72(10), pp. 865-866.
- Lugg-Widger, F., Angel, L., Cannings-John, R., Hood, K., Hughes, K., Moody, G. and Robling, M. 2018. Challenges in accessing routinely collected data from multiple providers in the UK for primary studies: Managing the morass. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(3), article number: 2. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i3.432)
- Sanders, J., Pell, J., White, J., Paranjothy, S., Robling, M., Lugg-Widger, F. and Cannings-John, R. 2018. Evaluating the Family Nurse Partnership Programme in Scotland: a natural experiment approach. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(4), article number: 994. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.994)
- Smits, S. et al. 2018. Development of a behaviour change intervention to encourage timely cancer symptom presentation among people living in deprived communities using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52(6), pp. 474-488. (10.1007/s12160-016-9849-x)
- Lugg-Widger, F., Cannings-John, R., Angel, L., Moody, G., Segrott, J., Kenkre, J. and Robling, M. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4, article number: 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
- Hallingberg, B. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to decide whether and how to proceed with full scale evaluations of public health interventions: A systematic review of guidance.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4, article number: 104. (10.1186/s40814-018-0290-8)
- Robling, M., Cannings-John, R., Channon, S., Hood, K., Moody, G., Poole, R. and Sanders, J. 2018. What is usual care for teenagers expecting their first child in England? A process evaluation using key informant mapping and participant survey as part of the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial of specialist home visiting. BMJ Open 8, article number: e020152. (10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020152)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. “Focusing” in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49.
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Development of a novel motivational interviewing (MI) informed peer-support intervention to support mothers to breastfeed for longer. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18, article number: 90. (10.1186/s12884-018-1725-1)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. 'Focusing' in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49. (10.5750/ejpch.v6i1.1389)
- Moody, G. et al. 2018. Evaluating the long-term impact of the Fostering Changes training programme for foster carers in Wales, the Confidence in Care trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19, article number: 34. (10.1186/s13063-017-2424-3)
- Grant, A. et al. 2018. Availability of breastfeeding peer-support in the UK: a cross-sectional survey. Maternal and Child Nutrition 14(1), article number: e12476. (10.1111/mcn.12476)
- Townson, J. et al. 2018. "Keeping it on your radar"- assessing the barriers and facilitators to a timely diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in childhood: a qualitative study from the early detection of type 1 diabetes in youth study. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1(1), article number: e00008. (10.1002/edm2.8)
- Smith, P. et al. 2018. Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities. BMC Public Health 18(1) (10.1186/s12889-018-5606-3)
- Sheeran, L. and Robling, M. 2018. Spinal function and exercise performance classification framework.. Presented at: Society of Back Pain Research Annula Conference, Gronningen, Netherlands, 15-16 November 2018.
2017
- Corbacho, B. et al. 2017. Cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in England: evidence from the building blocks trial. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 23(6), pp. 1367-1374. (10.1111/jep.12799)
- Paranjothy, S. et al. 2017. A novel peer-support intervention using motivational interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance: a UK feasibility study. Health Technology Assessment 21(77), pp. 1-138. (10.3310/hta21770)
- Copeland, L., Meek, A., Kerr, M., Robling, M., Hood, K. and McNamara, R. 2017. Measurement of side effects of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in adults with intellectual disability: A systematic review. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy 51, pp. 61-73. (10.1016/j.seizure.2017.07.013)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2017. Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study. BMJ Open 7, article number: e015728. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015728)
2016
- Channon, S. et al. 2016. Motivational interviewing competencies among UK family nurse partnership nurses: a process evaluation component of the building blocks trial. BMC Nursing 15, article number: 55. (10.1186/s12912-016-0176-0)
- Robling, M. et al. 2016. Effectiveness of a nurse-led intensive home-visitation program for first-time teenage mothers (building blocks). Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 71(5), pp. 263-265. (10.1097/OGX.0000000000000325)
- Hendry, M. et al. 2016. Talking about human papillomavirus and cancer: protocol for a patient-centred study to develop scripted consultations. BMJ Open 6(4), article number: e011205. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011205)
- Adams, M. et al. 2016. Quality of life evaluation in patients receiving steroids (the QuESt tool): initial development in children and young people with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Archives of Disease in Childhood 101(3), pp. 241-246. (10.1136/archdischild-2015-309139)
- Robling, M. et al. 2016. Effectiveness of a nurse-led intensive home-visitation programme for first-time teenage mothers (Building Blocks): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet 387(10014), pp. 146-155. (10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00392-X)
- Moriarty, Y., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R., Bezeczky, Z., Playle, R. A. and Taylor, P. J. 2016. Contextual and personal factors impact on intervention delivery in the GASP (Groups for Alcohol-misusing Short-term Prisoners) trial. Presented at: 12th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting: Complex interventions in a complex world: applications of Behavioural Medicine, Cardiff, UK, 1-2 December 2016.
2015
- Moriarty, Y., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R., Kissell, A., Playle, R. A. and Taylor, P. J. 2015. Developing a process evaluation model in the GASP (groups for alcohol-misusing short-term prisoners) trial. Trials 16(S2), pp. 9. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P9)
- Cannings-John, R., Lugg, F., Robling, M. and Moody, G. 2015. Are we getting the whole picture? Measuring outcomes using routinely collected data in long term follow-up: an example from BB:2-6. Trials 16(S2), article number: O69. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-O69)
- Lugg, F., Cannings-John, R., Moody, G. and Robling, M. 2015. Managing the morass. Lessons learned from establishing a data linkage model for long-term follow up of a trial cohort using routine health and education data. Trials 16(S2), article number: O70. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-O70)
- Gobat, N. H., Kinnersley, P., Gregory, J. W., Pickles, T. E., Hood, K. and Robling, M. R. 2015. Measuring clinical skills in agenda-mapping (EAGL-I). Patient Education and Counseling 98(10), pp. 1214-1221. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.018)
- Stamuli, E., Richardson, G., Duffy, S., Robling, M. and Hood, K. 2015. Systematic review of the economic evidence on home visitation programmes for vulnerable pregnant women. British Medical Bulletin 115(1), pp. 19-44. (10.1093/bmb/ldv032)
- Gobat, N. H., Kinnersley, P. R., Gregory, J. W. and Robling, M. R. 2015. What is agenda setting in the clinical encounter? Consensus from literature review and expert consultation. Patient Education and Counseling 98(7), pp. 822-829. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.024)
- Lowes, L. M., Eddy, D., Channon, S. J., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R. and Gregory, J. W. 2015. The experience of living with Type 1 Diabetes and attending clinic from the perception of children, adolescents and carers: Analysis of qualitative data from the DEPICTED study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 30(1), pp. 54-62. (10.1016/j.pedn.2014.09.006)
- Gobat, N. H., Kinnersley, P. R., Gregory, J. W. and Robling, M. R. 2015. Evaluation of AGenda mapping skilL -Instrument (EAGL-I v1.5.1): Coding manual. Manual. Cardiff University.
2014
- Lowes, L. M. et al. 2014. Late-breaking abstract. [LB1 Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation: the DECIDE Study. Hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes: a comparison of psychological, social, physical and economic outcomes]. Diabetic Medicine 31(s1), pp. 184. (10.1111/dme.12408)
- Lowes, L. M. et al. 2014. Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation: the DECIDE study. Hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes: a comparison of psychological, social, physical and economic outcomes. Presented at: Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2014, Liverpool, UK, 5-7 March 2014.
- Neal, R. D. et al. 2014. Patient-reported measurement of time to diagnosis in cancer: development of the Cancer Symptom Interval Measure (C-SIM) and randomised controlled trial of method of delivery. BMC Health Services Research 14, article number: 3. (10.1186/1472-6963-14-3)
2013
- Pickles, T., Playle, R., Hood, K., Gillard, J. and Robling, M. 2013. Rasch analysis of the PedsQL 3.0 diabetes module. [Abstract]. Trials 14(S1), article number: 40. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-S1-O40)
- Owen-Jones, C. E. et al. 2013. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme for first time teenage mothers in England: a protocol for the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics 13(114) (10.1186/1471-2431-13-114)
2012
- Allen, D. A. et al. 2012. Continuity of care in the transition from child to adult diabetes services: A realistic evaluation study. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 17(3), pp. 140-148. (10.1258/jhsrp.2011.011044)
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2012. The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study). British Medical Journal 344, article number: e2359. (10.1136/bmj.e2359)
- Hood, K. et al. 2012. Mode of data elicitation, acquisition and response to surveys: a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment 16(27) (10.3310/hta16270)
2011
- Hawthorne, K., Bennert, K., Lowes, L. M., Channon, S. J., Robling, M. R. and Gregory, J. W. 2011. The experiences of children and their parents in paediatric diabetes services should inform the development of communication skills for healthcare staff (the DEPICTED Study). Diabetic Medicine 28(9), pp. 1103-1108. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03292.x)
- Lowes, L. M. et al. 2011. Involving lay and professional stakeholders in the development of a research intervention for the DEPICTED Study. Health Expectations 14(3), pp. 250-260. (10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00625.x)
- Gregory, J. W. et al. 2011. Development and evaluation by a cluster randomised trial of a psychosocial intervention in children and teenagers experiencing diabetes: The DEPICTED study. Health Technology Assessment 15(29), pp. 1-202. (10.3310/hta15290)
- Townson, J. et al. 2011. Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation (DECIDE): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes. BMC Pediatrics 11, article number: 7. (10.1186/1471-2431-11-7)
2010
- McNamara, R. et al. 2010. Development and evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for children and teenagers experiencing diabetes (DEPICTED): a protocoal for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for healthcare professionals working with young people with type 1 diabetes. BMC Health Services Research 10(36) (10.1186/1472-6963-10-36)
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- Channon, S. J., Hambly, H. F., Robling, M. R., Bennert, K. and Gregory, J. W. 2010. Meeting the psychosocial needs of children with diabetes within routine clinical practice. Diabetic Medicine 27(10), pp. 1209-1211. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03071.x)
- Wood, F. C., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C., Kinnersley, P. R., Houston, H. L. A. and Butler, C. C. 2010. A question of balance: a qualitative study of mothers' interpretations of dietary recommendations. The Annals of Family Medicine 8(1), pp. 51-57. (10.1370/afm.1072)
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2010. Applying an extended theoretical framework for data collection mode to health services research. BMC Health Services Research 10(1), article number: 180. (10.1186/1472-6963-10-180)
2009
- Lowes, L., Robling, M., Gregory, J., Bennert, K. and Crawley, C. 2009. Engaging lay and professional stakeholders in the development of a training tool for health care professionals to facilitate behaviour change in young people with diabetes (The DEPICTED Study). Presented at: ISPAD 35th Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2nd September to 5th September 2009. pp. 53-54.
- Lowes, L., Channon, S., Gregory, J., Robling, M. and Harman, N. 2009. Development of a social activities and independence questionnaire (SAIQ) in paediatric diabetes as part of the DECIDE Study. Presented at: ISPAD 35th Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2nd September to 5th September. pp. 60-61.
- Hambly, H. F., Robling, M. R., Crowne, E., Hood, K. and Gregory, J. W. 2009. Communication skills of healthcare professionals in paediatric diabetes services. Diabetic Medicine 26(5), pp. 502-509. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02708.x)
- Robling, M. R., Pill, R., Hood, K. and Butler, C. C. 2009. Time to talk? Patient experiences of waiting for clinical management of knee injuries. Quality and Safety in Health Care 18(2), pp. 141-146. (10.1136/qshc.2007.022475)
2008
- Andronis, L. et al. 2008. Effectiveness of GP access to magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice 58(556), pp. e1-e9. (10.3399/bjgp08X342651)
- Garratt, A. M. et al. 2008. Development of the Knee Quality of Life (KQoL-26) 26-item questionnaire: data quality, reliability, validity and responsiveness. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 6, article number: 48. (10.1186/1477-7525-6-48)
- Andronis, L. et al. 2008. Cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee for patients presenting in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 58(556), pp. e10-e16. (10.3399/bjgp08X342660)
2007
- Brealey, S. D. et al. 2007. DAMASK Trial Team. Influence of MRI of the knee on general practitioners' decisions: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice 57(541), pp. 185-92.
2006
- Robling, M. 2006. Measuring change in patient quality of life over time : an evaluation of scale responsiveness and patient response shift.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Longo, M. F., Cohen, D. R., Hood, K., Edwards, A. G., Robling, M. R., Elwyn, G. and Russell, I. T. 2006. Involving patients in primary care consultations: assessing preferences using discrete choice experiments. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) 56(522), pp. 35-42.
- Grant, A. and Robling, M. R. 2006. Introducing undergraduate medical teaching into general practice: an action research study. Medical Teacher 28(7), pp. e192-e197. (10.1080/01421590600825383)
2005
- Robling, M. R., Hood, K. and Butler, C. C. 2005. Interpreting differences over time in patient self-evaluation [Letter]. British Journal of General Practice 55(515), pp. 472-472.
- Lane, C. A., Hood, K., Huws-Thomas, M. V., Rollnick, S., Edwards, K. E. and Robling, M. R. 2005. Measuring adaptations of motivational interviewing: the development and validation of the behavior change counselling index (BECCI). Patient Education and Counseling 56(2), pp. 166-173. (10.1016/j.pec.2004.01.003)
- Butler, C. C., Hood, K., Kinnersley, P. R., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C. and Houston, H. L. A. 2005. Predicting the clinical course of suspected acute viral upper respiratory tract infection in children. Family Practice 22(1), pp. 92-95. (10.1093/fampra/cmh713)
2004
- Jacobson, L., Grant, A., Hood, K., Lewis, W., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C. and Cunningham, A. M. 2004. A literature and medicine special study module run by academics in general practice: two evaluations and the lessons learnt. Medical Humanities 30(2), pp. 98-100. (10.1136/jmh.2004.000176)
- Elwyn, G. et al. 2004. Achieving involvement: process outcomes from a cluster randomized trial of shared decision making skill development and use of risk communication aids in general practice. Family Practice 21(4), pp. 337-346. (10.1093/fampra/cmh401)
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2004. Patient-based outcome results from a cluster randomized trial of shared decision making skill development and use of risk communication aids in general practice. Family Practice 21(4), pp. 347-354. (10.1093/fampra/cmh402)
2003
- Prout, H. C., Butler, C. C., Kinnersley, P. R., Robling, M. R., Hood, K. and Tudorjones, R. 2003. A qualitative evaluation of implementing a randomized controlled trial in general practice. Family Practice 20(6), pp. 675-681. (10.1093/fampra/cmg609)
- Butler, C. C., Kinnersley, P. R., Hood, K., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C., Rollnick, S. and Houston, H. L. A. 2003. Clinical course of acute infection of the upper respiratory tract in children: cohort study. BMJ 327(7423), pp. 1088-1089. (10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1088)
- PILL, R., WOOD, F., Renold, E., Robling, M., EDWARDS, A. and WILKINSON, C. 2003. Welsh women's comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12(3), pp. 240-248. (10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00407.x)
- Pill, R., Wood, F. C., Renold, E., Robling, M. R., Edwards, A. G. and Wilkinson, C. E. 2003. Welsh women’s comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12(3), pp. 240-248.
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2003. The development of COMRADE - a patient-based outcome measure to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication and treatment decision making in consultations. Patient Education and Counseling 50(3), pp. 311-322. (10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00055-7)
- Jacobson, L., Elwyn, G., Robling, M. R. and Tudor Jones, R. 2003. Error and safety in primary care: no clear boundaries. Family Practice 20(3), pp. 237-241. (10.1093/fampra/cmg302)
2002
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2002. Responses of primary health care professionals to UK national guidelines on the management and referral of women with breast conditions. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8(3), pp. 319-325. (10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00335.x)
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2002. The views of primary health care professionals about the management of breast problems in clinical practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8(3), pp. 313-318. (10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00334.x)
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2002. The development of a new site-specific measure of quality of life for breast problems: the Cardiff breast scales.. Quality of Life Research 11(4), pp. 339-348.
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2002. The development of a new site-specific measure of quality of life for breast problems: the Cardiff breast scales. Quality of Life Research 11(4), pp. 339-348. (10.1023/A:1015595627501)
- Robling, M. R., Kinnersley, P. R., Houston, H. L. A., Hourihan, M. D., Cohen, D. R., Hale, J. and Hood, K. 2002. General Practitioners' use of magnetic resonance imaging: An open randomized trial comparing telephone and written requests and an open randomized controlled trial of different methods of local guideline dissemination. Clinical Radiology 57(5), pp. 402-407. (10.1053/crad.2001.0864)
- Butler, C. C., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C., Hood, K. and Kinnersley, P. R. 2002. Management of suspected acute viral upper respiratory tract infection in children with intranasal sodium cromoglicate: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 359(9324), pp. 2153-2158. (10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09091-8)
1999
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 1999. The presentation and management of breast symptoms in general practice in South Wales. The BRIDGE Study Group. British Journal of General Practice 49(447), pp. 811-812.
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- Towson, J. et al. . Early Detection of type 1 Diabetes in Youth: the EDDY feasibility study to design, develop and deliver a complex intervention to parents and primary care to raise awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes in childhood, to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis.. Presented at: 42nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Valencia, Spain, 26 - 29 October 2016.
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- Sheeran, L. and Robling, M. 2019. Spinal function classification framework for non-specific low back pain: a delphi survey of academic experts and clinicians. Presented at: 10th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain, Antwerp, Belgium, 28-31 October 2019.
- Sheeran, L. and Robling, M. 2018. Spinal function and exercise performance classification framework.. Presented at: Society of Back Pain Research Annula Conference, Gronningen, Netherlands, 15-16 November 2018.
- Moriarty, Y., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R., Bezeczky, Z., Playle, R. A. and Taylor, P. J. 2016. Contextual and personal factors impact on intervention delivery in the GASP (Groups for Alcohol-misusing Short-term Prisoners) trial. Presented at: 12th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting: Complex interventions in a complex world: applications of Behavioural Medicine, Cardiff, UK, 1-2 December 2016.
- Lowes, L. M. et al. 2014. Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation: the DECIDE study. Hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes: a comparison of psychological, social, physical and economic outcomes. Presented at: Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2014, Liverpool, UK, 5-7 March 2014.
- Lowes, L., Robling, M., Gregory, J., Bennert, K. and Crawley, C. 2009. Engaging lay and professional stakeholders in the development of a training tool for health care professionals to facilitate behaviour change in young people with diabetes (The DEPICTED Study). Presented at: ISPAD 35th Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2nd September to 5th September 2009. pp. 53-54.
- Lowes, L., Channon, S., Gregory, J., Robling, M. and Harman, N. 2009. Development of a social activities and independence questionnaire (SAIQ) in paediatric diabetes as part of the DECIDE Study. Presented at: ISPAD 35th Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2nd September to 5th September. pp. 60-61.
- Towson, J. et al. . Early Detection of type 1 Diabetes in Youth: the EDDY feasibility study to design, develop and deliver a complex intervention to parents and primary care to raise awareness of the symptoms of type 1 diabetes in childhood, to prevent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at diagnosis.. Presented at: 42nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Valencia, Spain, 26 - 29 October 2016.
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- Sanders, J. et al. 2024. Maternal and neonatal outcomes among spontaneous vaginal births occurring in or out of water following intrapartum water immersion: The POOL cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 131(12), pp. 1650-1659. (10.1111/1471-0528.17878)
- Trubey, R. et al. 2024. Effectiveness of mental health and wellbeing interventions for children and young people in foster, kinship, and residential care: systematic review and meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 25(4), pp. 2829-2844. (10.1177/15248380241227987)
- Evans, R. et al. 2024. Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people: Mixed-methods systematic review with stakeholder consultation to inform transportability and adaptability to UK context. The British Journal of Social Work, article number: bcae061. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae061)
- Wood, S. et al. 2024. Family group conference provision in UK local authorities and associations with children looked after rates. The British Journal of Social Work 54(5), pp. 2045-2066. (10.1093/bjsw/bcae019)
- Buscemi, V. et al. 2024. Exploring the issues that influence how people with rare neurological conditions engage in physical activity. Disability and Rehabilitation 46(13), pp. 2789-2798. (10.1080/09638288.2023.2230128)
- Segrott, J. et al. 2024. Integrating qualitative research within a clinical trials unit: developing strategies and understanding their implementation in contexts. Trials 25(1), article number: 323. (10.1186/s13063-024-08124-7)
- Lifford, K. J. et al. 2024. Satisfaction with remote consultations in primary care during COVID-19: a population survey of UK adults. British Journal of General Practice 74(739), pp. e96-e103. (10.3399/BJGP.2023.0092)
- Toader, A. et al. 2024. Using healthcare systems data for outcomes in clinical trials: issues to consider at the design stage. Trials 25, article number: 94. (10.1186/s13063-024-07926-z)
- Evans, R. et al. 2024. What mental health and wellbeing interventions work for which children and young people in care? Systematic review of potential outcome inequities. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (10.1007/s10560-023-00956-7)
- Law, M. et al. 2023. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's "Consultation on proposals for legislative changes for clinical trials": a response from the Trials Methodology Research Partnership Adaptive Designs Working Group, with a focus on data sharing. Trials 24, article number: 640. (10.1186/s13063-023-07576-7)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2023. The practicalities of adapting UK maternity clinical information systems for observational research: Experiences of the POOL study. International Journal of Population Data Science 8(1), article number: 18. (10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2072.)
- Evans, R. et al. 2023. Interventions targeting the mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people in higher-income countries: Evidence map and systematic review. Systematic Reviews 12(1), article number: 111. (10.1186/s13643-023-02260-y)
- Cannings-John, R. et al. 2023. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domiciliary care workers in Wales, UK: a data linkage cohort study using the SAIL Databank. BMJ Open 13(6), article number: e070637. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070637)
- Williams, A. D. N., Davies, G., Farrin, A. J., Mafham, M., Robling, M., Sydes, M. R. and Lugg-Widger, F. V. 2023. A DELPHI study priority setting the remaining challenges for the use of routinely collected data in trials: COMORANT-UK. Trials 24(1), article number: 243. (10.1186/s13063-023-07251-x)
- Cavallaro, F. et al. 2023. Lessons learned from using linked administrative data to evaluate the Family Nurse Partnership in England and Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science 8(1) (10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2113)
- Prout, H. et al. 2022. “I don't mean to be rude, but could you put a mask on while I'm here?” A qualitative study of risks experienced by domiciliary care workers in Wales during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Health and Social Care in the Community 30(6), pp. e6601-e6612. (10.1111/hsc.14109)
- Waters, C. S., Cannings-John, R., Channon, S., Lugg-Widger, F., Robling, M. and Paine, A. L. 2022. The impact of a specialist home-visiting intervention on the language outcomes of young mothers and their children: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychology 10, article number: 224. (10.1186/s40359-022-00926-1)
- Anyanwu, P. et al. 2022. Health behaviour change among UK adults during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 Cancer Attitudes and Behaviours study. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 1437. (10.1186/s12889-022-13870-x)
- Robling, M. et al. 2022. A nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data-linkage. BMJ Open 12(2), article number: e049960. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V., Munnery, K., Townson, J., Trubey, R. and Robling, M. 2022. Identifying researcher learning needs to develop online training for UK researchers working with administrative data: CENTRIC training. International Journal of Population Data Science 7(1), article number: 1712. (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1712)
- Moody, G., Cannings-John, R., Hood, K. and Robling, M. 2022. Attitudes towards the collection and linkage of maltreatment data for research:A qualitative study. International Journal of Population Data Science 7(1), article number: 1693. (10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1693)
- Cannings-John, R., Gale, C., Lugg-Widger, F. V., Milton, R., Robling, M. and Sanders, J. 2022. Protocol and statistical analysis plan for the POOL study: establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component. British Medical Journal
- Wilson, R. et al. 2021. Intentions to participate in cervical and colorectal cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study. Preventive Medicine 153, article number: 106826. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106826)
- Shepherd, V., Wood, F., Robling, M., Randell, E. and Hood, K. 2021. Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of interventions to enhance trial participation decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity to consent: a mixed methods study (COnSiDER Study). Trials 22, article number: 935. (10.1186/s13063-021-05883-5)
- Ramdharry, G. et al. 2021. Proposing a core outcome set for physical activity and exercise interventions in people with rare neurological conditions. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences 2, article number: 705474. (10.3389/fresc.2021.705474)
- Moriarty, Y. et al. 2021. Randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a targeted cancer awareness intervention for adults living in deprived areas of the UK. British Journal of Cancer 125, pp. 1100-1110. (10.1038/s41416-021-01524-5)
- Quinn-Scoggins, H. et al. 2021. Cancer symptom experience and help-seeking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional population survey. BMJ Open 11(9), article number: e053095. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053095)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2021. Establishing the impact of COVID-19 on the health outcomes of domiciliary care workers in Wales using routine data: a protocol for the OSCAR study. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(4), article number: 8. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1656)
- McCarroll, Z., Townson, J., Pickles, T., Gregory, J. W., Playle, R., Robling, M. and Hughes, D. 2021. Cost-effectiveness of home versus hospital management of children at onset of Type 1 Diabetes: The DECIDE randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 11(5), article number: e043523. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043523)
- Smith, A., Hewitt, J., Quinn, T. J. and Robling, M. 2021. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) use in post-stroke patient care and clinical practice: a realist synthesis protocol. Systematic Reviews 10(1), article number: 128. (10.1186/s13643-021-01682-w)
- Moody, G. et al. 2021. What are the challenges when recruiting to a trial in children’s social care? A qualitative evaluation of a trial of foster carer training. Trials 22, article number: 241. (10.1186/s13063-021-05186-9)
- Robling, M. et al. 2021. The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2 6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research 9, article number: 2. (10.3310/phr09020)
- Evans, R. et al. 2021. Care-experienced cHildren and young people's Interventions to improve Mental health and wEll-being outcomes: Systematic review (CHIMES) protocol. BMJ Open 11(1), article number: e042815. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042815)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2021. Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: A case-study of innovative local practice within the School Health Research Network. BMC Public Health 21, article number: 154. (10.1186/s12889-020-10124-6)
- Milton, R. et al. 2021. Establishing the safety of waterbirth for mothers and babies: a cohort study with nested qualitative component: The protocol for the POOL study.. BMJ Open 11(1), article number: e040684. (10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040684)
- Channon, S. et al. 2020. Qualitative process evaluation of the Fostering Changes program for foster carers as part of the Confidence in Care randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect 109, article number: 104768. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104768)
- Kolovou, V. et al. 2020. Recruitment and retention of participants from socioeconomically deprived communities: lessons from the awareness and beliefs about cancer (ABACus3) randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20, article number: 272. (10.1186/s12874-020-01149-x)
- Taylor, P. J. et al. 2020. A randomised controlled trial of a Group psychological intervention to increase locus of control for alcohol consumption among Alcohol-Misusing Short-term (male) Prisoners (GASP). Addiction 115(10), pp. 1844-1854. (10.1111/add.15006)
- Buchanan, E., Cannings-John, R., Lugg-Widger, F., Hood, K., Butler, C. and Robling, M. 2020. Assessing predictors of respiratory tract infections in infants born to teenage mothers; secondary analysis of the Building Blocks trial data. Family Practice 37(5), pp. 623-630. (10.1093/fampra/cmaa037)
- Moody, G. et al. 2020. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the fostering changes programme. Child Abuse and Neglect 108, article number: 104646. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104646)
- Coulman, E. et al. 2020. The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a group programme (E-PAtS) for family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 6(1), article number: 147. (10.1186/s40814-020-00689-9)
- Henwood, T., Channon, S., Penny, H., Robling, M. and Waters, C. 2020. Do home visiting programmes improve children's language development? A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies 109, article number: 103610. (10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103610)
- Paine, A. L., Cannings-John, R., Channon, S., Lugg-Widger, F., Waters, C. S. and Robling, M. 2020. Assessing the impact of a family nurse-led intervention on young mothers’ references to internal states. Infant Mental Health Journal 41(4), pp. 463-476. (10.1002/imhj.21849)
- Townson, J., Lowes, L., Robling, M., Hood, K. and Gregory, J. W. 2020. Health professionals’ perspectives on delivering home and hospital management at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study from the Delivering Early Care in Diabetes Evaluation (DECIDE) trial. Pediatric Diabetes 21(5), pp. 824-831. (10.1111/pedi.13023)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2020. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme in first time young mothers in Scotland: a protocol for a natural experiment. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(1), article number: 12. (10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1154)
- Robling, M. R. 2020. Variable uptake of face masks could reinforce health inequalities. The BMJ 369, article number: m2001. (10.1136/bmj.m2001)
- Huang, C., Roberts, Z., Cannings-John, R., Sanders, J., Pickett, K., Montgomery, A. and Robling, M. 2019. A validation and calibration process for self-reported tobacco use with participants’ cotinine levels: an example from the Building Blocks trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 21(12), pp. 1660-1654. (10.1093/ntr/nty232)
- Moody, G., Addison, K., Cannings-John, R., Sanders, J., Wallace, C. and Robling, M. 2019. Monitoring adverse social and medical events in public health trials: assessing predictors and interpretation against a proposed model of adverse event reporting. Trials 20(1), article number: 804. (10.1186/s13063-019-3961-8)
- Gregory, J. W. et al. 2019. Effectiveness of home or hospital initiation of treatment at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes (DECIDE trial): a multicentre individually randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 9, article number: e032317. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032317)
- Bell, K. et al. 2019. Costs and consequences of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in England: evidence from the Building Blocks trial. F1000Research 8, article number: 1640. (10.12688/f1000research.20149.1)
- Rees, S., Cohen, D., Marfell, N. and Robling, M. 2019. Doctors' decisions when disclosing their mental ill-health. Occupational Medicine 69(4), pp. 258-265., article number: kqz062. (10.1093/occmed/kqz062)
- Sanders, J., Channon, S., Gobat, N., Bennert, K., Addison, K. and Robling, M. 2019. Implementation of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England: experiences of key health professionals explored through trial parallel process evaluation. BMC Nursing 18(1), article number: 13. (10.1186/s12912-019-0338-y)
- Copeland, L. et al. 2019. Feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing breastfeeding peer support intervention. Maternal and Child Nutrition 15(2), article number: e12703. (10.1111/mcn.12703)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. and Robling, M. 2019. Routinely collected data for trialists: The need for continued conversations and solution sharing [Letter]. Clinical Trials 16(2), pp. 217-218. (10.1177/1740774518814760)
- Moriarty, Y. et al. 2019. Improving cancer symptom awareness and help-seeking among adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities in the UK using a facilitated health check: A protocol for the Awareness and Beliefs About Cancer (ABACus) Randomised Control Trial. BMC Public Health 19(1), article number: 285. (10.1186/s12889-019-6612-9)
- Moody, G., Cannings-John, R., Hood, K., Kemp, A. and Robling, M. 2018. Establishing the international prevalence of self-reported child maltreatment: a systematic review by maltreatment type and gender. BMC Public Health 18(1), article number: 1164. (10.1186/s12889-018-6044-y)
- Moore, L. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to inform full-scale evaluations of complex public health interventions: the need for guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72(10), pp. 865-866.
- Lugg-Widger, F., Angel, L., Cannings-John, R., Hood, K., Hughes, K., Moody, G. and Robling, M. 2018. Challenges in accessing routinely collected data from multiple providers in the UK for primary studies: Managing the morass. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(3), article number: 2. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i3.432)
- Sanders, J., Pell, J., White, J., Paranjothy, S., Robling, M., Lugg-Widger, F. and Cannings-John, R. 2018. Evaluating the Family Nurse Partnership Programme in Scotland: a natural experiment approach. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(4), article number: 994. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.994)
- Smits, S. et al. 2018. Development of a behaviour change intervention to encourage timely cancer symptom presentation among people living in deprived communities using the Behaviour Change Wheel. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 52(6), pp. 474-488. (10.1007/s12160-016-9849-x)
- Lugg-Widger, F., Cannings-John, R., Angel, L., Moody, G., Segrott, J., Kenkre, J. and Robling, M. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4, article number: 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
- Hallingberg, B. et al. 2018. Exploratory studies to decide whether and how to proceed with full scale evaluations of public health interventions: A systematic review of guidance.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4, article number: 104. (10.1186/s40814-018-0290-8)
- Robling, M., Cannings-John, R., Channon, S., Hood, K., Moody, G., Poole, R. and Sanders, J. 2018. What is usual care for teenagers expecting their first child in England? A process evaluation using key informant mapping and participant survey as part of the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial of specialist home visiting. BMJ Open 8, article number: e020152. (10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020152)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. “Focusing” in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49.
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Development of a novel motivational interviewing (MI) informed peer-support intervention to support mothers to breastfeed for longer. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18, article number: 90. (10.1186/s12884-018-1725-1)
- Gobat, N. et al. 2018. 'Focusing' in motivational interviewing: development of a training tool for practitioners. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 6(1), pp. 37-49. (10.5750/ejpch.v6i1.1389)
- Moody, G. et al. 2018. Evaluating the long-term impact of the Fostering Changes training programme for foster carers in Wales, the Confidence in Care trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19, article number: 34. (10.1186/s13063-017-2424-3)
- Grant, A. et al. 2018. Availability of breastfeeding peer-support in the UK: a cross-sectional survey. Maternal and Child Nutrition 14(1), article number: e12476. (10.1111/mcn.12476)
- Townson, J. et al. 2018. "Keeping it on your radar"- assessing the barriers and facilitators to a timely diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in childhood: a qualitative study from the early detection of type 1 diabetes in youth study. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1(1), article number: e00008. (10.1002/edm2.8)
- Smith, P. et al. 2018. Feasibility and acceptability of a cancer symptom awareness intervention for adults living in socioeconomically deprived communities. BMC Public Health 18(1) (10.1186/s12889-018-5606-3)
- Corbacho, B. et al. 2017. Cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme in England: evidence from the building blocks trial. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 23(6), pp. 1367-1374. (10.1111/jep.12799)
- Paranjothy, S. et al. 2017. A novel peer-support intervention using motivational interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance: a UK feasibility study. Health Technology Assessment 21(77), pp. 1-138. (10.3310/hta21770)
- Copeland, L., Meek, A., Kerr, M., Robling, M., Hood, K. and McNamara, R. 2017. Measurement of side effects of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in adults with intellectual disability: A systematic review. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy 51, pp. 61-73. (10.1016/j.seizure.2017.07.013)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2017. Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study. BMJ Open 7, article number: e015728. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015728)
- Channon, S. et al. 2016. Motivational interviewing competencies among UK family nurse partnership nurses: a process evaluation component of the building blocks trial. BMC Nursing 15, article number: 55. (10.1186/s12912-016-0176-0)
- Robling, M. et al. 2016. Effectiveness of a nurse-led intensive home-visitation program for first-time teenage mothers (building blocks). Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 71(5), pp. 263-265. (10.1097/OGX.0000000000000325)
- Hendry, M. et al. 2016. Talking about human papillomavirus and cancer: protocol for a patient-centred study to develop scripted consultations. BMJ Open 6(4), article number: e011205. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011205)
- Adams, M. et al. 2016. Quality of life evaluation in patients receiving steroids (the QuESt tool): initial development in children and young people with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Archives of Disease in Childhood 101(3), pp. 241-246. (10.1136/archdischild-2015-309139)
- Robling, M. et al. 2016. Effectiveness of a nurse-led intensive home-visitation programme for first-time teenage mothers (Building Blocks): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet 387(10014), pp. 146-155. (10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00392-X)
- Moriarty, Y., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R., Kissell, A., Playle, R. A. and Taylor, P. J. 2015. Developing a process evaluation model in the GASP (groups for alcohol-misusing short-term prisoners) trial. Trials 16(S2), pp. 9. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P9)
- Cannings-John, R., Lugg, F., Robling, M. and Moody, G. 2015. Are we getting the whole picture? Measuring outcomes using routinely collected data in long term follow-up: an example from BB:2-6. Trials 16(S2), article number: O69. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-O69)
- Lugg, F., Cannings-John, R., Moody, G. and Robling, M. 2015. Managing the morass. Lessons learned from establishing a data linkage model for long-term follow up of a trial cohort using routine health and education data. Trials 16(S2), article number: O70. (10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-O70)
- Gobat, N. H., Kinnersley, P., Gregory, J. W., Pickles, T. E., Hood, K. and Robling, M. R. 2015. Measuring clinical skills in agenda-mapping (EAGL-I). Patient Education and Counseling 98(10), pp. 1214-1221. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.018)
- Stamuli, E., Richardson, G., Duffy, S., Robling, M. and Hood, K. 2015. Systematic review of the economic evidence on home visitation programmes for vulnerable pregnant women. British Medical Bulletin 115(1), pp. 19-44. (10.1093/bmb/ldv032)
- Gobat, N. H., Kinnersley, P. R., Gregory, J. W. and Robling, M. R. 2015. What is agenda setting in the clinical encounter? Consensus from literature review and expert consultation. Patient Education and Counseling 98(7), pp. 822-829. (10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.024)
- Lowes, L. M., Eddy, D., Channon, S. J., McNamara, R., Robling, M. R. and Gregory, J. W. 2015. The experience of living with Type 1 Diabetes and attending clinic from the perception of children, adolescents and carers: Analysis of qualitative data from the DEPICTED study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 30(1), pp. 54-62. (10.1016/j.pedn.2014.09.006)
- Lowes, L. M. et al. 2014. Late-breaking abstract. [LB1 Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation: the DECIDE Study. Hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes: a comparison of psychological, social, physical and economic outcomes]. Diabetic Medicine 31(s1), pp. 184. (10.1111/dme.12408)
- Neal, R. D. et al. 2014. Patient-reported measurement of time to diagnosis in cancer: development of the Cancer Symptom Interval Measure (C-SIM) and randomised controlled trial of method of delivery. BMC Health Services Research 14, article number: 3. (10.1186/1472-6963-14-3)
- Pickles, T., Playle, R., Hood, K., Gillard, J. and Robling, M. 2013. Rasch analysis of the PedsQL 3.0 diabetes module. [Abstract]. Trials 14(S1), article number: 40. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-S1-O40)
- Owen-Jones, C. E. et al. 2013. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Family Nurse Partnership home visiting programme for first time teenage mothers in England: a protocol for the Building Blocks randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics 13(114) (10.1186/1471-2431-13-114)
- Allen, D. A. et al. 2012. Continuity of care in the transition from child to adult diabetes services: A realistic evaluation study. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 17(3), pp. 140-148. (10.1258/jhsrp.2011.011044)
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2012. The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study). British Medical Journal 344, article number: e2359. (10.1136/bmj.e2359)
- Hood, K. et al. 2012. Mode of data elicitation, acquisition and response to surveys: a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment 16(27) (10.3310/hta16270)
- Hawthorne, K., Bennert, K., Lowes, L. M., Channon, S. J., Robling, M. R. and Gregory, J. W. 2011. The experiences of children and their parents in paediatric diabetes services should inform the development of communication skills for healthcare staff (the DEPICTED Study). Diabetic Medicine 28(9), pp. 1103-1108. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03292.x)
- Lowes, L. M. et al. 2011. Involving lay and professional stakeholders in the development of a research intervention for the DEPICTED Study. Health Expectations 14(3), pp. 250-260. (10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00625.x)
- Gregory, J. W. et al. 2011. Development and evaluation by a cluster randomised trial of a psychosocial intervention in children and teenagers experiencing diabetes: The DEPICTED study. Health Technology Assessment 15(29), pp. 1-202. (10.3310/hta15290)
- Townson, J. et al. 2011. Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation (DECIDE): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes. BMC Pediatrics 11, article number: 7. (10.1186/1471-2431-11-7)
- McNamara, R. et al. 2010. Development and evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for children and teenagers experiencing diabetes (DEPICTED): a protocoal for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for healthcare professionals working with young people with type 1 diabetes. BMC Health Services Research 10(36) (10.1186/1472-6963-10-36)
- Channon, S. J., Hambly, H. F., Robling, M. R., Bennert, K. and Gregory, J. W. 2010. Meeting the psychosocial needs of children with diabetes within routine clinical practice. Diabetic Medicine 27(10), pp. 1209-1211. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03071.x)
- Wood, F. C., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C., Kinnersley, P. R., Houston, H. L. A. and Butler, C. C. 2010. A question of balance: a qualitative study of mothers' interpretations of dietary recommendations. The Annals of Family Medicine 8(1), pp. 51-57. (10.1370/afm.1072)
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2010. Applying an extended theoretical framework for data collection mode to health services research. BMC Health Services Research 10(1), article number: 180. (10.1186/1472-6963-10-180)
- Hambly, H. F., Robling, M. R., Crowne, E., Hood, K. and Gregory, J. W. 2009. Communication skills of healthcare professionals in paediatric diabetes services. Diabetic Medicine 26(5), pp. 502-509. (10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02708.x)
- Robling, M. R., Pill, R., Hood, K. and Butler, C. C. 2009. Time to talk? Patient experiences of waiting for clinical management of knee injuries. Quality and Safety in Health Care 18(2), pp. 141-146. (10.1136/qshc.2007.022475)
- Andronis, L. et al. 2008. Effectiveness of GP access to magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice 58(556), pp. e1-e9. (10.3399/bjgp08X342651)
- Garratt, A. M. et al. 2008. Development of the Knee Quality of Life (KQoL-26) 26-item questionnaire: data quality, reliability, validity and responsiveness. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 6, article number: 48. (10.1186/1477-7525-6-48)
- Andronis, L. et al. 2008. Cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee for patients presenting in primary care. British Journal of General Practice 58(556), pp. e10-e16. (10.3399/bjgp08X342660)
- Brealey, S. D. et al. 2007. DAMASK Trial Team. Influence of MRI of the knee on general practitioners' decisions: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice 57(541), pp. 185-92.
- Longo, M. F., Cohen, D. R., Hood, K., Edwards, A. G., Robling, M. R., Elwyn, G. and Russell, I. T. 2006. Involving patients in primary care consultations: assessing preferences using discrete choice experiments. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) 56(522), pp. 35-42.
- Grant, A. and Robling, M. R. 2006. Introducing undergraduate medical teaching into general practice: an action research study. Medical Teacher 28(7), pp. e192-e197. (10.1080/01421590600825383)
- Robling, M. R., Hood, K. and Butler, C. C. 2005. Interpreting differences over time in patient self-evaluation [Letter]. British Journal of General Practice 55(515), pp. 472-472.
- Lane, C. A., Hood, K., Huws-Thomas, M. V., Rollnick, S., Edwards, K. E. and Robling, M. R. 2005. Measuring adaptations of motivational interviewing: the development and validation of the behavior change counselling index (BECCI). Patient Education and Counseling 56(2), pp. 166-173. (10.1016/j.pec.2004.01.003)
- Butler, C. C., Hood, K., Kinnersley, P. R., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C. and Houston, H. L. A. 2005. Predicting the clinical course of suspected acute viral upper respiratory tract infection in children. Family Practice 22(1), pp. 92-95. (10.1093/fampra/cmh713)
- Jacobson, L., Grant, A., Hood, K., Lewis, W., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C. and Cunningham, A. M. 2004. A literature and medicine special study module run by academics in general practice: two evaluations and the lessons learnt. Medical Humanities 30(2), pp. 98-100. (10.1136/jmh.2004.000176)
- Elwyn, G. et al. 2004. Achieving involvement: process outcomes from a cluster randomized trial of shared decision making skill development and use of risk communication aids in general practice. Family Practice 21(4), pp. 337-346. (10.1093/fampra/cmh401)
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2004. Patient-based outcome results from a cluster randomized trial of shared decision making skill development and use of risk communication aids in general practice. Family Practice 21(4), pp. 347-354. (10.1093/fampra/cmh402)
- Prout, H. C., Butler, C. C., Kinnersley, P. R., Robling, M. R., Hood, K. and Tudorjones, R. 2003. A qualitative evaluation of implementing a randomized controlled trial in general practice. Family Practice 20(6), pp. 675-681. (10.1093/fampra/cmg609)
- Butler, C. C., Kinnersley, P. R., Hood, K., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C., Rollnick, S. and Houston, H. L. A. 2003. Clinical course of acute infection of the upper respiratory tract in children: cohort study. BMJ 327(7423), pp. 1088-1089. (10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1088)
- PILL, R., WOOD, F., Renold, E., Robling, M., EDWARDS, A. and WILKINSON, C. 2003. Welsh women's comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12(3), pp. 240-248. (10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00407.x)
- Pill, R., Wood, F. C., Renold, E., Robling, M. R., Edwards, A. G. and Wilkinson, C. E. 2003. Welsh women’s comments about breast problems and the care given: a qualitative study in the community. European Journal of Cancer Care 12(3), pp. 240-248.
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2003. The development of COMRADE - a patient-based outcome measure to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication and treatment decision making in consultations. Patient Education and Counseling 50(3), pp. 311-322. (10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00055-7)
- Jacobson, L., Elwyn, G., Robling, M. R. and Tudor Jones, R. 2003. Error and safety in primary care: no clear boundaries. Family Practice 20(3), pp. 237-241. (10.1093/fampra/cmg302)
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2002. Responses of primary health care professionals to UK national guidelines on the management and referral of women with breast conditions. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8(3), pp. 319-325. (10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00335.x)
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 2002. The views of primary health care professionals about the management of breast problems in clinical practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 8(3), pp. 313-318. (10.1046/j.1365-2753.2002.00334.x)
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2002. The development of a new site-specific measure of quality of life for breast problems: the Cardiff breast scales.. Quality of Life Research 11(4), pp. 339-348.
- Robling, M. R. et al. 2002. The development of a new site-specific measure of quality of life for breast problems: the Cardiff breast scales. Quality of Life Research 11(4), pp. 339-348. (10.1023/A:1015595627501)
- Robling, M. R., Kinnersley, P. R., Houston, H. L. A., Hourihan, M. D., Cohen, D. R., Hale, J. and Hood, K. 2002. General Practitioners' use of magnetic resonance imaging: An open randomized trial comparing telephone and written requests and an open randomized controlled trial of different methods of local guideline dissemination. Clinical Radiology 57(5), pp. 402-407. (10.1053/crad.2001.0864)
- Butler, C. C., Robling, M. R., Prout, H. C., Hood, K. and Kinnersley, P. R. 2002. Management of suspected acute viral upper respiratory tract infection in children with intranasal sodium cromoglicate: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 359(9324), pp. 2153-2158. (10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09091-8)
- Edwards, A. G. et al. 1999. The presentation and management of breast symptoms in general practice in South Wales. The BRIDGE Study Group. British Journal of General Practice 49(447), pp. 811-812.
Gosodiad
- Robling, M. 2006. Measuring change in patient quality of life over time : an evaluation of scale responsiveness and patient response shift.. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Monograffau
- Wood, S. et al. 2022. A UK-wide survey of family group conference provision. Project Report. Cardiff: CASCADE.
- Scourfield, J., Corliss, C., Wijedasa, D., Robling, M. and Clayton, V. 2019. Overview of administrative data on children's social care in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Overview_of_administrative_data_Oct_2019.pdf
- Gobat, N. H., Kinnersley, P. R., Gregory, J. W. and Robling, M. R. 2015. Evaluation of AGenda mapping skilL -Instrument (EAGL-I v1.5.1): Coding manual. Manual. Cardiff University.
- Allen, D. A. et al. 2010. The transition from paediatric to adult diabetes services: what works, for whom and in what circumstances? [Final report. NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation programme]. Project Report. [Online]. HMSO. Available at: http://www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/files/project/SDO_FR_08-1504-107_V01.pdf
Research
My research interests include:
- Specialist home-visiting / Family Nurse Partnership Programme
- Child and maternal health
- Population health
- Children's social care
- Domiciliary care
- Complex interventions
- Social prescribing
- Public involvement and engagement
- Routine administrative data
- Promoting early access to preventative healthcare
Current research
I am the lead investigator for the OSCAR Study with co-lead Dr Rebecca Cannings-John. The study is measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the health of domiciliary care workers in Wales. The work is funded by the ESRC as part of the UKRI's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will establish how workers' health has been affected, what risk factors may have contributed to this and what are the key messages for policy leaders in Wales and the rest of the UK.
I am the joint lead investigator on a study evaluating the impact of specialist home-visting support in Scotland. The lead investigator is Dr Rebecca Cannings-John. We are using routinely collected administrative data to compare families who have received support from the Family Nurse Partnership programme with those who have not.
Other current studies that I am a co-investigator for include:
The Pool Study led by Professor Julia Sanders (Cardiff Univesrsity) which is funded by NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme and is assessing the safety of water births in the UK.
The CABS-COVID study led by Professor Kate Brain (Cardiff University) which is funded by ESRC through the UKRI to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on public awareness and behaviour in relation to cancer symptom presentation, screening and prevention.
The RESPECT Study led by Dr Ceri Jones (University of Leicester) which is funded by Health and Care Research Wales (Social Care Research Programme) and is a realst evaluation of social prescribing using time credits.
The TIC-TOC Study jointly led by Professor Kate Brain and Dr Grace McCutchan (both Cardiff University) which is funded by Cancer Research Wales. The study is evaluating a public awareness campaign designed to help people living in deprived communities recognise vague cancer symptoms.
The CHIMES Study led by Dr Rhiannon Evans (DECIPHer, Cardiff University) which is funded by NIHR Public Health Research Programme. The study is systematically drawing together international evidence about initiatives which may support the mental well-being of children in care in the UK.
Biography
Evaluating the Family Nurse Partnership programme
- Since 2008 I have led a programme of research evaluating specialist home visiting in the UK. This commenced with the Building Blocks trial of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in England. Funded by NIHR Policy Research Programme this involved over 1600 families followed until children were aged 2 years old. We published this work in 2016.
- In the BABBLE study and working with researchers from Cardiff University's School of Psychology we were funded by the Wellcome Trust to do some additional analysis of videos showing maternal child interactions that we had collected from families.
- We followed up the same families using routinely collected administrative data in the BB:2-6 study funded by NIHR Public Health Research Programme. By this time children were aged seven years old. Our results were published in early 2021.
- We are currently evaluating the impact of the Family Nurse Partnership in Scotland in a study funded by the Scottish Government. This work is led by my colleague Dr Rebecca Cannings-John.
- We are also working with researchers from two different teams as UCL. One project involves further analysis of our own trial cohort dataset and the second is a large observational study of families in England.
- We have summarised what we have found out from these studies so far in our dedicated website.
Academic positions
Positions since 2000:
- 2014 - 2015: Director, South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University
- 2013 - 2016: Reader, Cardiff University
- 2012 - 2014: Co-Director, South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University
- 2006 - 2012: Associate Director, South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University
- 2009 - 2013: Senior Lecturer, Institute of Translation Innovation Methodologies & Engagement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
- 2004 - 2009: Lecturer, Department of Primary Care & Public Health, Cardiff University
- 1995 - 2003: Research Fellow - Department of General Practice, University of Wales College of Medicine (UWCM)
Committees and reviewing
Funding panel, grant, journal reviews
- Panel member, Health and Care Research Wales Social Care Grants Committee, Wales Government
- Panel member, Definitive Intervention and Feasibility Panel, Health Research Board of Ireland (Since 2018)
- Core committee member, NIHR Policy Research Programme
- Reviewer grant: MRC, NIHR
- Journal reviewer: several medical, healthcare and social care journals
Membership of trial oversight committees
- Chair, Study Steering Committee, A Better Start Study (The University of Oxford, funder The Big Lottery, CI Prof Jane Barlow)
- Chair, Trial Steering Committee, E-SEE trial (York, Sheffield, funder NIHR PHR: £1,849,153.00). Start date: Feb 2015
- Independent member, Data Monitoring Committee: First Steps trial of group FNP (Birkbeck College UL, funder NIHR PHR: £1,353,658.50)
- Independent member, Trial Steering Committee, HELP trial of weight reduction in overweight teenagers (UCL, funder NIHR PROMISE Programme Grant)
Doctoral examinations
- I have acted as internal examiner for four PhD / Masters candidates
- I have acted as external examiner for one PhD Student
Supervisions
- I currently lead or co-supervise two doctoral students.
Contact Details
RoblingMR@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29206 87177
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Room 702F, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
+44 29206 87177
Neuadd Meirionnydd, Room 702F, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
