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Professor James White
Deputy Director of Population Health and Social Care Trials
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Overview
I am a Professor and Deputy Director of Population Health Trials in the Centre for Trials Research and DECIPHer (Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement) in Cardiff University, and have an honorary contract at the University of Bristol. The focus of my research is to understand how social, psychological, biological, behavioural and genetic factors from across the life course, influence behaviours which effect health and chronic diseases of major public health importance: cardiovascular disease and mental illness. The ultimate aim of this body of research is disease prevention.
In the last five years I have secured over £23M in competitive grant funding.
Current projects
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Mortality among people who have experienced homelessness: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using published and unpublished data. Centre for Homelessness Impact (Chief Investigator) (£51,427).
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PRoGRAM-A (Preventing Gambling Related Harm in Adolescents): a pilot cluster randomised control trial to prevent gambling harm in young people. March 2023 – August 2024. National Institute of Health Research PHR (£475,570).
- A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in nurseries (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care - NAP SACC UK). NIHR PHR (£2,999,994)
- Optimisation, feasibility testing and a pilot randomised trial of SaFE: a sexual health and healthy relationships intervention for Further Education. NIHR PHR (£510,815).
- PHaCT Trial: Preventing Homelessness, improving health for people leaving prison: a pilot randomised controlled trial of a Critical Time intervention. NIHR PHR (£744,144.60)
- Green-blue space exposure changes and impact on individual-level wellbeing and mental health: a population-wide record-linked natural experiment. NIHR PHR (£613,803).
- Cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of placing social workers in schools on referrals to child social services. Department for Education (£682,530).
- Evaluation of the Outcomes of the Family Nurse Partnership programme in Scotland. Scottish Chief Scientist Office (£183,137)
- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer). Health & Care Research Wales (£2,488,488).
- Centre for Trials Research. Health and Care Research Wales (£1,896,971).
Selected past projects
- A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a school-based peer-led drug prevention intervention (The FRANK friends study). NIHR PHR (Chief investigator) (£1,465,055).
- Adapting and piloting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to Frank drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST+Frank): an exploratory trial, NIHR PHR, (£606,376; Chief investigator).
- Did the Communities First regeneration programme improve mental health and enhance social cohesion? A natural experiment. (£247,938; Chief investigator)
- “The JACK Trial” A multi-site cluster randomised trial of an interactive film-based intervention to reduce teenage pregnancy and promote positive sexual health. NIHR PHR (£1,716,928).
- NAPSACC UK: A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in child care settings using the NAP SACC intervention to increase physical activity and healthy eating in 2-4 year olds, NIHR PHR (£450,000).
- Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol related harm to population health, NIHR PHR, (£416,137).
- The Filter FE Challenge: pilot trial and process evaluation of a multi-level smoking prevention intervention in further education settings, NIHR PHR (£339,604).
- A process evaluation of the implementation of ASSIST Scotland, Scottish Chief Scientist Office (£279,576).
- COVID-19 and rough sleepers: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness. UK Research and Innovation (ESRC). (£560,627).
Publication
2023
- White, J. et al. 2023. Association between gender minority status and mental health in high schools. Journal of Adolescent Health 72(5), pp. 811-814. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.028)
- White, J., Borgia, S. and Rehkopf, D. 2023. Socioeconomic inequalities in the risk of suicide attempts among sexual minority adolescents: findings from the UKs millennium cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 26, article number: 100570. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100570)
- Adara, L. et al. 2023. The Social Workers in Schools Trial: An evaluation of school based social work.. Project Report. Early Intervention Foundation.
2022
- Moore, S. C., Woolley, T. E. and White, J. 2022. An exploration of the multiplicative effect of "Other people" and other environmental effects on violence in the night-time environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(24), article number: 16963. (10.3390/ijerph192416963)
- Thompson, D. A. et al. 2022. Cohort Profile: The Green and Blue Spaces (GBS) and mental health in Wales e-cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology 51, pp. e285-e294. (10.1093/ije/dyac080)
- Daly, M. P., White, J., Sanders, J. and Kipping, R. R. 2022. Women’s knowledge, attitudes and views of preconception health and intervention delivery methods: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 22, article number: 729. (10.1186/s12884-022-05058-3)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. Evaluating a school-based intervention through routine local authority data and national school data: challenges and opportunities. Presented at: International Population Data Linkage Conference 2022, 7 - 9 September 2022, Vol. 7. Vol. 3., (10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1886)
- Clark, C. E. et al. 2022. Higher arm versus lower arm systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from the INTERPRESS-IPD Collaboration. Hypertension 79, pp. 2328-2335. (10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18921)
- Martin, A. et al. 2022. Environmental and practice factors associated with children's device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 19, article number: 84.
- Lohan, M. et al. 2022. Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (The JACK trial): a cluster randomised trial. The Lancet Public Health 7(7), pp. E626-E637. (10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00117-7)
- White, J., Fluharty, M., Groot, R. d., Bell, S. and Batty, G. D. 2022. Mortality among rough sleepers, squatters, residents of homeless shelters, hotels, and sofa surfers: a pooled analysis of UK birth cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology 51(3), pp. 839-846. (10.1093/ije/dyab253)
- White, J. 2022. Associations between illicit drug use in early adulthood and mortality: findings from a National Birth Cohort. Preventive Medicine 159, article number: 107058. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107058)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. The SWIS trial: protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of school based social work. PLoS ONE 17(6), article number: e0265354. (10.1371/journal.pone.0265354)
- White, J., Hamer, M. and Batty, G. D. 2022. Homelessness in early adulthood and biomedical risk factors by middle-age: The 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 76(4), pp. 382-384. (10.1136/jech-2021-217457)
- Daly, M., Kipping, R., Tinner, L., Sanders, J. and White, J. 2022. Preconception exposures and adverse pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes: Umbrella review of systematic reviews. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 36(2), pp. 288-299. (10.1111/ppe.12855)
- Randell, E. et al. 2022. Moving on trial: Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of models of housing and support to reduce risks of COVID-19 infection and homelessness.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 8, article number: 23. (10.1186/s40814-022-00984-7)
- Rodriguez-Guzman, G., Hume, S., Mackie, P., Nwosu, C., Piggot, H. and White, J. 2022. Accelerating learning - lessons and reflections from the first randomised controlled trials in homelessness in the UK. European Journal of Homelessness 15(3), pp. 189-203.
2021
- Clark, C. E. et al. 2021. Associations between systolic interarm differences in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease outcomes and mortality. Hypertension 77(2), pp. 650-661. (10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15997)
2020
- Greene, G., Fone, D., Farewell, D., Rodgers, S., Paranjothy, S., Carter, B. and White, J. 2020. Improving mental health through neighbourhood regeneration: the role of cohesion, belonging, quality and disorder. European Journal of Public Health 30(5), pp. 964-966. (10.1093/eurpub/ckz221)
- White, J., Bell, S. and Batty, D. 2020. Association of illicit drug use in adolescence with socioeconomic and criminal justice outcomes in adulthood: prospective findings from a UK national birth cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 74(9), pp. 705-709. (10.1136/jech-2019-213282)
- White, J., Holliday, J., Daniel, R., Campbell, R. and Moore, L. 2020. Diffusion of effects of the ASSIST school‐based smoking prevention intervention to non‐participating family members: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Addiction 115(5), pp. 986-991. (10.1111/add.14862)
- White, J., Bell, S. and Batty, G. D. 2020. Does the social context of early alcohol use affect alcohol-related harms in adulthood? Findings from a national birth cohort. Preventive Medicine 130, article number: 105947. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105947)
- 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)
2019
- Er, V., Campbell, R., Hickman, M., Bonell, C., Moore, L. and White, J. 2019. The relative importance of perceived substance misuse use by different peers on smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use in adolescence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 204, article number: 107464. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.035)
- Young, H., Turney, C., White, J., Lewis, R. and Bonell, C. 2019. Formative mixed-method multicase study research to inform development of a safer sex and healthy relationships intervention in Further Education (FE) settings: The SaFE Project. BMJ Open 9(7), article number: e024692. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024692)
- Langford, R. et al. 2019. A physical activity, nutrition and oral health intervention in nursery settings: process evaluation of the NAP SACC UK feasibility cluster RCT. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 865. (10.1186/s12889-019-7102-9)
- Kipping, R. et al. 2019. Child-care self-assessment to improve physical activity, oral health and nutrition for 2- to 4-year-olds: a feasibility cluster RCT. Public Health Research 7(13) (10.3310/phr07130)
- Dobbie, F. et al. 2019. Implementation of a peer-led school based smoking prevention programme: a mixed methods process evaluation. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 742. (10.1186/s12889-019-7112-7)
- Dias, K. et al. 2019. International comparison of the levels and potential correlates of objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity among 3-4-year old children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(11), article number: 1929. (10.3390/ijerph16111929)
- Mizen, A. et al. 2019. Longitudinal access and exposure to green-blue spaces and individual-level mental health and well-being: protocol for a longitudinal, population-wide record-linked natural experiment. BMJ Open 9(4), article number: e027289. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027289)
- Dias, K., White, J., Metcalfe, C., Kipping, R., Papadaki, A. and Jago, R. 2019. Acceptability, internal consistency and test-retest reliability of scales to assess parental and nursery staff's self-efficacy, motivation and knowledge in relation to pre-school children's nutrition, oral health and physical activity. Public Health Nutrition 22(6), pp. 967-975. (10.1017/S1368980018004111)
- Tinner, L., Kipping, R., White, J., Jago, R., Metcalfe, R. and Hollingworth, W. 2019. Cross-sectional analysis of physical activity in 2-4-year-olds in England with paediatric quality of life and family expenditure on physical activity. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 846. (10.1186/s12889-019-7129-y)
2018
- Er, V. et al. 2018. Association of diet in nurseries and physical activity with zBMI in 2–4-year olds in England: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 18(1), article number: 1262. (10.1186/s12889-018-6138-6)
- MacArthur, G. et al. 2018. Individual‐, family‐, and school‐level interventions targeting multiple risk behaviours in young people. Cochrane Library 10, article number: CD009927. (10.1002/14651858.CD009927.pub2)
- 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)
- Lovell, R. et al. 2018. Association between blue and green space availability with mental health and wellbeing. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(4), article number: 330. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.921)
- Lohan, M. et al. 2018. JACK trial protocol: a phase III multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based relationship and sexuality education intervention focusing on young male perspectives. BMJ Open 8(7), article number: e022128. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022128)
- White, J., Kivimaki, M. and Batty, G. D. 2018. Changes in health behaviors and longevity. Epidemiology 29(4), pp. e26-e27. (10.1097/EDE.0000000000000824)
- Midgley, L. S., Murphy, S., Moore, G., Hewitt, G. and White, J. 2018. Multilevel population-based cross-sectional study examining school substance-misuse policy and the use of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances among students aged 11-16 years in schools in Wales. BMJ Open 8(6), article number: e020737. (10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020737)
- White, J., Greene, G., Kivimaki, M. and Batty, G. D. 2018. Association between changes in lifestyle and all-cause mortality: The Health and Lifestyle Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72(8), pp. 711-714. (10.1136/jech-2017-210363)
- King, W., Lacey, A., White, J., Farewell, D., Dunstan, F. and Fone, D. 2018. Socioeconomic inequality in medication persistence in primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease - a population-wide electronic cohort study. PLoS ONE 13(3), article number: e0194081. (10.1371/journal.pone.0194081)
- Dobbie, F. et al. 2018. A stop smoking in schools trial (ASSIST) a decade on: insights from a mixed method process evaluation. Tobacco Induced Diseases 16(S1), article number: A423. (10.18332/tid/83804)
2017
- Evans, R., White, J., Turley, R., Slater, T., Morgan, H., Strange, H. and Scourfield, J. 2017. Comparison of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide in children and young people in care and non-care populations: systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence. Children and Youth Services Review 82, pp. 122-129. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.020)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 390(S3), pp. S1. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32936-7)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST?+FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Research 5(7), pp. 1-126. (10.3310/phr05070)
- Fletcher, A. et al. 2017. Pilot trial and process evaluation of a multi-level smoking prevention intervention in further education settings. Technical Report.
- White, J. et al. 2017. Improving mental health through the regeneration of deprived neighborhoods: a natural experiment. American Journal of Epidemiology 186(4), pp. 473-480. (10.1093/aje/kwx086)
- White, J., Kivimäki, M., Jokela, M. and Batty, G. D. 2017. Association of inflammation with specific symptoms of depression in a general population of older people: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 61, pp. 27-30. (10.1016/j.bbi.2016.08.012)
- King, W., Lacey, A., White, J., Farewell, D., Dunstan, F. and Fone, D. 2017. Equity in healthcare for coronary heart disease, Wales (UK) 2004-2010: A population-based electronic cohort study. PLoS ONE 12(3), article number: e0172618. (10.1371/journal.pone.0172618)
- Elgar, F. J., Xie, A., Pfortner, T., White, J. and Pickett, K. E. 2017. Assessing the view from bottom: How to measure socioeconomic position and relative deprivation in adolescents. In: SAGE Research Methods Cases., Vol. Part 2. SAGE, (10.4135/9781526406347)
2016
- White, J. et al. 2016. Improving mental health through the regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods: a prospective controlled quasi-experimental study. The Lancet 388(Supp 2), pp. S110. (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32346-7)
- Brockman, R. et al. 2016. Parents' and staff's views of adapting the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Childcare in UK nurseries to improve physical activity and healthy eating. The Lancet 388(S2), article number: S27. (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32263-2)
- White, J., Zaninotto, P., Kivimäki, M. and Batty, G. D. 2016. Authors' reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 208(6), pp. 593-594. (10.1192/bjp.208.6.593a)
- White, J. et al. 2016. Duration of depressive symptoms and mortality risk: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). British Journal of Psychiatry 208(4), pp. 337-342. (10.1192/bjp.bp.114.155333)
- Kipping, R. et al. 2016. NAP SACC UK: protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised NAP SACC UK: protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in nurseries and at home to increase physical activity and healthy eating in children aged 2–4 years. BMJ Open 6(4), article number: e010622. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010622)
- Fone, D. et al. 2016. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales. Public Health Research 4(3), pp. 1-184. (10.3310/phr04030)
- Elgar, F., Xie, A., Pförtner, T., White, J. and Pickett, K. 2016. Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents. Social Science and Medicine 152, pp. 111-118. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.039)
- White, J., Rehkopf, D. and Mortensen, L. 2016. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index, underweight and obesity among English children, 2007–2008 to 2011–2012. Plos One 11(1), article number: e0147614. (10.1371/journal.pone.0147614)
- Rodgers, S. et al. 2016. Alcohol outlet density and hospital admissions for alcohol-related injury: an electronic record-linked cohort study. Presented at: 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Tampere, Finland, 18-21 September, 2016.
2015
- White, J., Rehkopf, D. and Mortensen, L. 2015. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in Body Mass Index, underweight and obesity among English children, 2007-2008 to 2011-2012. Presented at: UK CRC Public Health Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 19 - 20 November 2015.
- White, J. et al. 2015. Severity of depressive symptoms as a predictor of mortality: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Psychological Medicine 45(13), pp. 2771-2779. (10.1017/S0033291715000732)
- White, J., Pearce, J., Morrison, S., Dunstan, F., Bisson, J. I. and Fone, D. L. 2015. Risk of post-traumatic stress disorder following traumatic events in a community sample. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 24(3), pp. 249-257. (10.1017/S2045796014000110)
- Greene, G., Gregory, A. M., Fone, D. and White, J. 2015. Childhood sleeping difficulties and depression in adulthood: the 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Sleep Research 24(1), pp. 19-23. (10.1111/jsr.12200)
- Evans, R. E., Helen, M. E., Slater, T., Turley, R. L., White, J. and Scourfield, J. B. 2015. Systematic review of self-harm and suicide in children and young people in the care of the state. Presented at: 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 June 2015. pp. 82-82.
- White, J., Hawkins, J. and Madden, K. 2015. Collaboration and co-production: a framework for the developing, piloting and refining of public health interventions from the ASSIST+Frank study. Presented at: Public Health Wales Conference, Cardiff, UK, 2 - 3rd November 2015.
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2015. Change in alcohol outlet density and the risk of violent crime. Presented at: 41st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Munich, Germany, 1-5 June 2015.
2014
- Hickman, M. et al. 2014. Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions for preventing multiple risk behaviours relating to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in individuals aged 8 to 25 years. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(11) (10.1002/14651858.CD011374)
- White, J., Shelton, K. H. and Elgar, F. J. 2014. Prospective associations between the family environment, family cohesion, and psychiatric symptoms among adolescent girls. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 45(5), pp. 544-554. (10.1007/s10578-013-0423-5)
- White, J. et al. 2014. The Communities First (ComFi) study: protocol for a prospective controlled quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of area-wide regeneration on mental health and social cohesion in deprived communities. BMJ Open 4(10), article number: e006530. (10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006530)
- Fone, D. et al. 2014. Effect of neighbourhood deprivation and social cohesion on mental health inequality: a multilevel population-based longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine 44(11), pp. 2449-2460. (10.1017/S0033291713003255)
- White, J., Jago, R. and Thompson, J. L. 2014. Dietary risk factors for the development of insulin resistance in adolescent girls: a 3-year prospective study. Public Health Nutrition 17(2), pp. 361-368. (10.1017/S1368980012004983)
- Elwyn, G., Dehlendorf, C., Epstein, R. M., Marrin, K., White, J. and Frosch, D. L. 2014. Shared decision making and motivational interviewing: achieving patient-centered care across the spectrum of health care problems. The Annals of Family Medicine 12(3), pp. 270-275. (10.1370/afm.1615)
- Elwyn, G., Marrin, K., Frosch, D. and White, J. 2014. Sustainable Change Sequence: a framework for developing behavior change interventions for patients with long-term conditions. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 2(2), pp. 212-216. (10.5750/ejpch.v2i2.736)
2013
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2013. Cohort Profile: The Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Electronic Cohort Study (E-CATALyST). International Journal of Epidemiology 42(6), pp. 1620-1628. (10.1093/ije/dys175)
- White, J., Mortensen, L. H., Kivimaki, M., Gale, C. R. and Batty, G. D. 2013. Interarm differences in systolic blood pressure and mortality among US army veterans: aetiological associations and risk prediction in the Vietnam experience study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 21(11), pp. 1394-1400. (10.1177/2047487313496193)
- Fone, D. L., Farewell, D., White, J., Lyons, R. and Dunstan, F. D. J. 2013. Socioeconomic patterning of excess alcohol consumption and binge drinking: a cross-sectional study of multilevel associations with neighbourhood deprivation. BMJ Open 3(4), article number: e002337. (10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002337)
- Fone, D. L., Greene, G., Farewell, D., White, J., Kelly, M. J. and Dunstan, F. D. J. 2013. Common mental disorders, neighbourhood income inequality and income deprivation: small-area multilevel analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry 202(4), pp. 286-293. (10.1192/bjp.bp.112.116178)
- White, J. and Jago, R. 2013. Fat distribution, physical activity and cardiovascular risk among adolescent girls. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 23(3), pp. 189-195. (10.1016/j.numecd.2011.11.004)
- Fone, D., Greene, G., Farewell, D., White, J., Kelly, M. and Dunstan, F. D. J. 2013. Common mental disorders, neighbourhood income inequality and income deprivation: small-area multilevel analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry 202(4), pp. 286-293. (10.1192/bjp.bp.112.116178)
2012
- White, J., Gale, C. R. and Batty, G. D. 2012. Intelligence quotient in childhood and the risk of illegal drug use in middle-age: The 1958 National Child Development Survey. Annals of Epidemiology 22(9), pp. 654-657. (10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.001)
- White, J., Mortensen, L. H. and Batty, G. D. 2012. Cognitive ability in early adulthood as a predictor of habitual drug use during later military service and civilian life: the Vietnam Experience Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 125(1-2), pp. 164-168. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.024)
- White, J. and Batty, G. D. 2012. Intelligence across childhood in relation to illegal drug use in adulthood: 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 66(9), pp. 767-774. (10.1136/jech-2011-200252)
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), article number: 428. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
- MacArthur, G. et al. 2012. Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions for preventing multiple risk behaviours in individuals aged 8 to 25 years [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 6, article number: CD009927. (10.1002/14651858.CD009927)
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 428-437. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
- White, J. and Jago, R. 2012. Prospective associations between physical activity and obesity among adolescent girls: Racial differences and implications for prevention. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 166(6), pp. 522-527. (10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.99)
- White, J. 2012. The contribution of parent-child interactions to smoking experimentation in adolescence: implications for prevention. Health Education Research 27(1), pp. 46-56. (10.1093/her/cyr067)
2011
- Elwood, P. C., Morgan, G., White, J., Dunstan, F. D. J., Pickering, J., Mitchell, C. and Fone, D. L. 2011. Aspirin taking in a South Wales county. British Journal of Cardiology 18(5/6), pp. 238-240. (10.5837/bjc.2011.006)
- Poznyak, V. B., Clark, N. and White, J. 2011. Drug abuse: prevention. In: Ghodse, H. et al. eds. Substance abuse disorders: evidence and experience. Wiley, pp. 27-52.
2010
- White, J. and Halliwell, E. 2010. Examination of a sociocultural model of excessive exercise among male and female adolescents. Body Image 7(3), pp. 227-233. (10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.02.002)
- White, J. and Halliwell, E. 2010. Family meal frequency and alcohol and tobacco use in adolescence: testing reciprocal effects. Journal of Early Adolescence 31(5), pp. 735-749. (10.1177/0272431610373104)
Articles
- White, J. et al. 2023. Association between gender minority status and mental health in high schools. Journal of Adolescent Health 72(5), pp. 811-814. (10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.028)
- White, J., Borgia, S. and Rehkopf, D. 2023. Socioeconomic inequalities in the risk of suicide attempts among sexual minority adolescents: findings from the UKs millennium cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 26, article number: 100570. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100570)
- Moore, S. C., Woolley, T. E. and White, J. 2022. An exploration of the multiplicative effect of "Other people" and other environmental effects on violence in the night-time environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(24), article number: 16963. (10.3390/ijerph192416963)
- Thompson, D. A. et al. 2022. Cohort Profile: The Green and Blue Spaces (GBS) and mental health in Wales e-cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology 51, pp. e285-e294. (10.1093/ije/dyac080)
- Daly, M. P., White, J., Sanders, J. and Kipping, R. R. 2022. Women’s knowledge, attitudes and views of preconception health and intervention delivery methods: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 22, article number: 729. (10.1186/s12884-022-05058-3)
- Clark, C. E. et al. 2022. Higher arm versus lower arm systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from the INTERPRESS-IPD Collaboration. Hypertension 79, pp. 2328-2335. (10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18921)
- Martin, A. et al. 2022. Environmental and practice factors associated with children's device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 19, article number: 84.
- Lohan, M. et al. 2022. Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (The JACK trial): a cluster randomised trial. The Lancet Public Health 7(7), pp. E626-E637. (10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00117-7)
- White, J., Fluharty, M., Groot, R. d., Bell, S. and Batty, G. D. 2022. Mortality among rough sleepers, squatters, residents of homeless shelters, hotels, and sofa surfers: a pooled analysis of UK birth cohorts. International Journal of Epidemiology 51(3), pp. 839-846. (10.1093/ije/dyab253)
- White, J. 2022. Associations between illicit drug use in early adulthood and mortality: findings from a National Birth Cohort. Preventive Medicine 159, article number: 107058. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107058)
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. The SWIS trial: protocol of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of school based social work. PLoS ONE 17(6), article number: e0265354. (10.1371/journal.pone.0265354)
- White, J., Hamer, M. and Batty, G. D. 2022. Homelessness in early adulthood and biomedical risk factors by middle-age: The 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 76(4), pp. 382-384. (10.1136/jech-2021-217457)
- Daly, M., Kipping, R., Tinner, L., Sanders, J. and White, J. 2022. Preconception exposures and adverse pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes: Umbrella review of systematic reviews. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 36(2), pp. 288-299. (10.1111/ppe.12855)
- Randell, E. et al. 2022. Moving on trial: Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of models of housing and support to reduce risks of COVID-19 infection and homelessness.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 8, article number: 23. (10.1186/s40814-022-00984-7)
- Rodriguez-Guzman, G., Hume, S., Mackie, P., Nwosu, C., Piggot, H. and White, J. 2022. Accelerating learning - lessons and reflections from the first randomised controlled trials in homelessness in the UK. European Journal of Homelessness 15(3), pp. 189-203.
- Clark, C. E. et al. 2021. Associations between systolic interarm differences in blood pressure and cardiovascular disease outcomes and mortality. Hypertension 77(2), pp. 650-661. (10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15997)
- Greene, G., Fone, D., Farewell, D., Rodgers, S., Paranjothy, S., Carter, B. and White, J. 2020. Improving mental health through neighbourhood regeneration: the role of cohesion, belonging, quality and disorder. European Journal of Public Health 30(5), pp. 964-966. (10.1093/eurpub/ckz221)
- White, J., Bell, S. and Batty, D. 2020. Association of illicit drug use in adolescence with socioeconomic and criminal justice outcomes in adulthood: prospective findings from a UK national birth cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 74(9), pp. 705-709. (10.1136/jech-2019-213282)
- White, J., Holliday, J., Daniel, R., Campbell, R. and Moore, L. 2020. Diffusion of effects of the ASSIST school‐based smoking prevention intervention to non‐participating family members: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Addiction 115(5), pp. 986-991. (10.1111/add.14862)
- White, J., Bell, S. and Batty, G. D. 2020. Does the social context of early alcohol use affect alcohol-related harms in adulthood? Findings from a national birth cohort. Preventive Medicine 130, article number: 105947. (10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105947)
- 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)
- Er, V., Campbell, R., Hickman, M., Bonell, C., Moore, L. and White, J. 2019. The relative importance of perceived substance misuse use by different peers on smoking, alcohol and illicit drug use in adolescence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 204, article number: 107464. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.035)
- Young, H., Turney, C., White, J., Lewis, R. and Bonell, C. 2019. Formative mixed-method multicase study research to inform development of a safer sex and healthy relationships intervention in Further Education (FE) settings: The SaFE Project. BMJ Open 9(7), article number: e024692. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024692)
- Langford, R. et al. 2019. A physical activity, nutrition and oral health intervention in nursery settings: process evaluation of the NAP SACC UK feasibility cluster RCT. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 865. (10.1186/s12889-019-7102-9)
- Kipping, R. et al. 2019. Child-care self-assessment to improve physical activity, oral health and nutrition for 2- to 4-year-olds: a feasibility cluster RCT. Public Health Research 7(13) (10.3310/phr07130)
- Dobbie, F. et al. 2019. Implementation of a peer-led school based smoking prevention programme: a mixed methods process evaluation. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 742. (10.1186/s12889-019-7112-7)
- Dias, K. et al. 2019. International comparison of the levels and potential correlates of objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity among 3-4-year old children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(11), article number: 1929. (10.3390/ijerph16111929)
- Mizen, A. et al. 2019. Longitudinal access and exposure to green-blue spaces and individual-level mental health and well-being: protocol for a longitudinal, population-wide record-linked natural experiment. BMJ Open 9(4), article number: e027289. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027289)
- Dias, K., White, J., Metcalfe, C., Kipping, R., Papadaki, A. and Jago, R. 2019. Acceptability, internal consistency and test-retest reliability of scales to assess parental and nursery staff's self-efficacy, motivation and knowledge in relation to pre-school children's nutrition, oral health and physical activity. Public Health Nutrition 22(6), pp. 967-975. (10.1017/S1368980018004111)
- Tinner, L., Kipping, R., White, J., Jago, R., Metcalfe, R. and Hollingworth, W. 2019. Cross-sectional analysis of physical activity in 2-4-year-olds in England with paediatric quality of life and family expenditure on physical activity. BMC Public Health 19, article number: 846. (10.1186/s12889-019-7129-y)
- Er, V. et al. 2018. Association of diet in nurseries and physical activity with zBMI in 2–4-year olds in England: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 18(1), article number: 1262. (10.1186/s12889-018-6138-6)
- MacArthur, G. et al. 2018. Individual‐, family‐, and school‐level interventions targeting multiple risk behaviours in young people. Cochrane Library 10, article number: CD009927. (10.1002/14651858.CD009927.pub2)
- 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)
- Lovell, R. et al. 2018. Association between blue and green space availability with mental health and wellbeing. International Journal of Population Data Science 3(4), article number: 330. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.921)
- Lohan, M. et al. 2018. JACK trial protocol: a phase III multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based relationship and sexuality education intervention focusing on young male perspectives. BMJ Open 8(7), article number: e022128. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022128)
- White, J., Kivimaki, M. and Batty, G. D. 2018. Changes in health behaviors and longevity. Epidemiology 29(4), pp. e26-e27. (10.1097/EDE.0000000000000824)
- Midgley, L. S., Murphy, S., Moore, G., Hewitt, G. and White, J. 2018. Multilevel population-based cross-sectional study examining school substance-misuse policy and the use of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances among students aged 11-16 years in schools in Wales. BMJ Open 8(6), article number: e020737. (10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020737)
- White, J., Greene, G., Kivimaki, M. and Batty, G. D. 2018. Association between changes in lifestyle and all-cause mortality: The Health and Lifestyle Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72(8), pp. 711-714. (10.1136/jech-2017-210363)
- King, W., Lacey, A., White, J., Farewell, D., Dunstan, F. and Fone, D. 2018. Socioeconomic inequality in medication persistence in primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease - a population-wide electronic cohort study. PLoS ONE 13(3), article number: e0194081. (10.1371/journal.pone.0194081)
- Dobbie, F. et al. 2018. A stop smoking in schools trial (ASSIST) a decade on: insights from a mixed method process evaluation. Tobacco Induced Diseases 16(S1), article number: A423. (10.18332/tid/83804)
- Evans, R., White, J., Turley, R., Slater, T., Morgan, H., Strange, H. and Scourfield, J. 2017. Comparison of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide in children and young people in care and non-care populations: systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence. Children and Youth Services Review 82, pp. 122-129. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.020)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 390(S3), pp. S1. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32936-7)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST?+FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Research 5(7), pp. 1-126. (10.3310/phr05070)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Improving mental health through the regeneration of deprived neighborhoods: a natural experiment. American Journal of Epidemiology 186(4), pp. 473-480. (10.1093/aje/kwx086)
- White, J., Kivimäki, M., Jokela, M. and Batty, G. D. 2017. Association of inflammation with specific symptoms of depression in a general population of older people: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 61, pp. 27-30. (10.1016/j.bbi.2016.08.012)
- King, W., Lacey, A., White, J., Farewell, D., Dunstan, F. and Fone, D. 2017. Equity in healthcare for coronary heart disease, Wales (UK) 2004-2010: A population-based electronic cohort study. PLoS ONE 12(3), article number: e0172618. (10.1371/journal.pone.0172618)
- White, J. et al. 2016. Improving mental health through the regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods: a prospective controlled quasi-experimental study. The Lancet 388(Supp 2), pp. S110. (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32346-7)
- Brockman, R. et al. 2016. Parents' and staff's views of adapting the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Childcare in UK nurseries to improve physical activity and healthy eating. The Lancet 388(S2), article number: S27. (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32263-2)
- White, J., Zaninotto, P., Kivimäki, M. and Batty, G. D. 2016. Authors' reply. British Journal of Psychiatry 208(6), pp. 593-594. (10.1192/bjp.208.6.593a)
- White, J. et al. 2016. Duration of depressive symptoms and mortality risk: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). British Journal of Psychiatry 208(4), pp. 337-342. (10.1192/bjp.bp.114.155333)
- Kipping, R. et al. 2016. NAP SACC UK: protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised NAP SACC UK: protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in nurseries and at home to increase physical activity and healthy eating in children aged 2–4 years. BMJ Open 6(4), article number: e010622. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010622)
- Fone, D. et al. 2016. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales. Public Health Research 4(3), pp. 1-184. (10.3310/phr04030)
- Elgar, F., Xie, A., Pförtner, T., White, J. and Pickett, K. 2016. Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents. Social Science and Medicine 152, pp. 111-118. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.039)
- White, J., Rehkopf, D. and Mortensen, L. 2016. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index, underweight and obesity among English children, 2007–2008 to 2011–2012. Plos One 11(1), article number: e0147614. (10.1371/journal.pone.0147614)
- White, J. et al. 2015. Severity of depressive symptoms as a predictor of mortality: the English longitudinal study of ageing. Psychological Medicine 45(13), pp. 2771-2779. (10.1017/S0033291715000732)
- White, J., Pearce, J., Morrison, S., Dunstan, F., Bisson, J. I. and Fone, D. L. 2015. Risk of post-traumatic stress disorder following traumatic events in a community sample. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 24(3), pp. 249-257. (10.1017/S2045796014000110)
- Greene, G., Gregory, A. M., Fone, D. and White, J. 2015. Childhood sleeping difficulties and depression in adulthood: the 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Sleep Research 24(1), pp. 19-23. (10.1111/jsr.12200)
- Hickman, M. et al. 2014. Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions for preventing multiple risk behaviours relating to alcohol, tobacco and drug use in individuals aged 8 to 25 years. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(11) (10.1002/14651858.CD011374)
- White, J., Shelton, K. H. and Elgar, F. J. 2014. Prospective associations between the family environment, family cohesion, and psychiatric symptoms among adolescent girls. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 45(5), pp. 544-554. (10.1007/s10578-013-0423-5)
- White, J. et al. 2014. The Communities First (ComFi) study: protocol for a prospective controlled quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of area-wide regeneration on mental health and social cohesion in deprived communities. BMJ Open 4(10), article number: e006530. (10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006530)
- Fone, D. et al. 2014. Effect of neighbourhood deprivation and social cohesion on mental health inequality: a multilevel population-based longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine 44(11), pp. 2449-2460. (10.1017/S0033291713003255)
- White, J., Jago, R. and Thompson, J. L. 2014. Dietary risk factors for the development of insulin resistance in adolescent girls: a 3-year prospective study. Public Health Nutrition 17(2), pp. 361-368. (10.1017/S1368980012004983)
- Elwyn, G., Dehlendorf, C., Epstein, R. M., Marrin, K., White, J. and Frosch, D. L. 2014. Shared decision making and motivational interviewing: achieving patient-centered care across the spectrum of health care problems. The Annals of Family Medicine 12(3), pp. 270-275. (10.1370/afm.1615)
- Elwyn, G., Marrin, K., Frosch, D. and White, J. 2014. Sustainable Change Sequence: a framework for developing behavior change interventions for patients with long-term conditions. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare 2(2), pp. 212-216. (10.5750/ejpch.v2i2.736)
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2013. Cohort Profile: The Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Electronic Cohort Study (E-CATALyST). International Journal of Epidemiology 42(6), pp. 1620-1628. (10.1093/ije/dys175)
- White, J., Mortensen, L. H., Kivimaki, M., Gale, C. R. and Batty, G. D. 2013. Interarm differences in systolic blood pressure and mortality among US army veterans: aetiological associations and risk prediction in the Vietnam experience study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 21(11), pp. 1394-1400. (10.1177/2047487313496193)
- Fone, D. L., Farewell, D., White, J., Lyons, R. and Dunstan, F. D. J. 2013. Socioeconomic patterning of excess alcohol consumption and binge drinking: a cross-sectional study of multilevel associations with neighbourhood deprivation. BMJ Open 3(4), article number: e002337. (10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002337)
- Fone, D. L., Greene, G., Farewell, D., White, J., Kelly, M. J. and Dunstan, F. D. J. 2013. Common mental disorders, neighbourhood income inequality and income deprivation: small-area multilevel analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry 202(4), pp. 286-293. (10.1192/bjp.bp.112.116178)
- White, J. and Jago, R. 2013. Fat distribution, physical activity and cardiovascular risk among adolescent girls. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 23(3), pp. 189-195. (10.1016/j.numecd.2011.11.004)
- Fone, D., Greene, G., Farewell, D., White, J., Kelly, M. and Dunstan, F. D. J. 2013. Common mental disorders, neighbourhood income inequality and income deprivation: small-area multilevel analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry 202(4), pp. 286-293. (10.1192/bjp.bp.112.116178)
- White, J., Gale, C. R. and Batty, G. D. 2012. Intelligence quotient in childhood and the risk of illegal drug use in middle-age: The 1958 National Child Development Survey. Annals of Epidemiology 22(9), pp. 654-657. (10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.001)
- White, J., Mortensen, L. H. and Batty, G. D. 2012. Cognitive ability in early adulthood as a predictor of habitual drug use during later military service and civilian life: the Vietnam Experience Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 125(1-2), pp. 164-168. (10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.024)
- White, J. and Batty, G. D. 2012. Intelligence across childhood in relation to illegal drug use in adulthood: 1970 British Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 66(9), pp. 767-774. (10.1136/jech-2011-200252)
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), article number: 428. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
- MacArthur, G. et al. 2012. Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions for preventing multiple risk behaviours in individuals aged 8 to 25 years [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 6, article number: CD009927. (10.1002/14651858.CD009927)
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 428-437. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
- White, J. and Jago, R. 2012. Prospective associations between physical activity and obesity among adolescent girls: Racial differences and implications for prevention. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 166(6), pp. 522-527. (10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.99)
- White, J. 2012. The contribution of parent-child interactions to smoking experimentation in adolescence: implications for prevention. Health Education Research 27(1), pp. 46-56. (10.1093/her/cyr067)
- Elwood, P. C., Morgan, G., White, J., Dunstan, F. D. J., Pickering, J., Mitchell, C. and Fone, D. L. 2011. Aspirin taking in a South Wales county. British Journal of Cardiology 18(5/6), pp. 238-240. (10.5837/bjc.2011.006)
- White, J. and Halliwell, E. 2010. Examination of a sociocultural model of excessive exercise among male and female adolescents. Body Image 7(3), pp. 227-233. (10.1016/j.bodyim.2010.02.002)
- White, J. and Halliwell, E. 2010. Family meal frequency and alcohol and tobacco use in adolescence: testing reciprocal effects. Journal of Early Adolescence 31(5), pp. 735-749. (10.1177/0272431610373104)
Book sections
- Elgar, F. J., Xie, A., Pfortner, T., White, J. and Pickett, K. E. 2017. Assessing the view from bottom: How to measure socioeconomic position and relative deprivation in adolescents. In: SAGE Research Methods Cases., Vol. Part 2. SAGE, (10.4135/9781526406347)
- Poznyak, V. B., Clark, N. and White, J. 2011. Drug abuse: prevention. In: Ghodse, H. et al. eds. Substance abuse disorders: evidence and experience. Wiley, pp. 27-52.
Conferences
- Westlake, D. et al. 2022. Evaluating a school-based intervention through routine local authority data and national school data: challenges and opportunities. Presented at: International Population Data Linkage Conference 2022, 7 - 9 September 2022, Vol. 7. Vol. 3., (10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1886)
- Rodgers, S. et al. 2016. Alcohol outlet density and hospital admissions for alcohol-related injury: an electronic record-linked cohort study. Presented at: 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Tampere, Finland, 18-21 September, 2016.
- White, J., Rehkopf, D. and Mortensen, L. 2015. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in Body Mass Index, underweight and obesity among English children, 2007-2008 to 2011-2012. Presented at: UK CRC Public Health Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 19 - 20 November 2015.
- Evans, R. E., Helen, M. E., Slater, T., Turley, R. L., White, J. and Scourfield, J. B. 2015. Systematic review of self-harm and suicide in children and young people in the care of the state. Presented at: 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 June 2015. pp. 82-82.
- White, J., Hawkins, J. and Madden, K. 2015. Collaboration and co-production: a framework for the developing, piloting and refining of public health interventions from the ASSIST+Frank study. Presented at: Public Health Wales Conference, Cardiff, UK, 2 - 3rd November 2015.
- Fone, D. L. et al. 2015. Change in alcohol outlet density and the risk of violent crime. Presented at: 41st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Munich, Germany, 1-5 June 2015.
Monographs
- Adara, L. et al. 2023. The Social Workers in Schools Trial: An evaluation of school based social work.. Project Report. Early Intervention Foundation.
- Fletcher, A. et al. 2017. Pilot trial and process evaluation of a multi-level smoking prevention intervention in further education settings. Technical Report.
Research
Current research interests
- Epidemiology of risk behaviours
- Aetiology and prevention of drug use
- Design and evaluation of school-based public health prevention interventions
- The rigorous evaluation of complex interventions, in particular the use of natural experiments and cluster randomised trials
- Mental health as a risk factor for somatic disease
- Neighbourhood effects on mental health
- Sexual health promotion
- Homelessness
- Development of cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and adolescence
- Socioeconomic differentials in health
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
Teaching
Undergraduate
- BSc Intercalated Population Medicine
- BSc Intercalated Exam Board Member
- MB BCh (Medical undergraduate) curriculum: Evidence based Medicine
- Academic mentor and personal tutor (MB BCh students)
Postgraduate
- I am Post-Graduate Research Lead within the Centre for Trials Research.
- Master’s in Public Health (MPH): Assessor on Epidemiology and Statistical Methodology modules;
- Master’s in Public Health (MPH): Dissertation supervision
External courses
- DECIPHer short course - Evaluating Complex Public Health Interventions.
- Canadian Institute for Collaborative Learning Institute in Evaluation.
- Welsh Government training for Assembly Ministers on natural experiments.
Biography
Education and qualifications
- Higher Education Academy Fellow, Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning, Cardiff University
- Leadership and Management Development Programme for Research Team Leaders, Cardiff University.
- PhD in "Development of Negative Body Image and Disordered Eating during Adolescence"
- MSc in Social Science Research Methods
- BSc in Psychology (Hons)
Current internal management
- Centre for Trials Research (CTR) Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity lead for Race
- Member of CTR Executive Management Committee
- CTR lead for postgraduate research
- College of Biomedical and Lifesciences College of Experts
- Member of School of Medicine Research Degrees Committee
- DECIPHer strategic board member
- Unit of Assessment 3 REF coordinating group member
Honours and awards
Awards
- Outstanding Contribution Award. Cardiff University.
- The Seymour Fisher Outstanding Body Image Dissertation Award
External Activities
- Scientific advisor for Evidence to Impact
- External examiner: National University of Ireland (NUI): Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship and Prize in Public Health
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the Cochrane Collaboration
- Member of the United Kingdom Society for Behavioural Medicine
- Member of the International Society for Behavioural Medicine
Academic positions
2022-date Professor / Deputy Director of Population Health Trials, Centre for Trials Research (CTR), Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement, Cardiff University.
2019-2022 Reader/ Deputy Director of Population Health Trials, Centre for Trials Research (CTR), Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement, Cardiff University.
2016-2019 Senior Lecturer in Public Health/ Deputy Director of Population Health Trials, Centre for Trials Research (CTR), Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health ImpRovement, Cardiff University.
2014-2016 Lecturer in Public Health, Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health ImpRovement, South East Wales Trials Unit, School of Medicine, Cardiff University.
2010-2014 Research Fellow, Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health ImpRovement, School of Medicine, Cardiff University.
2008-2010 Research Associate in Social Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University.
Committees and reviewing
Board memberships
- Health and Care Research Wales. Health Research Grants Funding Board.
- Health and Care Research Wales. PhD Health Studentship Committee.
- GENIUS Network five-priming assessment panel. UK Prevention Research Partnership.
Reviewer
- Academy of Medical Sciences
- NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme
- NIHR Public Health Research Programme
- MRC Joint Global Health Trials scheme
- MRC Population Health Scientist Fellowship scheme
- MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship
- MRC Skills Development Fellowship scheme
- ESRC standard grants scheme
- Cancer Research UK: Tobacco Advisory Group; Population Research Committee;
- Wellcome Trust: Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship
Study steering committe member
- PReventing Gambling Related Harm in Adolescents (PROGRAM-A). Medical Research Council Public Health Intervention Development Scheme.
- Developing and feasibility testing an intervention to improve the management of BZD dependence and high risk use which is associated with the escalating drug related deaths in Scotland. Chief Scientists Office, Scottish Government.
- SAFE 2: Optimisation, feasibility testing and a pilot randomised trial of SaFE: a sexual health and healthy relationships intervention for Further Education. National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research.
Previous steering committe memberships
- Invited member of the Cross Party Group on Eating Disorders (Welsh Assembly Government Group); Public Health Wales Nutrition and Obesity Expert advisory group.
- Steering Committee for NIHR fellowship of Dr Georgina MacArthur.
Journal reviewer
- British Medical Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Lancet Public Health
- JAMA Pediatrics
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Health & Place
- Preventive Medicine
Associated Editor for BMC Public Health
Supervisions
PhD students
I currently have one PhD student:
- Sophie Borgia, "The perspectives, experiences and perceived impacts of social policies in relation to the inclusion or marginalisation of gender minority students: a mixed methods case study in Wales" (ESRC DTC)
Engagement
I am the Centre for Trials Research EDI lead for Race
Specialisms
- Public health
- Epidemiology
