MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

Recent papers from MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

1. Integrating human rabies vaccines into routine immunization services in Tanzania: A participatory systems mapping studyCABI One Health · 2026
2. Mental health effects of the universal credit rollout 2009–2019 on adults with dependent children: evidence from the UK household longitudinal surveyJournal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2026
3. Why are farmers in South India shifting from conventional ‘Green Revolution’ agriculture to natural farming?Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · 2026
4. A systematic review of state loneliness in daily life using intensive longitudinal methodsClinical Psychology Review · 2026
5. Ethnic differences in the patterns, incidence and prevalence of multiple long-term conditions: a systematic review protocol.Wellcome Open Research · 2026
6. From Familiar Faces to New Spaces: Perceived Social Network Change and Its Association With Loneliness During the Transition to UniversityJournal of Adolescence · 2026
7. Investigating the relationship between urban woodland improvements and mental health in Scotland: a natural experiment using linked longitudinal national administrative datasetsThe Lancet Planetary Health · 2026
8. Impact of a non-contributory pension for older adults on hospitalisations and mortality: a protocol for a natural experimental study of the Brazilian continuous cash benefit (BPC)BMJ Open · 2026
9. Measuring Children’s Exposure to Interparental Hostility: The Psychometric Properties of the O’Leary–Porter Scale in Three CountriesJournal of Family Violence · 2026
10. Early outdoor play predicts trajectories of child mental health in a population‐based cohortJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · 2026
11. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: the importance of home-based approachesEuropean Heart Journal · 2025
12. Critical time intervention to prevent homelessness and improve health for people leaving prison: the PHaCT pilot RCTPublic Health Research · 2025
13. Maximising the public health benefits of smokefree prisons: a synopsis from a mixed-methods studyPublic Health Research · 2025
14. Effects of physical activity and diet in pregnancy to prevent gestational diabetes: an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis on the differential effects of interventions with economic evaluationHealth Technology Assessment · 2025
15. Prevention of depression in patients with atrial fibrillation using an online personalized intervention: The HOPE-AF feasibility studyEuropean Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing · 2026
16. Impact of later trading hours for bars and clubs on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs and crimes in Scotland: a controlled interrupted time series studySHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2026
17. Implementers’ experiences of scaling-up a parenting programme to reduce violence against children in Tanzania: Implications for scale-up of evidence-based parenting programmesChild Protection and Practice · 2026
18. A Sexual health and healthy relationships intervention for Further Education (SaFE): a synopsis of results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial including an assessment of the feasibility of record linkage and a health economic analysisPublic Health Research · 2025
19. Do Welfare Regimes Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Area‐Level Inequalities in Life Expectancy in Germany and the United Kingdom, 2003–2021Geographical Analysis · 2026
20. Process mapping the One Health response to a rabies outbreak in the PhilippinesBMJ Global Health · 2026