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• Evaluating the citywide Edinburgh 20mph speed limit intervention effects on traffic speed and volume: A pre-post observational evaluation.

  Authors:Glenna F. Nightingale, Andrew James Williams, Ruth F. Hunter, James Woodcock, Kieran Turner, Claire L. Cleland, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 31, 20216,203 words Report 1500LObjectives Traffic speed is important to public health as it is a major contributory factor to collision risk and casualty severity. 20mph (32km/h) speed limit interventions are an increasingly common approach to...

• Understanding the Importance of Context: A Qualitative Study of a Location-Based Exergame to Enhance School Childrens Physical Activity

  Authors:Judy Robertson, Ruth Jepson, Andrew Macvean, and Stuart GrayFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 22, 201614,868 words Report 1400LMany public health interventions are less effective than expected in 'real life settings', yet little work is undertaken to understand the reasons why. The effectiveness of complex public health interventions can often...

• Realist evaluation of an enhanced health visiting programme

  Authors:Lawrence Doi, Ruth Jepson, and Samantha HardieFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 3, 20177,449 words Report 1370LBackground The health visitors' role in many countries is changing. In Scotland, the role has undergone substantial changes through the introduction of an enhanced health visiting programme, which includes increased,...

• Quantitative and qualitative findings from the more active mums in Stirling trial

  Authors:Adrienne R. Hughes, Ruth Jepson, Rhona McInnes, Alyssa Gilinsky, and Wendy GuthrieFrom:Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (Vol. 46, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 201444 words Report

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• The effect of the more active mums in stirling trial on body composition and psychological well-being among postnatal women

  Authors:Alyssa S. Lee, Rhona J. McInnes, Adrienne R. Hughes, Wendy Guthrie, and Ruth JepsonFrom:Journal of PregnancyPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20166,548 words Report 1510LIntroduction. Physical activity is important for health and well-being; however, rates of postnatal physical activity can be low. This paper reports the secondary outcomes of a trial aimed at increasing physical...

• Interventions with potential to reduce sedentary time in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

  Authors:Nanette Mutrie, Cindy M. Gray, Pedro J. Teixeira, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, David H. Saunders, Ruth Jepson, et al.From:British Journal of Sports Medicine (Vol. 49, Issue 16) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 15, 2015 Report

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• Developing an evidence and theory based intervention that seeks to promote positive adolescent health and education outcomes

  Authors:Jan Pringle, Lawrence Doi, Ruth Jepson, and John McAteerFrom:The Lancet (Vol. 392) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2018417 words Report

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• Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)

  Authors:Daniel Wight, Erica Wimbush, Ruth Jepson, and Lawrence DoiFrom:Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (Vol. 70, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2016 Report

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• Recommendations by Queensland GPs to be more physically active: which patients were recommended which activities and what action they took

  Authors:Roma Robertson, Ruth Jepson, Ashley Shepherd, and Rhona McInnesFrom:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (Vol. 35, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2011237 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Developing a taxonomy to characterise trusted adult support in the lives of adolescents.

  Authors:Jan Pringle, John McAteer, Ross Whitehead, Eileen Scott, Dona Milne, and Ruth JepsonFrom:Journal of Adolescence (Vol. 76) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2019347 words Report, Brief articl...

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• Physical Activity in South Asians: An In-Depth Qualitative Study to Explore Motivations and Facilitators

  Authors:Ruth Jepson, Fiona M. Harris, Alison Bowes, Roma Robertson, Ghizala Avan, and Aziz SheikhFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 10, 20128,384 words Article 1410LBackground People of South Asian backgrounds living in the UK have a five-fold increased risk of diabetes and a two-fold increased risk of heart disease when compared to the general population. Physical activity can...

• Cranberry products and prevention of urinary tract infections

  Authors:Ruth Jepson, Gabrielle Williams, and Jonathan CraigFrom:JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 310, Issue 13) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2, 201328 words Report

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