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Substance Abuse
Genevieve David, Richard Cooper, Simon Dixon, John Holmes
Summary: This study explored the decision-making practices of licensing authorities under the UK's Licensing Act, revealing that when members of the public opposed license applications, authorities employed procedural fairness, partnership working, and framing as key practices to resolve conflicts. These practices represent a pragmatic process aimed at restoring balance in powers and improving transparency in decision-making.
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Substance Abuse
Cathy Ure, Elizabeth J. Burns, Suzy C. Hargreaves, Mira Hidajat, Margaret Coffey, Frank de Vocht, Suzanne Audrey, Sue Hare, Kate Ardern, Penny A. Cook
Summary: This study examined factors influencing sustainable volunteer engagement in alcohol licensing decision-making, including alignment with statutory requirements and local political support, licensing officers' ability to operationalize CICA and support local assets, and volunteers' opportunity and ability to raise licensing issues. The perspectives of licensing officers highlight complexities in empowering residents to engage in licensing decision-making at a community level.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
J. Nicholls, R. O'Donnell, L. Mahon, N. Fitzgerald, ExILEnS Consortium
Summary: This study investigates the perspectives of UK stakeholders on the actual and potential impact of a public health licensing objective in their day-to-day work. The findings reveal that in Scottish areas where the public health licensing objective has been implemented, the alcohol licensing system is adapting to better incorporate public health goals. In England, public health teams that have engaged in this area have demonstrated their ability to work effectively within licensing systems.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kate E. Mason, Alexandros Alexiou, Ben Ben Barr, David Taylor-Robinson
Summary: This study examined the impact of cultural, environmental, and planning services provided by local authorities in England on childhood obesity rates. The findings suggest that while cuts in these services may contribute to an increase in childhood obesity, the past decade's rise in obesity rates has been mainly driven by other factors that are unevenly distributed across levels of deprivation. Rating: 7/10.
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Environmental Studies
David Clifford
Summary: This paper discusses the revolutionary changes in the local government finance system in England and their impact on the voluntary sector. The study shows that charities in deprived areas are particularly vulnerable to reductions in local government spending, leading to a significant decline in income.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Janet Ige-Elegbede, Paul Pilkington, Emma L. Bird, Selena Gray, Jennifer S. Mindell, Michael Chang, Aimee Stimpson, Dominic Gallagher, Carl Petrokofsky
Summary: This study identified barriers and facilitators to integrating health evidence into spatial planning, as well as the awareness and use of the Public Health England 'Spatial Planning for Health' resource. Findings showed high awareness and use of the resource, with key barriers including differences in interpretation and use of evidence, lack of practical evidence locally, and insufficient resources and staff capacity in local authorities. Key facilitators included integrating health into local plans, articulating wider benefits to stakeholders, and simplifying presenting evidence.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Ogochukwu W. Odeigah, Robert Patton
Summary: The study in South-West Nigeria revealed that only 9 out of 24 local government councils had enacted liquor license bylaws, lacking regulations to control physical availability and outlet density. Financial officers served as licensing officers without any licensing committees. The main objective for licensing alcohol outlets was revenue generation, leading to indiscriminate authorization of alcohol outlets by LGCs.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Carla Del Gesso, Rab Nawaz Lodhi, Cihan Cobanoglu
Summary: This study adopts a public-management perspective to explore the role of local government in city hospitality and develops a model describing actions such as advocating, co-creating, strategizing, planning, implementing, and promoting city hospitality for sustainable tourism. Expert feedback validates the model and lays the foundation for the broadening of hospitality management in the context of the city. The study also showcases the effectiveness of meta-ethnography as a methodology in business, management, and accounting research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Ellicott C. Matthay, Leyla Mousli, Dorie E. Apollonio, Laura A. Schmidt
Summary: Public health experts have urged governments to regulate newly legalized cannabis in the same way as alcohol for effective health protection. However, research on the alignment of alcohol and cannabis policies is limited. This study assessed the similarities and differences in alcohol and cannabis control policies across California, finding few similarities between them. The study also revealed that localities with stricter alcohol policies tend to have stricter cannabis policies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2023)
Review
Political Science
Michael Gibson, Felix-Anselm van Lier, Eleanor Carter
Summary: Over the past 25 years, the central government in England has repeatedly tried to integrate local public services through various coordination programs, resulting in an excess of initiatives. By studying these initiatives, we discovered the government's preferred approaches to achieve local coordination, such as using funding and fiscal powers, competitive allocation processes, and a constrained discretion model of governance. These choices are influenced by the accountability structures within the government and shed light on the relationship between accountability and programmatic efforts at the local level.
POLICY AND POLITICS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Annika Molenaar, Pieta Bucello, Sue Kleve
Summary: This study examined community member perspectives regarding food access in the local food environment and provided recommendations for improvement. The findings highlight the significant impact of the local food environment on food access and choice, emphasizing the importance of a supportive local food system for food security.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
N. Ondrikova, H. E. Clough, N. A. Cunliffe, M. Iturriza-Gomara, R. Vivancos, J. P. Harris
Summary: Our study identified substantial variability in reporting patterns of norovirus by age and region in England. The highest variability in reporting by age groups was observed in young children, emphasizing the importance of considering uncertainty in designing forecasting tools for norovirus.
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Environmental Studies
Conrad Ziller, Hans-Jurgen Andress
Summary: This study explores the relationship between the quality, efficiency, and fairness of local public service provision and social trust using multilevel models on survey data from the Quality of Life in European Cities project. The empirical results suggest that an increase in the quality of local public services is significantly associated with an increase in social trust, particularly improvements in sport and leisure facilities and the condition of public spaces.
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Mathematics, Applied
Alberto Maione, Dimitri Mugnai, Eugenio Vecchi
Summary: We demonstrate the existence of a weak solution for boundary value problems controlled by a mixed local-nonlocal operator, even when the operator is not positive definite.
FRACTIONAL CALCULUS AND APPLIED ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jakob Petersen, Alexandros Alexiou, David Brewerton, Laura Cornelsen, Emilie Courtin, Steven Cummins, Dalya Marks, Maureen Seguin, Jill Stewart, Kevin Thompson, Matt Egan
Summary: This study assesses the impact of selective licensing (SL) on individual self-reported anxiety, neighborhood mental health, antisocial behavior, population turnover, and self-reported well-being. The results indicate that SL is associated with reductions in area-based mental health outcomes and antisocial behavior, while population turnover increases.
Article
Psychiatry
D. C. Fuhr, C. Acarturk, M. McGrath, Z. Ilkkursun, E. Sondorp, M. Sijbrandij, P. Ventevogel, P. Cuijpers, M. McKee, B. Roberts
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Psychiatry
M. McGrath, C. Acarturk, B. Roberts, Z. Ilkkursun, E. Sondorp, M. Sijbrandij, P. Cuijpers, P. Ventevogel, M. McKee, D. C. Fuhr
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniela C. Fuhr, Ceren Acarturk, Ersin Uygun, Michael McGrath, Zeynep Ilkkursun, Sadaf Kaykha, Egbert Sondorp, Marit Sijbrandij, Peter Ventevogel, Pim Cuijpers, Bayard Roberts
CONFLICT AND HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Psychiatry
Ceren Acarturk, Michael McGrath, Bayard Roberts, Zeynep Ilkkursun, Pim Cuijpers, Marit Sijbrandij, Egbert Sondorp, Peter Ventevogel, Martin McKee, Daniela C. Fuhr
Summary: The war in Syria has led to a severe refugee crisis, with Turkey hosting the largest number of Syrian refugees who are at increased risk of common mental disorders due to their exposure to war, violence, and post-displacement stressors. This study found that anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms are prevalent among Syrian refugees in Turkey, with factors such as gender, economic difficulties, previous trauma experiences, and unmet social support needs predicting common mental disorders. Comprehensive health and social services are essential to address the mental health needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey.
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Daniela C. Fuhr, Ceren Acarturk, Marit Sijbrandij, Felicity L. Brown, Mark J. D. Jordans, Aniek Woodward, Michael McGrath, Egbert Sondorp, Peter Ventevogel, Zeynep Ikkursun, Rabih El Chammay, Pim Cuijpers, Bayard Roberts
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2020)
Review
Substance Abuse
Elizabeth McGill, Mark Petticrew, Dalya Marks, Michael McGrath, Chiara Rinaldi, Matt Egan
Summary: The scoping review identified studies that applied a complex systems perspective to alcohol consumption and harm prevention, primarily focusing on the United States and Australia among general population, university students, and adolescents. The majority of studies examined consumption behavior patterns and local environments. While most studies explored individual and local interactions and influences, fewer explored the relationships between these and regional, national, and international subsystems.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michael McGrath, Fiona Duncan, Kate Dotsikas, Cleo Baskin, Liam Crosby, Shamini Gnani, Rachael Maree Hunter, Eileen Kaner, James Bowes Kirkbride, Louise Lafortune, Caroline Lee, Emily Oliver, David P. Osborn, Kate R. Walters, Jennifer Dykxhoorn
Summary: The study found that community interventions in high-income countries do not have significant effects on protecting and promoting the mental health of working-age adults. There is a need for more well-controlled studies and trials to understand effective components better and identify interventions that warrant wider implementation.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
M. Muhic, S. Jankovic, H. Sikira, S. Slatina Murga, M. McGrath, C. Fung, P. Priebe, A. Dzubur Kulenovic
Summary: Multifamily group interventions can improve the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in settings with limited resources.
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Substance Abuse
Michael McGrath, Mark Stare, Phyllis Chua, Rowan Ogeil, Ziad Nehme, Debbie Scott, Dan I. Lubman
Summary: This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on opioid supply and demand, and finds a significant reduction in heroin-related ambulance attendances. Prescription opioids and opioid agonist therapy medications were not affected.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Caroline Lee, Isla Kuhn, Michael McGrath, Olivia Remes, Andy Cowan, Fiona Duncan, Cleo Baskin, Emily J. Oliver, David P. J. Osborn, Jennifer Dykxhoorn, Eileen Kaner, Kate Walters, James Kirkbride, Shamini Gnani, Louise Lafortune
Summary: The study reviewed UK community-based interventions for older adults, including various types of interventions such as link workers, telephone helplines, befriending, digital support services, and group social activities. These interventions aimed to address key risk factors for older adults, such as loneliness, social isolation, caregiving, and living with long-term health conditions.
HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Francois van Loggerenberg, Michael McGrath, Dickens Akena, Harriet Birabwa-Oketcho, Camilo Andres Cabarique Mendez, Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, Alma Dzubur Kulenovic, Maja Muhic, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Hana Sikira, Stefan Priebe
Summary: This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering DIALOG+ to patients with chronic physical conditions and poor quality of life in primary care settings in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, and Uganda. The findings will inform the design of future full randomized controlled trials of DIALOG+ in primary care settings in low- and middle-income countries.
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Substance Abuse
Joanna Reynolds, Michael McGrath, Emma Halliday, Margaret Ogden, Sue Hare, Maria Smolar, Louise Lafortune, Karen Lock, Jennie Popay, Penny Cook, Matt Egan
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniela Fuhr, C. Ataturk, M. McGrath, Z. Ilkkursun, A. Woodward, E. Sondorp, B. Roberts
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2019)
Review
Substance Abuse
Michael McGrath, Joanna Reynolds, Maria Smolar, Sue Hare, Margaret Ogden, Jennie Popay, Karen Lock, Penny Cook, Matt Egan
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2019)
Meeting Abstract
Psychology, Clinical
Daniela Fuhr, Ceren Acarturk, Michael McGrath, Bayard Roberts
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
(2019)
