Social Scientists in Health

Articles

Kolinska, Ula, Piers, Rowena and Karadzhov, Dimitar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8756-6848 (2025) “You feel hopeless when you can't access healthcare”: International students’ experiences of mental health help-seeking through primary healthcare services in Scotland. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 20(1), 2572518. (doi: 10.1080/17482631.2025.2572518) (PMID:41176710) (PMCID:PMC12581769)

Pearson, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-6534, Cullingworth, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-8074, Salmon, Katie, McLaughlin, Janice, Watson, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Shildrick, Tracy and Bailey, Amanda (2025) Policy failure in the lives of young disabled people: in search of good transitions. Social Policy and Administration, (doi: 10.1111/spol.13131) (Early Online Publication)

Book Sections

Ireland, Robin (2025) Events and unhealthy sponsorship: an analysis of Euro 2024. In: Duignan, Mike (ed.) Events and Economic Development: Bridging Theory and Practice. Series: Routledge how events transform society series. Routledge: London, pp. 63-70. ISBN 9781032790572 (doi: 10.4324/9781003490326-10)

Articles

Dixon, J. et al. (2024) Interdisciplinary perspectives on multimorbidity in Africa: developing an expanded conceptual model. PLoS Global Public Health, 4(7), e0003434. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003434) (PMID:39078807) (PMCID:PMC11288440)

Ireland, Robin, Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305, Chambers, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-6242 and Reith, Gerda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6539-0295 (2024) Exploring fields of power in the English Premier League. A qualitative study into unhealthy sponsorships. Sport in Society, 27(9), pp. 1419-1436. (doi: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2300434)

Ireland, Robin, Muc, Magdalena, Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305 and Boyland, Emma (2024) Marketing of unhealthy brands during the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup UK broadcasts – a frequency analysis. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 32(6), pp. 762-777. (doi: 10.1080/0965254X.2021.1967427)

Macgregor, Cassandra, Blane, David N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-3621, Tulle, Emmanuelle, Campbell, Claire L., Barber, Ruth J., Hill O'Connor, Clementine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-1697 and Seenan, Christopher (2024) An ecosystem of accepting life with chronic pain: a meta-ethnography. British Journal of Pain, 18(4), pp. 365-381. (doi: 10.1177/20494637241250271)

Redgrave, Rachael E., Singh, Esha, Tual-Chalot, Simon, Park, Catherine, Hall, Darroch, Bennaceur, Karim, Smyth, Danielle J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6080-2679, Maizels, Rick M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-1944, Spyridopoulos, Ioakim and Arthur, Helen M. (2024) Exogenous transforming growth factor-β1 and its helminth-derived mimic attenuate the heart's inflammatory response to ischemic injury and reduce mature scar size. American Journal of Pathology, 194(4), pp. 562-573. (doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2023.09.014) (PMID:37832870) (PMCID:PMC12178337)

Articles

Banda, G. T. et al. (2023) Multimorbidity research in Sub-Saharan Africa: proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop. Wellcome Open Research, 8, 110. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18850.1)

Banda, Jethro, Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305, Crampin, Amelia C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1513-4330, Gill, Jason M.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-0986 and Gray, Cindy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-6110 (2023) Qualitative study of practices and attitudes towards physical activity among prediabetic men and women in urban and rural Malawi. BMJ Open, 13(1), e058261. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058261) (PMID:36653056) (PMCID:PMC9853122)

Binyaruka, Peter, Mtenga, Sally M., Mashasi, Irene, Karugu, Caroline H., Mohamed, Shukri F., Asiki, Gershim, Mair, Frances S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135 and Gray, Cindy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4295-6110 (2023) Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people with type 2 diabetes in Kenya and Tanzania: A mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 13(12), e073668. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073668)

Glozah, Franklin, Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305, Sichali, Junious M., Yendork, Joana Salifu, Mtema, Otiyela, Udedi, Michael, Reith, Gerda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6539-0295 and McGee, Darragh (2023) Young people and gambling in sub-Saharan Africa: towards a critical research agenda. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp. 153-172. (doi: 10.5871/jba/011s3.153)

Ireland, Robin (2023) Red Bull’s F1 dominance showcases the extreme power of sports marketing. Conversation, 7 Jul.

Maddison, R. et al. (2023) Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand (RUFIT NZ): a randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle program for overweight men delivered through professional rugby clubs. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01395-w) (PMID:36978139) (PMCID:PMC10043512)

Meme, H. et al. (2023) Preterm birth, birth weight, infant weight gain and their associations with childhood asthma and spirometry: a cross-sectional observational study in Nairobi, Kenya. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 10(1), e001895. (doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001895) (PMID:37735103) (PMCID:PMC10514609)

Mmbaga, B. T. et al. (2023) Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders with arthritis screening in Tanzania: new insights into the growing clinical, economic and societal burden of non-communicable disease. Tanzania Public Health Bulletin, 10(1), pp. 8-14.

Mujumbusi, Lazaro, Nalwadda, Edith, Ssali, Agnes, Pickering, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-4059, Seeley, Janet, Meginnis, Keila ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-5192 and Lamberton, Poppy H.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1048-6318 (2023) Understanding perceptions of schistosomiasis and its control among highly endemic lakeshore communities in Mayuge, Uganda. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(1), e0010687. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010687) (PMID:36656869) (PMCID:PMC9888691)

Ndambo, Myness Kasanda, Pickersgill, Martyn, Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305, Stewart, Robert C., Umar, Eric, Nyasulu, Maisha, McIntosh, Andrew M. and Manda-Taylor, Lucinda (2023) Maternal mental health research in Malawi: community and healthcare provider perspectives on acceptability and ethicality. SSM - Mental Health, 3, 100213. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100213)

van Nassau, F. et al. (2023) Factors influencing the implementation of the EuroFIT lifestyle change program in professional football clubs in Europe: a qualitative study in four European countries. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 13(4), pp. 212-225. (doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac100) (PMID:36694360) (PMCID:PMC10105865)

Books

Ireland, Robin (2023) Sport, Sponsorship and Public Health. Series: Routledge research in physical activity and health. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y.. ISBN 9781032145181

Book Sections

Ireland, Robin (2023) Brand engagement in a digital age: marketing gambling to Newcastle United Fans. In: McGee, Darragh and Bunn, Christopher (eds.) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport, 18. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 25-39. ISBN 9781801173056 (doi: 10.1108/S1476-285420230000018003)

Edited Books

McGee, Darragh and Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305 (Eds.) (2023) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Series: Research in the sociology of sport: Volume 18. Emerald. ISBN 9781801173056

Conference or Workshop Item

Chikumbu, Edith and Bunn, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-1305 (2023) Experiences of Multimorbidity in Urban and Rural Malawi: The Burden of Lack of Treatment. Centre for Global Chronic Conditions Seminar Series: ​​Epidemiology and Experiences of Multimorbidity in Malawi: Perspectives from MEIRU researchers​, London, UK, 21 Sep 2023.

Protocols

Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study. [Protocols]