The need for a complex systems model of evidence for public health

Dilemmas in a general theory of planning

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Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews

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Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance

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Interrupted time series regression for the evaluation of public health interventions: a tutorial

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The strategy of preventive medicine

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The New Science of Cities

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Leverage Points—Places to Intervene in a System

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Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life

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Syndemics and the biosocial conception of health

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Theorising interventions as events in systems

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What are ‘dark kitchens’? A consensus definition from public, local authority, business and academic stakeholders in the United Kingdom

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“It was a force for good but…”: a mixed-methods evaluation of the implementation of the high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) legislation in England

Kininmonth, A. R., Stone, R. A., Jenneson, V., Ennis, E., Naisbitt, R., Johnstone, A. M., Morris, M. A., & Fildes, A. (2026) · Food Policy · doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103048 · Cited by 5

Advancing Evidence-Based Action for Mental Health Promotion

Barry, M. M. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-23455-3_3 · Cited by 5

Air pollution accountability research: Moving from a chain to a web

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Os Impactos da Indústria 4.0 e da Inteligência Artificial nas Atividades Logísticas Empresariais

Morais, M. D. O., & Morais, G. A. (2024) · Revista FSA · doi:10.12819/2024.21.1.8 · Cited by 5

The Chilean exposome-based system for ecosystems (CHiESS): a framework for national data integration and analytics platform

Matus, P., Sepúlveda-Peñaloza, A., Page, K., Rodriguez, C., Cárcamo, M., Bustamante, F., Garrido, M., & Urquidi, C. (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1407514 · Cited by 5

Interventions to improve mental health and well-being in care-experienced children and young people aged less than 25: the CHIMES systematic review

Evans, R., MacDonald, S., Trubey, R., Noyes, J., Robling, M. R., Willis, S., Vinnicombe, S., Boffey, M., Wooders, C., El-Banna, A., et al. (2024) · Public Health Research · doi:10.3310/mkyp6299 · Cited by 6

Developing and implementing whole systems approaches to reduce inequalities in childhood obesity: A mixed methods study in Dundee, Scotland

van der Graaf, P., Subramanian, M. K. P., Gillespie, J., Passey, A., Chng, N. R., Lake, A. A., & Moore, H. J. (2024) · Public Health in Practice · doi:10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100579 · Cited by 6

Identifying intervention areas to shape healthier urban development in the United Kingdom

Bates, G., Black, D., Ayres, S., Bondy, K., Carhart, N., & Kidger, J. (2025) · PLOS Sustainability and Transformation · doi:10.1371/journal.pstr.0000176 · Cited by 5

Simple and rationale-providing SMS reminders to promote accelerometer use: a within-trial randomised trial comparing persuasive messages

Heino, M. T. J., Knittle, K. P., Haukkala, A., Vasankari, T. J., & Hankonen, N. E. (2018) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6121-2 · Cited by 5

Advancing with Transdisciplinarity:

Lawrence, R. J. (2020) · Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science · doi:10.22545/2020/00141 · Cited by 6

Healthy eating: a matter of prioritisation by households or policymakers?

Mackenbach, J. D. (2021) · Public Health Nutrition · doi:10.1017/s1368980021000677 · Cited by 5

The Analogy of Child Protection as Public Health: An Analysis of Utility, Fit, Awareness, and Need

Jenkins, B. Q. (2021) · Social Service Review · doi:10.1086/714490 · Cited by 5

Stigma ‘Under the Skin’

Addison, M. T., McGovern, W., & McGovern, R. (2022) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98286-7_1 · Cited by 5

Emergence and Development of Generativity in Early Adulthood

Lawford, H. L., & Shulman, S. (2024) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780191966309.003.0004 · Cited by 5

Transforming Health Education to Catalyze a Global Paradigm Shift: Systems Thinking, Complexity, and Design Thinking

Swanson, C., & Widmer, M. (2018) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73636-5_9 · Cited by 5

A weight management programme for fathers of children aged 4–11 years: cultural adaptation and the Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids UK feasibility RCT

Jolly, K. B., Griffin, T. L., Sidhu, M. S., Adab, P., Burgess, A., Collins, C. E., Daley, A., Entwistle, A., Frew, E. J., Hardy, P., et al. (2020) · Public Health Research · doi:10.3310/phr08020 · Cited by 5

Addressing Underserved Populations and Disparities in Behavior Change

Schüz, B., & Hooper, M. W. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108677318.027 · Cited by 5

Systems perspective for equitable tobacco control in the future

Kuipers, M. A. G. (2022) · Tobacco Control · doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2022-057257 · Cited by 5

Systems epidemiology and cancer: A review of the National Institutes of Health extramural grant portfolio 2013–2018

Shams‐White, M., Barajas, R., Jensen, R. E., Rotunno, M., Dueck, H. R., Ginexi, E. M., Rogers, S. D., Gillanders, E. M., & Mechanic, L. E. (2021) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250061 · Cited by 5

Promoting and Sustaining Urban Health: Challenges and Responses

Lawrence, R. J. (2023) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su151712837 · Cited by 5

Hobbies for mental health

Wickham, S. L. (2023) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/s41591-023-02508-z · Cited by 6

A critical commentary of the paradoxical ‘success’ of Making Every Contact Count (MECC)

Nichol, B., Wilson, R., Rodrigues, A., & Haighton, C. (2025) · Critical Public Health · doi:10.1080/09581596.2025.2518182 · Cited by 6

The Gallery Walk as a method for patient and public involvement in health research: a case study in dementia care

Annaç, K., Yilmaz-Aslan, Y., & Brzoska, P. (2026) · Research Involvement and Engagement · doi:10.1186/s40900-026-00862-z · Cited by 4

Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old

Moore, T. H., Tomlinson, E., Spiga, F., Higgins, J. P. T., Gao, Y., Caldwell, D. M., Nobles, J., Dawson, S., Ijaz, S., Savović, J., et al. (2022) · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1002/14651858.cd015328 · Cited by 4

Socio-ecological influences on adolescent dietary typologies

Greatwood, H. C., McGregor, S., Duckworth, L. C., & Griffiths, C. (2023) · Nutrition and Health · doi:10.1177/02601060231186297 · Cited by 4

Systems thinking in practice when implementing a national policy program for the improvement of women's healthcare

Nyström, M. E., Tolf, S., Sparring, V., & Strehlenert, H. (2023) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.957653 · Cited by 4

Combining public health evidence, policy experience and communications expertise to inform preventive health: reflections on a novel method of knowledge synthesis

Heenan, M., Chung, A., Howse, E., Signy, H., & Rychetnik, L. (2023) · Health Research Policy and Systems · doi:10.1186/s12961-023-01062-x · Cited by 4

Optimising a co-production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school-based Research Action Groups

Reed, H., Murphy, S., & Evans, R. (2023) · Health Research Policy and Systems · doi:10.1186/s12961-023-01086-3 · Cited by 4

A Conceptual Primer on the Potential of Adaptive Policies to Reduce Physical Inactivity

Milton, K. E., Rutter, H., Koorts, H., & García, L. (2024) · Journal of Physical Activity and Health · doi:10.1123/jpah.2023-0585 · Cited by 4

Methods for complex population health evaluation in relation to environmental factors based on use of integral indices. Descriptive review (Report 1)

Онищенко, Г. Г., Зайцева, Н. В., Kleyn, S. V., & Glukhikh, M. V. (2024) · Health Care of the Russian Federation · doi:10.47470/0044-197x-2024-68-6-449-458 · Cited by 4

Using system dynamics modeling approach to strengthen health systems to combat cancer: a systematic literature review

Chen, X., Cai, K., Xue, Y., Ung, C. O. L., Hu, H., & Jakovljevic, M. B. (2025) · Journal of Medical Economics · doi:10.1080/13696998.2025.2450168 · Cited by 4

Feasibility study of the implementation of health promoting processes in a secondary school and ways to capture its impact on adolescent lifestyle choices

Forbes, C. A., Williams, A. J., & Wyatt, K. M. (2025) · Public Health in Practice · doi:10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100591 · Cited by 4

Shifting the way we conceptualise, research and intervene childhood obesity in China and Southeast Asian countries

Bai, L., & Swinburn, B. A. (2025) · The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific · doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101502 · Cited by 4

Within-laboratory SARS-CoV-2 real time PCR testing operations in Nepal: a simulation-based analysis

Côté, F. L., Lahrichi, N., Gralla, E. L., Bakker, H., Krishnakumari, P. K., Gromicho, J. A. S., Arunkumar, G., Jha, R., Shrestha, L., Bhusal, N., et al. (2025) · The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia · doi:10.1016/j.lansea.2025.100584 · Cited by 4

New horizons in improving research capacity in English care homes for older adults

Ruiz-Burga, E., Flowers, P., Fry, Z., Slator, M., Hague, L., Green, M., Gordon, A. L., Towers, A., Knapp, M. R. J., Surr, C., et al. (2025) · Age and Ageing · doi:10.1093/ageing/afaf211 · Cited by 4

The Future of the Biopsychosocial Model: Toward a Transdisciplinary Systems Science of Mental Health

Robinaugh, D. J., Blanken, T. F., Bridger, E. K., Casamento‐Moran, A., de Ron, J., Henry, T. R., Hoekstra, R. H. A., Stratis, G., van de Leemput, I. A., van Nes, E. H., et al. (2026) · Clinical Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/21677026261435464 · Cited by 6

Changing Behavior in the Digital Age

Kavanagh, D. J. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108677318.029 · Cited by 4

Transfer and adaptation of a drug recovery model from San Patrignano, Italy to River Garden, Scotland: a qualitative study

Devlin, A. M., & Wight, D. (2021) · Drugs Education Prevention and Policy · doi:10.1080/09687637.2021.1991889 · Cited by 4

Assessing Patient Engagement in Health Care: Proposal for a Modeling and Simulation Framework for Behavioral Analysis

Alwasel, A., Stergioulas, L. K., Fakhimi, M., & Garn, W. (2021) · JMIR Research Protocols · doi:10.2196/30092 · Cited by 4

Researchers’ perspective of real-world impact from UK public health research: A qualitative study

Lakin, K., Meadmore, K. L., Recio‐Saucedo, A., Baker, G., Worswick, L., & Thomas, S. E. (2022) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268675 · Cited by 4

The reflexive relationship between available university services and mental health ideations: A complexity informed perspective

Watson, J., Lee, T., & Handayani, S. S. (2022) · Frontiers in Communication · doi:10.3389/fcomm.2022.959677 · Cited by 4

Navigating complex trade‐offs in public health interventions

Federica Russo, B., & HIRSCH, P. D. (2023) · Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice · doi:10.1111/jep.13807 · Cited by 4

Using multiple approaches to develop a physician-pharmacist collaborative care intervention to facilitate appropriate prescribing for older adults with multimorbidity

Teng, P. H. J., Lun, P., Tang, J. Y., Tan, K. T., Ang, W., & Ding, Y. Y. (2023) · Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics · doi:10.1016/j.archger.2023.105110 · Cited by 4

The theoretical and practical difficulties of evaluating a community-based ‘whole systems’ obesity prevention intervention: a research team’s critical reflection

Gadsby, E. W., Hotham, S., & Merritt, R. (2023) · Perspectives in Public Health · doi:10.1177/17579139231195700 · Cited by 4

Barriers and facilitators to guideline for the management of pediatric off-label use of drugs in China: a qualitative descriptive study

Meng, M., Hu, J., Liu, X., Tian, M., Lei, W., Liu, E., Han, Z., Li, Q., & Chen, Y. (2024) · BMC Health Services Research · doi:10.1186/s12913-024-10860-0 · Cited by 4

Using health evidence to influence healthier urban development: a qualitative evaluation of a researcher–practitioner collaboration

Gouais, A. L., Eaton, E., Hanss, K., & Kidger, J. (2024) · Cities & Health · doi:10.1080/23748834.2024.2412436 · Cited by 4

Integrating Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Tests with Standard Cancer Screening: System Dynamics Model Development and Feasibility Testing

Fagery, M., Khorshidi, H. A., Wong, S. Q., Karanfil, Ö., Emery, J. D., & IJzerman, M. J. (2024) · PharmacoEconomics - Open · doi:10.1007/s41669-024-00533-3 · Cited by 4

‘It's about collaboration’: a whole-systems approach to understanding and promoting movement in Suffolk

Brinkley, A., Cusimano, K., Freeman, P., Southall-Edwards, R., & Gladwell, V. (2025) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-024-01688-2 · Cited by 4

Identifying mechanisms that shape the food environment in long-term healthcare facilities in the Netherlands: a participatory system dynamics approach

Wierda, J. J., Dijkstra, S. C., Wopereis, T. M., Djojosoeparto, S. K., & Poelman, M. P. (2025) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-024-21124-1 · Cited by 4

Reducing the Knowledge Gap in Global Health Delivery

Garchitorena, A., Murray, M. B., Hedt‐Gauthier, B., Farmer, P. E., & Bonds, M. H. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198865360.003.0007 · Cited by 4

A qualitative model of the HIV care continuum in Vancouver, Canada

Wai, B., Vàsàrhelyi, K., Rutherford, A. R., Buchner, C., Gustafson, R., Compton, M., Hull, M., Williams, J., & Barrios, R. (2021) · Health Systems · doi:10.1080/20476965.2021.1906762 · Cited by 4

Engaging people with long-term health conditions in a community-based physical activity initiative: a qualitative follow-up study evaluating the parkrun PROVE project

Quirk, H., & Haake, S. J. (2021) · BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation · doi:10.1186/s13102-021-00351-8 · Cited by 4

Synergising decision making and interventions across human health and environment: concepts for designing a model for infectious diseases

Stanhope, J., Mayfield, H. J., Guillaume, J. H. A., Sahin, O., Weinstein, P., & Lau, C. L. (2022) · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · doi:10.18174/sesmo.18126 · Cited by 4

Applying the complementary knowledge bases of System Dynamics and Indigenous knowledge in public health research in Aotearoa, New Zealand

McKelvie‐Sebileau, P., Pekepo, C., Rees, D. H. E., Swinburn, B. A., Gerritsen, S., & Tipene‐Leach, D. (2022) · AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples · doi:10.1177/11771801221119266 · Cited by 5

Encouraging a ‘generational shift’ in the UKs relationship with drugs. A commentary on the new UK drug strategy. What can be achieved with drug prevention?

Sumnall, H. R. (2022) · International Journal of Drug Policy · doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103841 · Cited by 4

Qualitative Analysis of a Roundtable Exercise “Reflecting on the COVID-19 Experience of Public Health Professionals”

Strand, M. A., Sidhu, S., Hohman, A., Jansen, R., & McDonough, S. (2023) · Journal of Public Health Management and Practice · doi:10.1097/phh.0000000000001703 · Cited by 4

System Action Learning: Reorientating Practice for System Change in Preventive Health

Riley, T., Hopkins, L., Gomez, M., Davidson, S., & Jacob, J. (2023) · Systemic Practice and Action Research · doi:10.1007/s11213-023-09638-y · Cited by 4

Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS)on the influence of adjusting medical service fees on patients' choice of medical treatment

Li, D., Yang, J., Li, J., Zhao, N., Ju, W., & Guo, M. (2023) · BMC Health Services Research · doi:10.1186/s12913-023-09933-3 · Cited by 4

Systems Approaches to Health Research and Prevention

Stronks, K., Crielaard, L., & Rod, N. H. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6625-3_70-1 · Cited by 4

How does Kailo work to improve adolescent mental health? A developmental realist evaluation protocol

Kennedy, L., March, A., Harris, J., Allen, K., Santos, G. H., Davies, K., Malhotra, T., Joshi, K., Hobbs, T., Fonagy, P., et al. (2024) · Wellcome Open Research · doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22946.1 · Cited by 4

Increasing physical activity and equity in urban regeneration

Pineo, H. (2019) · The Lancet Public Health · doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30127-6 · Cited by 4

The Multifaceted Pathways Linking Populism to Ethnic Minority Health Comment on "A Scoping Review of Populist Radical Right Parties’ Influence on Welfare Policy and its Implications for Population Health in Europe"

Stronks, K., & Agyemang, C. O. (2020) · International Journal of Health Policy and Management · doi:10.34172/ijhpm.2020.154 · Cited by 4

The Disruptive Power of RCTs

Morduch, J. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oso/9780198865360.003.0005 · Cited by 5

Un marco conceptual orientado a la acción para soluciones sistémicas de prevención de la obesidad infantil en Latinoamérica y en las poblaciones latinas de Estados Unidos

García, L., Hunter, R. F., de la Haye, K., Economos, C. D., & King, A. C. (2021) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/obr.13354 · Cited by 4

Planning implementation and scale-up of physical activity interventions for people with walking difficulties: study protocol for the process evaluation of the ComeBACK trial

Wong, S., Hassett, L. M., Koorts, H., Grunseit, A. C., Tong, A., Tiedemann, A., Greaves, C. J., Haynes, A. S., Milat, A., Harvey, L. A., et al. (2022) · Trials · doi:10.1186/s13063-021-05990-3 · Cited by 4

Evaluating Public Health Efforts to Prevent and Control Chronic Disease: A Systems Modeling Approach

Clennin, M. N., Homer, J. B., Erkenbeck, A., & Kelly, C. M. (2022) · Systems · doi:10.3390/systems10040089 · Cited by 4

Domains of Capacity Building in Whole-Systems Approaches to Prevent Obesity—A “Systematized” Review

Jayasinghe, S. U., Soward, R., Dalton, L., Holloway, T. P., Murray, S. L., Patterson, K. A. E., Ahuja, K., Hughes, R., Byrne, N. M., & Hills, A. P. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph191710997 · Cited by 4

Can process mapping and a multisite Delphi of perioperative professionals inform our understanding of system-wide factors that may impact operative risk?

Stubbs, D. J., Bashford, T., Gilder, F. J., Nourallah, B., Ercole, A., Levy, N., & Clarkson, P. J. (2022) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064105 · Cited by 4

Addressing Complexity in Chronic Disease Prevention Research

Pescud, M., Rychetnik, L., Friel, S., Irving, M. J., Riley, T., Finegood, D. T., Rutter, H., Ison, R. L., & Allender, S. E. (2023) · Systems · doi:10.3390/systems11070332 · Cited by 6

The Epidemiological and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan: An Agent-Based Modeling

Koichubekov, B., Takuadina, A., Korshukov, I., Sorokina, M., & Turmukhambetova, A. (2023) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare11222968 · Cited by 4

How should we change the culture of health? A note on the margin of an outstanding debate

Vitrai, J. (2017) · Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1007/s10389-017-0878-0 · Cited by 4

Ending weight-related stigma as the lynchpin for tackling obesity: a comment on the contribution of the UK’s policy response to obesity in the COVID-19 pandemic

Miller, J. G., & Chater, A. (2021) · Perspectives in Public Health · doi:10.1177/17579139211007885 · Cited by 4

The Substance-Use Prevention Workforce: An International Perspective

Sumnall, H. R. (2019) · Advances in prevention science · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00627-3_25 · Cited by 4

Systemic Factors and Barriers That Hamper Adequate Data Collection on the HIV Epidemic and Its Associated Inequalities in Countries With Long-Term Armed Conflicts: Lessons From Colombia

Alzate-Ángel, J. C., Pericàs, J. M., Taylor, H. A., & Benach, J. (2018) · American Journal of Public Health · doi:10.2105/ajph.2018.304505 · Cited by 4

Making the most of public health research

Lockwood, A., & Walters, H. (2018) · Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdy213 · Cited by 4

Developing a co-produced, systems-informed, sexually transmitted infection contact tracing intervention for gay and bisexual men who have sex with men and their ‘one-off’ sexual partnersPreprint

Flowers, P., Lasoye, S., McQueen, J., Owusu, M. W., Symonds, M., & Estcourt, C. S. (2021) · medRxiv · doi:10.1101/2021.07.07.21260064 · Cited by 4

Arts and health promotion

Davies, C., & Pescud, M. (2020) · doi:10.57022/rdac1868 · Cited by 4

TSGMA: identification of macro associations from global data to build global MA networksPreprint

Ma, H. (2025) · medRxiv · doi:10.1101/2025.06.09.25329257 · Cited by 4

Contemporary Social Media Interventions for Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Scoping Review

Sayegh, C. S., Ong, E., Gebeyehu, S., Dews, A. A., Boyle, A., Marino, G., Morte, N., & Hsu, Z. (2025) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.04.008 · Cited by 3

Charge Your Brainzzz: the systematic development of a whole systems action program promoting sleep health in adolescents

Heemskerk, D. M., Busch, V., Piotrowski, J. T., Renders, C. M., & van Stralen, M. M. (2025) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-025-23989-2 · Cited by 3

Economic evaluation of participation in community led organisations for individuals living in disadvantaged areas in the UK

Mason, H., Irvine, N., Manoukian, S., Rendall, J., Donaldson, C., Steiner, A., Roy, M. J., McLean, J. S., Kelly, M. P., Bertotti, M., et al. (2025) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118761 · Cited by 3

Implementation support structure for the Dutch Health Promoting School program: a multiple case study

Vennegoor, G., van Assema, P., Jansen, M. W. J., Dieleman, J., & Molleman, G. R. M. (2025) · Health Promotion International · doi:10.1093/heapro/daaf177 · Cited by 3

Development of a harmonized approach for healthier living environments in European local communities through JApreventNCD: Closing the gap between research and practice

Peiró, R., Križan, H., Duric, A., Boned-Ombuena, A., Girolamo, C. D., Dreher, A., Garcia-Sierra, M., Giusti, A., Hay, G., Plantz, C., et al. (2025) · Scandinavian Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1177/14034948251366386 · Cited by 3

Initiatives for Advancing Planetary Health Through Sustainable Food Systems: An Umbrella Review

Vargas, C., Brooke, D., Hargous, C. V., Fernández‐Rodríguez, R., Bennett, R., Jacka, F., & Allender, S. (2025) · Obesity Reviews · doi:10.1111/obr.70074 · Cited by 4

Children's access to controlled medicines: policy lessons, intervention priorities, and a framework for action

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