Laurence Moore

Peer-to-Peer Sharing of Social Media Messages on Sexual Health in a School-Based Intervention: Opportunities and Challenges Identified in the STASH Feasibility Trial

Maija Hirvonen, Carrie Purcell, Lawrie Elliott, Julia Bailey, Sharon Anne Simpson, Lisa McDaid, Laurence Moore, Kirstin Rebecca Mitchell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Medical Internet Research

BACKGROUND: There is a strong interest in the use of social media to spread positive sexual health messages through social network..

Regression Discontinuity Designs in Health A Systematic Review

Michele Hilton Boon, Peter Craig, Hilary Thomson, Mhairi Campbell, Laurence Moore

Journal article  |  2021  |  Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Regression discontinuity designs are non-randomized study designs that permit strong causal inference with relatively ..

A Transdisciplinary Complex Adaptive Systems (T-CAS) Approach to Developing a National School-Based Culture of Prevention for Health Improvement: the School Health Research Network (SHRN) in Wales

Simon Murphy, Hannah Littlecott, Gillian Hewitt, Sarah MacDonald, Joan Roberts, Julie Bishop, Chris Roberts, Richard Thurston, Alexa Bishop, Laurence Moore, Graham Moore

Journal article  |  2021  |  Prevention Science

The paper reflects on a transdisciplinary complex adaptive systems (T-CAS) approach to the development of a school health research..

A peer-led intervention to promote sexual health in secondary schools: the STASH feasibility study

Kirstin R Mitchell, Carrie Purcell, Ross Forsyth, Sarah Barry, Rachael Hunter, Sharon A Simpson, Lisa McDaid, Lawrie Elliot, Mark McCann, Kirsty Wetherall, Chiara Broccatelli, Julia V Bailey, Laurence Moore

Journal article  |  2020

BackgroundYoung people report higher levels of unsafe sex and have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections than any other ..

Accelerometry-assessed sleep duration and timing in late childhood and adolescence in Scottish schoolchildren: A feasibility study

Laura M Lyall, Natasha Sangha, Cathy Wyse, Elaine Hindle, Dawn Haughton, Kate Campbell, Judith Brown, Laurence Moore, Sharon A Simpson, Joanna C Inchley, Daniel J Smith

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

Children and adolescents commonly suffer from sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances, which may contribute to poorer mental healt..

MECHANISMS Study: Using Game Theory to Assess the Effects of Social Norms and Social Networks on Adolescent Smoking in Schools-Study Protocol

Ruth F Hunter, Felipe Montes, Jennifer M Murray, Sharon C Sanchez-Franco, Shannon C Montgomery, Joaquin Jaramillo, Christopher Tate, Rajnish Kumar, Laura Dunne, Abhijit Ramalingam, Erik O Kimbrough, Erin Krupka, Huiyu Zhou, Laurence Moore, Linda Bauld, Blanca Llorente, Olga L Sarmiento, Frank Kee

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Public Health

This proof of concept study harnesses novel transdisciplinary insights to contrast two school-based smoking prevention interventio..

Diffusion of effects of the ASSIST school-based smoking prevention intervention to non-participating family members: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

James White, Jo Holliday, Rhian Daniel, Rona Campbell, Laurence Moore

Journal article  |  2020  |  Addiction

AIMS: To investigate whether effects of the ASSIST (A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial) school-based smoking prevention intervention ..

Mental health disorders and adolescent peer relationships

Emily Long, Maria Gardani, Mark McCann, Helen Sweeting, Mark Tranmer, Laurence Moore

Journal article  |  2020  |  Social Science & Medicine

RATIONALE: Mental health disorders often arise during adolescence, with disruptive behavior disorders and anxiety disorders among ..

An app-, web- and social support-based weight loss intervention for adults with obesity: the HelpMeDoIt! feasibility RCT

Sharon Anne Simpson, Lynsay Matthews, Juliana Pugmire, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Elinor Coulman, Kathryn Hughes, Mark Kelson, Sarah Morgan-Trimmer, Simon Murphy, Olga Utkina-Macaskill, Laurence Moore

Journal article  |  2020

BackgroundFinding solutions to rising levels of obesity continues to be a major public health focus. Social support has an importa..

Have e-cigarettes renormalised or displaced youth smoking? Results of a segmented regression analysis of repeated cross sectional survey data in England, Scotland and Wales

Britt Hallingberg, Olivia M Maynard, Linda Bauld, Rachel Brown, Linsay Gray, Emily Lowthian, Anne-Marie MacKintosh, Laurence Moore, Marcus R Munafo, Graham Moore

Journal article  |  2020  |  Tobacco Control

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether during a period of limited e-cigarette regulation and rapid growth in their use, smoking began to b..