THE HOME OF EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION RESEARCH

the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub

Publications

We have published a number of papers based on the research undertaken within the Innovation Hub. This includes studies using data from our BiBBS cohort, project evaluations, as well as assessment and development of measures and methods.

List of published papers

BiBBS

  • Dickerson, J., Bird, P.K., McEachan, R.R.C. et al. (2016) Born in Bradford’s Better Start: an experimental birth cohort study to evaluate the impact of early life interventions. BMC Public Health 16, 711 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3318-0)
  • McEachan RRC, Dickerson J, Bridges S et al. (2020) The Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Study: Protocol for an adaptive mixed methods research study to gather actionable intelligence on the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities amongst families living in Bradford [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 5:191 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16129.1)
  • Dickerson J, Kelly B, Lockyer B, Bridges S, Cartwright C, Willan K, Shire K, Crossley K, Bryant M, Sheldon TA, Lawlor DA, Wright J, McEachan RRC, Pickett KE. (2021) Bradford Institute for Health Research Covid-19 Scientific Advisory Group. Experiences of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic: descriptive findings from a survey of families in the Born in Bradford study. Wellcome Open Res. 26(5):228. (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16317.2.)
  • Dickerson J, Lockyer B, Moss RH et al. (2021) COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in an ethnically diverse community: descriptive findings from the Born in Bradford study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. Wellcome Open Res, 6:23 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16576.1)
  • Dickerson J, Kelly B, Lockyer B on behalf of the Bradford Institute for Health Research COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group, et al (2022) ‘When will this end? Will it end?’ The impact of the March–June 2020 UK COVID-19 lockdown response on mental health: a longitudinal survey of mothers in the Born in Bradford study BMJ Open; 12:e047748.(https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047748)
  • Patel K, Robertson E, Kwong ASF, et al. (2022) Psychological Distress Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Adults in the United Kingdom Based on Coordinated Analyses of 11 Longitudinal Studies. JAMA Netw Open;5(4):e227629. (https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7629)
  • Cheung RW, Willan K, Dickerson J, Bowyer-Crane C. (2023) Risk factors for early language delay in children within a minority ethnic, bilingual, deprived environment (Born in Bradford’s Better Start): a UK community birth cohort study BMJ Paediatrics Open. 7:e001764. (https://doi.org./10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001764)

Methods & Measures

  • Bryant, M., Dharni, N., Dickerson, J. et al. (2019) Use of progression criteria to support monitoring and commissioning decision making of public health services: lessons from Better Start Bradford. BMC Public Health 19:835. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7149-7)
  • Dharni N, Dickerson J, Willan K, et al (2019). Implementation evaluation of multiple complex early years interventions: an evaluation framework and study protocol. BMJ Paediatrics Open ;3:e000479. (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000479)
  • Dickerson, J., Bird, P.K., Bryant, M. et al. (2019) Integrating research and system-wide practice in public health: lessons learnt from Better Start Bradford. BMC Public Health 19, 260. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6554-2)
  • Blower, SL, Gridley, N, Dunn, AC, Bywater, TJ, Hindson, Z & Bryant, MJ (2019), ‘Psychometric Properties of Parent Outcome Measures used in RCTs of Antenatal and Early Years Parent Programs: A Systematic Review’, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 22(3): 367-387. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-019-00276-2)
  • Gridley, N, Blower, SL, Dunn, AC, Bywater, TJ, Whittaker, K & Bryant, MJ (2019), ‘Psychometric Properties of Parent-Child (0-5 years) Interaction Outcome Measures as used in Randomized Controlled Trials of Parent Programs: A Systematic Review’, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 22,(3): 253-271. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-019-00275-3)
  • Gridley, N, Blower, SL, Dunn, AC, Bywater, TJ, Whittaker, K & Bryant, MJ (2019), ‘Psychometric Properties of Child (0-5 Years) Outcome Measures as used in Randomized Controlled Trials of Parent Programs: a Systematic Review’, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 22(3): 388-405. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-019-00277-1)
  • Blower, S. L., Bywater, T., Dunn, A., Endacott, C., Smith, K., and Tiffin, P. (2020, unpublished manuscript). Me and My Baby Protocol: The measurement properties and acceptability of a new mother-infant bonding tool designed for use in a universal healthcare setting in the United Kingdom. Open Science Framework. (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/6BR2E)
  • Prady SL, Endacott C, Dickerson J, Bywater TJ, Blower SL (2021) Inequalities in the identification and management of common mental disorders in the perinatal period: An equity focused re-analysis of a systematic review. PLOS ONE 16(3): e0248631. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248631)
  • Bywater T, Dunn A, Endacott C, Smith K, Tiffin PA, Price M and Blower S (2022) The Measurement Properties and Acceptability of a New Parent–Infant Bonding Tool (‘Me and My Baby’) for Use in United Kingdom Universal Healthcare Settings: A Psychometric, Cross-Sectional Study. Front. Psychol. 13:804885. (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.804885)
  • Dunn A, Bird PK, Endacott C et al. (2022) The feasibility of an objective measure of the parent-child relationship in health visiting practice: assessment of the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale. Wellcome Open, 7:88 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17552.2)
  • Bird PK, Hindson Z, Dunn A et al. Implementing the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale (MPAS) in universal services: Qualitative interviews with health visitors [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Res 2023, 7:85 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17551.1)
  • Moss RH, Kelly B, Bird PK et al. Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? (2023) Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Res, 8:11 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18655.2)
  • Moss, R. H., Kelly, B., Bird, P. K., & Pickett, K. E. (2023). Examining individual social status using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status: Findings from the Born in Bradford study. SSM-Population Health, 23, 101463. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101463)

Evaluations

  • Bowyer-Crane C, Nielsen D, Bryant M, Dharni N, Heald R, Storr C, Dickerson J. (2019) A randomised controlled feasibility trial and qualitative evaluation of an early years language development intervention: study protocol of the ‘outcomes of Talking Together evaluation and results’ (oTTer) project. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 29(5):119. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0498-2.)
  • Dharni, N., Essex, H., Bryant, M.J. et al. (2021) The key components of a successful model of midwifery-led continuity of carer, without continuity at birth: findings from a qualitative implementation evaluation. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 21, 205. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03671-2)
  • Caperon, L., McEachan, R. R. C., Endacott, C., & Ahern, S. M. (2022). Evaluating Community Co-Design, Maintenance and Ownership of Green Spaces in Underserved Communities Using Participatory Research. Journal of Participatory Research Methods, 3(1). (https://doi.org/10.35844/001c.35632)
  • Nielsen, D., d’Apice, K., Cheung, R.W. et al. (2023) A randomised controlled feasibility trial of an early years language development intervention: results of the ‘outcomes of Talking Together evaluation and results’ (oTTer) project. Pilot Feasibility Stud 9, 107. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01333-y)
  • Mooney KE, Bywater T, Hinde S, Richardson G, Wright J, Dickerson J, et al. (2023) A quasi-experimental effectiveness evaluation of the ’Incredible Years Toddler’ parenting programme on children’s development aged 5: A study protocol. PLoS ONE 18(9): e0291557. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291557)
  • Mooney, K.E., Bywater, T., Dickerson, J. et al. (2023) Protocol for the effectiveness evaluation of an antenatal, universally offered, and remotely delivered parenting programme ‘Baby Steps’ on maternal outcomes: a Born in Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS) study. BMC Public Health 23, 190. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15111-1)

Community Engagement

  • Islam, S., Small, N., Bryant, M., Bridges, S., Hancock, N., & Dickerson, J. (2019). Assessing community readiness for early intervention programmes to promote social and emotional health in children. Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 22(3), 575–584. (https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12887)
  • Islam, S., Small, N., Bryant, M., Yang, T., Cronin de Chavez, A., Saville, F. and Dickerson, J. (2019), “Addressing obesity in Roma communities: a community readiness approach”, International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 12(2):79-90. (https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-06-2018-0038)
  • Caperon, L., Saville, F., & Ahern, S. (2022). Developing a socio-ecological model for community engagement in a health programme in an underserved urban area. PloS one, 17(9), e0275092. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275092 )
  • Caperon, L., Ahern, S., Saville, F., Better Start Bradford Reference Group (2023) Voice, Choice and Power: Using Co-production to Develop a Community Engagement Strategy for an Ethnically Diverse Community. Gateways: Int J Comm Res Eng 16(1): (https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v16i1.8085)

Green Spaces

  • McEachan RRC, Yang TC, Roberts H, Pickett KE, Arseneau-Powell D, Gidlow CJ, Wright J, Nieuwenhuijsen M. (2018) Availability, use of, and satisfaction with green space, and children’s mental wellbeing at age 4 years in a multicultural, deprived, urban area: results from the Born in Bradford cohort study. Lancet Planet Health, 2(6):e244-e254. (https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30119-0)
  • Cronin-de-Chavez, A, Islam, S, McEachan, R. (2019) Not a level playing field: A qualitative study exploring structural, community and individual determinants of greenspace use amongst low-income multi-ethnic families, Health & Place, 56: 118-126 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.018.)
  • Roberts, Kellar, Conner, Gidlow, Kelly, Nieuwenhuijsen and McEachan (2019) Associations between park features, park satisfaction and park use in a multi-ethnic deprived urban area. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 12 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126485

Privacy policy: Please note that the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub does not collect any information about you or the use of this website; however, in browsing this website you are consenting to Wordpress.com’s automatic cookie and privacy policy which can be found here: https://automattic.com/cookies/. This is because we use Wordpress to design and host our website, and they do not allow us to switch these off. We do not access what they collect.