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Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435, Tahir, S., McCourt, C. , Mehay, A., Robinson, H., Mondeh, K., Sweeney, L., Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M. & Harden, A.view all authors (2025). Improving Diversity in Recruitment: Lessons Learned During the REACH Pregnancy Circles Pilot Trial. Health Expectations, 28(3), article number e70300. doi: 10.1111/hex.70300

Prest, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-1531-0285, Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Barnicot, K. ORCID: 0000-0001-5083-5135 & Heys, M.view all authors (2025). A coadapted community-based participatory group programme for parents/carers of children with complex neurodisability (Encompass-2): a pilot and feasibility study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), article number 59. doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01619-3

Bagnall, A-M., South, J., Kinsella, K. , Trigwell, J., Sheridan, K. & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066view all authors (2025). Community engagement approaches to improve health: a cross-case study analysis of barriers and facilitators in UK practice. BMC Public Health, 25(1), article number 747. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21902-5

Mehay, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-7329-9056, Motta, G. D., Hunter, L. , Rayment, J., Wiggins, M., Haora, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066view all authors (2024). What are the mechanisms of effect of group antenatal care? A systematic realist review and synthesis of the literature. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), article number 625. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06792-6

Sharma, E., Puthussery, S., Tseng, P-C. , Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 & Li, L.view all authors (2023). Development, acceptability and feasibility of a community-based intervention to increase timely initiation of antenatal care in an area of high ethnic diversity and low socio-economic status in the UK. Midwifery, 126, article number 103812. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103812

Bolou, A., Drymoussi, Z., Lanz, D. , Amaefule, C. E., Gonzalez Carreras, Fr. J., Pardo Llorente, M. D. C., Dodds, J., Pizzo, E., Thomas, A., Heighway, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Sanghi, A., Hitman, G., Zamora, J., Pérez, T., Huda, M. S. B. & Thangaratinam, S.view all authors (2023). Metformin in the prevention of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes in postnatal women (OMAhA): a UK multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind feasibility trial with nested qualitative study. BMJ Open, 13(11), article number e073813. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073813

Walters, E., Findlay, G., Curtis-Tyler, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-8212-1134 & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066view all authors (2023). Embedding community development approaches in local systems to address health inequalities: a scoping review. Community Development Journal, 58(4), pp. 699-718. doi: 10.1093/cdj/bsad017

Sharma, E., Tseng, P-C., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 , Li, L. & Puthussery, S.view all authors (2023). Ethnic minority women's experiences of accessing antenatal care in high income European countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), article number 612. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09536-y

Rayment-Jones, H., Dalrymple, K., Harris, J. M. , Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Parslow, E., Georgi, T. & Sandall, J.view all authors (2023). Project20: maternity care mechanisms that improve access and engagement for women with social risk factors in the UK - a mixed-methods, realist evaluation. BMJ Open, 13(2), article number e064291. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064291

Rayment-Jones, H., Harris, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 , Turienzo, C. F. & Sandall, J.view all authors (2022). Project20: Maternity care mechanisms that improve (or exacerbate) health inequalities. A realist evaluation. Women and Birth, 36(3), e314-e327. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2022.11.006

Puthussery, S., Tseng, P-C., Sharma, E. , Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Griffiths, M., Bamfo, J. & Li, L.view all authors (2022). Disparities in the timing of antenatal care initiation and associated factors in an ethnically dense maternal cohort with high levels of area deprivation. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), article number 713. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04984-6

Sweeney, L., Lanz, D., Daru, J. , Rasijeff, A. M. P., Khanom, F., Thomas, A., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 & Green, L.view all authors (2022). Deferred consent in emergency obstetric research: findings from qualitative interviews with women and recruiters in the ACROBAT pilot trial for severe postpartum haemorrhage. BMJ Open, 12(5), article number e054787. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054787

Amaefule, C. E., Drymoussi, Z., Gonzalez Carreras, F. J. , Pardo Llorente Del Carmen, M., Lanz, D., Dodds, J., Sweeney, L., Pizzo, E., Thomas, A., Heighway, J., Daru, J., Sobhy, S., Poston, L., Khalil, A., Myers, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Hitman, G., Khan, K. S., Zamora, J., Pérez, T., Huda, M. S. B. & Thangaratinam, S.view all authors (2022). Myo-inositol nutritional supplement for prevention of gestational diabetes (EMmY): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial with nested qualitative study. BMJ Open, 12(3), article number e050110. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050110

Bolou, A., Lanz, D., Drymoussi, Z. , Gonzalez Carreras, F. J., Austin, F., Dodds, J., Mehay, A., Pizzo, E., Thomas, A., Heighway, J., Sanghi, A., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Perez, T., del Carmen Pardo Llorente, M., Hitman, G., Huda, M. S. B. & Thangaratinam, S.view all authors (2021). Acceptability and adherence to a Mediterranean diet in the postnatal period to prevent type 2 diabetes in women with gestational diabetes in the UK: a protocol for a single-arm feasibility study (MERIT). BMJ OPEN, 11(12), article number e050099. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050099

Rayment-Jones, H., Harris, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 , Silverio, S. A., Turienzo, C. F. & Sandall, J.view all authors (2021). Project20: interpreter services for pregnant women with social risk factors in England: what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and how?. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), article number 233. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01570-8

Sharpe, D., Rajabi, M., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 , Moodambail, A. & Hakeem, V.view all authors (2021). Supporting disengaged children and young people living with diabetes to self-care: a qualitative study in a socially disadvantaged and ethnically diverse urban area. BMJ Open, 11(10), article number e046989. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046989

Rayment-Jones, H., Dalrymple, K., Harris, J. , Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Parslow, E., Georgi, T. & Sandall, J.view all authors (2021). Project20: Does continuity of care and community-based antenatal care improve maternal and neonatal birth outcomes for women with social risk factors? A prospective, observational study.. PLoS One, 16(5), article number e0250947. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250947

Birrell, F., Lawson, R., Sumego, M. , Lewis, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Taveira, T., Stevens, J., Manson, A., Pepper, L. & Ickovics, J.view all authors (2020). Virtual group consultations offer continuity of care globally during Covid-19. Lifestyle Medicine, 1(2), article number e17. doi: 10.1002/lim2.17

Wiggins, M., Sawtell, M., Wiseman, O. ORCID: 0000-0003-4890-9435 , McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795, Eldridge, S., Hunter, R., Bordea, E., Mustard, C., Hanafiah, A., Hatherall, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-8114-9648, Holmes, V., Mehay, A., Robinson, H., Salisbury, C., Sweeney, L., Mondeh, K. & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066view all authors (2020). Group antenatal care (Pregnancy Circles) for diverse and disadvantaged women: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with integral process and economic evaluations. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), article number 919. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05751-z

Amaefule, C. E., Bolou, A., Drymoussi, Z. , Gonzalez Carreras, F. J., Pardo Llorente, M. D. C., Lanz, D., Dodds, J., Sweeney, L., Pizzo, E., D'Amico, M., Thomas, A., Heighway, J., Daru, J., Sobhy, S., Robson, J., Sanghi, A., Zamora, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Hitman, G., Khan, K., Pérez, T., Huda, M. S. B. & Thangaratinam, S.view all authors (2020). Effectiveness and acceptability of metformin in preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes in postnatal women: a protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind feasibility trial—Optimising health outcomes with Metformin to prevent diAbetes After pregnancy (OMAhA). BMJ Open, 10(5), article number e036198. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036198

Rayment-Jones, H., Silverio, S. A., Harris, J. , Harden, A. & Sandall, J.view all authors (2020). Project 20: Midwives’ insight into continuity of care models for women with social risk factors: what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and how. Midwifery, 84, article number 102654. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2020.102654

Watts, P., Rance, S., McGowan, V. , Brown, H., Bambra, C., Findlay, G. & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066view all authors (2020). The long-term health and wellbeing impacts of Healthy New Towns (HNTs): protocol for a baseline and feasibility study of HNT demonstrator sites in England.. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6(1), article number 4. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-0550-2

Rayment‐Jones, H., Harris, J., Harden, A. , Khan, Z. & Sandall, J.view all authors (2019). How do women with social risk factors experience United Kingdom maternity care? A realist synthesis. Birth, 46(3), pp. 461-474. doi: 10.1111/birt.12446

Amaefule, C. E., Drymoussi, Z., Dodds, J. , Sweeney, L., Pizzo, E., Daru, J., Robson, J., Poston, L., Khalil, A., Myers, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Hitman, G. A., Khan, K., Zamora, J., Huda, M. S. B. & Thangaratinam, S.view all authors (2018). Effectiveness and acceptability of myo-inositol nutritional supplement in the prevention of gestational diabetes (EMmY): a protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial.. BMJ Open, 8(9), article number e022831. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022831

Jamal, F., Fletcher, A., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 , Wells, H., Thomas, J. & Bonell, C.view all authors (2013). The school environment and student health: a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research.. BMC Public Health, 13(1), article number 798. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-798

Cresswell, J. A., Yu, G., Hatherall, B. ORCID: 0000-0001-8114-9648 , Morris, J., Jamal, F., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 & Renton, A.view all authors (2013). Predictors of the timing of initiation of antenatal care in an ethnically diverse urban cohort in the UK. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13(1), article number 103. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-103

Cooper, K., Shepherd, J., Picot, J. , Jones, J., Kavanagh, J., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Barnett-Page, E., Clegg, A., Hartwell, D., Frampton, G. & Price, A.view all authors (2012). An economic model of school-based behavioral interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections.. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 28(4), pp. 407-414. doi: 10.1017/s0266462312000475

Watts, P., Phillips, G., Petticrew, M. , Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 & Renton, A.view all authors (2011). The influence of environmental factors on the generalisability of public health research evidence: physical activity as a worked example.. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 8(1), doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-128

Bonell, C., Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Wells, H. , Jamal, F., Fletcher, A., Petticrew, M., Thomas, J., Whitehead, M., Campbell, R., Murphy, S. & Moore, L.view all authors (2011). Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of schools and school-environment interventions on health: evidence mapping and syntheses.. BMC Public Health, 11(1), article number 453. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-453

Thomas, J. & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 (2008). Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews.. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 8(1), article number 45. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-45

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Puthussery, S., Tseng, P., Sharma, E. , Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066 & Leah, L.view all authors (2022). Late antenatal care initiation and neonatal outcomes in an ethnically diverse maternal cohort. In: The European Journal of Public Health. 15th European Public Health Conference Strengthening health systems: improving population health and being prepared for the unexpected, 9-12 Nov 2022, Berlin, Germany. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac130.243

Prest, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-1531-0285, Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Lakhanpaul, M. , Morris, C., Harniess, P., Kuper, H., Wilson, E., Heys, M. & Lewis-Jackson, S.view all authors Adapting a participatory intervention for caregivers of children with complex neurodisability from low resource to high income settings: Moving from “Baby Ubuntu” to “Encompass”. Poster presented at the 35th European Academy for Childhood Disability Conference, 24-27 May 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Prest, K. ORCID: 0000-0002-1531-0285, Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066, Barnicot, K. ORCID: 0000-0001-5083-5135 & Heys, M.view all authors (2024). A co-adapted community-based participatory group programme for parents/carers of children with complex neurodisability (ENCOMPASS-2): A pilot and feasibility study protocol. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4021696/v1

Mehay, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-7329-9056, da Motta, G., Hunter, L. , Rayment, J., Wiggins, M., Haora, P., McCourt, C. ORCID: 0000-0003-4765-5795 & Harden, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-8621-5066view all authors (2023). What are the mechanisms of effect of group antenatal care? A systematic realist review and synthesis of the literature. doi: 10.1101/2023.10.09.23296763