Training teachers in classroom management to improve mental health in primary school children: the STARS cluster RCT by Tamsin Ford, Rachel Hayes, Sarah Byford, Vanessa Edwards, Malcolm Fletcher, Stuart Logan, Brahm Norwich, Will Pritchard, Kate Allen, Matthew Allwood, Poushali Ganguli, Katie Grimes, Lorraine Hansford, Bryony Longdon, Shelley Norman, Anna Price, Abigail Emma Russell, Obioha C Ukoumunne

“…Conclusions: Our findings provide tentative evidence that TCM may be an effective universal child mental health intervention in the short term, particularly for primary school children who are identified as struggling, and it may be a cost-effective intervention in the short term. …”
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Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men. by Siegfried, N, Muller, M, Volmink, J, Deeks, J, Egger, M, Low, N, Weiss, H, Walker, S, Williamson, P

“…The results of these trials will need to be carefully considered before circumcision is implemented as a public health intervention for prevention of sexually transmitted HIV.…”

Perfil epidemiológico de pacientes adultos com tuberculose e AIDS no estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil: relacionamento dos bancos de dados de tuberculose e AIDS Epidemiological prof... by Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Antonio Luiz Caus, Murilo Marques, Ethel Leonor Maciel, Jonathan E Golub, Angélica Espinosa Miranda

“…CONCLUSIONS: Our results emphasize the significance of AIDS among TB patients in Brazil, as well as the importance of evaluating secondary data in order to improve their quality and develop public health interventions…”
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Public engagement to refine a whole-school intervention to promote adolescent mental health by Chris Bonell, Steven Hope, Neisha Sundaram, Oliver Lloyd-Houldey, Semina Michalopoulou, Stephen Scott, Dasha Nicholls, Russell Viner

“…This paper reports on how we refined and elaborated intervention materials to produce the Learning Together for Mental Health intervention including through patient and public involvement and engagement. …”
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A multicomponent structured health behaviour intervention to improve physical activity in long-distance HGV drivers: the SHIFT cluster RCT by Stacy A Clemes, Veronica Varela-Mato, Danielle H Bodicoat, Cassandra L Brookes, Yu-Ling Chen, Edward Cox, Charlotte L Edwardson, Laura J Gray, Amber Guest, Vicki Johnson, Fehmidah Munir, Nicola J Paine, Gerry Richardson, Katharina Ruettger, Mohsen Sayyah, Aron Sherry, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Jacqui Troughton, Simon Walker, Thomas Yates, James King

“…Objective: The aim of this trial was to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the multicomponent Structured Health Intervention For Truckers (SHIFT) programme, compared with usual care, at both 6 months and 16–18 months. …”
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Essential requirements for the governance and management of data trusts, data repositories, and other data collaborations by P Alison Paprica, Monique Crichlow, Donna Curtis Maillet, Sarah Kesselring, Conrad Pow, Thomas P. Scarnecchia, Michael J. Schull, Rosario G. Cartagena, Annabelle Cumyn, Salman Dostmohammad, Keith O. Elliston, Michelle Greiver, Amy Hawn Nelson, Sean L. Hill, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Evgueni Loukipoudis, James Ted McDonald, John R. McLaughlin, Alan Rabinowitz, Fahad Razak, Stefaan G. Verhulst, Amol A. Verma, J. Charles Victor, Andrew Young, Joanna Yu, Kimberlyn McGrail

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Hospital at Home admission avoidance with comprehensive geriatric assessment to maintain living at home for people aged 65 years and over: a RCT by Sasha Shepperd, Andrea Cradduck-Bamford, Christopher Butler, Graham Ellis, Mary Godfrey, Alastair Gray, Anthony Hemsley, Pradeep Khanna, Peter Langhorne, Petra Mäkelä, Sam Mort, Scott Ramsay, Rebekah Schiff, Surya Singh, Susan Smith, David J Stott, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Angela Wilkinson, Ly-Mee Yu, John Young

“…Participants: Older people who required hospital admission because of an acute change in health. Intervention: Geriatrician-led admission avoidance hospital at home with comprehensive geriatric assessment. …”
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Development and evaluation of a collaborative care intervention for male prison leavers with mental health problems: the Engager research programme by Richard Byng, Charlotte Lennox, Tim Kirkpatrick, Cath Quinn, Rob Anderson, Sarah Louise Brand, Lynne Callaghan, Lauren Carroll, Graham Durcan, Laura Gill, Sara Goodier, Jonathan Graham, Rebecca Greer, Mark Haddad, Tirril Harris, William Henley, Rachael Hunter, Mike Maguire, Sarah Leonard, Susan Michie, Christabel Owens, Mark Pearson, Sarah Rybczynska-Bunt, Caroline Stevenson, Amy Stewart, Alex Stirzaker, Rod Taylor, Roxanne Todd, Florian Walter, Fiona C Warren, Lauren Weston, Nat Wright, Jenny Shaw

“…Our trial methodological development enabled the completion of, to the best of our knowledge, the first fully powered trial of a mental health intervention for prison leavers with common mental health problems. …”
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A complex systems lens can help us understand drivers of emerging challenges in work and health by Naja Hulvej Rod, Bertina Kreshpaj, Karien Stronks

“…Making sense of the evidence in population health intervention research: Building a dry stone wall. …”
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Human immunodeficiency virus prevention and testing strategies among men who have sex with men in the UK: the PANTHEON research programme including the SELPHI RCT by Janey Sewell, T Charles Witzel, David Dunn, Fiona Lampe, Fiona Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Sheena McCormack, Leanne McCabe, Alec Miners, Valentina Cambiano, Roger Pebody, Roy Trevelion, Nadia Hanum, Andrew Phillips, Alison Rodger

“…The Self-testing Public Health Intervention randomised controlled trial randomised 10,135 men whohave sex with menand trans women 3 : 2 to baseline test or no baseline test. …”
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“Its Not Enough”—Mental Illness and U.S. Gun Policy by Andrew Hawkins

“…The White male brain is pathologized as a “loner” who is mentally disturbed and obsessed with guns whereas black gun violence is often blamed on “inner city culture.”[16] According to this logic, policies such as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Improvement Act, instituted in 2008 should identify individuals with a previous history of criminal offenses, a majority of which are African-American, but “wont prevent another Newtown” shooting by an “insane” White gun fanatic.[17] This conjecture, colored by implicit bias, ignores the widespread symptoms of the environment and obfuscates what is an effective public health intervention. If this aberrant line of thinking is taken to its logical conclusion, policies such as those advocated by the National Rifle Association, allowing guns to be present on school property, can be seen as “commonsense.”[18] Those concerned about the health and well-being of our citizens, especially you the reader, cannot remain silent assuming that partisanship concerning gun control will stagnate any legislation brought before Congress. …”
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Lessons for the UK on implementation and evaluation of breastfeeding support: evidence syntheses and stakeholder engagement by Anna Gavine, Albert Farre, Fiona Lynn, Shona Shinwell, Phyllis Buchanan, Joyce Marshall, Sara Cumming, Louise Wallace, Angie Wade, Elayne Ahern, Laura Hay, Marianne Cranwell, Alison McFadden

“…Interventions could be delivered as standalone breastfeeding support interventions (‘breastfeeding only’) or as part of a wider maternal and newborn health intervention (‘breastfeeding plus’) where additional services (e.g. vaccination, intrapartum care) are provided. …”
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