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Article

Testing and refining middle-range theory in evaluations of public-health interventions: evidence from recent systematic reviews and trials. (2023) Bonell, Chris; Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Melendez-Torres, GJ

Dilemmas of school-based relationships and sexuality education for and about consent. (2020) Bragg, Sara; Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Emmerson, Lucy; Bonell, Chris

Enacting whole‐school relationships and sexuality education in England: Context matters. (2022) Bragg, Sara; Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Lohan, Maria; Melendez‐Torres, GJ; Hadley, Alison; Young, Honor; Anne Barter, Christine; Taylor, Bruce; Bonell, Chris

Building collective control and improving health through a place-based community empowerment initiative: qualitative evidence from communities seeking agency over their built environment. (2021) Egan, Matt; Abba, Katherine; Barnes, Amy; Collins, Michelle; McGowan, Vicki; Ponsford, Ruth; Scott, Courtney; Halliday, Emma; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

A 'strategy of resistance'? How can a place-based empowerment programme influence local media portrayals of neighbourhoods and what are the implications for tackling health inequalities? (2020) Halliday, Emma; Collins, Michelle; Egan, Matthew; Ponsford, Ruth; Scott, Courtney; Popay, Jennie

A thematic analysis of tobacco industry responses to the Scottish Government's consultation on e-cigarette regulation. (2024) Hamilton, Billie; Ponsford, Ruth; Hartwell, Greg

Reframing "participation" and "inclusion" in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities: Evidence from a major resident-led neighbourhood improvement initiative. (2018) Lewis, Susan; Bambra, Clare; Barnes, Amy; Collins, Michelle; Egan, Matt; Halliday, Emma; Orton, Lois; Ponsford, Ruth; Powell, Katie; Salway, Sarah; Townsend, Anne; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

Implementing a whole-school relationships and sex education intervention to prevent dating and relationship violence: evidence from a pilot trial in English secondary schools. (2020) Meiksin, Rebecca; Campbell, Rona; Crichton, Joanna; Morgan, Gemma S; Williams, Pippa; Willmott, Micky; Tilouche, Nerissa; Ponsford, Ruth; Barter, Christine A; Sweeting, Helen; Taylor, Bruce; Young, Honor; Melendez-Torres, GJ; McNaughton Reyes, H Luz; Bonell, Chris

A school intervention for 13- to 15-year-olds to prevent dating and relationship violence: the Project Respect pilot cluster RCT. (2020) Meiksin, Rebecca; Crichton, Jo; Dodd, Matthew; Morgan, Gemma S; Williams, Pippa; Willmott, Micky; Allen, Elizabeth; Tilouche, Nerissa; Sturgess, Joanna; Morris, Steve; Barter, Christine; Young, Honor; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Taylor, Bruce; Reyes, H Luz McNaughton; Elbourne, Diana; Sweeting, Helen; Hunt, Kate; Ponsford, Ruth; Campbell, Rona; Bonell, Chris

Social norms relating to gender and dating and relationship violence in English secondary schools: Exploring student, staff and parent/carer accounts. (2025) Meiksin, Rebecca; Ponsford, Ruth; Kyegombe, Nambusi; Bonell, Chris

Assessing Survey Items on Social Norms Relating to Dating and Relationship Violence and to Gender: Cognitive Interviews with Young People in England. (2023) Meiksin, Rebecca; Ponsford, Ruth; Kyegombe, Nambusi; Kohli, Anjalee; Bonell, Chris

Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence: a systematic review. (2023) Melendez-Torres, GJ; Ponsford, R; Falconer, J; Bonell, C

Student-reported relationships and sex education coverage and knowledge among a diverse population of early adolescents: a cross-sectional survey of students in England. (2023) Melendez-Torres, GJ; Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Tilouche, Nerissa; Sundaram, Neisha; Sturgess, Joanna; Allen, Elizabeth; Lohan, Maria; Young, Honor; Hadley, Alison; Campbell, Rona; Bonell, Chris

Putting context centre stage: evidence from a systems evaluation of an area based empowerment initiative in England. (2016) Orton, Lois; Halliday, Emma; Collins, Michelle; Egan, Matt; Lewis, Sue; Ponsford, Ruth; Powell, Katie; Salway, Sarah; Townsend, Anne; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

Capturing complexity in the evaluation of a major area-based initiative in community empowerment: what can a multi-site, multi team, ethnographic approach offer? (2018) Orton, Lois; Ponsford, Ruth; Egan, Matt; Halliday, Emma; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

Feasibility and acceptability of a whole-school social-marketing intervention to prevent unintended teenage pregnancies and promote sexual health: evidence for progression from a pilot to a phase III randomised trial in English secondary schools. (2022) Ponsford, R; Bragg, S; Meiksin, R; Tilouche, N; Van Dyck, L; Sturgess, J; Allen, E; Elbourne, D; Hadley, A; Lohan, M; Mercer, CH; Melendez Torres, GJ; Morris, S; Young, H; Campbell, R; Bonell, C

“I don’t really care about me, as long as he gets everything he needs” – young women becoming mothers in consumer culture. (2014) Ponsford, Ruth

Consumption, resilience and respectability amongst young mothers in Bristol. (2011) Ponsford, Ruth

Study protocol for the optimisation, feasibility testing and pilot cluster randomised trial of Positive Choices: a school-based social marketing intervention to promote sexual health, prevent unintended teenage pregnancies and address health inequalities in England. (2018) Ponsford, Ruth; Allen, Elizabeth; Campbell, Rona; Elbourne, Diana; Hadley, Alison; Lohan, Maria; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Mercer, Catherine H; Morris, Steve; Young, Honor; Bonell, Chris

A school-based social-marketing intervention to promote sexual health in English secondary schools: the Positive Choices pilot cluster RCT. (2021) Ponsford, Ruth; Bragg, Sara; Allen, Elizabeth; Tilouche, Nerissa; Meiksin, Rebecca; Emmerson, Lucy; Van Dyck, Laura; Opondo, Charles; Morris, Steve; Sturgess, Joanna; Brocklehurst, Elizabeth; Hadley, Alison; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Elbourne, Diana; Young, Honor; Lohan, Maria; Mercer, Catherine; Campbell, Rona; Bonell, Chris

Power, control, communities and health inequalities. Part II: measuring shifts in power. (2020) Ponsford, Ruth; Collins, Michelle; Egan, Matt; Halliday, Emma; Lewis, Sue; Orton, Lois; Powell, Kate; Barnes, Amy; Salway, Sarah; Townsend, Anne; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

Development of a framework for identifying and measuring collective control as a social determinant of health: findings from an evaluation of a natural policy experiment in empowerment. (2015) Ponsford, Ruth; Collins, Michelle; Egan, Matt; Lewis, Sue; Orton, Lois; Salway, Sarah; Townsend, Anne; Halliday, Emma; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

What factors influence implementation of whole-school interventions aiming to promote student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence? Systematic review and synthesis of process evaluations. (2022) Ponsford, Ruth; Falconer, Jane; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Bonell, Chris

Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence: Synthesis of theories of change. (2022) Ponsford, Ruth; Falconer, Jane; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Bonell, Chris

Competing for space in an already crowded market: a mixed methods study of why an online community of practice (CoP) for alcohol harm reduction failed to generate interest amongst the group of public health professionals at which it was aimed. (2017) Ponsford, Ruth; Ford, Jennifer; Korjonen, Helena; Hughes, Emma; Keswani, Asha; Pliakas, Triantafyllos; Egan, Matt

The Positive Choices trial: study protocol for a Phase-III RCT trial of a whole-school social marketing intervention to promote sexual health and reduce health inequalities. (2021) Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Allen, Elizabeth; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Morris, Steve; Mercer, Catherine; Campbell, Rona; Young, Honor; Lohan, Maria; Coyle, Karin; Bonell, Chris

The Positive Choices trial: update to study protocol for a phase-III RCT trial of a whole-school social-marketing intervention to promote sexual health and reduce health inequalities. (2022) Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Allen, Elizabeth; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Morris, Steve; Mercer, Catherine; Campbell, Rona; Young, Honor; Lohan, Maria; Coyle, Karin; Bonell, Chris

Co-production of two whole-school sexual health interventions for English secondary schools: positive choices and project respect. (2021) Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Bragg, Sara; Crichton, Joanna; Emmerson, Lucy; Tancred, Tara; Tilouche, Nerissa; Morgan, Gemma; Gee, Pete; Young, Honor; Hadley, Alison; Campbell, Rona; Bonell, Chris

The implementation of compulsory relationships and sex education in English secondary schools: qualitative research in the 2022–23 school year. (2024) Ponsford, Ruth; Meiksin, Rebecca; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Hadley, Alison; Lohan, Maria; Bonell, Chris P

Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence, and improve educational attainment: a systematic review. (2024) Ponsford, Ruth; Melendez-Torres, GJ; Miners, Alec; Falconer, Jane; Bonell, Chris

We need a renewed focus on primary prevention to tackle youth knife violence. (2019) Ponsford, Ruth; Thompson, Claire; Paparini, Sara

We need a renewed focus on primary prevention to tackle youth knife violence in the longer term. (2019) Ponsford, Ruth; Thompson, Claire; Paparini, Sara

Investigating health and social outcomes of the Big Local community empowerment initiative in England: a mixed method evaluation. (2023) Popay, Jennie; Halliday, Emma; Mead, Rebecca; Townsend, Anne; Akhter, Nasima; Banbra, Claire; Barr, Ben; Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel; Daras, Konstantinos; Egan, Matt; Gravenhorst, Katja; Janke, Katharina; Kasim, Adetayo; McGowan, Victoria; Ponsford, Ruth; Reynolds, Joanna; Whitehead, Margaret

Power, control, communities and health inequalities I: theories, concepts and analytical frameworks. (2020) Popay, Jennie; Whitehead, Margaret; Ponsford, Ruth; Egan, Matt; Mead, Rebecca

Power, control, communities and health inequalities III: participatory spaces-an English case. (2020) Powell, Katie; Barnes, Amy; Anderson de Cuevas, Rachel; Bambra, Clare; Halliday, Emma; Lewis, Sue; McGill, Rory; Orton, Lois; Ponsford, Ruth; Salway, Sarah; Townsend, Anne; Whitehead, Margaret; Popay, Jennie

Parental attitudes to school- and home-based relationships, sex and health education: evidence from a cross-sectional study in England and Wales. (2023) Rudoe, Naomi; Ponsford, Ruth

Central and Eastern European Migrants in the United Kingdom: A Scoping Review of the Reasons for Utilisation of Transnational Healthcare. (2024) Stepanova, Victoria; Poppleton, Aaron; Ponsford, Ruth

Fast-food, everyday life and health: A qualitative study of 'chicken shops' in East London. (2018) Thompson, Claire; Ponsford, Ruth; Lewis, Daniel; Cummins, Steven

"I realised it weren't about spending the money. It's about doing something together:" the role of money in a community empowerment initiative and the implications for health and wellbeing. (2020) Townsend, A; Abraham, C; Barnes, A; Collins, M; Halliday, E; Lewis, S; Orton, L; Ponsford, R; Salway, S; Whitehead, M; Popay, J

Book Section

"There is such a thing as contraception, you know". Reflections on embarking on maternity while completing a PhD. (2017) Ponsford, R

'Race' and ethnicity. (2014) Ponsford, R

Monograph

Report on an evaluation of a Family Nurse Partnership pilot programme. (2010) Oates, J; Appleton, J; Ponsford, R; Kynan, S; Huntington, C

Conference or Workshop Item

Assessment of survey items on social norms relating to sexual behaviour and dating and relationship violence among young adolescents in England: cognitive interviews within two pilot studies. (2018) Meiksin, Rebecca; Ponsford, Ruth; Bonell, Chris

Stakeholder involvement in the systematic optimisation of two school-based relationships and sex education interventions, Project Respect and Positive Choices. (2018) Ponsford, Ruth; Crichton, Jo; Meiksin, Rebecca; Tancred, Tara; Morgan, Gemma; Tilouche, Nerissa; Campbell, Rona; Bonell, Chris

Area reputation as an under-acknowledged determinant of health inequalities: evidence from a systems evaluation of a major community empowerment initiative in England. (2018) Ponsford, Ruth; Halliday, Emma; Collins, Michelle; Egan, Matthew; Scott, Courtney; Popay, Jennie