Dr Hilary Thomson
- Examinations invigilator (Academic Services)
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow (School of Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
01413537518
email:
Hilary.Thomson@glasgow.ac.uk
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Berkeley Square, 99 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7HR
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948Biography
Hilary is located in the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit within the Institute of Health & Wellbeing. Hilary has extensive experience in conducting large complex reviews of questions about the health impacts of social policy interventions such as housing, transport, and welfare. Hilary leads the synthesis theme (Improving the quality and utility of evidence synthesis). The work of the synthesis theme focusses on ways to improve the reliability and utility of systematic reviews which address public health policy relevant questions. The theme includes work to improve the transparency of non-statistical methods of synthesis, interpretation of complex reviews, assessing Risk of Bias in Non-Randomised Studies, in addition to a range of systematic reviews.
In addition to evidence synthesis methods, Hilary's work spans a wide range of methodologies including the use of qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate community interventions. Hilary is currently involved in a number of mixed method evaluation projects which are assessing the health impacts of non-health sector interventions, such as the Work Programme, the extension of the M74, and social enterprise initiatives. Hilary also has a long-standing interest in the health impacts of housing improvement and neighbourhood regeneration, and has led evaluations and a Cochrane review on this topic. A key component of Hilary’s work has been about promoting utility of evidence. Hilary has been commissioned by national and international decision making bodies to provide accessible evidence summaries of her work.
Hilary is also a Co-I on the NIHR funded Complex Reviews Support Unit and is co-ordinating editor of Cochrane Public Health, providing a UK base for this group of authors and stakeholders.
Follow these links to Google Scholar and ORCID for more details about Hilary’s recent work and publications.
Research interests
Research Interests: healthy public policy, evidence informed policy, synthesis methods, non-statistical synthesis of quantitative data including narrative synthesis, data visualisation, utility of evidence synthesis and complex reviews, rapid reviews, public health, housing, transport, welfare, work and health.
Expertise: Systematic reviews, narrative synthesis, evaluation of complex interventions, qualitative methods, critical appraisal of RCTs and non-randomised studies.
Publications
2024
Shimonovich, M. , Thomson, H. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Applying Bradford Hill to assessing causality in systematic reviews: a transparent approach using process tracing. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(6), pp. 826-838. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1730) (PMID:39506911)
Brook, A., Rendall, G., Hearty, W., Meier, P. , Thomson, H. , Macnamara, A., Crossley, R., Campbell, M. and McCartney, G. (2024) What is the relationship between changes in the size of economies and mortality derived population health measures in high income countries: a causal systematic review. Social Science and Medicine, 357, 117190. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117190) (PMID:39178721)
Shimonovich, M. , Campbell, M. , Thomson, R. M. , Broadbent, P., Wells, V. , Kopasker, D. , McCartney, G. , Thomson, H. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Causal assessment of income inequality on self-rated health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), pp. 141-182. (doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689) (PMID:38294094)
2023
Sweeting, H. , Thomson, H. , Wells, V. and Flowers, P. (2023) Evolution of ‘whole institution’ approaches to improving health in tertiary education settings: a critical scoping review. Research Papers in Education, 38(4), pp. 661-689. (doi: 10.1080/02671522.2021.1961302) (PMID:37424522) (PMCID:PMC7614732)
2022
Tweed, E. J. , Popham, F. , Thomson, H. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Including 'inclusion health'? A discourse analysis of health inequalities policy reviews. Critical Public Health, 32(5), pp. 700-712. (doi: 10.1080/09581596.2021.1929847)
Shimonovich, M. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, H. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Causal assessment in evidence synthesis: a methodological review of reviews. Research Synthesis Methods, 13(4), pp. 405-423. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1569) (PMID:35560730) (PMCID:PMC9543433)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s physical activity, sedentary behavior, motor competence, and other physical health outcomes: a mixed-methods systematic review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(6), pp. 456-472. (doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0760) (PMID:35537707) (PMCID:PMC7613039)
Thomson, R. M. , Igelstrom, E. , Purba, A. K., Shimonovich, M. , Thomson, H. , McCartney, G. , Reeves, A., Leyland, A. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 7(6), e515-e528. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00058-5) (PMID:35660213) (PMCID:PMC7614874)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s social, emotional and cognitive development: a mixed-methods systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5967. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105967) (PMID:35627504) (PMCID:PMC9142068)
Hilton Boon, M. , Burns, J., Craig, P. , Griebler, U., Heise, T. L., Katikireddi, V. , Rehfuess, E., Shepperd, S., Thomson, H. and Bero, L. (2022) Value and challenges of using observational studies in systematic reviews of public health interventions. American Journal of Public Health, 112(4), pp. 548-552. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306658) (PMID:35319925)
Shimonovich, M. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, H. , McCartney, G. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Assessing the causal relationship between income inequality and mortality and self-rated health: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 11, 20. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-01892-w) (PMID:35115055) (PMCID:PMC8815171)
2021
Shimonovich, M. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, H. , Keyes, K. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Assessing causality in epidemiology: revisiting Bradford Hill to incorporate developments in causal thinking. European Journal of Epidemiology, 36(9), pp. 873-887. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00703-7) (PMID:33324996) (PMCID:PMC8206235)
Hilton Boon, M. et al. (2021) Challenges in applying the GRADE approach in public health guidelines and systematic reviews: A concept paper from the GRADE Public Health Group. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 135, pp. 42-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.01.001) (PMID:33476768) (PMCID:PMC8352629)
Neary, J. , Katikireddi, S. V. , McQuaid, R. W., Macdonald, E. B. and Thomson, H. (2021) Using candidacy theory to explore unemployed over-50s perceptions of suitability of a welfare to work programme: a longitudinal qualitative study. Social Policy and Administration, 55(4), pp. 589-605. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12644)
Hilton Boon, M. , Craig, P. , Thomson, H. , Campbell, M. and Moore, L. (2021) Regression discontinuity designs in health: a systematic review. Epidemiology, 32(1), pp. 87-93. (doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001274) (PMID:33196561) (PMCID:PMC7707156)
Hilton Boon, M. and Thomson, H. (2021) The effect direction plot revisited: application of the 2019 Cochrane Handbook guidance on alternative synthesis methods. Research Synthesis Methods, 12(1), pp. 29-33. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1458) (PMID:32979023) (PMCID:PMC7821279)
2020
Johnstone, A. et al. (2020) Nature-based early childhood education for child health, wellbeing and development: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 9, 226. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01489-1) (PMCID:PMC7532588)
Ferguson, K. D., McCann, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Thomson, H. , Green, M. J. , Smith, D. J. and Lewsey, J. D. (2020) Evidence synthesis for constructing directed acyclic graphs (ESC-DAGs): a novel and systematic method for building directed acyclic graphs. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(1), pp. 322-329. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz150) (PMID:31325312) (PMCID:PMC7124493)
Campbell, M. et al. (2020) Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: a reporting guideline. British Medical Journal, 368, l6890. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6890)
2019
McKenzie, J.E., Brennan, S.E., Ryan, R.E., Thomson, H.J. and Johnston, R.V. (2019) Chapter 9: Summarizing the study characteristics and preparing for synthesis. In: Higgins, J.P.T, Thomas, J., Chandler, J., Cumpston, M., Li, T., Page, M.J. and Welch, V.A. (eds.) Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.0. Wiley.
Neary, J. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Brown, J. , MacDonald, E. B. and Thomson, H. (2019) Role of age and health in perceptions of returning to work: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 19, 496. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6819-9) (PMID:31046738) (PMCID:PMC6498557)
Baxter, A. J. , Tweed, E. J. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Thomson, H. (2019) Effects of Housing First approaches on health and wellbeing of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73, pp. 379-387. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2018-210981) (PMID:30777888) (PMCID:PMC6581117)
Campbell, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Sowden, A. and Thomson, H. (2019) Lack of transparency in reporting narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a methodological assessment of systematic reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 105, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.08.019) (PMID:30196129) (PMCID:PMC6327109)
McKenzie, J.E., Brennan, S.E., Ryan, R., Thomson, H.J. , Johnston, R.V. and Thomas, J. (2019) Chapter 3: Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis. In: Higgins, J.P.T, Thomas, J., Chandler, J., Cumpston, M., Li, T., Page, M.J. and Welch, V.A. (eds.) Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.0. Wiley: Chichester.
2018
Vojt, G., Skivington, K. , Sweeting, H. , Campbell, M. , Fenton, C. and Thomson, H. (2018) Lack of evidence on mental health and well-being impacts of individual-level interventions for vulnerable adolescents: systematic mapping review. Public Health, 161, pp. 29-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.04.003) (PMID:29859375) (PMCID:PMC6085115)
Douglas, M.J., Higgins, M., Austin, H., Armour, G., Jepson, R., Thomson, H. and Hurley, F. (2018) Health and Transport: A Guide. Scottish Health and Inequalities Impact Assessment Network. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Banas, K., Lutje, V., McKee, M.J., Martin, S.P., Fenton, C. , Bambra, C. and Bond, L. (2018) Welfare-to-work interventions and their effects on the mental and physical health of lone parents and their children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(8), CD009820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009820.pub3) (PMID:28823111) (PMCID:PMC6483471)
Campbell, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Sowden, A., McKenzie, J. E. and Thomson, H. (2018) Improving conduct and reporting of narrative synthesis of quantitative data (ICONS-Quant): protocol for a mixed methods study to develop a reporting guideline. BMJ Open, 8(2), e020064. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020064) (PMCID:PMC5855342)
Thomson, H. , Craig, P. , Hilton-Boon, M. , Campbell, M. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2018) Applying the ROBINS-I tool to natural experiments: an example from public health. Systematic Reviews, 7, 15. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0659-4) (PMID:29368630) (PMCID:PMC5784724)
Nimegeer, A. , Thomson, H. , Foley, L., Hilton, S. , Crawford, F. and Ogilvie, D. (2018) Experiences of connectivity and severance in the wake of a new motorway: implications for health and well-being. Social Science and Medicine, 197, pp. 78-86. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.049) (PMID:29222998) (PMCID:PMC5777829)
2017
Ogilvie, D. et al. (2017) Health impacts of the M74 urban motorway extension: a mixed-method natural experimental study. Public Health Research, 5(3), (doi: 10.3310/phr05030) (PMID:28459514)
Foley, L., Prins, R., Crawford, F., Humphreys, D., Mitchell, R. , Sahlqvist, S., Thomson, H. , Ogilvie, D. and M74 Study Team, (2017) Effects of living near an urban motorway on the wellbeing of local residents in deprived areas: natural experimental study. PLoS ONE, 12(4), e0174882. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174882) (PMID:28379993) (PMCID:PMC5381791)
2016
Gupta, M., Menon, G.R., Devkar, G. and Thomson, H. (2016) Regulatory and Road Engineering Interventions for Preventing Road Traffic Injuries and Fatalities Among Vulnerable (Non-Motorised and Motorised Two-Wheel) Road Users: A Systematic Review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Sowden, A. (2016) Reporting of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews of public health interventions: a methodological assessment. UNSPECIFIED S34. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32270-X)
Gupta, M., Menon, G.R., Devkar, G. and Thomson, H. (2016) Regulatory and Road Engineering Interventions for Preventing Road Traffic Injuries and Fatalities Among Vulnerable (Non-Motorised and Motorised Two-Wheel) Road Users in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a Systematic Review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Ogilvie, D. et al. (2016) Health Impacts of the M74 Urban Motorway Extension: A Natural Experimental Study. Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health, Cardiff, Wales, 26 Nov 2016. S5. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32241-3)
Vojt, G., Thomson, H. , Campbell, M. , Fenton, C. , Sweeting, H. , McQueen, J. and Skivington, K. (2016) Health, Happiness and Wellbeing for Adolescents Transitioning to Adulthood: A Systematic Review of Individual-Level Interventions for Adolescents from Vulnerable Groups. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hilton Boon, M.L. , Craig, P. , Moore, L. and Thomson, H. (2016) OP69 Regression discontinuity designs in the evaluation of health interventions, policies, and outcomes: a systematic review. Society for Social Medicine 60th Annual Scientific Meeting, York, UK, 14-16 Sep 2016. A39.2-A39. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208064.69)
Thomson, H. (2016) Commentary on Current use was established and Cochrane guidance on selection of social theories for systematic reviews of complex interventions was developed, Noyes J, Hendry M, Booth A, Chandler J, Lewin S, Glenton C, et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2016;75:78-92. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10(S), pp. 11-12.
Olsen, J. R. et al. (2016) Effects of new motorway infrastructure on active travel in the local population: a retrospective repeat cross-sectional study in Glasgow, Scotland. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13, 77. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0403-9) (PMID:27387206) (PMCID:PMC4936278)
Skivington, K. , Vojt, G., Thomson, H. , Fenton, C. , Campbell, M. and Sweeting, H. (2016) Systematic literature review of interventions to improve Health, Happiness and Wellbeing in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood. [Research Reports or Papers]
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Fenton, C. and Gibson, M. (2016) Lone parents, health, wellbeing and welfare to work: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 188. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2880-9) (PMID:26911510) (PMCID:PMC4766630)
Rosenberg, P., Kano, M., Ludford, I., Prasad, A. and Thomson, H. (2016) Global Report on Urban Health: Equitable, Healthier Cities for Sustainable Development. [Research Reports or Papers]
2015
Brown, J. et al. (2015) Protocol for a mixed-methods longitudinal study to identify factors influencing return to work in the over 50s participating in the UK work programme: supporting older people into employment (SOPIE). BMJ Open, 5(12), e010525. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010525) (PMID:26674507) (PMCID:PMC4691729)
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Sowden, A. (2015) Assessing reporting of narrative synthesis of quantitative data in public health systematic reviews. [Research Reports or Papers]
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Fenton, C. and Gibson, M. (2015) Health and Wellbeing of Lone Parents in Welfare to Work: a Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies. The Lancet 386(S2):S27. Meeting abstract: Public Health Science, London, UK, 13 Nov 2015. S27. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00865-X)
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. and Gibson, M. (2015) Qualitative Systematic Review of the Health and Wellbeing of Lone Parents in Welfare to Work. European Journal of Public Health 25(S3): 157. 8th European Public Health Conference Health in Europe, Milan, Italy, 14-17 Oct 2015. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv171.072)
Francis, D., Turley, R., Thomson, H. , Weightman, A., Waters, E. and Moore, L. (2015) Supporting the needs of public health decision-makers and review authors in the UK. Journal of Public Health, 37(1), pp. 172-174. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu089) (PMID:25431360)
Thomson, H. and Thomas, S. (2015) Developing empirically supported theories of change for housing investment and health. Social Science and Medicine, 124, pp. 205-214. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.043) (PMID:25461878) (PMCID:PMC4292981)
Gupta, M., Menon, G. R., Devkar, G. and Thomson, H. (2015) Regulatory and road engineering interventions for preventing road traffic injuries and fatalities among vulnerable (non-motorised and motorised two-wheel) road users in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, CD011495. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011495)
Hilton Boon, M. , Craig, P. , Moore, L. and Thomson, H. (2015) Evaluation of public health interventions using regression discontinuity designs: a systematic review. [Research Reports or Papers]
2014
Turley, R., Francis, D., Thomson, H. , Weightman, A., Moore, L. and Waters, E. (2014) Improving the usefulness and practice of evidence synthesis: views and experiences of public health decision makers and review authors in the UK. Lancet, 384(Sup 2), S81. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62207-8)
Thomson, H. and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, (2014) Housing improvement and home safety. Effectiveness Matters,
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Lutje, V., McKee, M., Martin, S., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Fenton, C. and Bond, L. (2014) The Effects of Welfare to Work Interventions on the Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children–a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. European Journal of Public Health 24(S2): 54-55. 7th European Public Health Conference, Glasgow, UK, 19-22 Nov 2014. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku161.010)
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Lutje, V., McKee, M., Martin, S., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Fenton, C. and Bond, L. (2014) OP96 Welfare to Work Interventions and their Effects on Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children - a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 68(S1): A47. Society for Social Medicine 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Oxford, UK, 10-12 Sep 2014. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204726.98)
Donaldson, C. et al. (2014) Global issues, local solutions: rethinking wealth and health through the lens of social enteprise. [Research Reports or Papers]
Lorenc, T., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M., Neary, D., Clayton, S., Wright, K., Thomson, H. , Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2014) Crime, fear of crime and mental health: synthesis of theory and systematic reviews of interventions and qualitative evidence. Public Health Research, 2(2), (doi: 10.3310/phr02020) (PMID:25642507)
2013
Campbell, M. , Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. and Egan, M. (2013) Lone Parents and Welfare to Work Interventions: Synthesis of Qualitative Studies [Review Protocol]. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
Thomson, H. (2013) Improving utility of evidence synthesis for healthy public policy: the three Rs (relevance, rigor, and readability (and resources)). American Journal of Public Health, 103(8), 217-e23. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301400)
Lorenc, T., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M., Neary, D., Clayton, S., Wright, K., Thomson, H. , Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2013) Fear of crime and the environment: systematic review of UK qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 13(1), p. 496. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-496)
Thomson, H. J. and Thomas, S. (2013) The effect direction plot: visual display of non-standardised effects across multiple outcome domains. Research Synthesis Methods, 4(1), pp. 95-101. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1060)
Fenwick, E., MacDonald, C. and Thomson, H. (2013) Economic analysis of the health impacts of housing improvement studies: a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67, pp. 835-845. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-202124)
Lorenc, T., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M., Neary, D., Clayton, S., Wright, K., Thomson, H. , Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2013) Environmental interventions to reduce fear of crime: systematic review of effectiveness. Systematic Reviews, 2(30), (doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-30)
Thomson, H. , Macdonald, C., Higgins, M. and Palmer, S. (2013) Health Impact Assessment of Housing Improvements: a guide. [Research Reports or Papers]
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellström, E. and Petticrew, M. (2013) Housing Improvements for Health and Associated Socio-Economic Outcomes: A Systematic Review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellstrom, E. and Petticrew, M. (2013) Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013(2), CD008657. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008657.pub2)
2012
Lorenc, T., Clayton, S., Neary, D., Whitehead, M., Petticrew, M., Thomson, H., Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2012) Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing: mapping review of theories and causal pathways. Health and Place, 18(4), pp. 757-765. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.001)
Buston, K., Parkes, A., Thomson, H., Wight, D. and Fenton, C. (2012) Parenting interventions for male young offenders: a review of the evidence on what works. Journal of Adolescence, 35(3), pp. 731-742. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.007)
Burford, B.J., Rehfuess, E., Schunemann, H.J., Akl, E.A., Waters, E., Armstrong, R., Thomson, H. , Doyle, J. and Pettman, T. (2012) Assessing evidence in public health: the added value of GRADE. Journal of Public Health, 34(4), pp. 631-635. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds092)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Banas, K., Bambra, C., Fenton, C. and Bond, L. (2012) Welfare to work interventions and their effects on health and well-being of lone parents and their children (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012, (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009820)
Thomson, H. J. and Thomas, S. (2012) External validity in healthy public policy: application of the RE-AIM tool to the field of housing improvement. BMC Public Health, 12(1), p. 633. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-633)
2011
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Bond, L., McKee, M., Lutje, V. and Fenton, C. (2011) Welfare to Work Interventions and their Effects on the Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children. European Journal of Public Health 21(S1): 200. 4th European Public Health Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 09-12 Nov 2011. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr119)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H., Kearns, A. and Petticrew, M. (2011) Understanding the psychosocial impacts of housing type: qualitative evidence from a study of housing relocation. Housing Studies, 26(4), pp. 555-573. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2011.559724)
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Bond, L., McKee, M., Lutje, V. and Fenton, C. (2011) Welfare to Work Interventions and their Effects on the Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children. [Research Reports or Papers]
Thomson, H. (2011) Housing improvements and their health effects. In: Braubach, M., Jacobs, D.E. and Ormandy, D. (eds.) Environmental Burden of Disease Associated with Inadequate Housing. WHO Regional Office for Europe, pp. 179-195.
2010
Aston, E., Thomson, H. , Scoular, A. and Kearns, A. (2010) Evaluation of GHA’s youth diversionary programme. [Research Reports or Papers]
Egan, M. et al. (2010) Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10(1), 41. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-41)
Bond, L., Craig, P., Egan, M., Skivington, K. and Thomson, H. (2010) Health improvement programmes: really too complex to evaluate? British Medical Journal, 340(mar10), c1332-c1332. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1332)
Bond, L., Craig, P., Egan, M., Skivington, K. and Thomson, H. (2010) MRC guidelines and the evaluation of health improvement programmes: are health improvement programmes really too complex to assess their effectiveness? [rapid response]. British Medical Journal, 340ID(614), c185.
McCartney, G., Thomas, S., Thomson, H., Scott, J., Hamilton, V., Hanlon, P., Morrison, D.S. and Bond, L. (2010) The health and socioeconomic impacts of major multi-sport events: systematic review (1978-2008). British Medical Journal, 340, c2369. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2369)
Skivington, K., McCartney, G., Thomson, H. and Bond, L. (2010) Challenges in evaluating welfare to work policy interventions: would an RCT design have been the answer to all our problems? BMC Public Health, 10, 254. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-254) (PMID:20478022) (PMCID:PMC2882350)
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellstrom, E. and Petticrew, M. (2010) Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008657)
2009
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellstrom, E. and Petticrew, M. (2009) The health impacts of housing improvement: a systematic review of intervention studies from 1887 to 2007. American Journal of Public Health, 99(S3), S681-S692. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143909)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Petticrew, M. and Kearns, A. (2009) My Own Front and Back Door; Impacts On Well-Being Of Moving To New-Build Social Housing. In: European Network of Housing Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 28 Jun - 1 Jul 2009,
2008
Cummins, S., Findlay, A., Higgins, C., Petticrew, M., Sparks, L. and Thomson, H. (2008) Reducing inequalities in health and diet: findings from a study on the impact of a food retail development. Environment and Planning A, 40(2), pp. 402-422. (doi: 10.1068/a38371)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Petticrew, M. and Kearns, A. (2008) Health and Housing in the SHARP Study: Qualitative Research Findings. [Research Reports or Papers]
Petticrew, M., Egan, M., Thomson, H. , Hamilton, V., Kunkler, R. and Roberts, H. (2008) Publication bias in qualitative research: what becomes of qualitative research presented at conferences? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(6), pp. 552-554. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.059394)
Thomson, H. (2008) A dose of realism for healthy urban policy: lessons from area-based initiatives in the UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(10), pp. 932-936. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2007.068775)
Thomson, H. (2008) HIA forecast: cloudy with sunny spells later? European Journal of Public Health, 18(5), pp. 436-438. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn086)
Thomson, H. , Jepson, R., Hurley, F. and Douglas, M. (2008) Assessing the unintended health impacts of road transport policies and interventions: translating research evidence for use in policy and practice. BMC Public Health, 8(339), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-339)
2007
Thomson, H. and Petticrew, M. (2007) Housing and health. British Medical Journal, 334, pp. 434-435. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39133.558380.BE)
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Morrison, D. (2007) Better homes, better neighbourhoods. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(3), p. 214. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.049254)
Egan, M., Bambra, C., Thomas, S., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M. and Thomson, H. (2007) The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 1. A systematic review of organisational-level interventions that aim to increase employee control. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(11), pp. 945-954. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.054965)
Thomson, H. , Morrison, D.S. and Petticrew, M. (2007) The health impacts of housing-led regeneration: a prospective controlled study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61, pp. 211-214. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.049239)
2006
Atkinson, R., Thomson, H., Kearns, A. and Petticrew, M. (2006) Giving urban policy its 'medical': assessing the place of health in area-based regeneration. Policy and Politics, 34(1), pp. 5-26. (doi: 10.1332/030557306775212179)
Thomson, H., Atkinson, R., Petticrew, M. and Kearns, A. (2006) Do urban regeneration programmes improve public health and reduce health inequalities? A synthesis of the evidence from UK policy and practice (1980–2004). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60(2), pp. 108-115. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.038885)
2004
McConnachie, A. , Wilson, P., Thomson, H., Muirhead, P.E.A. and Munley, A. (2004) Modelling consultation rates in infancy: influence of maternal and infant characteristics, feeding type and consultation history. British Journal of General Practice, 54(505), pp. 598-603.
Thomson, H., Hoskins, R., Petticrew, M., Ogilvie, D., Craig, N., Quinn, T. and Lindsay, G. (2004) Evaluating the health effects of social interventions. British Medical Journal, 328(7434), pp. 282-285. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7434.282)
Morrison, D.S., Thomson, H. and Petticrew, M. (2004) An evaluation of the health effects of a neighbourhood traffic calming scheme. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58(10), pp. 837-840.
Petticrew, M., Macintyre, S. and Thomson, H. (2004) Evidence and health impact assessment. In: Kemm, J.R., Parry, J. and Palmer, S.R. (eds.) Health Impact Assessment: Concepts, Theory, Techniques, and Applications. Series: Oxford medical publications. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 71-80. ISBN 9780198526292
Thomson, H., Hoskins, R., Petticrew, M., Ogilvie, D., Craig, N., Quinn, T. and Lindsay, G. (2004) Evaluating the health effects of social interventions: is no evidence better than any evidence when controlled studies are unethical? British Medical Journal, 328(7434), pp. 282-285. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7434.282)
2003
Morrison, D.S., Thomson, H. and Petticrew, M. (2003) Effects of disseminating research findings on response rates in a community survey: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(7), pp. 536-537. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.7.536) (PMID:12821704) (PMCID:PMC1732498)
Morrison, D., Petticrew, M. and Thomson, H. (2003) What are the most effective ways of improving population health through transport interventions? Evidence from systematic reviews. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(5), pp. 327-333.
Thomson, H., Kearns, A. and Petticrew, M. (2003) Assessing the health impact of local amenities: a qualitative study of contrasting experiences of local swimming pool and leisure provision in two areas of Glasgow. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(9), pp. 663-667.
Thomson, H. , O'Donnell, K., Heaney, D., Moffat, K., Ross, S., Scott, A. and Drummond, N. (2003) Unity or diversity? Recent developments in the organisation of out-of-hours general medical services in Scotland. Primary Care Research and Development, 4(3), pp. 193-205. (doi: 10.1191/1463423603pc150oa)
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Douglas, M. (2003) Health Impact Assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(1), pp. 11-16.
2002
Thomson, H. , Ross, S., Wilson, P., McConnachie, A. and Watson, R. (2002) Mothers' use of and attitudes to Baby Check. British Journal of General Practice, 52(477), pp. 314-16.
2001
Morrison, D., Petticrew, M. and Thomson, H. (2001) Health Impact Assessment and beyond. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(4), pp. 219-220.
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Morrison, D. (2001) Health effects of housing improvement: systematic review of intervention studies. British Medical Journal, 323, pp. 187-190. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7306.187)
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Morrison, D. (2001) Housing interventions and health: a systematic review of intervention studies. British Medical Journal, 323(7306), pp. 187-190.
1999
Thomson, H., Ross, S., Wilson, P., McConnachie, A. and Watson, R. (1999) Randomised controlled trial of effect of Baby Check on use of health services in first 6 months of life. British Medical Journal, 318(7200), pp. 1740-1744.
Articles
Shimonovich, M. , Thomson, H. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Applying Bradford Hill to assessing causality in systematic reviews: a transparent approach using process tracing. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(6), pp. 826-838. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1730) (PMID:39506911)
Brook, A., Rendall, G., Hearty, W., Meier, P. , Thomson, H. , Macnamara, A., Crossley, R., Campbell, M. and McCartney, G. (2024) What is the relationship between changes in the size of economies and mortality derived population health measures in high income countries: a causal systematic review. Social Science and Medicine, 357, 117190. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117190) (PMID:39178721)
Shimonovich, M. , Campbell, M. , Thomson, R. M. , Broadbent, P., Wells, V. , Kopasker, D. , McCartney, G. , Thomson, H. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Causal assessment of income inequality on self-rated health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), pp. 141-182. (doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689) (PMID:38294094)
Sweeting, H. , Thomson, H. , Wells, V. and Flowers, P. (2023) Evolution of ‘whole institution’ approaches to improving health in tertiary education settings: a critical scoping review. Research Papers in Education, 38(4), pp. 661-689. (doi: 10.1080/02671522.2021.1961302) (PMID:37424522) (PMCID:PMC7614732)
Tweed, E. J. , Popham, F. , Thomson, H. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Including 'inclusion health'? A discourse analysis of health inequalities policy reviews. Critical Public Health, 32(5), pp. 700-712. (doi: 10.1080/09581596.2021.1929847)
Shimonovich, M. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, H. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Causal assessment in evidence synthesis: a methodological review of reviews. Research Synthesis Methods, 13(4), pp. 405-423. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1569) (PMID:35560730) (PMCID:PMC9543433)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s physical activity, sedentary behavior, motor competence, and other physical health outcomes: a mixed-methods systematic review. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19(6), pp. 456-472. (doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0760) (PMID:35537707) (PMCID:PMC7613039)
Thomson, R. M. , Igelstrom, E. , Purba, A. K., Shimonovich, M. , Thomson, H. , McCartney, G. , Reeves, A., Leyland, A. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 7(6), e515-e528. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00058-5) (PMID:35660213) (PMCID:PMC7614874)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2022) Nature-based early childhood education and children’s social, emotional and cognitive development: a mixed-methods systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(10), 5967. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105967) (PMID:35627504) (PMCID:PMC9142068)
Hilton Boon, M. , Burns, J., Craig, P. , Griebler, U., Heise, T. L., Katikireddi, V. , Rehfuess, E., Shepperd, S., Thomson, H. and Bero, L. (2022) Value and challenges of using observational studies in systematic reviews of public health interventions. American Journal of Public Health, 112(4), pp. 548-552. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306658) (PMID:35319925)
Shimonovich, M. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, H. , McCartney, G. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Assessing the causal relationship between income inequality and mortality and self-rated health: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 11, 20. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-01892-w) (PMID:35115055) (PMCID:PMC8815171)
Shimonovich, M. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, H. , Keyes, K. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Assessing causality in epidemiology: revisiting Bradford Hill to incorporate developments in causal thinking. European Journal of Epidemiology, 36(9), pp. 873-887. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00703-7) (PMID:33324996) (PMCID:PMC8206235)
Hilton Boon, M. et al. (2021) Challenges in applying the GRADE approach in public health guidelines and systematic reviews: A concept paper from the GRADE Public Health Group. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 135, pp. 42-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.01.001) (PMID:33476768) (PMCID:PMC8352629)
Neary, J. , Katikireddi, S. V. , McQuaid, R. W., Macdonald, E. B. and Thomson, H. (2021) Using candidacy theory to explore unemployed over-50s perceptions of suitability of a welfare to work programme: a longitudinal qualitative study. Social Policy and Administration, 55(4), pp. 589-605. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12644)
Hilton Boon, M. , Craig, P. , Thomson, H. , Campbell, M. and Moore, L. (2021) Regression discontinuity designs in health: a systematic review. Epidemiology, 32(1), pp. 87-93. (doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001274) (PMID:33196561) (PMCID:PMC7707156)
Hilton Boon, M. and Thomson, H. (2021) The effect direction plot revisited: application of the 2019 Cochrane Handbook guidance on alternative synthesis methods. Research Synthesis Methods, 12(1), pp. 29-33. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1458) (PMID:32979023) (PMCID:PMC7821279)
Johnstone, A. et al. (2020) Nature-based early childhood education for child health, wellbeing and development: a mixed-methods systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 9, 226. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01489-1) (PMCID:PMC7532588)
Ferguson, K. D., McCann, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Thomson, H. , Green, M. J. , Smith, D. J. and Lewsey, J. D. (2020) Evidence synthesis for constructing directed acyclic graphs (ESC-DAGs): a novel and systematic method for building directed acyclic graphs. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(1), pp. 322-329. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz150) (PMID:31325312) (PMCID:PMC7124493)
Campbell, M. et al. (2020) Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: a reporting guideline. British Medical Journal, 368, l6890. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.l6890)
Neary, J. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Brown, J. , MacDonald, E. B. and Thomson, H. (2019) Role of age and health in perceptions of returning to work: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 19, 496. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6819-9) (PMID:31046738) (PMCID:PMC6498557)
Baxter, A. J. , Tweed, E. J. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Thomson, H. (2019) Effects of Housing First approaches on health and wellbeing of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73, pp. 379-387. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2018-210981) (PMID:30777888) (PMCID:PMC6581117)
Campbell, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Sowden, A. and Thomson, H. (2019) Lack of transparency in reporting narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a methodological assessment of systematic reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 105, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.08.019) (PMID:30196129) (PMCID:PMC6327109)
Vojt, G., Skivington, K. , Sweeting, H. , Campbell, M. , Fenton, C. and Thomson, H. (2018) Lack of evidence on mental health and well-being impacts of individual-level interventions for vulnerable adolescents: systematic mapping review. Public Health, 161, pp. 29-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.04.003) (PMID:29859375) (PMCID:PMC6085115)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Banas, K., Lutje, V., McKee, M.J., Martin, S.P., Fenton, C. , Bambra, C. and Bond, L. (2018) Welfare-to-work interventions and their effects on the mental and physical health of lone parents and their children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(8), CD009820. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009820.pub3) (PMID:28823111) (PMCID:PMC6483471)
Campbell, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Sowden, A., McKenzie, J. E. and Thomson, H. (2018) Improving conduct and reporting of narrative synthesis of quantitative data (ICONS-Quant): protocol for a mixed methods study to develop a reporting guideline. BMJ Open, 8(2), e020064. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020064) (PMCID:PMC5855342)
Thomson, H. , Craig, P. , Hilton-Boon, M. , Campbell, M. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2018) Applying the ROBINS-I tool to natural experiments: an example from public health. Systematic Reviews, 7, 15. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0659-4) (PMID:29368630) (PMCID:PMC5784724)
Nimegeer, A. , Thomson, H. , Foley, L., Hilton, S. , Crawford, F. and Ogilvie, D. (2018) Experiences of connectivity and severance in the wake of a new motorway: implications for health and well-being. Social Science and Medicine, 197, pp. 78-86. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.049) (PMID:29222998) (PMCID:PMC5777829)
Ogilvie, D. et al. (2017) Health impacts of the M74 urban motorway extension: a mixed-method natural experimental study. Public Health Research, 5(3), (doi: 10.3310/phr05030) (PMID:28459514)
Foley, L., Prins, R., Crawford, F., Humphreys, D., Mitchell, R. , Sahlqvist, S., Thomson, H. , Ogilvie, D. and M74 Study Team, (2017) Effects of living near an urban motorway on the wellbeing of local residents in deprived areas: natural experimental study. PLoS ONE, 12(4), e0174882. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174882) (PMID:28379993) (PMCID:PMC5381791)
Thomson, H. (2016) Commentary on Current use was established and Cochrane guidance on selection of social theories for systematic reviews of complex interventions was developed, Noyes J, Hendry M, Booth A, Chandler J, Lewin S, Glenton C, et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2016;75:78-92. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10(S), pp. 11-12.
Olsen, J. R. et al. (2016) Effects of new motorway infrastructure on active travel in the local population: a retrospective repeat cross-sectional study in Glasgow, Scotland. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13, 77. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-016-0403-9) (PMID:27387206) (PMCID:PMC4936278)
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Fenton, C. and Gibson, M. (2016) Lone parents, health, wellbeing and welfare to work: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 188. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2880-9) (PMID:26911510) (PMCID:PMC4766630)
Brown, J. et al. (2015) Protocol for a mixed-methods longitudinal study to identify factors influencing return to work in the over 50s participating in the UK work programme: supporting older people into employment (SOPIE). BMJ Open, 5(12), e010525. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010525) (PMID:26674507) (PMCID:PMC4691729)
Francis, D., Turley, R., Thomson, H. , Weightman, A., Waters, E. and Moore, L. (2015) Supporting the needs of public health decision-makers and review authors in the UK. Journal of Public Health, 37(1), pp. 172-174. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu089) (PMID:25431360)
Thomson, H. and Thomas, S. (2015) Developing empirically supported theories of change for housing investment and health. Social Science and Medicine, 124, pp. 205-214. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.043) (PMID:25461878) (PMCID:PMC4292981)
Gupta, M., Menon, G. R., Devkar, G. and Thomson, H. (2015) Regulatory and road engineering interventions for preventing road traffic injuries and fatalities among vulnerable (non-motorised and motorised two-wheel) road users in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, CD011495. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011495)
Turley, R., Francis, D., Thomson, H. , Weightman, A., Moore, L. and Waters, E. (2014) Improving the usefulness and practice of evidence synthesis: views and experiences of public health decision makers and review authors in the UK. Lancet, 384(Sup 2), S81. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62207-8)
Thomson, H. and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, (2014) Housing improvement and home safety. Effectiveness Matters,
Lorenc, T., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M., Neary, D., Clayton, S., Wright, K., Thomson, H. , Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2014) Crime, fear of crime and mental health: synthesis of theory and systematic reviews of interventions and qualitative evidence. Public Health Research, 2(2), (doi: 10.3310/phr02020) (PMID:25642507)
Thomson, H. (2013) Improving utility of evidence synthesis for healthy public policy: the three Rs (relevance, rigor, and readability (and resources)). American Journal of Public Health, 103(8), 217-e23. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301400)
Lorenc, T., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M., Neary, D., Clayton, S., Wright, K., Thomson, H. , Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2013) Fear of crime and the environment: systematic review of UK qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 13(1), p. 496. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-496)
Thomson, H. J. and Thomas, S. (2013) The effect direction plot: visual display of non-standardised effects across multiple outcome domains. Research Synthesis Methods, 4(1), pp. 95-101. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1060)
Fenwick, E., MacDonald, C. and Thomson, H. (2013) Economic analysis of the health impacts of housing improvement studies: a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67, pp. 835-845. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-202124)
Lorenc, T., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M., Neary, D., Clayton, S., Wright, K., Thomson, H. , Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2013) Environmental interventions to reduce fear of crime: systematic review of effectiveness. Systematic Reviews, 2(30), (doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-30)
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellstrom, E. and Petticrew, M. (2013) Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013(2), CD008657. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008657.pub2)
Lorenc, T., Clayton, S., Neary, D., Whitehead, M., Petticrew, M., Thomson, H., Cummins, S., Sowden, A. and Renton, A. (2012) Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing: mapping review of theories and causal pathways. Health and Place, 18(4), pp. 757-765. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.001)
Buston, K., Parkes, A., Thomson, H., Wight, D. and Fenton, C. (2012) Parenting interventions for male young offenders: a review of the evidence on what works. Journal of Adolescence, 35(3), pp. 731-742. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.10.007)
Burford, B.J., Rehfuess, E., Schunemann, H.J., Akl, E.A., Waters, E., Armstrong, R., Thomson, H. , Doyle, J. and Pettman, T. (2012) Assessing evidence in public health: the added value of GRADE. Journal of Public Health, 34(4), pp. 631-635. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fds092)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Banas, K., Bambra, C., Fenton, C. and Bond, L. (2012) Welfare to work interventions and their effects on health and well-being of lone parents and their children (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012, (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009820)
Thomson, H. J. and Thomas, S. (2012) External validity in healthy public policy: application of the RE-AIM tool to the field of housing improvement. BMC Public Health, 12(1), p. 633. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-633)
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H., Kearns, A. and Petticrew, M. (2011) Understanding the psychosocial impacts of housing type: qualitative evidence from a study of housing relocation. Housing Studies, 26(4), pp. 555-573. (doi: 10.1080/02673037.2011.559724)
Egan, M. et al. (2010) Protocol for a mixed methods study investigating the impact of investment in housing, regeneration and neighbourhood renewal on the health and wellbeing of residents: the GoWell programme. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 10(1), 41. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-41)
Bond, L., Craig, P., Egan, M., Skivington, K. and Thomson, H. (2010) Health improvement programmes: really too complex to evaluate? British Medical Journal, 340(mar10), c1332-c1332. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1332)
Bond, L., Craig, P., Egan, M., Skivington, K. and Thomson, H. (2010) MRC guidelines and the evaluation of health improvement programmes: are health improvement programmes really too complex to assess their effectiveness? [rapid response]. British Medical Journal, 340ID(614), c185.
McCartney, G., Thomas, S., Thomson, H., Scott, J., Hamilton, V., Hanlon, P., Morrison, D.S. and Bond, L. (2010) The health and socioeconomic impacts of major multi-sport events: systematic review (1978-2008). British Medical Journal, 340, c2369. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2369)
Skivington, K., McCartney, G., Thomson, H. and Bond, L. (2010) Challenges in evaluating welfare to work policy interventions: would an RCT design have been the answer to all our problems? BMC Public Health, 10, 254. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-254) (PMID:20478022) (PMCID:PMC2882350)
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellstrom, E. and Petticrew, M. (2010) Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008657)
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellstrom, E. and Petticrew, M. (2009) The health impacts of housing improvement: a systematic review of intervention studies from 1887 to 2007. American Journal of Public Health, 99(S3), S681-S692. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143909)
Cummins, S., Findlay, A., Higgins, C., Petticrew, M., Sparks, L. and Thomson, H. (2008) Reducing inequalities in health and diet: findings from a study on the impact of a food retail development. Environment and Planning A, 40(2), pp. 402-422. (doi: 10.1068/a38371)
Petticrew, M., Egan, M., Thomson, H. , Hamilton, V., Kunkler, R. and Roberts, H. (2008) Publication bias in qualitative research: what becomes of qualitative research presented at conferences? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(6), pp. 552-554. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.059394)
Thomson, H. (2008) A dose of realism for healthy urban policy: lessons from area-based initiatives in the UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(10), pp. 932-936. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2007.068775)
Thomson, H. (2008) HIA forecast: cloudy with sunny spells later? European Journal of Public Health, 18(5), pp. 436-438. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn086)
Thomson, H. , Jepson, R., Hurley, F. and Douglas, M. (2008) Assessing the unintended health impacts of road transport policies and interventions: translating research evidence for use in policy and practice. BMC Public Health, 8(339), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-339)
Thomson, H. and Petticrew, M. (2007) Housing and health. British Medical Journal, 334, pp. 434-435. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39133.558380.BE)
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Morrison, D. (2007) Better homes, better neighbourhoods. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(3), p. 214. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.049254)
Egan, M., Bambra, C., Thomas, S., Petticrew, M., Whitehead, M. and Thomson, H. (2007) The psychosocial and health effects of workplace reorganisation. 1. A systematic review of organisational-level interventions that aim to increase employee control. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(11), pp. 945-954. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.054965)
Thomson, H. , Morrison, D.S. and Petticrew, M. (2007) The health impacts of housing-led regeneration: a prospective controlled study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61, pp. 211-214. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.049239)
Atkinson, R., Thomson, H., Kearns, A. and Petticrew, M. (2006) Giving urban policy its 'medical': assessing the place of health in area-based regeneration. Policy and Politics, 34(1), pp. 5-26. (doi: 10.1332/030557306775212179)
Thomson, H., Atkinson, R., Petticrew, M. and Kearns, A. (2006) Do urban regeneration programmes improve public health and reduce health inequalities? A synthesis of the evidence from UK policy and practice (1980–2004). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60(2), pp. 108-115. (doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.038885)
McConnachie, A. , Wilson, P., Thomson, H., Muirhead, P.E.A. and Munley, A. (2004) Modelling consultation rates in infancy: influence of maternal and infant characteristics, feeding type and consultation history. British Journal of General Practice, 54(505), pp. 598-603.
Thomson, H., Hoskins, R., Petticrew, M., Ogilvie, D., Craig, N., Quinn, T. and Lindsay, G. (2004) Evaluating the health effects of social interventions. British Medical Journal, 328(7434), pp. 282-285. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7434.282)
Morrison, D.S., Thomson, H. and Petticrew, M. (2004) An evaluation of the health effects of a neighbourhood traffic calming scheme. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58(10), pp. 837-840.
Thomson, H., Hoskins, R., Petticrew, M., Ogilvie, D., Craig, N., Quinn, T. and Lindsay, G. (2004) Evaluating the health effects of social interventions: is no evidence better than any evidence when controlled studies are unethical? British Medical Journal, 328(7434), pp. 282-285. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7434.282)
Morrison, D.S., Thomson, H. and Petticrew, M. (2003) Effects of disseminating research findings on response rates in a community survey: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(7), pp. 536-537. (doi: 10.1136/jech.57.7.536) (PMID:12821704) (PMCID:PMC1732498)
Morrison, D., Petticrew, M. and Thomson, H. (2003) What are the most effective ways of improving population health through transport interventions? Evidence from systematic reviews. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(5), pp. 327-333.
Thomson, H., Kearns, A. and Petticrew, M. (2003) Assessing the health impact of local amenities: a qualitative study of contrasting experiences of local swimming pool and leisure provision in two areas of Glasgow. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(9), pp. 663-667.
Thomson, H. , O'Donnell, K., Heaney, D., Moffat, K., Ross, S., Scott, A. and Drummond, N. (2003) Unity or diversity? Recent developments in the organisation of out-of-hours general medical services in Scotland. Primary Care Research and Development, 4(3), pp. 193-205. (doi: 10.1191/1463423603pc150oa)
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Douglas, M. (2003) Health Impact Assessment of housing improvements: incorporating research evidence. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57(1), pp. 11-16.
Thomson, H. , Ross, S., Wilson, P., McConnachie, A. and Watson, R. (2002) Mothers' use of and attitudes to Baby Check. British Journal of General Practice, 52(477), pp. 314-16.
Morrison, D., Petticrew, M. and Thomson, H. (2001) Health Impact Assessment and beyond. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(4), pp. 219-220.
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Morrison, D. (2001) Health effects of housing improvement: systematic review of intervention studies. British Medical Journal, 323, pp. 187-190. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7306.187)
Thomson, H., Petticrew, M. and Morrison, D. (2001) Housing interventions and health: a systematic review of intervention studies. British Medical Journal, 323(7306), pp. 187-190.
Thomson, H., Ross, S., Wilson, P., McConnachie, A. and Watson, R. (1999) Randomised controlled trial of effect of Baby Check on use of health services in first 6 months of life. British Medical Journal, 318(7200), pp. 1740-1744.
Book Sections
McKenzie, J.E., Brennan, S.E., Ryan, R.E., Thomson, H.J. and Johnston, R.V. (2019) Chapter 9: Summarizing the study characteristics and preparing for synthesis. In: Higgins, J.P.T, Thomas, J., Chandler, J., Cumpston, M., Li, T., Page, M.J. and Welch, V.A. (eds.) Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.0. Wiley.
McKenzie, J.E., Brennan, S.E., Ryan, R., Thomson, H.J. , Johnston, R.V. and Thomas, J. (2019) Chapter 3: Defining the criteria for including studies and how they will be grouped for the synthesis. In: Higgins, J.P.T, Thomas, J., Chandler, J., Cumpston, M., Li, T., Page, M.J. and Welch, V.A. (eds.) Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.0. Wiley: Chichester.
Thomson, H. (2011) Housing improvements and their health effects. In: Braubach, M., Jacobs, D.E. and Ormandy, D. (eds.) Environmental Burden of Disease Associated with Inadequate Housing. WHO Regional Office for Europe, pp. 179-195.
Petticrew, M., Macintyre, S. and Thomson, H. (2004) Evidence and health impact assessment. In: Kemm, J.R., Parry, J. and Palmer, S.R. (eds.) Health Impact Assessment: Concepts, Theory, Techniques, and Applications. Series: Oxford medical publications. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 71-80. ISBN 9780198526292
Research Reports or Papers
Douglas, M.J., Higgins, M., Austin, H., Armour, G., Jepson, R., Thomson, H. and Hurley, F. (2018) Health and Transport: A Guide. Scottish Health and Inequalities Impact Assessment Network. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gupta, M., Menon, G.R., Devkar, G. and Thomson, H. (2016) Regulatory and Road Engineering Interventions for Preventing Road Traffic Injuries and Fatalities Among Vulnerable (Non-Motorised and Motorised Two-Wheel) Road Users: A Systematic Review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gupta, M., Menon, G.R., Devkar, G. and Thomson, H. (2016) Regulatory and Road Engineering Interventions for Preventing Road Traffic Injuries and Fatalities Among Vulnerable (Non-Motorised and Motorised Two-Wheel) Road Users in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a Systematic Review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Vojt, G., Thomson, H. , Campbell, M. , Fenton, C. , Sweeting, H. , McQueen, J. and Skivington, K. (2016) Health, Happiness and Wellbeing for Adolescents Transitioning to Adulthood: A Systematic Review of Individual-Level Interventions for Adolescents from Vulnerable Groups. [Research Reports or Papers]
Skivington, K. , Vojt, G., Thomson, H. , Fenton, C. , Campbell, M. and Sweeting, H. (2016) Systematic literature review of interventions to improve Health, Happiness and Wellbeing in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood. [Research Reports or Papers]
Rosenberg, P., Kano, M., Ludford, I., Prasad, A. and Thomson, H. (2016) Global Report on Urban Health: Equitable, Healthier Cities for Sustainable Development. [Research Reports or Papers]
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Sowden, A. (2015) Assessing reporting of narrative synthesis of quantitative data in public health systematic reviews. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hilton Boon, M. , Craig, P. , Moore, L. and Thomson, H. (2015) Evaluation of public health interventions using regression discontinuity designs: a systematic review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Donaldson, C. et al. (2014) Global issues, local solutions: rethinking wealth and health through the lens of social enteprise. [Research Reports or Papers]
Campbell, M. , Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. and Egan, M. (2013) Lone Parents and Welfare to Work Interventions: Synthesis of Qualitative Studies [Review Protocol]. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
Thomson, H. , Macdonald, C., Higgins, M. and Palmer, S. (2013) Health Impact Assessment of Housing Improvements: a guide. [Research Reports or Papers]
Thomson, H. , Thomas, S., Sellström, E. and Petticrew, M. (2013) Housing Improvements for Health and Associated Socio-Economic Outcomes: A Systematic Review. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Bond, L., McKee, M., Lutje, V. and Fenton, C. (2011) Welfare to Work Interventions and their Effects on the Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children. [Research Reports or Papers]
Aston, E., Thomson, H. , Scoular, A. and Kearns, A. (2010) Evaluation of GHA’s youth diversionary programme. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Petticrew, M. and Kearns, A. (2008) Health and Housing in the SHARP Study: Qualitative Research Findings. [Research Reports or Papers]
Conference or Workshop Item
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Sowden, A. (2016) Reporting of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews of public health interventions: a methodological assessment. UNSPECIFIED S34. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32270-X)
Ogilvie, D. et al. (2016) Health Impacts of the M74 Urban Motorway Extension: A Natural Experimental Study. Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health, Cardiff, Wales, 26 Nov 2016. S5. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32241-3)
Hilton Boon, M.L. , Craig, P. , Moore, L. and Thomson, H. (2016) OP69 Regression discontinuity designs in the evaluation of health interventions, policies, and outcomes: a systematic review. Society for Social Medicine 60th Annual Scientific Meeting, York, UK, 14-16 Sep 2016. A39.2-A39. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208064.69)
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. , Fenton, C. and Gibson, M. (2015) Health and Wellbeing of Lone Parents in Welfare to Work: a Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies. The Lancet 386(S2):S27. Meeting abstract: Public Health Science, London, UK, 13 Nov 2015. S27. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00865-X)
Campbell, M. , Thomson, H. and Gibson, M. (2015) Qualitative Systematic Review of the Health and Wellbeing of Lone Parents in Welfare to Work. European Journal of Public Health 25(S3): 157. 8th European Public Health Conference Health in Europe, Milan, Italy, 14-17 Oct 2015. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv171.072)
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Lutje, V., McKee, M., Martin, S., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Fenton, C. and Bond, L. (2014) The Effects of Welfare to Work Interventions on the Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children–a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. European Journal of Public Health 24(S2): 54-55. 7th European Public Health Conference, Glasgow, UK, 19-22 Nov 2014. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku161.010)
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Lutje, V., McKee, M., Martin, S., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Fenton, C. and Bond, L. (2014) OP96 Welfare to Work Interventions and their Effects on Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children - a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 68(S1): A47. Society for Social Medicine 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, Oxford, UK, 10-12 Sep 2014. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204726.98)
Gibson, M. , Banas, K., Thomson, H. , Bambra, C., Bond, L., McKee, M., Lutje, V. and Fenton, C. (2011) Welfare to Work Interventions and their Effects on the Health and Well-Being of Lone Parents and their Children. European Journal of Public Health 21(S1): 200. 4th European Public Health Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 09-12 Nov 2011. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr119)
Conference Proceedings
Gibson, M. , Thomson, H. , Petticrew, M. and Kearns, A. (2009) My Own Front and Back Door; Impacts On Well-Being Of Moving To New-Build Social Housing. In: European Network of Housing Research Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 28 Jun - 1 Jul 2009,
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Systematic review on the potential of outdoor nurseries for promoting learning, social relationships, health and wellbeing in early childhood
Scottish Government
2019 - 2020
- Improving the Conduct & reporting Of Narrative Synthesis of QUANTitative data (ICONS-Quant)
The Cochrane Collaboration
2017 - 2019
- Systematic review of interventions to improve health, happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood - individual interventions
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
2016 - 2016
- SRP Complex Reviews Research Support Unit
National Institute for Health Research
2015 - 2020
- Quinquennial Core Funds
Medical Research Council
2015 - 2020
- Supporting Older people into Employment (SOPIE): identitying factors influencing return to work in the over 50s
Medical Research Council
2014 - 2018
- The M74 study: longitudinal follow-up for the health effects of a new urban motorway.
National Institute for Health Research
2013 - 2016
Teaching
Hilary teaches systematic review methods most recently delivering workshops on narrative synthesis and application of GRADE to public health systematic reviews.