Ms Valerie Wells
- Research Associate - Information Scientist (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)
email:
Valerie.Wells@glasgow.ac.uk
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB
Publications
2024
Uddin, J., Joshi, V. L., Wells, V. , Faruque, M., Mashreky, S. R., Movsisyan, A., Evans, R., Moore, G. and Taylor, R. S. (2024) Adaptation of complex interventions for people with long-term conditions: a scoping review. Translational Behavioral Medicine, (doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibae031) (PMID:38895875) (Early Online Publication)
Dibben-Santillan, G. et al. (2024) Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. EClinicalMedicine, 72, 102599. (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102599) (PMID:39010975) (PMCID:PMC11247153)
Casais, G. et al. (2024) Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(4), e082381. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082381) (PMID:38719283) (PMCID:PMC11086528)
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)
Amberson, T., Heagele, T., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J., Wells, V. and Castner, J. (2024) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1257714. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1257714) (PMID:38596429) (PMCID:PMC11003604)
2023
Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)
Manyara, A. M. et al. (2023) Definitions, acceptability, limitations, and guidance in the use and reporting of surrogate endpoints in trials: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 160, pp. 83-99. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.013) (PMID:37380118)
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
Manyara, A. , Davies, P., Stewart, D., Wells, V. , Weir, C., Young, A., Taylor, R. and Ciani, O. (2022) Scoping and targeted reviews to support development of SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions for randomised controlled trials with surrogate primary endpoints: protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e062798. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062798) (PMID:36229145) (PMCID:PMC9562307)
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)
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)
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)
Kromydas, T., Campbell, M. , Chambers, S. , Hilton Boon, M. , Pearce, A. , Wells, V. and Craig, P. (2022) The effects of school summer holidays on inequalities in children and young people's mental health and cognitive ability in the UK. A secondary analysis from the Millennium cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22, 154. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12540-2) (PMID:35065629) (PMCID:PMC8782677)
2021
Amberson, T., Heagele, T. N., Castner, J., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J. and Wells, V. (2021) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(5), CD014934. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014934) (PMCID:PMC8129632)
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)
Thomson, M. , Martin, A. , Logue, J. , Wells, V. and Simpson, S. A. (2020) Barriers and facilitators of successful weight loss during participation in behavioural weight management programmes: A protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9, 168. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01427-1) (PMID:32731884) (PMCID:PMC7393897)
2019
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. Documentation. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
Articles
Uddin, J., Joshi, V. L., Wells, V. , Faruque, M., Mashreky, S. R., Movsisyan, A., Evans, R., Moore, G. and Taylor, R. S. (2024) Adaptation of complex interventions for people with long-term conditions: a scoping review. Translational Behavioral Medicine, (doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibae031) (PMID:38895875) (Early Online Publication)
Dibben-Santillan, G. et al. (2024) Evidence for exercise-based interventions across 45 different long-term conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. EClinicalMedicine, 72, 102599. (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102599) (PMID:39010975) (PMCID:PMC11247153)
Casais, G. et al. (2024) Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(4), e082381. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082381) (PMID:38719283) (PMCID:PMC11086528)
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)
Amberson, T., Heagele, T., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J., Wells, V. and Castner, J. (2024) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1257714. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1257714) (PMID:38596429) (PMCID:PMC11003604)
Dibben, G. O. et al. (2023) Adolescents’ interactive electronic device use, sleep and mental health: a systematic review of prospective studies. Journal of Sleep Research, 32(5), e13899. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13899) (PMID:37029099)
Manyara, A. M. et al. (2023) Definitions, acceptability, limitations, and guidance in the use and reporting of surrogate endpoints in trials: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 160, pp. 83-99. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.013) (PMID:37380118)
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)
Manyara, A. , Davies, P., Stewart, D., Wells, V. , Weir, C., Young, A., Taylor, R. and Ciani, O. (2022) Scoping and targeted reviews to support development of SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions for randomised controlled trials with surrogate primary endpoints: protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e062798. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062798) (PMID:36229145) (PMCID:PMC9562307)
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2022) The impacts of benefit sanctions: a scoping review of the quantitative research evidence. Journal of Social Policy, 51(3), pp. 611-653. (doi: 10.1017/S0047279421001069)
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)
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)
Kromydas, T., Campbell, M. , Chambers, S. , Hilton Boon, M. , Pearce, A. , Wells, V. and Craig, P. (2022) The effects of school summer holidays on inequalities in children and young people's mental health and cognitive ability in the UK. A secondary analysis from the Millennium cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22, 154. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12540-2) (PMID:35065629) (PMCID:PMC8782677)
Amberson, T., Heagele, T. N., Castner, J., Wyte-Lake, T., Couig, M. P., Bell, S. A., Mammen, M. J. and Wells, V. (2021) Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(5), CD014934. (doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014934) (PMCID:PMC8129632)
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)
Thomson, M. , Martin, A. , Logue, J. , Wells, V. and Simpson, S. A. (2020) Barriers and facilitators of successful weight loss during participation in behavioural weight management programmes: A protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9, 168. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01427-1) (PMID:32731884) (PMCID:PMC7393897)
Research Reports or Papers
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review [Review Protocol]. Documentation. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
Conference or Workshop Item
Pattaro, S. , Bailey, N. , Williams, E. , Gibson, M. , Wells, V. , Wright, S. , Tranmer, M. and Dibben, C. (2019) Labour Market and Wider Impacts of Benefit Sanctions: A Scoping Review. 17th Annual ESPAnet Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 5-7 Sept 2019.
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
- Rapid Review of the Relationships between Adolescents' Screen Time, Sleep and Mental Health and Wellbeing
Scottish Government
2019 - 2019