Helen Roberts
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3596704 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Helen Roberts |
| NOMBRES | Helen |
| APELLIDO | Roberts |
| FIRMA | ROBERTS H |
| AFILIACIONES | City, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6319-061X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 76 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 199 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1928 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Examining ESG Performance Through TNFD‐Aligned Disclosure Practices
This study examines adherence to the Taskforce on Nature‐related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework in relation to the ESG performance of non‐financial and non‐utility S&P 500 firms. Drawing on legitimacy, stakeholder, and institutional monitoring theories, we construct measures of TNFD, nature‐related risk and opportunity indicators for the period 2018–2023 using a retrieval‐and‐scoring natural language processing (NLP) methodology applied t…
“I don't think they were used to mental health cases”
Meaningful, useful and legitimate information in the use of index numbers for decision making
Often information relevant to a decision is summarized in an index number. This paper explores conditions under which conclusions using index numbers are relevant to the decision that needs to be made. Specifically, it explores the idea that a statement using scales of measurement is meaningful in the sense that its truth or falsity does not depend on an arbitrary choice of parameters; the concept that a conclusion using index numbers is useful f…
It's Like the Sword of Damocles' - A Trauma-Informed Framework Analysis of Individuals' Experiences of Assessment for the Personal Independence Payment Benefit in the UK
While a growing body of evidence has highlighted the psychological distress experienced by individuals dealing with the UK benefits system, there has been little research into that system from the perspective of Trauma Informed Care (TIC). This study explored to what extent people's experiences of benefits assessment fitted with TIC principles, using a framework produced by NHS Education for Scotland. Secondary aims were to understand experiences…
Social Researching
Board Gender Diversity and Women in Senior Management
Contestable Credit Markets and Household Welfare
This paper explores the impact of credit constraints on household welfare in Ethiopia. We use a three-wave panel dataset for rural and small-town households to estimate the effects of household borrowing constraints on two alternative indicators of household welfare: consumption expenditure and asset ownership. The presence of a constraint is treated as an endogenous regressor, using an instrumental variable based on Baumol’s theory of contestabl…
Housing liquidation and financial adequacy of retirees in New Zealand
This study investigates the impact of housing on financial adequacy of New Zealand retirees using the Survey of Family, Income, and Employment (SoFIE) data for the period 2002–2009. We examine the differential effect of housing liquidation options, rent imputation and asset liquidity on financial adequacy. We report evidence of financial adequacy variation across five housing liquidation options and this is influenced by rent imputation. The resu…
The value of Twitter data for determining the emotional responses of people to urban green spaces
Interactions between humans and nature are understood to be beneficial for human well-being. In cities, urban green spaces are believed to provide many benefits to urban populations in terms of mental and emotional well-being. Through a case study of 60 urban green spaces in Birmingham, United Kingdom, this article investigates the spatial and temporal variation of the emotions experienced by individuals whilst using urban green spaces. Using a d…
Visibility, resilience, vulnerability in young migrants
Young unaccompanied asylum seekers have been portrayed as vulnerable, resilient or both. Those granted residency in Europe are offered support by health and social care systems, but once they leave the care system to make independent lives, what part can these services play? Our review of research with migrants who have been in care in Sweden and the United Kingdom found evidence of unmet need, but little research describing their own views of se…
Using Twitter to investigate seasonal variation in physical activity in urban green space
To understand how the benefits of outdoor physical activity in urban green spaces are transferred to human populations, consideration must be given to when people are using them, what they are using them for and what factors may affect the use of space. This paper critically evaluates the use of crowdsourced Twitter data in an assessment of physical activity engagement in urban green spaces in an attempt to investigate the potential of these data…
Integrating quasi-experimental and inductive designs in evaluation
Evaluations of ‘natural experiments’ in public policy are typically considered ‘weak’ evidence. Challenges include: making credible claims for causal inference (internal validity); generalizing beyond the case (external validity); and providing useful evidence for decision makers. In public health, where experimental evidence is encouraged by funders and enjoys a degree of rhetorical favour, in theory if not practice, current guidance for evaluat…
Climatic variability, plasticity, and dispersal
What works in practice
Most families felt that they had gained something from the programme, but few felt that it had 'worked' for them. The demands on families including time and emotional work were experienced as difficult. For commissioners, an RCT with positive results was an important driver, but family barriers, alongside concerns about recruitment and retention, a desire for local adaptability with qualified motivated staff, and funding changes discouraged some …
More than A to B
This study contributes to the literature on mobility and wellbeing at older ages through an empirical exploration of the meanings of free bus travel for older citizens, addressing the meanings this holds for older people in urban settings, which have been under-researched. Taking London as a case study, where older citizens have free access to a relatively extensive public transport network through a Freedom Pass, we explore from a public health …
We Can All Just Get on a Bus and Go
This paper uses qualitative data from interviews with 118 young Londoners (age 12-18) to examine how the universal provision of free bus travel has affected young people's independent mobility. Drawing on Sen's capabilities approach, we argue that free bus travel enhanced young Londoners' capabilities to shape their daily mobility, both directly by increasing financial access and indirectly by facilitating the acquisition of the necessary skills,…
What Are the Health Benefits of Active Travel? A Systematic Review of Trials and Cohort Studies
Health impacts of free bus travel for young people
BACKGROUND: We used the introduction of free bus travel for young people in London in 2005 as a natural experiment with which to assess its effects on active travel, car use, road traffic injuries, assaults, and on one measure of social inclusion, total number of trips made. METHODS: A controlled before-after analysis was conducted. We estimated trips by mode and distances travelled in the preintroduction and postintroduction periods using data f…
Entitlement to concessionary public transport and wellbeing
Rethinking passive transport
PS02 “We Can all just Get on a bus and Go”
Background Recent years have seen increasing attention to ‘independent mobility’ as a determinant of children’s physical health and psychosocial development. Previous research, however, largely frames independent mobility as a matter of having parental permission to travel without adults. It also predominantly focuses upon walking any cycling trips in the local area by young children. We therefore aimed to extend the independent mobility literatu…
The Anglo-Saxon disease’
BACKGROUND: There appears to be considerable variation between different national jurisdictions and between different sectors of public policy in the use of evidence and particularly the use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate non-healthcare sector programmes. METHODS: As part of a wider study attempting to identify RCTs of public policy sector programmes and the reasons for variation between countries and sectors in their use, we …
OP35 The Health Impacts of Free Bus Travel for Young People in London
Background Interventions in transport systems have potentially far-reaching impacts on public health, but can be challenging to evaluate. In 2005, young people in London gained access to free bus travel; an intervention that has a number of potential risks and benefits to health. As transport access is linked to well-being, we might expect the policy to benefit the health of young people by reducing transport exclusion. However, health effects mi…
OP05 From Trial to Population
Background The evidence base for effective interventions to manage childhood overweight and obesity is growing. However, results from research may not generalise to service delivery settings, and scaled-up interventions may not reduce health inequalities. We examine a scaled–up childhood weight management intervention, examining variations in body mass index by person, family, place and programme. Methods MEND 7–13 (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do …
Mapping service activity
Childhood obesity is high on the policy agenda of wealthier nations, and many interventions have been developed to address it. This work describes an overview of schemes for obese and overweight children and young people in England, and the 'mapping' approach we used. Our search strategy, inclusion criteria and coding frame had to be suitable for describing a potentially large number of schemes within a short timeframe. Data were collected from k…
Social Researching
Climatic variability, plasticity, and dispersal
How come I don’t get asked no questions?’ Researching ‘hard to reach’ children and teenagers
This article discusses two related areas of research practice with children and young people that have received less attention in the literature than they might. The first is working with children and teenagers for whom the traditional, discursive nature of interview‐based research is less accessible. The second is the disinclination of researchers to report on difficulties in the research process. As researchers, we scanned the literature for as…
More than A to B
This study contributes to the literature on mobility and wellbeing at older ages through an empirical exploration of the meanings of free bus travel for older citizens, addressing the meanings this holds for older people in urban settings, which have been under-researched. Taking London as a case study, where older citizens have free access to a relatively extensive public transport network through a Freedom Pass, we explore from a public health …
Entitlement to concessionary public transport and wellbeing
Rethinking passive transport
We Can All Just Get on a Bus and Go
This paper uses qualitative data from interviews with 118 young Londoners (age 12-18) to examine how the universal provision of free bus travel has affected young people's independent mobility. Drawing on Sen's capabilities approach, we argue that free bus travel enhanced young Londoners' capabilities to shape their daily mobility, both directly by increasing financial access and indirectly by facilitating the acquisition of the necessary skills,…
Testing Methodological Guidance on the Conduct of Narrative Synthesis in Systematic Reviews
The objective was to assess the impact of new guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews of effectiveness, by means of a blinded comparison of guidance-led narrative synthesis against a meta-analysis of the same study data.The conclusions of the two syntheses were broadly similar. However, differences between the approaches meant that conclusions about the impact of moderators of effect appeared stronger when derived fro…
Prevention is better
There have been a number of important critiques of the idea of prevention from a theoretical viewpoint, but in practice the value of preventive activities has been less subject to critical appraisal, and less well substantiated by research, than the enthusiasm for them might indicate. The government White Paper The Health of the Nation published in July 1992 focusses on five health issues where preventive work is advocated. This is likely to lead…
The value of Twitter data for determining the emotional responses of people to urban green spaces
Interactions between humans and nature are understood to be beneficial for human well-being. In cities, urban green spaces are believed to provide many benefits to urban populations in terms of mental and emotional well-being. Through a case study of 60 urban green spaces in Birmingham, United Kingdom, this article investigates the spatial and temporal variation of the emotions experienced by individuals whilst using urban green spaces. Using a d…
Visibility, resilience, vulnerability in young migrants
Young unaccompanied asylum seekers have been portrayed as vulnerable, resilient or both. Those granted residency in Europe are offered support by health and social care systems, but once they leave the care system to make independent lives, what part can these services play? Our review of research with migrants who have been in care in Sweden and the United Kingdom found evidence of unmet need, but little research describing their own views of se…
In the patient's best interest
Reconstructing the Greek tortoise-shell lyre
Until recently, classical scholars had little idea of exactly how an ancient Greek tortoise‐shell lyre or lyra was constructed. The present reconstruction is based on an objective and thorough analysis of the literary and pictorial evidence, and on an understanding of similar modern and ancient lyre‐type instruments. This article chronicles the problems encountered in a quest to reconstruct an authentic replica of the ancient Greek lyra
Using research in practice
In recent years a variety of initiatives have been created with the aim of increasing the use of research in social care practice. This article reports findings from a one-year pilot research information service provided by the What Works for Children project. Taking note of the evidence from the research utilization literature, the service was set up to support social care practitioners in using research findings in their service-planning. An im…
People Make Assumptions About Our Communities’
Our paper suggests culture, gender, religion and youth influence BME teenagers in aspects of sexual relationships, and that these social markers may have different contextual meanings for individuals. The multiplicity of factors affecting attitudes/behaviour requires a range of contraceptive, counselling, screening and sex education services available for all teenagers, although delivery patterns may differ in response to differing needs
Using Twitter to investigate seasonal variation in physical activity in urban green space
To understand how the benefits of outdoor physical activity in urban green spaces are transferred to human populations, consideration must be given to when people are using them, what they are using them for and what factors may affect the use of space. This paper critically evaluates the use of crowdsourced Twitter data in an assessment of physical activity engagement in urban green spaces in an attempt to investigate the potential of these data…
Integrating quasi-experimental and inductive designs in evaluation
Evaluations of ‘natural experiments’ in public policy are typically considered ‘weak’ evidence. Challenges include: making credible claims for causal inference (internal validity); generalizing beyond the case (external validity); and providing useful evidence for decision makers. In public health, where experimental evidence is encouraged by funders and enjoys a degree of rhetorical favour, in theory if not practice, current guidance for evaluat…
Publication bias in qualitative research
BACKGROUND: Less than half of studies presented at conferences remain unpublished two years later, and these studies differ systematically from those that are published. In particular, the unpublished studies are less likely to report statistically significant findings, and this introduces publication bias. This has been well documented for quantitative studies, but has never been explored in relation to qualitative research. METHODS: We reviewed…
Goal negotiation with older people in three day care settings
Drawing on a wider study of effectiveness in three models of day care, this paper explores the process and outcome of goal negotiation with older people in a day hospital, an outreach service and a day centre. Using qualitative data from interviews with day care attenders and focus groups with service providers, differing perspectives on goal setting and achievement are presented. It concludes with a brief discussion of this approach in the wider…
Changing Patterns of Women's Employment in Sociology
This paper looks at changing patterns of women's employment in sociology over the last thirty years since the foundation of the British Sociological Association. Starting with an examination of early studies of the sexual division of labour in sociology, we go on to look at the adequacy or otherwise of explanations in these studies. Moving on to more recent surveys of the profession, it becomes clear that there has not been a substantial improvem…
Housing liquidation and financial adequacy of retirees in New Zealand
This study investigates the impact of housing on financial adequacy of New Zealand retirees using the Survey of Family, Income, and Employment (SoFIE) data for the period 2002–2009. We examine the differential effect of housing liquidation options, rent imputation and asset liquidity on financial adequacy. We report evidence of financial adequacy variation across five housing liquidation options and this is influenced by rent imputation. The resu…
Putting public health evidence into practice
Study objectives: The UK government recommends that local authorities install battery operated smoke alarms to prevent fire related injury. However, a randomised controlled trial of smoke alarm installation in local authority housing found a low level of working alarms at follow up. Qualitative work, which accompanied the trial explored barriers and levers to the use of this public health intervention. Design: Semi-structured group and individual…
Health impacts of free bus travel for young people
BACKGROUND: We used the introduction of free bus travel for young people in London in 2005 as a natural experiment with which to assess its effects on active travel, car use, road traffic injuries, assaults, and on one measure of social inclusion, total number of trips made. METHODS: A controlled before-after analysis was conducted. We estimated trips by mode and distances travelled in the preintroduction and postintroduction periods using data f…
PS02 “We Can all just Get on a bus and Go”
Background Recent years have seen increasing attention to ‘independent mobility’ as a determinant of children’s physical health and psychosocial development. Previous research, however, largely frames independent mobility as a matter of having parental permission to travel without adults. It also predominantly focuses upon walking any cycling trips in the local area by young children. We therefore aimed to extend the independent mobility literatu…
The Anglo-Saxon disease’
BACKGROUND: There appears to be considerable variation between different national jurisdictions and between different sectors of public policy in the use of evidence and particularly the use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate non-healthcare sector programmes. METHODS: As part of a wider study attempting to identify RCTs of public policy sector programmes and the reasons for variation between countries and sectors in their use, we …
Lullabies in Jamaica
Propaganda and Ideology in Women's Fiction
Women, social class and IUD use
Women and Medicine
The Dignity of Labour? A Study of Childbearing and Induction
Changing Patterns of Women's Employment in Sociology
This paper looks at changing patterns of women's employment in sociology over the last thirty years since the foundation of the British Sociological Association. Starting with an examination of early studies of the sexual division of labour in sociology, we go on to look at the adequacy or otherwise of explanations in these studies. Moving on to more recent surveys of the profession, it becomes clear that there has not been a substantial improvem…
Reconstructing the Greek tortoise-shell lyre
Until recently, classical scholars had little idea of exactly how an ancient Greek tortoise‐shell lyre or lyra was constructed. The present reconstruction is based on an objective and thorough analysis of the literary and pictorial evidence, and on an understanding of similar modern and ancient lyre‐type instruments. This article chronicles the problems encountered in a quest to reconstruct an authentic replica of the ancient Greek lyra
Subject women
Doing Feminist Research
Shorter Notices
Women, Health and Reproduction
Women, Health and Reproduction
Social Researching
In the patient's best interest
Social Researching
Creative Interviewing (Book)
What Are People Doing When They Grade Women's Work
Women's Health Counts
Professionals' and Parents' Perceptions of A&E Use in a Children's Hospital
Helpful keywords in accessing literature on the use made of hospital accident and emergency (A&E) departments are 'misuse' 'abuse' and 'inappropriate'. While the medical literature is inclined to present patients (and, in the case of children, their parents) as irresponsible, or misguided, social scientists looking at similar data have tended to act as apologists for patients, explaining A&E attendance in terms of poor access to GPs, mistaken bel…
Prevention is better
There have been a number of important critiques of the idea of prevention from a theoretical viewpoint, but in practice the value of preventive activities has been less subject to critical appraisal, and less well substantiated by research, than the enthusiasm for them might indicate. The government White Paper The Health of the Nation published in July 1992 focusses on five health issues where preventive work is advocated. This is likely to lead…
Women's Health Counts
American Jewish donations to Israel
Goal negotiation with older people in three day care settings
Drawing on a wider study of effectiveness in three models of day care, this paper explores the process and outcome of goal negotiation with older people in a day hospital, an outreach service and a day centre. Using qualitative data from interviews with day care attenders and focus groups with service providers, differing perspectives on goal setting and achievement are presented. It concludes with a brief discussion of this approach in the wider…
Standardized health check data from community-dwelling elderly people
The main aim of this study was to compare EASY-Care data obtained during nurse-administered annual health checks in two populations of older people. A secondary aim was to determine whether a standardized assessment system administered as part of routine practice by a trained nurse during the over-75 health check could generate useful information for comparing population health and functional status of community-dwelling-older people. One hundred…
Consulted but not heard
Objectives The objective of this study was to identify what children and young people in a health district in a large urban area experience as positive – and not so positive – about their local health services, in the light of a growing expectation that users play a more central role in the design and delivery of services. Design A qualitative study incorporating a range of methods, including interviews, play techniques and a website. Setting Sch…
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