J Wills
Biographic Data
| ID | 7150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Wills |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wills |
| SIGNATURE | WILLS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | London South Bank University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9564-0075 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What Supports and Constrains the Implementation of Robust and Rapid Evaluation Within Local Government Public Health Systems
BACKGROUND: Since 2013, local government in England has held statutory responsibility for public health and concurrently faced financial pressures and limited research capacity. The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) established Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) to bridge this gap, commissioning rapid, co-produced evaluations of complex interventions. MAIN BODY: Drawing on 5 years of PHIRST South Bank…
An evaluation of a community-based intervention in England aiming to reduce inequalities in exercise participation
Introduction Exercise referral schemes are a common intervention that seek to address physical inactivity. There is limited evidence on whether they can address the inequalities in inactivity associated with income, age, and gender. A novel intervention that sought to address barriers to the uptake of physical activity schemes including access, cost, and specific health and social needs of participants was evaluated in a mixed methods study. Meth…
Subnational leadership in response to environment and climate change
This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record
Involving lived experience in regional efforts to address gambling-related harms: Going beyond ‘window dressing’ and ‘tick box exercises’
Integrating a range of LE perspectives in a public health approach to gambling harms reduction requires local access to involvement for people with LE via diverse routes that are free from stigma and present people with LE with options in how they can engage and be heard in decision-making, and how they operate in relation to industry influence. Involving LE in gambling harms reduction requires enabling people to develop the affective and critica…
What works in advocating for food advertising policy change across an english region – a realist evaluation
Effecting policy change in this area requires the commitment of an extended period and the valuing of short-term policy outcomes, such as increasing political will. The importance of a resourced and well-supported policy advocate to lead this work is fundamental and the commercially sensitive nature of this policy change means that a complex interplay of mechanisms is required which may be dominated by a strategically staggered approach to stakeh…
Involving Children in Health Literacy Research
Despite the volume and breadth of health literacy research related to children, children's involvement in that research is rare. Research with children is challenging, but the principles of involvement and engagement underpin all health promotion work, including health literacy. This commentary reflects on the process of setting up a Children's Advisory Group to consult on an institutional ethnography study of health literacy work from children's…
Public Libraries as Supportive Environments for Children’s Development of Critical Health Literacy
Critical health literacy enables individuals to use cognitive and social resources for informed action on the wider determinants of health. Promoting critical health literacy early in the life-course may contribute to improved health outcomes in the long term, but children's opportunities to develop critical health literacy are limited and tend to be school-based. This study applies a settings-based approach to analyse the potential of public lib…
Street gangs and coercive control: The gendered exploitation of young women and girls in county lines
This article explores young women and girls’ participation in gangs and ‘county lines’ drug sales. Qualitative interviews and focus groups with criminal justice and social service professionals found that women and girls in gangs often are judged according to androcentric, stereotypical norms that deny gender-specific risks of exploitation. Gangs capitalise on the relative ‘invisibility’ of young women to advance their economic interests in count…
Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility
Infertility is a major public health issue and increasingly, the internet is used as a source of information and advice. The aim of this study is to understand the eHealth literacy of individuals and couples in relation to infertility. A non-probability sample of 27 participants was recruited from existing support groups, online advertising and snowballing representing the diverse population groups for whom involuntary childlessness is an issue. …
Prevalence of nutrition and health claims on baby foods in 5 EU Member States
Cool Food Planet, a science-based educational website that engages children aged 6–12 years old in nutrition, food safety & physical activity
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park
Journal Article The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park Get access The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park. By Jen A. Huntley. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2011. xiv, 232 pp. $34.95.) John Wills John Wills University of KentCanterbury, England [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academ…
Growing or connecting? An urban food garden in Johannesburg
Issues of food security are of particular importance in urban areas in Africa and government policy advises on the household growing of vegetables for nutrition. The Siyakhana project is a food garden in the centre of Johannesburg which was established by a University Health Promotion Unit with the support of other stakeholders including the City authorities and a permaculture organization. It was set up with the objective of providing food for c…
Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised
This paper critically examines the public policy environment that underpins the politics of health promotion in England. English health policy from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s was not receptive to health promotion. The new Labour government elected in 1997 claimed to embrace a ‘Third Way’ between the free market and socialism that would appear to embrace a community-centred approach to health promotion that would through partnership-building …
Health promotion: Still going strong
Critical Public Health has taken the opportunity of the international attention focused on the Ottawa Charter as it ‘comes of age’ to publish a special issue on health promotion. The Ottawa Charter
Competing or co-existing? Representations of HIV/Aids by white women teachers in post-apartheid South Africa
This study explores the social representations of HIV and AIDS that circulate among white women teachers in South Africa, a group whose personal risk of the disease is low but who have a major role to play in shaping attitudes to HIV/AIDS among children and young people. The study examines how white women talk about the origin and causes of the spread of HIV in South Africa and their personal and community risk. This was explored through 25 semi-…
War and public health
Public health specialists and activists frequently struggle to maintain a broad perspective in achieving their mission, to think globally even if they act locally, as the saying goes. Yet, the fiel
‘The glue that binds…’: Articulating values in multidisciplinary public health
Public health in the UK has undergone major changes since 1997. One of the main debates has focused on the function and delivery of the broad task of health improvement. This is no longer the province of doctors alone but of a new cadre of professionals now termed the multidisciplinary workforce. Establishing the coherence and cohesion of the professionals and practitioners from different backgrounds and disciplines who are expected to carry out …
Years of Critical Public Health
Respectable Mediocrity: The Everyday Life of an Ordinary American Striver, 1876-1890
Journal Article Respectable Mediocrity: The Everyday Life of an Ordinary American Striver, 1876–1890 Get access Jocelyn Wills Jocelyn Wills Department of History, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Bedford Avenue and Avenue H Brooklyn, NY 11210-2887 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Winter 2003, Pages 323–349, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh.2003.0203 Published: 01 December 20…
A ‘Horn Cap’ Mould From Beckford, Worcestershire
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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
Street gangs and coercive control: The gendered exploitation of young women and girls in county lines
This article explores young women and girls’ participation in gangs and ‘county lines’ drug sales. Qualitative interviews and focus groups with criminal justice and social service professionals found that women and girls in gangs often are judged according to androcentric, stereotypical norms that deny gender-specific risks of exploitation. Gangs capitalise on the relative ‘invisibility’ of young women to advance their economic interests in count…
Respectable Mediocrity: The Everyday Life of an Ordinary American Striver, 1876-1890
Journal Article Respectable Mediocrity: The Everyday Life of an Ordinary American Striver, 1876–1890 Get access Jocelyn Wills Jocelyn Wills Department of History, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Bedford Avenue and Avenue H Brooklyn, NY 11210-2887 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Winter 2003, Pages 323–349, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh.2003.0203 Published: 01 December 20…
A ‘Horn Cap’ Mould From Beckford, Worcestershire
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A ‘Horn Cap’ Mould From Beckford, Worcestershire
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Respectable Mediocrity: The Everyday Life of an Ordinary American Striver, 1876-1890
Journal Article Respectable Mediocrity: The Everyday Life of an Ordinary American Striver, 1876–1890 Get access Jocelyn Wills Jocelyn Wills Department of History, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Bedford Avenue and Avenue H Brooklyn, NY 11210-2887 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Winter 2003, Pages 323–349, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh.2003.0203 Published: 01 December 20…
‘The glue that binds…’: Articulating values in multidisciplinary public health
Public health in the UK has undergone major changes since 1997. One of the main debates has focused on the function and delivery of the broad task of health improvement. This is no longer the province of doctors alone but of a new cadre of professionals now termed the multidisciplinary workforce. Establishing the coherence and cohesion of the professionals and practitioners from different backgrounds and disciplines who are expected to carry out …
Years of Critical Public Health
War and public health
Public health specialists and activists frequently struggle to maintain a broad perspective in achieving their mission, to think globally even if they act locally, as the saying goes. Yet, the fiel
Competing or co-existing? Representations of HIV/Aids by white women teachers in post-apartheid South Africa
This study explores the social representations of HIV and AIDS that circulate among white women teachers in South Africa, a group whose personal risk of the disease is low but who have a major role to play in shaping attitudes to HIV/AIDS among children and young people. The study examines how white women talk about the origin and causes of the spread of HIV in South Africa and their personal and community risk. This was explored through 25 semi-…
Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised
This paper critically examines the public policy environment that underpins the politics of health promotion in England. English health policy from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s was not receptive to health promotion. The new Labour government elected in 1997 claimed to embrace a ‘Third Way’ between the free market and socialism that would appear to embrace a community-centred approach to health promotion that would through partnership-building …
Health promotion: Still going strong
Critical Public Health has taken the opportunity of the international attention focused on the Ottawa Charter as it ‘comes of age’ to publish a special issue on health promotion. The Ottawa Charter
Growing or connecting? An urban food garden in Johannesburg
Issues of food security are of particular importance in urban areas in Africa and government policy advises on the household growing of vegetables for nutrition. The Siyakhana project is a food garden in the centre of Johannesburg which was established by a University Health Promotion Unit with the support of other stakeholders including the City authorities and a permaculture organization. It was set up with the objective of providing food for c…
The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park
Journal Article The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park Get access The Making of Yosemite: James Mason Hutchings and the Origin of America's Most Popular National Park. By Jen A. Huntley. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2011. xiv, 232 pp. $34.95.) John Wills John Wills University of KentCanterbury, England [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academ…
Cool Food Planet, a science-based educational website that engages children aged 6–12 years old in nutrition, food safety & physical activity
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
Prevalence of nutrition and health claims on baby foods in 5 EU Member States
Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility
Infertility is a major public health issue and increasingly, the internet is used as a source of information and advice. The aim of this study is to understand the eHealth literacy of individuals and couples in relation to infertility. A non-probability sample of 27 participants was recruited from existing support groups, online advertising and snowballing representing the diverse population groups for whom involuntary childlessness is an issue. …
Street gangs and coercive control: The gendered exploitation of young women and girls in county lines
This article explores young women and girls’ participation in gangs and ‘county lines’ drug sales. Qualitative interviews and focus groups with criminal justice and social service professionals found that women and girls in gangs often are judged according to androcentric, stereotypical norms that deny gender-specific risks of exploitation. Gangs capitalise on the relative ‘invisibility’ of young women to advance their economic interests in count…
Involving Children in Health Literacy Research
Despite the volume and breadth of health literacy research related to children, children's involvement in that research is rare. Research with children is challenging, but the principles of involvement and engagement underpin all health promotion work, including health literacy. This commentary reflects on the process of setting up a Children's Advisory Group to consult on an institutional ethnography study of health literacy work from children's…
Public Libraries as Supportive Environments for Children’s Development of Critical Health Literacy
Critical health literacy enables individuals to use cognitive and social resources for informed action on the wider determinants of health. Promoting critical health literacy early in the life-course may contribute to improved health outcomes in the long term, but children's opportunities to develop critical health literacy are limited and tend to be school-based. This study applies a settings-based approach to analyse the potential of public lib…
What works in advocating for food advertising policy change across an english region – a realist evaluation
Effecting policy change in this area requires the commitment of an extended period and the valuing of short-term policy outcomes, such as increasing political will. The importance of a resourced and well-supported policy advocate to lead this work is fundamental and the commercially sensitive nature of this policy change means that a complex interplay of mechanisms is required which may be dominated by a strategically staggered approach to stakeh…
Involving lived experience in regional efforts to address gambling-related harms: Going beyond ‘window dressing’ and ‘tick box exercises’
Integrating a range of LE perspectives in a public health approach to gambling harms reduction requires local access to involvement for people with LE via diverse routes that are free from stigma and present people with LE with options in how they can engage and be heard in decision-making, and how they operate in relation to industry influence. Involving LE in gambling harms reduction requires enabling people to develop the affective and critica…
An evaluation of a community-based intervention in England aiming to reduce inequalities in exercise participation
Introduction Exercise referral schemes are a common intervention that seek to address physical inactivity. There is limited evidence on whether they can address the inequalities in inactivity associated with income, age, and gender. A novel intervention that sought to address barriers to the uptake of physical activity schemes including access, cost, and specific health and social needs of participants was evaluated in a mixed methods study. Meth…
Subnational leadership in response to environment and climate change
This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record
What Supports and Constrains the Implementation of Robust and Rapid Evaluation Within Local Government Public Health Systems
BACKGROUND: Since 2013, local government in England has held statutory responsibility for public health and concurrently faced financial pressures and limited research capacity. The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) established Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) to bridge this gap, commissioning rapid, co-produced evaluations of complex interventions. MAIN BODY: Drawing on 5 years of PHIRST South Bank…
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