Dr Alison Weightman - PhD
2012
Weightman AL, Morgan HE, Shepherd MA, Kitcher H, Roberts C, Dunstan F. Social inequality and infant health in the United Kingdom: systematic review and meta-analyses. BMJ Open. In press
2011
Hayes SL, Mann MK, Morgan FM, Kitcher H, Kelly MJ, Weightman AL. Collaboration between local health and local government agencies for health improvement. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD007825. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007825.pub5
Weightman AL, Butler CC. Using bibliometrics to define the quality of primary care research. A useful international benchmark, but should not be used to allocate resources. BMJ 2011; 342: d1083
Baker PRA, Francis DP, Soares J, Foster C, Weightman AL. Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD008366. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008366.pub2.
2010
M’jamtu-Sie N, Weightman AL, Godbolt S, Shaw J, Stanley S. Community Health Information for Poverty Alleviation project in Sierra Leone: A DelPHE funded partnership between University of Sierra Leone and Cardiff University Supported by Partnership in Health Information. AHILA Proceedings 2010.
Turner S, Arthur G, Lyons RA, Weightman AL, Mann MK, Jones SJ, John A, Lannon S. Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD003600. DOI10.1002/14651858.CD003600.pub2
Price S, Weightman A, Morgan H, Mann M, Thomas S. 2010 Public Health Wales. Suicide prevention update of the summary of evidence. Cardiff: Public Health Wales, July 2010
Weightman AL, Urquhart C, Spink S, Thomas R. The value and impact of information provided through library services for patient care: developing guidance for best practice. Republished in Health Information and Libraries Journal Virtual Issue. Celebrating the role of health information, July 2010
Bradbury K, Weightman A. Research support at Cardiff University Library. SCONUL Focus. 2010; 50: 65-70
2009
Welsh Assembly Government. Older People’s Wellbeing Monitor for Wales. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government, December 2009. http://wales.gov.uk/caec/research/ocsro/executivesummary?lang=en
[The systematic review underpinning this publication by: Turley RL, Morgan FM, Morgan HM, WeightmanAL. Older People’s Wellbeing Monitor for Wales - Evidence Review. Cardiff: Support Unit for Research Evidence, Cardiff University, May 2009]
Wales Centre for Health. A practitioner’s guide to Public Engagement for Public Health. Cardiff: Wales Centre for Health, March 2009
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/Documents/568/Public_Health_Practitioner%27s_Public_Engagement_Guidance.pdf
[Appendix B: Mann MK, Weightman AL, Sander L. How effective are health impact assessment and participatory action as tools for public engagement? A rapid systematic review for the Wales Centre for Health. Cardiff: Support Unit for Research Evidence, Cardiff University, December 2008 ]
2008
Morgan H, Turley R, Kavanagh J, Armstrong R, Weightman A. Developing a specialized register for the Public Health Review Group. Journal of Public Health 2008; 30(4):508-509. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn091
Waters E, Petticrew M, Priest N, Weightman A, Harden A, Doyle J. Evidence synthesis, upstream determnants and health inequalities: The role of a proposed new Cochrane Public Health Review Group. European Journal of Public Health 2008; 1-3.
Weightman A, Urquhart C, Spink S, Thomas R. The value and impact of information provided through library services for patient care: developing guidance for best practice. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2008: 26(1): 63-71.
Morgan FM, Addis SG, Weightman AL, Shepherd MA, Morgan HE, Mann MK. Social determinants for older people’s health: A systematic review. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government, 2008.
Morgan HE, Shepherd MA, Turley RL, Mann MK, Addis SG, Morgan FM, Weightman AL. Social determinants for cancer: A systematic review. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government, 2008.
Weightman AL, Addis SG, Morgan HE, Turley RL, Mann MK, Morgan FM, Shepherd MA. Social determinants for child health: A systematic review. Cardiff: Welsh Assembly Government, 2008.
2007
Turley RL, Weightman AL, Morgan FM, Sander LS, Morgan HE, Kitcher H, Mann MK. Proactive case finding and retention and improving access to services in disadvantaged areas (Health Inequalities) Statins. Draft report to the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence. London: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, September 2007.
Urquhart C, Spink S, Thomas R, Weightman A. Developing a toolkit for assessing the impact of health library services on patient care. Report to LKDN (Libraries and Knowledge Development Network). Aberystwyth: Department of Information Studies, 2007.
2006
National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence. Obesity: The prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children. London: NICE, December 2006. [SURE completed four rapid systematic reviews to support the guidance development on the topics of identification of at-risk individuals, and interventions to prevent obesity in the workplace & in community settings]
Lyons RA, John A, Brophy S, Jones SJ, Johansen A, Kemp A, Lannon S, Patterson J, Rolfe B, Sander LV, Weightman A. Modification of the home environment for the reduction of injuries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD003600.
Weightman AL and Coyle E. Health Evidence Bulletins Wales in Killoran A, Swann C, Kelly MP (eds.) Public Health Evidence. Tackling Health Inequalities. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Thomas HV, Stimpson NJ, Weightman AL, Dunstan F, Lewis L. Systematic Review of Multi-Symptom Conditions In Gulf War Veterans. Psychological Medicine 2006; 1: 1-13.
Thomas HV, Stimpson NJ, Weightman A, Dunstan F, Lewis L. Pain in veterans of the Gulf War of 1991: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2006: 7: 74 doi:10.1186/1471-2474-7-74
Mann MK, Sander L, Weightman AL Signposting best evidence: a role for information professionals. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2006 Dec 23 (suppl 1): 61-64.