Dr Sara Long
Research Associate, DECIPHer
- longs7@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2251 0098
- Room 1.18, sbarc|spark, Heol Maendy, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF24 4HQ
Trosolwg
I'm a Research Associate in the School of Social Sciences and my role is split between the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer; a UK Public Health Research Centre of Excellence), and the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).
I work across a range of interdisciplinary projects that aim to improve health, well-being and education outcomes, and reduce inequalities among children in Wales. My work draws on methods and ideas from epidemiology, psychology and sociology.
Cyhoeddiadau
2024
- Lowthian, E. et al. 2024. Receipt of social services intervention in childhood, educational attainment and emergency hospital admissions: longitudinal analyses of national administrative health, social care, and education data in Wales, UK. BMC Public Health 24, article number: 2912. (10.1186/s12889-024-20204-6)
- Williams, A., Bayfield, H., Elliott, M., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Young, H., Evans, R. and Long, S. 2024. Secure futures? A mixed methods study on opportunities for helping young people referred to secure children's homes for welfare reasons. Journal of Children's Services 19(1), pp. 38-53. (10.1108/JCS-06-2022-0019)
2023
- Anthony, R. et al. 2023. Adversity profiles of children receiving care and support from social services: A Latent-class analysis of school-aged children in Wales. Child: Care, Health and Development 49(5), pp. 889-897. (10.1111/cch.13097)
- Long, S., Hawkins, J., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2023. School health and wellbeing and national education system reform: a qualitative study. British Education Research Journal 49(4), pp. 674-692. (10.1002/berj.3861)
2021
- Lowthian, E. et al. 2021. Adverse childhood experiences and child mental health: an electronic birth cohort study. BMC Medicine 19, article number: 172. (10.1186/s12916-021-02045-x)
- Young, H., Long, S. J., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Kim, H. S., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. F. 2021. Dating and relationship violence victimization and perpetration among 11–16 year olds in Wales: a cross-sectional analysis of the School Health Research Network (SHRN) survey. Journal of Public Health 43(1), pp. 111-122. (10.1093/pubmed/fdz084)
- Anthony, R., Young, H. and Long, S. J. 2021. Early pregnancy risk and missed opportunities to plan for parenthood. In: Roberts, L. ed. The Children of Looked After Children: Outcomes, Experiences and Ensuring Meaningful Support to Young Parents In and Leaving Care. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 15-40.
2020
- Evans, A. et al. 2020. Adverse childhood experiences during childhood and academic attainment at age 7 and 11 years: an electronic birth cohort study. Public Health 189, pp. 37-47. (10.1016/j.puhe.2020.08.027)
- Morgan, K. et al. 2020. Sources of potential bias when combining routine data linkage and a national survey of secondary school-aged children: a record linkage study. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20, article number: 178. (10.1186/s12874-020-01064-1)
- Long, S. et al. 2020. Testing the ‘zero-sum game’ hypothesis: An examination of school health policies and practices and inequalities in educational outcomes. Journal of School Health 90(5), pp. 415-424., article number: 10.1111/josh.12889. (10.1111/josh.12889)
2019
- Williams, A., Bayfield, H., Elliott, M., Lyttleton-Smith, J., Evans, R., Young, H. and Long, S. 2019. The experiences and outcomes of children and young people from Wales receiving Secure Accommodation Orders. Project Report. Cardiff: Social Care Wales.
2018
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2018. School, peer and family relationships and adolescent substance use, subjective wellbeing and mental health symptoms in Wales: a cross sectional study. Child Indicators Research 11, pp. 1951-1965. (10.1007/s12187-017-9524-1)
- Hewitt, J., Long, S., Carter, B., Bach, S., McCarthy, K. and Clegg, A. 2018. The prevalence of frailty and its association with clinical outcomes in general surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing 47(6), pp. 793-800., article number: afy110. (10.1093/ageing/afy110)
- Littlecott, H. J. et al. 2018. Health improvement and educational attainment in secondary schools: complementary or competing priorities? Exploratory analyses from the School Health Research Network in Wales. Health Education and Behavior 45(4), pp. 635-644. (10.1177/1090198117747659)
- Paranjothy, S. et al. 2018. Risk of emergency hospital admission in children associated with mental disorders and alcohol misuse in the household: an electronic birth cohort study. Lancet Public Health 3(6), pp. e279-e288. (10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30069-0)
- Roberts, L., Long, S., Young, H., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2018. Sexual health outcomes for young people in state care: Cross-sectional analysis of a national survey and views of social care professionals in Wales. Children and Youth Services Review 89, pp. 281-288. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.044)
- Young, H., Long, S. J., Hallingberg, B., Fletcher, A., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. F. 2018. School practices important for students' sexual health: analysis of the school health research network survey in Wales. European Journal of Public Health 28(2), pp. 309-314. (10.1093/eurpub/ckx203)
2017
- Long, S. J. et al. 2017. Testing the 'zero-sum game' hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice and inequalities in educational outcomes. The Lancet 390(Supp 3), pp. S60. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32995-1)
- Long, S. J., Evans, R. E., Fletcher, A., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S., Young, H. and Moore, G. F. 2017. Comparison of substance use, subjective well-being and interpersonal relationships among young people in foster care and private households: a cross sectional analysis of the School Health Research Network survey in Wales. BMJ Open 7(2), article number: e014198. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014198)
- Long, S., Littlecott, H. and Fletcher, A. 2017. Testing the 'zero-sum game' hypothesis: An examination of school health policy and practice and inequalities in educational outcomes. Presented at: Lancet Public Health Sciences, London, 24 November 2017.
2016
- Gray, B. J. et al. 2016. A workplace-based risk assessment improves predicted lifetime cardiovascular disease risk in male steelworkers. Public Health 138, pp. 160-163. (10.1016/j.puhe.2016.03.023)
- Long, S., Fone, D. L., Gartner, A. and Bellis, M. 2016. Demographic and socioeconomic inequalities in the risk of emergency hospital admission for violence: cross-sectional analysis of a national database in Wales. BMJ Open 6(8), article number: e011169. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011169)
2013
- Long, S. J. and Benton, D. 2013. A double-blind trial of the effect of docosahexaenoic acid and vitamin and mineral supplementation on aggression, impulsivity and stress. Human Psychopharmacology 28, pp. 238-247. (10.1002/hup.2313)
- Long, S. J. and Benton, D. 2013. Effects of multi-vitamin and mineral supplementation on stress, mild psychiatric symptoms and mood in non-clinical samples: a meta-analysis. Psychosomatic Medicine 75, pp. 144-153. (10.1097/PSY.0b013e31827d5fbd)
- Benton, D., Donohoe, R. T., Clayton, D. E. and Long, S. J. 2013. Supplementation with DHA and the psychological function of young adults.. British Journal of Nutrition 109, pp. 151-161. (10.1017/S0007114512000566)
2011
- Long, S. J. and Benton, D. 2011. Depression and suicide.. In: Benton, D. ed. Lifetime Nutritional Influences on Cognition, Behaviour and Psychiatric Illness. Food Science, Technology and Nutrition Woodhead Publishing
