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  1. Cardiovascular health promotion through primary schools: A systematic mapping and review of reviews

    Article • Health Education Journal, May 2026, SAGE Publications

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  2. Outdoor learning interventions and at-risk students: a mixed-methods systematic literature review and a narrative synthesis

    Article • Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning, March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  3. Understanding contraceptive and hormonal medication decision-making for pregnancy prevention and management of gynaecological symptoms: A systematic review of UK evidence

    Article • March 2026, Center for Open Science

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  4. The complexities and contradictions of Online Eating Disorder Content: A qualitative evidence synthesis of young people’s views and experiences

    Article • October 2025, openRxiv

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  5. The nature and extent of the literature on linked reproductive health datasets in the UK: a scoping review

    Article • International Journal for Population Data Science, September 2025, Swansea University

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  6. Current evidence and future priorities for reproductive health data linkage in the UK: scoping review and dataset mapping

    Article • International Journal for Population Data Science, August 2025, Swansea University

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  7. A reply to ‘Re-considering “impact” for longitudinal social science research: towards more scientific approaches to theorising and measuring the influence of cohort studies’ by Bridger Staatz et al

    Article • Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, July 2025, Policy Press

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  8. School connectedness in the investigation of adolescents’ learning and well-being development: Protocol for a scoping review

    Article • International Journal of Educational Research, January 2025, Elsevier

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  9. Advancing interactive evidence maps: Visualising service commissioning options alongside research

    Article • Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, October 2024, Wiley

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  10. Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programmes for Displaced Populations in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A systematic review of process, perspectives, and experiences

    Article • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, May 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  11. The impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support programmes on children and young people’s mental health in the context of humanitarian emergencies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, February 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  12. Academic contributions to the development of evidence and policy systems: an EPPI Centre collective autoethnography

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  13. Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health Among Healthcare Workers in India: A Mixed-methods Systematic Review

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, September 2023, Oman Medical Journal

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  14. Indigenising systematic reviews with a collaborative model of ‘training the trainers’

    Article • Nurse Researcher, August 2023, RCNi

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  15. Evidence claims for informing decisions relating to socio-economic development

    Article • April 2023, Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL)

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  16. Making and justifying evidence claims: evidence synthesis of impact evaluations and systematic reviews in international development

    Article • April 2023, Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL)

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  17. Paper 3: Selecting rapid review methods for complex questions related to health policy and system issues

    Article • Systematic Reviews, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  18. Realist synthesis: a critique and an alternative

    Article • Journal of Critical Realism, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  19. Cyberbullying and Children and Young People's Mental Health: A Systematic Map of Systematic Reviews

    Article • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, February 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  20. Systematic Reviews

    Article • January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  21. Mental health and psychosocial support programmes for adults in humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review and meta-analysis in low and middle-income countries

    Article • BMJ Global Health, October 2019, BMJ

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  22. Stakeholder Engagement for Development Impact Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis

    Article • September 2018, Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL)

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  23. Producing policy relevant systematic reviews: navigating the policy-research interface

    Article • Evidence & Policy, June 2018, Policy Press

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  24. Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with hip, knee or hip and knee osteoarthritis: a mixed methods review

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Rachel J Hallett, Ms Kelly Dickson

  25. What are the barriers to, and facilitators of, implementing and receiving MHPSS programmes delivered to populations affected by humanitarian emergencies? A qualitative evidence synthesis

    Article • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, January 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  26. Transdisciplinary working to shape systematic reviews and interpret the findings: commentary

    Article • Environmental Evidence, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  27. The Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions on People Affected by Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review

    Article • March 2017, Oxfam GB

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  28. Getting Started with a Review

    Article • January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  29. Exploring issues in the conduct of website searching and other online sources for systematic reviews: how can we be systematic?

    Article • Systematic Reviews, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  30. How Do Contextual Factors Influence Implementation and Receipt of Positive Youth Development Programs Addressing Substance Use and Violence? A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Process Evaluations

    Article • American Journal of Health Promotion, October 2016, SAGE Publications

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  31. Positive youth development programmes to reduce substance use in young people: Systematic review

    Article • International Journal of Drug Policy, October 2016, Elsevier

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  32. Systematic review and meta-analysis of effects of community-delivered positive youth development interventions on violence outcomes

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, July 2016, BMJ

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  33. Policy-relevant systematic reviews to strengthen health systems: models and mechanisms to support their production

    Article • Evidence & Policy, May 2016, Policy Press

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  34. Systematic review of reviews of observational studies of school-level effects on sexual health, violence and substance use

    Article • Health & Place, May 2016, Elsevier

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  35. The effects of Positive Youth Development interventions on substance use, violence and inequalities: systematic review of theories of change, processes and outcomes

    Article • Public Health Research, May 2016, National Institute for Health Research

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  36. The impact of mental health and psychosocial support programmes for populations affected by humanitarian emergencies: A systematic review protocol

    Article • April 2016, Oxfam GB

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  37. School-Based Interventions Going Beyond Health Education to Promote Adolescent Health: Systematic Review of Reviews

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, April 2016, Elsevier

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  38. What is positive youth development and how might it reduce substance use and violence? A systematic review and synthesis of theoretical literature

    Article • BMC Public Health, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  39. Gaps in the evidence on improving social care outcomes: findings from a meta-review of systematic reviews

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, October 2015, Wiley

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  40. PP48 Systematic review of positive youth development addressing young people’s substance use and violence

    Article • August 2015, BMJ

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  41. 160. People’s Views, Beliefs and Experiences of Exercise for Chronic Hip and Knee Pain: A Cochrane Review with Qualitative Synthesis

    Article • Rheumatology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  42. 161. The Physical and Psychosocial Effects of Exercise on Chronic Hip and Knee Pain: A Cochrane Review with Meta-Analysis

    Article • Rheumatology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  43. Mediating policy-relevant evidence at speed: are systematic reviews of systematic reviews a useful approach?

    Article • Evidence & Policy, January 2015, Policy Press

    Dr Katy Sutcliffe, Ms Kelly Dickson

  44. Protocol for a Systematic Review: Effects of Certification Systems for Agricultural Commodity Production on Socio‐economic Outcomes in Low and Middle‐Income Countries

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews Better Evidence for a Better World, January 2015, SAGE Publications

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  45. ‘It’s on your conscience all the time’: a systematic review of qualitative studies examining views on obesity among young people aged 12–18 years in the UK

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2014, BMJ

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  46. Exercise interventions and patient beliefs for people with chronic hip and knee pain: a mixed methods review

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, December 2013, Wiley

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  47. Youth Work: A Systematic Map of the Research Literature

    Article • January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  48. Human well-being impacts of terrestrial protected areas

    Article • Environmental Evidence, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson, Dr Neal Robert Haddaway

  49. How explicable are differences between reviews that appear to address a similar research question? A review of reviews of physical activity interventions

    Article • Systematic Reviews, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Kelly Dickson

  50. Comparing midwife‐led and doctor‐led maternity care: a systematic review of reviews

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathryn A Oliver, Ms Kelly Dickson, Kathryn Oliver, Rebecca Rees

  51. The views of young children in the UK about obesity, body size, shape and weight: a systematic review

    Article • BMC Public Health, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kathryn A Oliver, Kathryn Oliver, Ms Kelly Dickson, Rebecca Rees