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  1. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text message and financial incentives for weight management in men with obesity: The Game of Stones RCT

    Article • Public Health Research, May 2026, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  2. Rethinking ‘Recovery’: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis of Experiences of Intensive Care With COVID and Long Covid in the United Kingdom

    Article • Health Expectations, April 2025, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  3. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a 12-month automated text message intervention for weight management in postpartum women with overweight or obesity: protocol for the Supporting MumS (SMS) multisite, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2024, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  4. Short-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: A mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways

    Article • PLOS One, April 2024, PLOS

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  5. Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a 12 month automated text message intervention for weight management in postpartum women with overweight or obesity: protocol for the Supporting MumS (SMS) multi-site, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

    Article • January 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  6. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Assets-based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA-feed) for improving breastfeeding initiation and continuation: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (Version 3.0)

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2023, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  7. Identifying and prioritising future interventions with stakeholders to improve paediatric urgent care pathways in Scotland, UK: a mixed-methods study

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2023, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  8. Regional variations in short stay urgent paediatric hospital admissions: a sequential mixed-methods approach exploring differences through data linkage and qualitative interviews

    Article • BMJ Open, September 2023, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  9. Short stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: A qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals

    Article • PLOS One, December 2022, PLOS

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  10. Usual care in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: qualitative findings from a mixed-methods process evaluation

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2022, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  11. Adapting population health interventions for new contexts: qualitative interviews understanding the experiences, practices and challenges of researchers, funders and journal editors

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2022, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  12. Guidance for reporting intervention development studies in health research (GUIDED): an evidence-based consensus study

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2020, BMJ

    Dr Edward AS Duncan, Professor Pat Hoddinott

  13. Text messaging to help women with overweight or obesity lose weight after childbirth: the intervention adaptation and SMS feasibility RCT

    Article • Public Health Research, March 2020, National Institute for Health Research

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  14. A systematic review with meta‐analyses of text message‐delivered behaviour change interventions for weight loss and weight loss maintenance

    Article • Obesity Reviews, February 2020, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  15. Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2019, BMJ

    Dr Edward AS Duncan, Professor Pat Hoddinott

  16. Understanding successful development of complex health and healthcare interventions and its drivers from the perspective of developers and wider stakeholders: an international qualitative interview study

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2019, BMJ

    Dr Edward AS Duncan, Professor Pat Hoddinott

  17. How to incorporate patient and public perspectives into the design and conduct of research

    Article • F1000Research, June 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor Pat Hoddinott, Jane Taylor

  18. Routinely collected infant feeding data: Time for global action

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  19. Perspectives on financial incentives to health service providers for increasing breast feeding and smoking quit rates during pregnancy: a mixed methods study

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2015, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  20. A qualitative evidence synthesis on the management of male obesity

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2015, BMJ

    Prof. Edwin R van Teijlingen, Professor Pat Hoddinott

  21. The effectiveness of proactive telephone support provided to breastfeeding mothers of preterm infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pat Hoddinott, Mats Eriksson

  22. Incentives as connectors: insights into a breastfeeding incentive intervention in a disadvantaged area of North-West England

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  23. A serial qualitative interview study of infant feeding experiences: idealism meets realism

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  24. Correction

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  25. Process evaluation for the FEeding Support Team (FEST) randomised controlled feasibility trial of proactive and reactive telephone support for breastfeeding women living in disadvantaged areas

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  26. The FEeding Support Team (FEST) randomised, controlled feasibility trial of proactive and reactive telephone support for breastfeeding women living in disadvantaged areas

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  27. Global evidence synthesis and UK idiosyncrasy: why have recent UK trials had no significant effects on breastfeeding rates?

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  28. Group interventions to improve health outcomes: a framework for their design and delivery

    Article • BMC Public Health, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  29. A qualitative study comparing commercial and health service weight loss groups, classes and clubs

    Article • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  30. Why do interventions work in some places and not others: A breastfeeding support group trial

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, March 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  31. The use of video support for infant feeding after hospital discharge: a study in remote and rural Scotland

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  32. Seeing other women breastfeed: how vicarious experience relates to breastfeeding intention and behaviour

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  33. Non-invasive diagnosis needed

    Article • BMJ, March 2009, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  34. Effectiveness of policy to provide breastfeeding groups (BIG) for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial

    Article • BMJ, January 2009, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  35. Breast feeding

    Article • BMJ, April 2008, BMJ

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  36. Recruitment issues when primary care population clusters are used in randomised controlled clinical trials: Climbing mountains or pushing boulders uphill?

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  37. Health professionals, implementation and outcomes: reflections on a complex intervention to improve breastfeeding rates in primary care

    Article • Family Practice, October 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  38. One-to-One or Group-Based Peer Support for Breastfeeding? Women's Perceptions of a Breastfeeding Peer Coaching Intervention

    Article • Birth, June 2006, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  39. Effectiveness of a Breastfeeding Peer Coaching Intervention in Rural Scotland

    Article • Birth, February 2006, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  40. A qualitative study of women’s views about how health professionals communicate about infant feeding

    Article • Health Expectations, December 2000, Wiley

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  41. A review of recently published qualitative research in general practice. More methodological questions than answers?

    Article • Family Practice, August 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Pat Hoddinott

  42. Qualitative research interviewing by general practitioners. A personal view of the opportunities and pitfalls

    Article • Family Practice, August 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Pat Hoddinott