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| M A BellisSummaryAffiliation: Liverpool John Moores University Country: UK Publications
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Nighttime assaults: using a national emergency department monitoring system to predict occurrence, target prevention and plan servicesMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool, L3 2ET, UK
BMC Public Health 12:746. 2012....- Variations in risk and protective factors for life satisfaction and mental wellbeing with deprivation: a cross-sectional studyMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK
BMC Public Health 12:492. 2012..Here, we examine such variations and explore which public health measures are likely to improve wellbeing while reducing related inequalities... - Gender differences in alcohol-related non-consensual sex; cross-sectional analysis of a student populationClare Gunby
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Building, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK
BMC Public Health 12:216. 2012..This research aimed to compare male and female students in relation to their knowledge and attitudes about alcohol and sexual activity and to identify factors associated with being the victim of alcohol-related non-consensual sex... 
Using clustering techniques to identify localities with multiple health and social needsMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK
Health Place 18:138-43. 2012..Such distinct health clusters also raise issues of transferability of effective policies between areas with different cluster membership...- Drug use and nightlife: more than just dance musicTina Van Havere
Department of Social Work and Welfare Studies, University College Ghent, Ghent, Brussels, Belgium
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 6:18. 2011..The question of how these nightlife variables influence the use of popular drugs like alcohol, MDMA, cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines is addressed... - Wellbeing, alcohol use and sexual activity in young teenagers: findings from a cross-sectional survey in school children in North West EnglandPenelope A Phillips-Howard
Centre for Public Health, Research Directorate, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 5:27. 2010..Improving wellbeing through schools is a priority but information on the impact of wellbeing on alcohol use, and on sexual activity among schoolchildren is limited... - Use of fake identification to purchase alcohol amongst 15-16 year olds: a cross-sectional survey examining alcohol access, consumption and harmMichela Morleo
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Fifth Floor, Kingsway House, Hatton Garden, Liverpool L3 2AJ, UK
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 5:12. 2010..Despite legislation and enforcement activities to prevent underage access to alcohol, underage individuals continue to be able to access alcohol and to do so at levels which put them at significant risk of alcohol-related harm... - When is a drug-related death not a drug-related death? Implications for current drug-related death policies in the UK and EuropeCaryl M Beynon
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2:25. 2007..abstract:.. - The cost of emergency hospital admissions for falls on snow and ice in England during winter 2009/10: a cross sectional analysisCaryl Beynon
North West Public Health Observatory, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Environ Health 10:60. 2011.... - Drinking behaviours and blood alcohol concentration in four European drinking environments: a cross-sectional studyKaren Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK
BMC Public Health 11:918. 2011..This study examines alcohol consumption and blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in drinking environments in four European cities... - The Big Drink Debate: perceptions of the impact of price on alcohol consumption from a large scale cross-sectional convenience survey in north west EnglandPenny A Cook
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus, Liverpool, L3 2ET, UK
BMC Public Health 11:664. 2011..The aim of this paper is to explore perceptions of how alcohol consumption would change if alcohol prices were to increase or decrease... - Early pubertal onset and its relationship with sexual risk taking, substance use and anti-social behaviour: a preliminary cross-sectional studyJennifer Downing
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
BMC Public Health 9:446. 2009..Relatively little attention has been paid to how this decline may affect adolescent behaviours such as substance use, violence and unprotected sex and consequently impact on public health... - Influence of socio-demographic factors on distances travelled to access HIV services: enhanced surveillance of HIV patients in north west EnglandPenny A Cook
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
BMC Public Health 9:78. 2009..Data from an enhanced HIV surveillance system were used to explore geodemographic and clinical factors associated with accessing treatment services... - Trends in drop out, drug free discharge and rates of re-presentation: a retrospective cohort study of drug treatment clients in the North West of EnglandCaryl M Beynon
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
BMC Public Health 6:205. 2006..Using established monitoring systems we assessed trends in 'dropped out' and 'discharged drug free' (DDF), since the launch of the national drug strategy, and rates of treatment re-presentation for these cohorts... - Sexual behaviour among casual workers in an international nightlife resort: a case control studyKaren Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
BMC Public Health 6:39. 2006..Young holidaymakers report increased sexual risk-taking abroad, yet little is currently known about the sexual behaviour of those who extend time abroad through casual work... - Under-reporting of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders: an analysis of hospital episode statisticsMichela Morleo
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus third floor, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, UK
BMC Pediatr 11:14. 2011..This analysis compares hospital admissions over time, between regions and with alcohol-related admissions for adult females to assess whether established patterns (such as the North experiencing elevated harms) can be identified... - Sexual uses of alcohol and drugs and the associated health risks: a cross sectional study of young people in nine European citiesMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
BMC Public Health 8:155. 2008..Understanding of the association between sex and substance use, and specifically the strategic roles for which young people utilise substances to facilitate sexual activity, remains limited... - Relative contributions of holiday location and nationality to changes in recreational drug taking behaviour: a natural experiment in the Balearic IslandsMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Eur Addict Res 15:78-86. 2009..To examine the contributions of international holiday resorts and visitors' nationality to recruitment, relapse into, and escalation in frequency of recreational drug use... - Elvis to Eminem: quantifying the price of fame through early mortality of European and North American rock and pop starsMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:896-901. 2007..However, studies to date have not quantified differences between mortality experienced by such stars and general populations... - Contribution of violence to health inequalities in England: demographics and trends in emergency hospital admissions for assaultM A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool L3 2AY, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:1064-71. 2008..We use English emergency hospital admissions for assault over four years to examine assault demography and contribution to health inequalities... - Teenage drinking, alcohol availability and pricing: a cross-sectional study of risk and protective factors for alcohol-related harms in school childrenMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Applied Health and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Fifth Floor Kingsway House, Hatton Garden, Liverpool L3 2AJ, UK
BMC Public Health 9:380. 2009..Here, we examine drinking habits and associated harms in 15-16 year olds and explore how this can inform public health advice on child drinking... - Cross-sectional measures and modelled estimates of blood alcohol levels in UK nightlife and their relationships with drinking behaviours and observed signs of inebriationMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, 5th Floor Kingsway House, Hatton Garden, Liverpool, L3 2AJ, UK
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 5:5. 2010..Here we assess mixed survey and modelling techniques as a methodological approach to examining these issues... - Getting drunk safely? Night-life policy in the UK and its public health consequencesMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Drug Alcohol Rev 30:536-45. 2011..Such changes in night-life settings have created major problems with management of alcohol-related violence... - National five-year examination of inequalities and trends in emergency hospital admission for violence across EnglandMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool, UK
Inj Prev 17:319-25. 2011..To examine relationships between violence, age (0-74 years), and deprivation, and to explore in which communities, age groups, and gender the potential for transmission of violent tendencies between individuals is greatest... - A cross-sectional survey of compliance with national guidance for alcohol consumption by children: measuring risk factors, protective factors and social norms for excessive and unsupervised drinkingMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L32ET, UK
BMC Public Health 10:547. 2010.... - Predictors of risky alcohol consumption in schoolchildren and their implications for preventing alcohol-related harmMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2:15. 2007..Analysis utilised logistic regression to identify independent predictors of risky drinking behaviour... - Effects of backpacking holidays in Australia on alcohol, tobacco and drug use of UK residentsMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
BMC Public Health 7:1. 2007..Here we examine changes in alcohol, tobacco and drug use when UK residents go backpacking in Australia... 
Comparative views of the public, sex workers, businesses and residents on establishing managed zones for prostitution: analysis of a consultation in LiverpoolMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
Health Place 13:603-16. 2007..We discuss the consultation process, difficulties in locating services for marginalised groups in cities and the implications for health and judicial policy relating to prostitution...- A case-control study of lifestyle risk factors associated with tuberculosis in Liverpool, North-West EnglandK Tocque
North West Public Health Observatory, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Eur Respir J 18:959-64. 2001..Within individuals, lifestyle consequences of tuberculosis lead to a "healthier" lifestyle on the one hand (less smoking and alcohol consumption), but a reduced quality of life (social activity) on the other... - The sexual behaviour of British backpackers in AustraliaK Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 2AJ, UK
Sex Transm Infect 85:477-82. 2009..To explore sexual behaviour and risk-taking among British backpackers in Australia and to investigate the influence of substance use and social settings on sexual behaviour abroad... - Relationship between the use of hospital services and deprivation score of place of residence among HIV-positive individuals in the north west of EnglandP A Cook
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool L3 2AY
Commun Dis Public Health 7:319-21. 2004..6, p = 0.009, after controlling for infection route, disease stage and demographic variables). This implies that healthcare networks in poorer areas may incur disproportionately greater costs... - Predictors of hepatitis B and C infection in injecting drug users both in and out of drug treatmentP A Cook
Public Health Sector, School of Health and Human Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Addiction 96:1787-97. 2001..To assess prevalence of, and behavioural risk factors for, hepatitis B and C in drug users both in and out of contact with drugs services... - Sexual behaviour of young people in international tourist resortsM A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 2AP, UK
Sex Transm Infect 80:43-7. 2004..Additionally, in 2002 we identified levels of homosexual sex and sexual interactions between UK residents and individuals from other countries... - Effects of nightlife activilty on healthM A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverlpool John Moores University, Liverpool
Nurs Stand 19:63-71; quiz 73. 2005..This article aims to increase understanding of nightlife health and the potential for nurses to reduce some of the negative health consequences associated with nightlife activity... - The role of an international nightlife resort in the proliferation of recreational drugsMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Addiction 98:1713-21. 2003..It measures changes in substance use at both locations between 1999 and 2002 and examines the role of dance resorts in recruiting individuals into using new substances... - Knowing the risk: relationships between risk behaviour and health knowledgeP A Cook
Public Health Sector, School of Health and Human Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Public Health 115:54-61. 2001..Although these findings need further examination within the general population, public health measures should not assume that information campaigns will necessarily lead to a reduction in risk behaviour... - Access to HIV community services by vulnerable populations: evidence from an enhanced HIV/AIDS surveillance systemH C E Madden
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
AIDS Care 23:542-9. 2011..Consequent to their support of migrant populations, community services are vital for the management of HIV in black and minority groups. Paradoxically, this coincides with increasing funding pressures on these services... - Smoking cessation services are reducing inequalitiesH Lowey
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:579-80. 2003 - Capture recapture as a method of determining the completeness of tuberculosis notificationsK Tocque
North West Public Health Observatory, Liverpool John Moores University, 70 Great Crosshall Street, Liverpool, L3 2AB
Commun Dis Public Health 4:141-3. 2001..3% and notifications 92.6%. It was concluded that notification of tuberculosis is very complete in Liverpool. Capture-recapture methods can be used to assess completeness of notification data in other settings... - Visual versus written cues: a comparison of drug injectors' responses. Have surveys using the written word underestimated risk behaviors for hepatitis C?Caryl M Beynon
Centre for Public Health Research Directorate, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, Liverpool, UK
Subst Use Misuse 45:1491-508. 2010..Implications and future research are discussed... - Optimal provision of needle and syringe programmes for injecting drug users: A systematic reviewLisa Jones
Centre for Public Health, Research Directorate, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Int J Drug Policy 21:335-42. 2010..Further studies are required which have a stated aim of evaluating how different approaches to the organisation and delivery NSPs impact on effectiveness... - Treatment and care of HIV positive asylum seekersPenny A Cook
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool L3 2AY, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:836-8. 2006..Nationally, there is no empirical evidence that HIV positive AS use HIV services to a greater or lesser extent than HIV positive non-AS. This report compares stage of disease and use of services between HIV positive non-AS and AS... - Alcohol, nightlife and violence: the relative contributions of drinking before and during nights out to negative health and criminal justice outcomesKaren Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool, UK
Addiction 103:60-5. 2008..To explore differences in alcohol consumption and negative nightlife experiences between young people who drink prior to attending city nightlife venues and those who do not drink until reaching bars and nightclubs... - Alcohol, drugs, sex and violence: health risks and consequences in young British holidaymakers to the BalearicsKaren Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Adicciones 21:265-77. 2009..Whilst they are the focus of much prevention work in the UK, relatively little information is available to inform prevention in international holiday resorts, where young people can take the greatest risks with their health... - Predictors of violence in young tourists: a comparative study of British, German and Spanish holidaymakersKaren Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L32AY, UK
Eur J Public Health 18:569-74. 2008..However, little information currently exists on the extent of violence amongst holidaymakers or factors that increase risks of involvement in fights on holiday... - Substance use, violence, and unintentional injury in young holidaymakers visiting Mediterranean destinationsKaren Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
J Travel Med 18:80-9. 2011..We examine how risks of violence and unintentional injury abroad relate to substance use and the effects of nationality and holiday destination on these relationships... - Reducing harm in drinking environments: a systematic review of effective approachesLisa Jones
Centre for Public Health, Research Directorate, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Henry Cotton Campus 2nd floor, 15 21 Webster Street, Liverpool L3 2ET, United Kingdom
Health Place 17:508-18. 2011..The effectiveness of other intervention approaches was limited. Future studies of interventions in drinking environments should focus on using appropriate and robust study designs... - Smoking behaviours, access to cigarettes and relationships with alcohol in 15- and 16-year-old schoolchildrenSara K Hughes
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Applied Health and Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Eur J Public Health 21:8-14. 2011..Relationships with alcohol consumption, deprivation, personal income and extra-curricular activities are also explored... - Elevated mortality following diagnosis with a treatable disease: tuberculosisK Tocque
Centre for Public Health, John Moores University, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9:797-802. 2005..To determine whether previous diagnosis with tuberculosis (TB) increases the risk of mortality... - Re-emerging syphilis in gay men: a case-control study of behavioural risk factors and HIV statusM A Bellis
North West Public Health Observatory, Public Health Sector, School of Health and Human Sciences, Liverpool, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:235-6. 2002 - The involvement of drugs and alcohol in drug-facilitated sexual assault: a systematic review of the evidenceCaryl M Beynon
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Trauma Violence Abuse 9:178-88. 2008..In the United States, flunitrazepam is used recreationally, providing a likely explanation for its presence in samples of some alleged DFSA victims... - Assessing and communicating the health and judicial impact of alcohol useMark A Bellis
North West Public Health Observatory, Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 2AY, UK
Public Health 119:253-61. 2005..Utilising national data sources and existing research studies, Regional Public Health Observatories are appropriately placed to calculate such measures and examine their relationship with deprivation... - The ability of two commercially available quick test kits to detect drug-facilitated sexual assault drugs in beveragesC M Beynon
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Addiction 101:1413-20. 2006..Assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of two commercially available 'drug-facilitated sexual assault' drug detector kits, Drink Guard and Drink Detective... - Measuring paternal discrepancy and its public health consequencesMark A Bellis
Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Castle House, North Street, Liverpool L3 2AY, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:749-54. 2005.... - Healthy nightclubs and recreational substance use. From a harm minimisation to a healthy settings approachMark A Bellis
Birkenhead and Wallasey Primary Care Trust, St Catherine s Hospital, Church Road, Birkenhead, CH42 0LQ, UK
Addict Behav 27:1025-35. 2002.... - Re-emerging syphilis: a detrended correspondence analysis of the behaviour of HIV positive and negative gay menC Philip Wheater
Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, UK
BMC Public Health 3:34. 2003..Recent syphilis outbreaks in the UK have raised serious concerns about the sexual health of the population. Moreover, syphilis appears more likely to facilitate HIV transmission than any other sexually transmitted infection (STI)... - The promiscuous 10%?Mark A Bellis
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:889-90. 2004 - Don't forget syphilis. Syphilis outbreak is twice as big as reportedPete Clark
BMJ 325:775. 2002 - Hidden diabetes in the UK: use of capture-recapture methods to estimate total prevalence of diabetes mellitus in an urban populationGeoffrey V Gill
Division of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK
J R Soc Med 96:328-32. 2003..3% at 80+ years; in females the corresponding figures were 0.4% and 9.3%. The gap between crude and CR-estimated prevalence points to a rate of 'hidden diabetes' that has substantial implications for future diabetes care... - Can health campaigns make people ill? The iatrogenic potential of population-based cannabis preventionHarry R Sumnall
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:930-1. 2007 - Thai War on Drugs: measuring changes in methamphetamine and other substance use by school students through matched cross sectional surveysPaiboon Daosodsai
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Addict Behav 32:1733-9. 2007....