UK/India/Africa Network for Adolescent Nutrition

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

Key research contributions have been:
discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood

Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Women’s preconception health in England: a report card based on cross-sectional analysis of national maternity services data 2018/19

Danielle Schoenaker, Judith Stephenson, Helen Smith, Kate Thurland, Helen Duncan, Keith Godfrey, Mary Barker, Claire Singh & Nisreen Alwan, 2023, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 130(10), 1187-1195

DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17436

Type: article

Men's motivations, barriers to and aspirations for their families' health in the first 1000 days in sub-Saharan Africa

Daniella Watson, Samuel T. Chatio, Mary Barker, Palwende Romuald Boua, Adélaïde Compaoré, Maxwell Dalaba, Agnes Erzse, Keith Godfrey, Karen Hofman, Sarah Kehoe, Nuala Mcgrath, Gudani Mukoma, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Shane A. Norris, Hermann Sorgho, Kate A. Ward & Polly Hardy-Johnson, 2023, BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, 6(1), 39-45

DOI: 10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000423

Type: article

Engaging community members in setting priorities for nutrition interventions in rural northern Ghana

Maxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Samuel T. Chatio, James K. Adoctor, Edith Dambayi, Esmond W. Nonterah, Stephen Azalia, Doreen Ayi-Bisah, Agnes Erzse, Daniella Watson, Polly Hardy-Johnson, Sarah H. Kehoe, Aviva Tugendhaft, Kate Ward, Cornelius Debpuur, Abraham Oduro, Winfred Ofosu, Marion Danis & Mary Barker, 2022, PLOS Global Public Health, 2(9)

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000447

Type: article

How do we engage people in testing for COVID-19? A rapid qualitative evaluation of a testing programme in schools, GP surgeries and a university

Daniella Watson, Natalia Laverty baralle, Jawahr, Hamad Alagil, Krithika Anil, Sandy Ciccognani, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Sarah Fearn, Julia Groot, Kathryn Knowles, Claire Meagher, Carmel McGrath, Sarah Muir, Joanna Musgrove, Kate Anne Glyn-Owen, Kathryn Woods-Townsend, Andrew Mortimore, Paul Roderick, Janis Baird, Hazel Inskip, Keith Godfrey & Mary Barker, 2022, BMC Public Health, 22(1), 305

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12657-4

Type: article

Understanding influences on physical activity participation by older adults: a qualitative study of community-dwelling older adults from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study, UK.

Jean Zhang, Ilse Bloom, Elaine Dennison, Kate Ward, Sian M Robinson, Mary Barker, Cyrus Cooper & Wendy Lawrence, 2022, PLoS ONE, 17(1 1)

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263050

Type: article