Professor Chris Bonell Phd

- Room 226
- LSHTM
- 15-17 Tavistock Place
- London
- WC1H 9SH
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I have been an honorary professor at LSHTM since October 2011 having previously worked at LSHTM from 2004. Before that I was Assistant Director of the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, and Research Team Leader at the Social Exclusion Unit. My areas of interest include: evaluation of complex social interventions; ‘upstream’ determinants of health; young people’s health; substance use; and HIV/sexual health.
Affiliation
Teaching
I co-supervise a number of LSHTM doctoral students.
Research
Co-directing:
- a systematic review of the effects of schools and school-environment interventions on health (National Institute of Health Research)
- a pilot trial of the effects of a school-environment intervention aiming to reduce aggression and bullying in schools (National Institute of Health Research)
- Evaluation and development of the Community HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy, a programme of HIV health promotion for men who have sex with men (Terrence Higgins Trust)
- a systematic review of organisational interventions to prevent stress and burn-out among teachers
Research areas
- Adolescent health
- Complex interventions
- Evaluation
- Evidence use
- Health inequalities
- Health promotion
- Impact evaluation
- Implementation research
- Inequalities
- Mixed methods
- Public health
- Qualitative methods
- Randomised controlled trials
- Schools
- Sexual health
- Social and structural determinants of health
- Substance use
- Violence
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
- Sociology
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Non-communicable diseases
- Sexually transmitted infection
Regions
- European Union
Countries
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
Other interests
- Adolescents
- Behaviour Theory
- Cannabis
- Cluster Randomised Trials
- Contraception
- Effectiveness Evaluations
- Family Planning
- Family Relationships And Health
- HIV Prevention
- Interdisciplinary research
- MSM
- Males Who Have Sex With Males
- Monitoring And Evaluation
- Participatory Approaches To Health
- pregnancy
- sex education
- sexual behaviour
- social determinants of health
- social justice
- structural drivers
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Selected publications
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Nudge smudge: UK Government misrepresents "nudge"
Bonell, C.; McKee, M.; Fletcher, A.; Haines, A.; Wilkinson, P.;
Lancet, 2011; 377(9784):2158-9
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Process evaluation of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) in rural South Africa.
Hargreaves, J.; Hatcher, A.; Strange, V.; Phetla, G.; Busza, J.; Kim, J.; Watts, C.; Morison, L.; Porter, J.; Pronyk, P.; Bonell, C.;
Health Educ Res, 2010; 25(1):27-40
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Pilot multimethod trial of a school-ethos intervention to reduce substance use: building hypotheses about upstream pathways to prevention.
Bonell, C.P.; Sorhaindo, A.M.; Allen, E.E.; Strange, V.J.; Wiggins, M.; Fletcher, A.; Oakley, A.R.; Bond, L.M.; Flay, B.R.; Patton, G.C.; Rhodes, T.;
J Adolesc Health, 2010; 47(6):555-63
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Health outcomes of youth development programme in England: prospective matched comparison study
Wiggins, M.; Bonell, C.; Sawtell, M.; Austerberry, H.; Burchett, H.; Allen, E.; Strange, V.
British Medical Journal, 2009; 339
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Systematic review exploring time trends in the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hargreaves, J.R.; Bonell, C.P.; Boler, T.; Boccia, D.; Birdthistle, I.; Fletcher, A.; Pronyk, P.M.; Glynn, J.R.;
AIDS, 2008; 22(3):403-14
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School effects on young people's drug use: a systematic review of intervention and observational studies.
Fletcher, A.; Bonell, C.; Hargreaves, J.;
J Adolesc Health, 2008; 42(3):209-20
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Improving school ethos may reduce substance misuse and teenage pregnancy.
Bonell, C.; Fletcher, A.; McCambridge, J.;
BMJ, 2007; 334(7594):614-6
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Assessment of generalisability in trials of health interventions: suggested framework and systematic review.
Bonell, C.; Oakley, A.; Hargreaves, J.; Strange, V.; Rees, R.;
BMJ, 2006; 333(7563):346-9
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