Adam Briggs

Jan 6, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Liam McCabe |Brian Greer |Adam Briggs |Casey Irwin Helvey

1 Introduction In their seminal study describing functional analysis methodology, Iwata et al. (1982/1994) arranged four experimental conditions in a multielement design with nine participants who engaged in varying topographies of self-injury (e.g., head banging, self-biting). Three of the four conditions were test conditions (i.e., social disapproval, academic demand, and alone), and each test condition was designed to isolate a specific source of suspected reinforcement for self-injury.

Oct 15, 2024 | bmj.com | Una Geary |Adam Briggs

Una Geary, public health specialty registrar, Adam Briggs, senior policy fellow Health Foundation, London In August 2020, five months after the World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic, the UK government announced its decision to scrap England’s national public health agency, Public Health England.1 The announcement provoked criticism because of the inevitable organisational disruption this would cause during the pandemic response.23 In his recent review of the NHS in England,...

Oct 14, 2024 | themj.co.uk | William Eichler |Lee Peart |David Phillips |Adam Briggs

ENVIRONMENT APSE: Parks under threat from cuts Parks and green spaces across the country are under threat from council funding cuts, the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) has warned. By William Eichler | 14 October 2024 SHARE © PBabic / Shutterstock.com Parks and green spaces across the country are under threat from council funding cuts, the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) has warned.

Oct 10, 2024 | themj.co.uk | Adam Briggs |Pam Parkes |Lee Peart |David Phillips

Relocating responsibility and funding for public health to local authorities from the NHS in 2012 marked a milestone that was heralded as a significant extension of councils' powers. But fast forward 12 years and the cash foundations underpinning public health are looking decidedly unsafe.

Jul 31, 2024 | bmj.com | Adam Briggs |Grace Everest

Adam Briggs, senior policy fellow, Grace Everest, policy fellowThe Health Foundation, London, UKCorrespondence to: A Briggs: adam.briggs{at}health.org.uk. The King’s speech confirmed Labour’s manifesto commitments to “restrict the advertising of junk food to children along with the sale of high caffeine energy drinks to children.”12 It’s a welcome signal that Labour is taking childhood obesity seriously.