Dr Ben Holden

MBChB BMedSci(Hons) MPH MD(Res) PGCert MFPH FRSPH FHEA MAcadMEd

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Public Health Registrar

b.holden@sheffield.ac.uk

Room 2037, 2nd floor, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Ben Holden
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room 2037, 2nd floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile

I am a Public Health Registrar enrolled in the HEE Yorkshire and the Humber Public Health Specialty Training programme. As part of this programme I completed the Master of Public Health (MPH) at the University of Sheffield. I have experience of public health practice in local authority settings across the Yorkshire and the Humber, and work closely with the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield.

In 2018 I completed a two-year research fellowship – MD (Res) - in Child Public Health at Imperial College London. I lead a research project that designed and tested a behavioural intervention that supported families to care for unwell children, and prevent avoidable emergency hospital attendances. I am a clinician by background with a range of acute hospital and community experience.

Research interests

My research interests include healthcare systems planning, child public health and work supporting those with a health disability.

Recent projects

A narrative review of barriers and enablers to optimal diabetes care for adults with learning disabilities.

I led the BLUEPRINTS project, funded by the Health Foundation. BLUEPRINTS: Does targeted parental education reduce non-urgent paediatric emergency department and urgent care centre reattendance?

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Black M, Barnes A, Strong M, Brook A, Ray A, Holden B, Foster C & Taylor-Robinson D (2021) Relationships between child development at school entry and adolescent health - a participatory systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21).
Holden B & Lee A (2021) Barriers and enablers to optimal diabetes care for adults with learning disabilities : a systematic review. British Journal of Learning Disabilities(00), 1-12.
Hassanzadeh R, Klaber R, Watson M, Holden B, Majeed A & Hargreaves DS (2020) Data-driven, integrated primary and secondary care for children: moving from policy to practice. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 014107682096878-014107682096878.
Holden B, Quinney A, Padfield S, Morton W, Coles S, Manley P, Wensley A, Hutchinson C, Lillie PJ, Duncan CJA , Schmid ML et al (2020) COVID-19: public health management of the first two confirmed cases identified in the UK. Epidemiology and Infection, 148.
Aitchison K, McGeown H, Holden B, Watson M, Klaber RE & Hargreaves D (2020) Population child health: understanding and addressing complex health needs. Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Imran A, Holden B, Weldon SM, Boak D, Klaber B, Kneebone R, Watson M & Bello F (2020) ‘How to help your unwell child’: a sequential simulation project. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 6(2), 127-128.
Makrinioti H, Keating E, Holden B, Coren M, Klaber R, Blair M, Griffiths C, Watson M & Bush A (2019) Patient reported outcomes for preschool children with recurrent wheeze. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 29(1).
Grocock R, Holden B & Robertson C (2019) The missing piece of the body? Oral health knowledge and confidence of doctors. British Dental Journal, 226(6), 427-431.

All publications

Journal articles

Marshall L, Bibby J, Suckling R & Holden B (2022) Health impacts of the rising cost of living: reframing the UK narrative. Public Health, 213, 114-116.
Black M, Barnes A, Strong M, Brook A, Ray A, Holden B, Foster C & Taylor-Robinson D (2021) Relationships between child development at school entry and adolescent health - a participatory systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21).
Holden B & Lee A (2021) Barriers and enablers to optimal diabetes care for adults with learning disabilities : a systematic review. British Journal of Learning Disabilities(00), 1-12.
Hassanzadeh R, Klaber R, Watson M, Holden B, Majeed A & Hargreaves DS (2020) Data-driven, integrated primary and secondary care for children: moving from policy to practice. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 014107682096878-014107682096878.
Holden B, Quinney A, Padfield S, Morton W, Coles S, Manley P, Wensley A, Hutchinson C, Lillie PJ, Duncan CJA , Schmid ML et al (2020) COVID-19: public health management of the first two confirmed cases identified in the UK. Epidemiology and Infection, 148.
Aitchison K, McGeown H, Holden B, Watson M, Klaber RE & Hargreaves D (2020) Population child health: understanding and addressing complex health needs. Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Imran A, Holden B, Weldon SM, Boak D, Klaber B, Kneebone R, Watson M & Bello F (2020) ‘How to help your unwell child’: a sequential simulation project. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 6(2), 127-128.
Makrinioti H, Keating E, Holden B, Coren M, Klaber R, Blair M, Griffiths C, Watson M & Bush A (2019) Patient reported outcomes for preschool children with recurrent wheeze. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 29(1).
Grocock R, Holden B & Robertson C (2019) The missing piece of the body? Oral health knowledge and confidence of doctors. British Dental Journal, 226(6), 427-431.
Holden BJ, Burnett AH & Vivekananda-Schmidt P (2014) Case-based learning: Integrating medical ethics and law into clinical practice. Education for Primary Care, 25(5), 283-287.
Fisher P, Holden BJ, Burnett AH, Vivekananda-Schmidt P, Beveridge J, Shackles D & Bruce D (2014) Teaching exchange. Education for Primary Care, 25(5), 281-293.
Holden BJ, Bratt DG & Chico TJA (2011) Molecular control of vascular development in the zebrafish. Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews, 93(2), 134-140.

Teaching interests: My teaching interests lie in communicable disease control, and practical/service related public health.

Professional activities and memberships

I am a medical doctor registered with the GMC.

I am a Senior Associate Editor of the journal Public Health, the official journal of The Royal Society for Public Health.

I am a Member of the Faculty of Public Health.