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Professor Mark Limmer

Professor of Adolescent Public Health, Head of Department

  1. Published

    "I don't shag dirty girls": marginalized masculinities and the use of partner selection as a sexual health risk reduction strategy in heterosexual young men

    Limmer, M., 03/2016, In: American Journal of Men's Health. 10, 2, p. 128-140 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    "It makes you more up for it": Young people's perspectives on alcohol and sexual health

    Redgrave, K. & Limmer, M., 2004, Rochdale: Rochdale Teenage Pregnancy Strategy.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  3. Unpublished

    "Probably the most educational thing you will ever see": What do young men learn from pornography

    Limmer, M., 21/11/2012, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  4. Published

    ‘It's probably more about the people’: For a person‐centred approach to understanding benefits of Nature‐based interventions

    Harrod, A., von Benzon, N. & Limmer, M., 31/12/2024, In: Area. 56, 4, e12867.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A ‘Proper Night Out’: A Practice Theory Exploration of Gendered Drinking

    Hennell, K., Limmer, M. & Piacentini, M., 1/06/2023, In: Sociological Research Online. 28, 2, p. 355-372 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    A process evaluation of a peer education project to improve mental health literacy in secondary school students: study protocol

    Widnall, E., Dodd, S., Simmonds, R., Bohan, H., Russell, A., Limmer, M. & Kidger, J., 18/10/2021, In: BMC Public Health. 21, 1, 7 p., 1879.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    A qualitative exploration of the barriers to and facilitators of clozapine monitoring in a secure psychiatric setting

    Blagden, S., Beenstock, J., Auld, N., Noblett, S. & Limmer, M., 30/06/2021, In: BJ Psych Bulletin. 45, 3, p. 134-140 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    A review of the evidence base for effective alcohol interventions with young people

    Limmer, M. & Alexander, C., 2011, NWRYWU.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  9. Published

    Addressing sexual risk taking in young men: Wrong time, wrong place

    Limmer, M., 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  10. Published

    Addressing young people's sex and alcohol use: It's about aspiration not information

    Limmer, M., 13/10/2008, In: Education and Health. 26, 2, p. 38-39 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Alcohol, Self-Esteem and Aspiration: Exploring the context of young people's sexual risk taking

    Kennedy, K. & Limmer, M., 2007, Rochdale: Rochdale Teenage Pregnancy Strategy.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  12. E-pub ahead of print

    An integrative literature review exploring the impact of alcohol workplace policies

    Alfred, L., Limmer, M. & Cartwright, S., 4/12/2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Workplace Health Management. 14, 1, p. 87-110 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Assessing the Feasibility of a Peer Education Project to Improve Mental Health Literacy in Adolescents in the UK

    Russell, A. E., Curtin, E., Widnall, E., Dodd, S., Limmer, M., Simmonds, R. & Kidger, J., 31/05/2023, In: Community Mental Health Journal. 59, 4, p. 784-796 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Association between gender social norms and cardiovascular disease mortality and life expectancy: an ecological study

    Lyell, I., Khan, S. S., Limmer, M., O’Flaherty, M. & Head, A., 27/04/2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 4, 9 p., e065486.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Bowel cancer screening in an English prison: a qualitative service evaluation

    Blagden, S., Simpson, C. & Limmer, M., 1/03/2020, In: Public Health. 180, p. 46-50 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Deficits and opportunities, pivots and shifts for scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis study

    Byabagambi, J., Hollingsworth, B. & Limmer, M., 16/08/2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 2232.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Disgusting disruptions: Capturing the everyday experience and burden of managing gastrointestinal infections in the home

    McGarrol, S., Kaley, A., Eastham, R., Whitehead, M. & Limmer, M., 1/01/2021, In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 29, 1, p. 284-293 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Dual liminality: A framework for conceptualizing the experience of adolescents and young adults with cancer

    Marshall, S., Grinyer, A. & Limmer, M., 4/02/2019, In: Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 8, 1, p. 26-31 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Ethical dilemmas using social media in qualitative social research: A case study of online participant observation

    Hennell, K., Piacentini, M. & Limmer, M., 1/09/2020, In: Sociological Research Online. 25, 3, p. 473-489 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Exploring health behaviour: Understanding drinking practice using the lens of practice theory

    Hennell, K., Piacentini, M. & Limmer, M., 1/03/2020, In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 42, 3, p. 627-642 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Exploring mechanisms and contexts in a Peer Education Project to improve mental health literacy in schools in England: a qualitative realist evaluation

    Curtin, E. L., Widnall, E., Dodd, S., Limmer, M., Simmonds, R., Russell, A. E., Kaley, A. & Kidger, J., 23/01/2024, In: Health Education Research. 39, 1, p. 40-54 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Exploring the barriers and gateways to intersubjectivity in dementia care: A meta-ethnography

    Hodge, G., Froggatt, K., Limmer, M. & Bingley, A., 31/07/2022, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 31, 13-14, p. 1947-1959 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. E-pub ahead of print

    Exploring the feasibility of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a mechanism for school culture change to improve mental health

    Spencer, L., Leonard, N., Jessiman, P., Kaluževičiūtė-Moreton, G., Limmer, M. & Kidger, J., 3/03/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pastoral Care in Education. 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Go hard or go home: a social practice theory approach to young people’s ‘risky’ alcohol consumption practices

    Hennell, K., Piacentini, M. & Limmer, M., 1/01/2021, In: Critical Public Health. 31, 1, p. 66-76 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Halving late diagnosis of HIV: a toolkit for local action

    Limmer, M. & Lowbury, R., 8/07/2014, MEDFASH. 35 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  26. Published

    HIV risk behaviours among women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya: findings from secondary analysis of qualitative data

    Mburu, G., Limmer, M. D. & Holland, P. J., 28/02/2019, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 16, 15 p., 10.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Unpublished

    Immediate, Likely and Meaningful: A framework for understanding young men's sexual risk taking

    Limmer, M., 1/11/2012, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  28. Published

    Keeping the needs of teenage parents at the heart of services

    Limmer, M., 09/2005, In: Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 125, 5, p. 214 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  29. Published

    Long Acting Reversible Contraception in the UK

    Burgess, T., Eastham, R., Limmer, M., Murphy, C., Raymond-Wlliams, R. & Sowemimo, A., 31/05/2021, British Pregnancy Advisory Service. 72 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  30. Published

    Major risk factors for sexual minority young people's mental and physical health: findings from a county-wide school-based health needs assessment

    Clarke, A., Beenstock, J., Lukacs, J. N., Turner, L. & Limmer, M., 1/09/2019, In: Journal of Public Health. 41, 3, p. e274-e282 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Mechanisms of school-based peer education interventions to improve young people’s health literacy or health behaviours: A realist-informed systematic review

    Widnall, E., Dodd, S., Russell, A. E., Curtin, E., Simmonds, R., Limmer, M., Kidger, J. & Matlala, S. F. (Editor), 31/05/2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 5, e0302431.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Meningococcal vaccination in primary care amongst adolescents in North West England: an ecological study investigating associations with general practice characteristics

    Blagden, S., Hungerford, D. & Limmer, M., 1/03/2019, In: Journal of Public Health. 41, 1, p. 149-157 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Unpublished

    Methods and Ethics: An innovative approach to investigating sexuality with young men

    Limmer, M., 2010, (Unpublished).

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  34. Published

    Negotiating the Edge: The Rationalization of Sexual Risk Taking Among Western Male Sex Tourists to Thailand

    Bishop, S. & Limmer, M., 07/2018, In: Journal of Sex Research. 55, 7, p. 871-879 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Offensive materials

    Limmer, M. & Horvath, M., 14/12/2013, In: New Scientist. 220, 2947, p. 28-29 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debate

  36. Published

    Participatory Action Research on School Culture and Student Mental Health: A Study Protocol

    Kaluzeviciute, G., Jessiman, T., Burn, A.-M., Ford, T., Geijer–Simpson, E., Kidger, J., Limmer, M., Ramsay, S. E. & Spencer, L., 24/10/2021, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 20, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Performance, power and condom use: reconceptualised masculinities amongst Western male sex tourists to Thailand

    Bishop, S. & Limmer, M., 03/2018, In: Culture, Health and Sexuality. 20, 3, p. 276-288 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Planet porn: a resource pack for working with teens around porn

    Limmer, M., 2012, In: Sex Education. 12, 3, p. 369-370 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article review

  39. Published

    Power, Gender and Consent: Making sense of sexual risk taking among vulnerable young women

    Redgrave, K. & Limmer, M., 2006, Rochdale: Rochdale Teenage Pregnancy Strategy.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  40. Published

    Qualitative findings about stigma as a barrier to contraception use: the case of Emergency Hormonal Contraception in Britain and implications for future contraceptive interventions

    Eastham, R., Milligan, C. & Limmer, M., 1/09/2020, In: European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care. 25, 5, p. 334-338 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Redefining risk for young men: Masculinity and sexual risk taking

    Limmer, M., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  42. Published

    Reducing LGBTQ+ adolescent mental health inequalities: a realist review of school-based interventions

    McDermott, E., Kaley, A., Kaner, E., Limmer, M., McGovern, R., McNulty, F., Nelson, R., Geijer-Simpson, E. & Spencer, L., 30/11/2024, In: Journal of Mental Health. 33, 6, p. 768-778 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Researching young men: The process as data

    Limmer, M., 2005.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  44. Published

    Role of boyfriends and intimate sexual partners in the initiation and maintenance of injecting drug use among women in coastal Kenya

    Mburu, G., Limmer, M. D. & Holland, P. J., 06/2019, In: Addictive Behaviors. 93, p. 20-28 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Rude, crude and socially unacceptable: the impact of pornography on young men

    Limmer, M., 2008, Celebrating sex and relationships education: past, present and future. Martinez, A. (ed.). London: National Children's Bureau

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  46. Published

    School culture and student mental health: a qualitative study in UK secondary schools

    Jessiman, P., Kidger, J., Spencer, L., Geijer-Simpson, E., Kaluzeviciute, G., Burn, A., Leonard, N. & Limmer, M., 30/03/2022, In: BMC Public Health. 22, 1, 18 p., 619.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    School-based peer education interventions to improve health: a global systematic review of effectiveness

    Dodd, S., Widnall, E., Russell, A. E., Curtin, E. L., Simmonds, R., Limmer, M. & Kidger, J., 2/12/2022, In: BMC Public Health. 22, 1, 13 p., 2247.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Strengthening quality in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn health systems in low- and middle-income countries through midwives and facility mentoring: an integrative review

    Anderson, R., Zaman, S. B., Jimmy, A. N., Read, J. M. & Limmer, M., 5/10/2023, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 23, 1, 712.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Success with glue sniffers

    Rogowski, S., Harrison, L. & Limmer, M., 1989, In: Social Work Today. 26, p. 12-13 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  50. Published

    The ‘lost tribe’ reconsidered: Teenagers and young adults treated for cancer in adult settings in the UK

    Marshall, S., Grinyer, A. & Limmer, M., 1/04/2018, In: European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 33, p. 85-90 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    The Experience of Adolescents and Young Adults Treated for Cancer in an Adult Setting: A Review of the Literature

    Marshall, S., Grinyer, A. & Limmer, M., 1/06/2018, In: Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 7, 3

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    The Impact of Introducing Midwives and also Mentoring on the Quality of Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Adolescent Health Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Integrative Review Protocol

    Anderson, R., Zaman, S. B. & Limmer, M., 5/05/2023, In: Methods and Protocols. 6, 3, 48.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    The impact of professional midwives and mentoring on the quality and availability of maternity care in government sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods observational study

    Anderson, R., Williams, A., Jess, N., Read, J. & Limmer, M., 8/11/2022, In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 22, 1, 20 p., 827.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    The Peer Education Project to improve mental health literacy in secondary school students in England: a qualitative realist evaluation

    Curtin, E. L., Widnall, E., Dodd, S., Limmer, M., Simmonds, R., Russell, A. E. & Kidger, J., 30/11/2022, In: Lancet (London, England). 400, Supplement 1, p. S34 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineMeeting abstractpeer-review

  55. Published

    The pressure to perform: understanding the impact of masculinities and social exclusion on young men’s sexual risk taking

    Limmer, M., 17/12/2014, In: International Journal of Men's Health. 13, 3, p. 184-202 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    The significance of a sense of being in control for young people who received counselling for self‐harm

    Clamp, M., Jones, S. & Limmer, M., 30/09/2023, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 23, 3, p. 790-800 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Turning us on or putting us off? The impact of pornography on relationships

    Limmer, M., 2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  58. Published

    Understanding How School-Based Interventions Can Tackle LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health Inequality: A Realist Approach

    McDermott, E., Kaley, A., Kaner, E., Limmer, M., McGovern, R., McNulty, F., Nelson, R., Geijer-Simpson, E. & Spencer, L., 28/02/2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 5, 4274.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    What is the impact of structural and cultural factors and interventions within educational settings on promoting positive mental health and preventing poor mental health: a systematic review

    Troy, D., Anderson, J., Jessiman, P. E., Albers, P. N., Williams, J. G., Sheard, S., Geijer-Simpson, E., Spencer, L., Kaner, E., Limmer, M., Viner, R. & Kidger, J., 17/03/2022, In: BMC Public Health. 22, 1, 16 p., 524.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    What should we do about pornography?

    Limmer, M. & Horvath, M., 14/12/2013, New Scientist, 220, 2947, p. 28-29 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  61. Published

    Willingness to pay (WTP) for HIV and AIDS services in Africa: a descriptive thematic systematic review

    Byabagambi, J. B., Limmer, M. & Hollingsworth, B., 29/08/2023, In: Journal of Global Health Reports. 7, 15 p., e2023058.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    Young men and pornography: meeting the challenge through sex and relationships education

    Limmer, M., 2009, In: Education and Health. 27, 1, p. 6-9 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  63. Published

    Young men, masculinities and sex education

    Limmer, M., 2010, In: Sex Education. 10, 4, p. 349-358 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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