Summary
Currently, I am working as a Research Associate in the Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit.
I have completed a NIHR School for Public Health funded PhD at Imperial. For this project, I used routinely collected data to evaluate the impact of the Healthy Start programme and the Universal Infant Free School Meal programme on purchasing, dietary and health outcomes.
My research interests include policy evaluation, public health nutrition, nutrition welfare and school food policies, ultra-processed food and health inequalities.
Publications
Journals
Parnham J, Millett C, Vamos E, 2023, School meals in the UK: ultra-processed, unequal, and inadequate, Public Health Nutrition, Vol:26, ISSN:1368-9800, Pages:297-301
Parnham JC, Chang K, Rauber F, et al., 2022, The ultra-processed food content of school meals and packed lunches in the UK, 2008-17: a pooled cross-sectional study, Lancet, Vol:400, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:12-12
Vrinten C, Parnham JC, Filippidis FT, et al., 2022, Risk factors for adolescent smoking uptake: an analysis of prospective data from the Millennium Cohort Study., The Lancet, Vol:400, ISSN:0140-6736, Pages:S57-S57
Vrinten C, Parnham J, Hopkinson N, et al., 2022, Risk factors for adolescent smoking uptake – analysis of prospective data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, Tobacco Induced Diseases, Vol:20, ISSN:1617-9625, Pages:1-6
Parnham JC, McKevitt S, Vamos EP, et al., 2022, Evidence use in the UK's COVID-19 free school meals policy: a thematic content analysis, Policy Design and Practice, ISSN:2574-1292