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Professor Lucy Griffiths

Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology

Health Data Science

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About

Dr Lucy Griffiths is a Professor of Epidemiology. She has an undergraduate degree in Social Psychology (BSc), and postgraduate degrees in Health and Exercise Science (MSc) and Epidemiology (MSc). She completed her PhD at the University of Bristol before spending 13 years as a postdoctoral researcher at University College London. She joined Swansea University in 2018.

Lucy is Co‑Director and Academic Research Lead for Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales. She also provides strategic leadership across a portfolio of major UK research investments. She has an extensive track record in securing, directing and delivering large, policy‑relevant data research programmes funded by organisations such as the Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, Nuffield Foundation, Wellcome Trust, ADR UK and Health Data Research UK.

She leads collaborative, interdisciplinary research and is actively involved in training and capacity building across the academic community. Lucy works closely with government partners, supporting the effective use of data and research evidence in policy development and decision‑making.

Areas Of Expertise

Epidemiology (social and paediatric)
Child health
Public health
Children’s social care
Longitudinal birth cohort studies
Linked administrative data

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Lucy is a Fellow of the HEA, and has experience of module development, lecturing and supervising MSc and PhD students.

She teaches in the areas of epidemiology and child health.

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Lyons, J., Johnson, R., Edwards, M., Turner, S., Fry, R., Griffiths, L., & Lyons, R. (2025). Administrative data linkage to Census 2021 in Wales, UK: A cross-sectional study examining completeness and representativeness for population analytics. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v10i1.2994, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70741
Griffiths, L., Childs, M., Bailey, G., Griffiths, L., Hodges, H., Elliott, M., & Cowley, L. (2025). Disabilities in children receiving social care and support in Wales and factors associated with placement into care: A population-based data linkage study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 166, 107510
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107510, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69574
Davies, J., Griffiths, L., Pouliou, D., Bailey, R., Fry, R., Lyons, R., Stratton, G., & Mizen, A. (2025). Cumulative residential greenness and childhood body mass index. Environmental Epidemiology, 9(5), e421
https://doi.org/10.1097/ee9.0000000000000421, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70261
Avery, F., James, M., Cowley, L., Griffiths, L., Bellis, M., Hughes, K., & Brophy, S. (2025). “Support for my dad would have benefited me because I was the one looking after him”: A qualitative analysis of the support needs of young people exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences. PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0313371
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313371, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69330
Hodges, H., Griffiths, L., Cowley, L., Childs, M., & Scourfield, J. (2025). Why social work needs to embrace data linkage research. Journal of Children's Services, 20(1), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1108/jcs-12-2023-0063, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68593
Bailey, G., Lee, A., Ahmed, S., Scanlon, I., Cowley, L., Stuart, A., Farr, I., Brooks, C., North, L., & Griffiths, L. (2025). Improving opportunities for data linkage within Children Looked After administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v10i1.2383, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68946
Jing, Y., Bailey, G., Cheung, S., Griffiths, L., & Scourfield, J. (2024). Ethnic Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System: A Welsh Linked Administrative Data Study for 2011–2020. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(8), 3568-3589.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae117, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68947
Robinson, T., Boruff, B., Duncan, J., Murray, K., Schipperijn, J., Nathan, A., Beck, B., Stratton, G., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Beesley, B., & Christian, H. (2024). Understanding variations in the built environment over time to inform longitudinal studies of young children's physical activity behaviour - The BEACHES project. Health & Place, 90, 103345
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103345, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103345
Davies, J., Bailey, R., Mizen, A., Pouliou, D., Fry, R., Pedrick-Case, R., Stratton, G., Johnson, R., Christian, H., Lyons, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Residential mobility amongst children and young people in Wales: A longitudinal study using linked administrative records. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2398, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66729
Pouliou, D., Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Rawlings, A., Mizen, A., Davies, J., Stratton, G., Lyons, R., Beck, B., Christian, H., Fry, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Neighbourhood walkability and body mass index in children: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study in Wales. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101855
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855
Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., & Forrester, D. (2024). P05 Educational pathways and outcomes for children who are looked after: a population-scale data linkage study. In SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp. A48.3-A49). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-ssmabstracts.100, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67542
Abdeldayem, W., Davies, J., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Obesity at the age of 4-5 related to asthma diagnosis in later childhood: A longitudinal study using linked routinely collected data from Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2374, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68948
Griffiths, L., Rafferty, J., Fry, R., Daniels, H., Dezateux, C., Firman, N., Pouliou, T., Stratton, G., Mizen, A., Lyons, R., Watkins, A., Davis, J., & Bailey, R. (2024). Children and young people’s body mass index measures derived from routine data sources: A national data linkage study in Wales. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0300221
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65807
Farr, I., Cowley, L., Broadhurst, K., Odd, D., Jones, C., Bailey, G., Alrouh, B., Abouelenin, M., Cusworth, L., Doebler, S., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Health service use of infants involved in family justice care and supervision proceedings in Wales: a data linkage study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2362, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66059
Firman, N., Wilk, M., Marszalek, M., Griffiths, L., Harper, G., & Dezateux, C. (2024). Is obesity more likely among children sharing a household with an older child with obesity? Cross-sectional study of linked National Child Measurement Programme data and electronic health records. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 8(1), e002533
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2024-002533, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66031
Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Kristensen, S., Akbari, A., Fry, R., Huxley, K., Johnson, R., Kim, H., Owen, R., Taylor, C., & Griffiths, L. (2023). Maternal Mental Health and Children’s Problem Behaviours: A Bi-directional Relationship?. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(11), 1611-1626.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01086-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63770
Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Abrams, K., Lorenzo, A., Dhafari, T., Chess, J., Denaxas, S., Fry, R., Gale, C., Gallacher, J., Griffiths, L., Guthrie, B., Hall, M., Jalali-najafabadi, F., John, A., MacRae, C., McCowan, C., Peek, N., O’Reilly, D...., & Owen, R. (2023). Trajectories in chronic disease accrual and mortality across the lifespan in Wales, UK (2005–2019), by area deprivation profile: linked electronic health records cohort study on 965,905 individuals. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 32, 100687
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100687, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100687
Richards, A., Barker, H., Williams, E., Swindell, N., Mackintosh, K., Tyler, R., Griffiths, L., Foweather, L., & Stratton, G. (2023). Motor Competence between Children with and without Additional Learning Needs: A Cross-Sectional Population-Level Study. Children, 10(9), 1537
https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091537, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64519
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091537
Bailey, G., Lee, A., Bedford, H., Perry, M., Holland, S., Walton, S., & Griffiths, L. (2023). Immunisation status of children receiving care and support in Wales: a national data linkage study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231264, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63928
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231264
Johnson, R., Griffiths, L., Cowley, L., Broadhurst, K., & Bailey, R. (2023). Risk Factors Associated With Primary Care–Reported Domestic Violence for Women Involved in Family Law Care Proceedings: Data Linkage Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e42375
https://doi.org/10.2196/42375, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64757
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42375
Perry, M., Cottrell, S., Gravenor, M., & Griffiths, L. (2023). Determinants of Equity in Coverage of Measles-Containing Vaccines in Wales, UK, during the Elimination Era. Vaccines, 11(3), 680
https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030680, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11030680
Sheldrick, M., Maitland, C., Mackintosh, K., Rosenberg, M., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., & Stratton, G. (2023). Clusters of Activity-Related Social and Physical Home Environmental Factors and Their Association With Children’s Home-Based Physical Activity and Sitting. Pediatric Exercise Science, 35(1), 23-34.
https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2021-0174, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60257
Alrouh, B., Abouelenin, M., Broadhurst, K., Cowley, L., Doebler, S., Farr, I., Cusworth, L., North, L., Hargreaves, C., Akbari, A., Griffiths, L., & Ford, D. (2022). Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: New evidence for England and Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62056
https://www.birthcompanions.org.uk/resources/mothers-in-recurrent-care-proceedings-new-evidence-for-england-and-wales
Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Beck, B., Beesley, B., Boruff, B., Brophy, S., Cross, D., Dhamrait, G., Duncan, J., Gething, P., Johnson, R., Lyons, R., Mizen, A., Murray, K., Pouliou, D., Rafferty, J., Robinson, T., Rosenberg, M., Schipperijn, J...., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Built Environments And Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia (BEACHES): a study protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e061978
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061978, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61221
Allnatt, G., Elliott, M., Scourfield, J., Lee, A., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Use of Linked Administrative Children’s Social Care Data for Research: A Scoping Review of Existing UK Studies. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(7), 3923-3944.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62366
Meel, E., Mensink-Bout, S., Dekker, H., Ahluwalia, T., Annesi-Maesano, I., Arshad, S., Baïz, N., Barros, H., Berg, A., Bisgaard, H., Bønnelykke, K., Carlsson, C., Casas, M., Chatzi, L., Chevrier, C., Dalmeijer, G., Dezateux, C., Duchen, K., Eggesbø, M...., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Early-life respiratory tract infections and the risk of school-age lower lung function and asthma: a meta-analysis of 150 000 European children. European Respiratory Journal, 60(4), 2102395
https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02395-2021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59952
Doebler, S., Broadhurst, K., Alrouh, B., Cusworth, L., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Born into care: Associations between area-level deprivation and the rates of children entering care proceedings in Wales. Children and Youth Services Review, 141, 106595
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106595, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63036
Torabi, F., Bedston, S., Lowthian, E., Akbari, A., Owen, R., Bradley, D., Agrawal, U., Collins, P., Fry, R., Griffiths, L., Beggs, J., Davies, G., Hollinghurst, J., Lyons, J., Abbasizanjani, H., Cottrell, S., Perry, M., Roberts, R., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A...., & Lyons, R. (2022). Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales. Scientific Reports, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20118-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61394
Marchant, E., Lowthian, E., Crick, T., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Dadaczynski, K., Okan, O., James, M., Cowley, L., Torabi, F., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). Pre-COVID-19 pandemic health-related behaviours in children (2018–2020) and association with being tested for SARS-CoV-2 and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (2020–2021): a retrospective cohort study using survey data linked with routine health data in Wales, UK. BMJ Open, 12(9), e061344
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061344, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60846
Johnson, R., North, L., Alrouh, B., John, A., Jones, K., Akbari, A., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Hargreaves, C., Doebler, S., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2022). A population-level study into health vulnerabilities of mothers and fathers involved in public law care proceedings in Wales, UK.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.2003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61236
Cusworth, L., Hargreaves, C., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., John, A., & Johnson, R. (2022). Adults in private family law proceedings in Wales: characteristics and vulnerabilities.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1910, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61237
Farr, I., Jones, C., Cowley, L., Alrouh, B., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Doebler, S., Broadhurst, K., Odd, D., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Health service use of infants involved in family justice care and supervision proceedings in Wales: a longitudinal national data linkage study.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1989, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61243
Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Fry, R., Huxley, K., Johnson, R., Kristensen, S., Owen, R., Taylor, C., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Maternal mental health and children’s development: a bi-directional relationship?. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1936, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61244
Walton, S., Cortina-Borja, M., Dezateux, C., Griffiths, L., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Lyons, R., Roberts, R., & Bedford, H. (2022). Linking cohort data and Welsh routine health records to investigate children at risk of delayed primary vaccination. Vaccine, 40(34), 5016-5022.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.080, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60484
Allnatt, G., Lee, A., Scourfield, J., Elliott, M., Broadhurst, K., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Data resource profile: children looked after administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1752, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60728
Alrouh, B., Hargreaves, ., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., North, L., Griffiths, L., Doebler, S., Akbari, A., Farr, I., & Cowley, L. (2022). What do we know about ethnic diversity in the family justice system in England?
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60113
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/what-do-we-know-about-ethnicity-in-the-family-justice-system-in-england#:~:text=The%20most%20striking%20ethnic%20diversity,other%20regions%2C%20the%20pattern%20varies.
Lee, A., Elliott, M., Scourfield, J., Bedston, S., Broadhurst, K., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Data Resource: Children Receiving Care and Support and Children in Need, administrative records in Wales.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1694, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60351
Richards, A., Minou, M., Sheldrick, M., Swindell, N., Griffiths, L., Hudson, J., & Stratton, G. (2022). A Socioecological Perspective of How Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour at Home Changed during the First Lockdown of COVID-19 Restrictions: The HomeSPACE Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5070
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095070, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59896
Johnson, R., North, L., Alrouh, B., John, A., Jones, K., Akbari, A., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Hargreaves, C., Doebler, S., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2022). A population level study into health vulnerabilities of mothers and fathers involved in public law care proceedings in Wales, UK between 2011 and 2019. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i1.1723, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59784
Perry, M., Gravenor, M., Cottrell, S., Bedston, S., Roberts, R., Williams, C., Salmon, J., Lyons, J., Akbari, A., Lyons, R., Torabi, F., & Griffiths, L. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake and effectiveness in adults aged 50 years and older in Wales UK: a 1.2m population data-linkage cohort approach. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18, 2022(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2031774, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59498
Griffiths, L., McGregor, J., Pouliou, D., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., North, L., Ford, D., & John, A. (2022). Anxiety and depression among children and young people involved in family justice court proceedings: longitudinal national data linkage study. BJPsych Open, 8(2)
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59158
Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., Fry, R., Hollinghurst, J., James, M., Cowley, L., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Thompson, D., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2022). COVID-19 mitigation measures in primary schools and association with infection and school staff wellbeing: An observational survey linked with routine data in Wales, UK. PLOS ONE, 17(2), e0264023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59502
Vasileiou, E., Shi, T., Kerr, S., Robertson, C., Joy, M., Tsang, R., McGagh, D., Williams, J., Hobbs, R., Lusignan, S., Bradley, D., OReilly, D., Murphy, S., Chuter, A., Beggs, J., Ford, D., Orton, C., Akbari, A., Bedston, S...., & Sheikh, A. (2022). Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data. BMJ Open, 12(2), e050062.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062
Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Jarvis, C., Lowthian, E., Torabi, F., North, L., Lyons, J., Perry, M., Griffiths, L., Owen, R., Beggs, J., Chuter, A., Bradley, D., Lusignan, S., Fry, R., Hobbs, F., Hollinghurst, J., Katikireddi, S., Murphy, S...., & Lyons, R. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake, effectiveness, and waning in 82,959 health care workers: A national prospective cohort study in Wales. Vaccine, 40(8), 1180-1189.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.061, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59218
Richards, A., Klos, L., Swindell, N., Griffiths, L., Martelaer, K., Edwards, L., Brophy, S., & Stratton, G. (2021). Associations between swimming & cycling abilities and fitness in 9-11 year old boys and girls. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40(6), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.2013616, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59045
Perry, M., Akbari, A., Cottrell, S., Gravenor, M., Roberts, R., Lyons, R., Bedston, S., Torabi, F., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Inequalities in coverage of COVID-19 vaccination: A population register based cross-sectional study in Wales, UK. Vaccine, 39(42), 6256-6261.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.09.019, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57823
Sheldrick, M., Maitland, C., Mackintosh, K., Rosenberg, M., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., & Stratton, G. (2021). Are individual and social factors specific to the home associated with children's behaviour and physical environment at home. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(19), 2242-2257.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1928409, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56833
Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., Harwin, J., Alrouh, B., Bedston, S., Trinder, L., Jones, K., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Scaling up research on family justice using large-scale administrative data: an invitation to the socio-legal community. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 43(3), 237-255.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2021.1953856, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58142
Doebler, S., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Bedston, S., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Explaining high rates of infants in care proceedings in deprived areas of Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57700
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/infants-care-proceedings-deprived-wales
Johnson, R., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Ford, D., John, A., Jones, K., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Health vulnerabilities of parents in care proceedings in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57701
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/health-vulnerabilities-parents-care-proceedings
Doebler, S., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Bedston, S., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Born into Care: Unpacking the Impact of Area-Level Deprivation in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61926
https://www.cfj-lancaster.org.uk/files/documents/BiC_dep_Wales_report.pdf
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Akbari, A., & Ford, D. (2021). Newborn babies in urgent care proceedings in England and Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57035
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/newborn-babies-urgent-care-proceedings
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848
Johnson, R., Griffiths, L., Hollinghurst, J., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Thompson, D., Lyons, R., & Fry, R. (2021). Deriving household composition using population-scale electronic health record data—A reproducible methodology. PLOS ONE, 16(3), e0248195
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248195, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56617
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., & John, A. (2021). Born into care: One thousand mothers in care proceedings in Wales, A focus on maternal mental health
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61890
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/born-into-care-maternal-mental-health
Ford, E., Curlewis, K., Squires, E., Griffiths, L., Stewart, R., & Jones, K. (2021). The Potential of Research Drawing on Clinical Free Text to Bring Benefits to Patients in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Frontiers in Digital Health, 3
https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2021.606599, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56077
Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
Cusworth, L., Bedston, S., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Johnson, R., Akbari, A., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Uncovering private family law: Who’s coming to court in England?
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59293
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/private-family-law-whos-coming-to-court-england
Johnson, R., Griffiths, L., Hollinghurst, J., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Thompson, D., Lyons, R., Fry, R., Johnson, R., Griffiths, L., Hollinghurst, J., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Thompson, D., & Lyons, R. (2020). Deriving household composition using population-scale Electronic Health Record data – a reproducible methodology. SocArXiv Papers
https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kctnz, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56152
http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/kctnz
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., Bedston, S., Cusworth, L., Alrouh, B., Ford, D., & John, A. (2020). Maternal health, pregnancy and birth outcomes for women involved in care proceedings in Wales: a linked data study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03370-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55713
Jones, K., Heys, S., Thompson, R., Jones, K., Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Lee, A., Ford, D., & Broadhurst, K. (2020). Linking pre- and post-adoption records for research in anonymised form in a data safe haven:. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(3)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i3.1370, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55516
Jones, K., Ford, E., Lea, N., Griffiths, L., Hassan, L., Heys, S., Squires, E., & Nenadic, G. (2020). Toward the Development of Data Governance Standards for Using Clinical Free-Text Data in Health Research: Position Paper. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(6), e16760
https://doi.org/10.2196/16760, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53733
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., Bedson, S., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Alrough, B., Doebler, S., John, A., & Ford, D. (2020). Born into care: One thousand mothers in care proceedings in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55046
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/1000-mothers-care-proceedings-wales
Johnson, R., Ford, D., Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., Jones, K., Akbari, A., Bedston, S., Alrouh, B., Doebler, S., Lee, A., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Trinder, L., & Griffiths, L. (2020). Data Resource: population level family justice administrative data with opportunities for data linkage. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i1.1339, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54418
Fluharty, M., Pereira, S., Benzeval, M., Hamer, M., Jefferis, B., Griffiths, L., Cooper, R., & Bann, D. (2020). Educational differentials in key domains of physical activity by ethnicity, age and sex: a cross-sectional study of over 40 000 participants in the UK household longitudinal study (2013–2015). BMJ Open, 10(1), e033318
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033318, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53569
Chigogora, S., Pearce, A., Law, C., Viner, R., Chittleborough, C., Griffiths, L., & Hope, S. (2020). Could Greater Physical Activity Reduce Population Prevalence and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Children’s Mental Health Problems? A Policy Simulation. Epidemiology, 31(1), 115-125.
https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001113, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53051
Pike, K., Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., & Pearce, A. (2019). Physical activity among children with asthma: Cross‐sectional analysis in the UK millennium cohort. Pediatric Pulmonology
https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24314, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50606
Jones, K., Ford, E., Lea, N., Griffiths, L., Heys, S., & Squires, E. (2019). Developing data governance standards for using free-text data in research (TexGov). In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1332, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53731
Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Cusworth, L., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Jones, K., & Ford, D. (2019). Born into Care: characterising newborn babies and infants in care proceedings in England and Wales. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1285, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53652
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Alrouh, B., Bedston, S., Harwin, J., Jones, K., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Ford, D., & Broadhurst, K. (2019). The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Data Partnership. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1279, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53658
Bandyopadhyay, A., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Griffiths, L., Bedford, H., Cortina-Borja, M., Walton, S., Dezateux, C., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2019). Behavioural difficulties in early childhood and risk of adolescent injury. Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2019.
https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-317271, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52433
Sheldrick, M., Maitland, C., Mackintosh, K., Rosenberg, ., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., & Stratton, G. (2019). Associations between the Home Physical Environment and Children’s Home-Based Physical Activity and Sitting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4178
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214178, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52558
Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Tingay, K., Bandyopadhyay, A., Akbari, A., DeStavola, B., Bedford, H., Lyons, R., & Dezateux, C. (2019). Are active children and young people at increased risk of injuries resulting in hospital admission or accident and emergency department attendance? Analysis of linked cohort and electronic hospital records in Wales and Scotland. PLOS ONE, 14(4), e0213435
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213435, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49974
Griffiths, L., Tingay, K., Bandyopadhyay, A., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Brophy, S., Bedford, H., Cortina-Borja, M., Setakis, E., Walton, S., Fitzsimons, E., Dezateux, C., & Lyons, R. (2019). Linking consented cohort and routinely collected health data to enhance investigations into childhood obesity, asthma, infections, immunisations, and injuries. International Journal of Population Data Science, 4(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i1.579, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49915
Pearce, A., Hope, S., Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Chittleborough, C., & Law, C. (2019). What if all children achieved WHO recommendations on physical activity? Estimating the impact on socioeconomic inequalities in childhood overweight in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(1), 134-147.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy267, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55272
Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Bandyopadhyay, A., Tingay, K., Stavola, B., Bedford, H., Akbari, A., Firman, N., Lyons, R., & Dezateux, C. (2019). Are children with clinical obesity at increased risk of inpatient hospital admissions? An analysis using linked electronic health records in the UK millennium cohort study. Pediatric Obesity, e12505
https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12505, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48304
Griffiths, L., Lyons, R., Bandyopadhyay, A., Tingay, K., Walton, S., Cortina-Borja, M., Akbari, A., Bedford, H., & Dezateux, C. (2018). Childhood asthma prevalence: cross-sectional record linkage study comparing parent-reported wheeze with general practitioner-recorded asthma diagnoses from primary care electronic health records in Wales. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 5(1), e000260
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000260, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38171
Lyons, R., Dezateux, C., Walton, S., Bedford, H., Cortina-Borja, M., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Tingay, K., & Bandyopadhyay, A. (2018). Integrating electronic health records from different sources across the UK: lessons from a record linkage study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.495, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43492
Lyons, R., Bedford, H., Cortina-Borja, M., Tingay, K., Bandyopadhyay, A., Akbari, A., De Stavola, B., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2018). Analysis of factors associated with changing general practice in the first 14 years of life in Wales using linked cohort and primary care records: implications for using primary care databanks for life-course research. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.477, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43823
Walton, S., Cortina-Borja, M., Dezateux, C., Griffiths, L., Tingay, K., Akbari, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Lyons, R., & Bedford, H. (2017). Measuring the timeliness of childhood vaccinations: Using cohort data and routine health records to evaluate quality of immunisation services. Vaccine, 35(51), 7166-7173.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.085, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38172
Sera, F., Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., Geraci, M., & Cortina-Borja, M. (2017). Using functional data analysis to understand daily activity levels and patterns in primary school-aged children: Cross-sectional analysis of a UK-wide study. PLOS ONE, 12(11), e0187677
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187677, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43827
Karen, T., Ashley, A., Amrita, B., Helen, B., Sinead, B., Mario, C., Emla, F., Lucy, G., Melanie, H., Jon, J., Efrosini, S., Suzanne, W., Carol, D., Ronan, L., Akbari, A., & Griffiths, L. (2017). Using consented health record linkage in a longitudinal cohort study. International Journal for Population Data Science, 1(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.168, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39439
Hurt, L., Paranjothy, S., Lucas, P., Watson, D., Mann, M., Griffiths, L., Ginja, S., Paljarvi, T., Williams, J., Bellis, M., & Lingam, R. (2016). Interventions that enhance health-professional contact with parents and infants to improve child development and social and emotional wellbeing in the early years in high-income countries: a systematic review. The Lancet, 388, S58
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)32294-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43828
Griffiths, L., Sera, F., Cortina-Borja, M., Law, C., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2016). Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time: cross-sectional and prospective associations with adiposity in the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 6(4), e010366
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010366, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43830
Griffiths, L., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2016). Associations between children’s behavioural and emotional development and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time: Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 7(2), 124-143.
https://doi.org/10.14301/llcs.v7i2.353, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43829
Votruba, S., Rich, C., Geraci, M., Griffiths, L., Sera, F., Dezateux, C., & Cortina-Borja, M. (2014). Quality Control Methods in Accelerometer Data Processing: Identifying Extreme Counts. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e85134
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085134, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43833
Brocklebank, R., Bedford, H., Griffiths, L., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Social determinants of parent-child interaction in the UK. Child: Care, Health and Development, 40(4), 472-480.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12090, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43834
Pouliou, T., Sera, F., Griffiths, L., Joshi, H., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Law, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Environmental influences on children's physical activity. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 69(1), 77-85.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204287, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20125
Bryant, M., Ashton, L., Nixon, J., Jebb, S., Wright, J., Roberts, K., Brown, J., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Framework of outcome measures recommended for use in the evaluation of childhood obesity treatment interventions: the CoOR framework. Pediatric Obesity, 9(6), e116-e131.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2047-6310.2014.220.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43832
Rich, C., Cortina-Borja, M., Dezateux, C., Geraci, M., Sera, F., Calderwood, L., Joshi, H., & Griffiths, L. (2013). Predictors of non-response in a UK-wide cohort study of children's accelerometer-determined physical activity using postal methods. BMJ Open, 3(3), e002290
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002290, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43837
Rich, C., Geraci, M., Griffiths, L., Sera, F., Dezateux, C., & Cortina-Borja, M. (2013). Quality Control Methods in Accelerometer Data Processing: Defining Minimum Wear Time. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e67206
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067206, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43838
Sera, F., Cortina-Borja, M., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2013). Effects of physical activity on reduction of adiposity across the entire obesity distribution in primary school-aged children: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. The Lancet, 382, S89
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62514-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43835
Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Pouliou, T., Geraci, M., Rich, C., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., Jebb, S., Dezateux, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2013). How active are our children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 3(8), e002893-e002893.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002893, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21211
Pearce, A., Li, L., Abbas, J., Ferguson, B., Graham, H., Law, C., & Griffiths, L. (2012). Childcare use and inequalities in breastfeeding: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study: Table 1. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(1), 39-42.
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.177337, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43840
Rich, C., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2012). Seasonal variation in accelerometer-determined sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children: a review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9(1), 49
https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-49, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43841
Griffiths, L., Pouliou, T., Rich, C., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2012). Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in UK children of primary school age: a longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet, 380, S44
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60400-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43839
Earnest, C., Pulsford, R., Cortina-Borja, M., Rich, C., Kinnafick, F., Dezateux, C., & Griffiths, L. (2011). Actigraph Accelerometer-Defined Boundaries for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Intensities in 7 Year Old Children. PLoS ONE, 6(8), e21822
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021822, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43842
Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., & Hill, A. (2011). Is obesity associated with emotional and behavioural problems in children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6(2-2), e423-e432.
https://doi.org/10.3109/17477166.2010.526221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43843
Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., Cole, T., & Griffiths, L. (2011). Sex and ethnic differences in the waist circumference of 5-year-old children: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6(2-2), e196-e198.
https://doi.org/10.3109/17477166.2010.526224, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43844

All Research

Journal Articles

John, A., McGregor, J., Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., & Marchant, A. (2026). Self-harm in children involved in private and public family justice court proceedings: a longitudinal national data linkage study. BJPsych Open
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.10971, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71197
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/selfharm-in-children-involved-in-private-and-public-family-justice-court-proceedings-longitudinal-national-data-linkage-study/B30CEE8AE253542E89700A3052C46C88
Luna, E., Griffiths, L., OBE, K., Hargreaves, D., Woodman, J., Holmes, L., Tranter, K., Bailey, G., & Harron, K. (2026). Healthcare utilisation among children in contact with social services in England: An interrupted time series using ECHILD. Child Abuse & Neglect, 173, 107916
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.107916, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71385
Doel, H., Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Turner, S., Lyons, R., & Lyons, J. (2026). The Desirable Health Indicator: A New Indicator of Population Health and Healthcare Utilisation. International Journal of Population Data Science, 11(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.3005, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71498
Lyons, J., Johnson, R., Edwards, M., Turner, S., Fry, R., Griffiths, L., & Lyons, R. (2025). Administrative data linkage to Census 2021 in Wales, UK: A cross-sectional study examining completeness and representativeness for population analytics. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v10i1.2994, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70741
Davies, J., Griffiths, L., Pouliou, D., Bailey, R., Fry, R., Lyons, R., Stratton, G., & Mizen, A. (2025). Cumulative residential greenness and childhood body mass index. Environmental Epidemiology, 9(5), e421
https://doi.org/10.1097/ee9.0000000000000421, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70261
Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Lee, A., Akbari, A., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., & Forrester, D. (2025). Children’s early care experiences and their educational attainment: a population data-linkage study in Wales. Oxford Review of Education, 0, 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2025.2540036, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70015
Griffiths, L., Childs, M., Bailey, G., Griffiths, L., Hodges, H., Elliott, M., & Cowley, L. (2025). Disabilities in children receiving social care and support in Wales and factors associated with placement into care: A population-based data linkage study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 166, 107510
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107510, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69574
Avery, F., James, M., Cowley, L., Griffiths, L., Bellis, M., Hughes, K., & Brophy, S. (2025). “Support for my dad would have benefited me because I was the one looking after him”: A qualitative analysis of the support needs of young people exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences. PLOS ONE, 20(4), e0313371
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313371, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69330
Hodges, H., Griffiths, L., Cowley, L., Childs, M., & Scourfield, J. (2025). Why social work needs to embrace data linkage research. Journal of Children's Services, 20(1), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1108/jcs-12-2023-0063, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68593
Bailey, G., Lee, A., Ahmed, S., Scanlon, I., Cowley, L., Stuart, A., Farr, I., Brooks, C., North, L., & Griffiths, L. (2025). Improving opportunities for data linkage within Children Looked After administrative records in Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v10i1.2383, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68946
Jing, Y., Bailey, G., Cheung, S., Griffiths, L., & Scourfield, J. (2024). Ethnic Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System: A Welsh Linked Administrative Data Study for 2011–2020. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(8), 3568-3589.
https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae117, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68947
Robinson, T., Boruff, B., Duncan, J., Murray, K., Schipperijn, J., Nathan, A., Beck, B., Stratton, G., Griffiths, L., Fry, R., Beesley, B., & Christian, H. (2024). Understanding variations in the built environment over time to inform longitudinal studies of young children's physical activity behaviour - The BEACHES project. Health & Place, 90, 103345
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103345, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103345
Davies, J., Bailey, R., Mizen, A., Pouliou, D., Fry, R., Pedrick-Case, R., Stratton, G., Johnson, R., Christian, H., Lyons, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Residential mobility amongst children and young people in Wales: A longitudinal study using linked administrative records. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2398, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66729
Pouliou, D., Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Rawlings, A., Mizen, A., Davies, J., Stratton, G., Lyons, R., Beck, B., Christian, H., Fry, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Neighbourhood walkability and body mass index in children: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study in Wales. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101855
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855
Abdeldayem, W., Davies, J., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Obesity at the age of 4-5 related to asthma diagnosis in later childhood: A longitudinal study using linked routinely collected data from Wales. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
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Jones, K., Ford, E., Lea, N., Griffiths, L., Hassan, L., Heys, S., Squires, E., & Nenadic, G. (2020). Toward the Development of Data Governance Standards for Using Clinical Free-Text Data in Health Research: Position Paper. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(6), e16760
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Chigogora, S., Pearce, A., Law, C., Viner, R., Chittleborough, C., Griffiths, L., & Hope, S. (2020). Could Greater Physical Activity Reduce Population Prevalence and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Children’s Mental Health Problems? A Policy Simulation. Epidemiology, 31(1), 115-125.
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Karen, T., Ashley, A., Amrita, B., Helen, B., Sinead, B., Mario, C., Emla, F., Lucy, G., Melanie, H., Jon, J., Efrosini, S., Suzanne, W., Carol, D., Ronan, L., Akbari, A., & Griffiths, L. (2017). Using consented health record linkage in a longitudinal cohort study. International Journal for Population Data Science, 1(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.168, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39439
Hurt, L., Paranjothy, S., Lucas, P., Watson, D., Mann, M., Griffiths, L., Ginja, S., Paljarvi, T., Williams, J., Bellis, M., & Lingam, R. (2016). Interventions that enhance health-professional contact with parents and infants to improve child development and social and emotional wellbeing in the early years in high-income countries: a systematic review. The Lancet, 388, S58
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)32294-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43828
Griffiths, L., Sera, F., Cortina-Borja, M., Law, C., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2016). Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time: cross-sectional and prospective associations with adiposity in the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 6(4), e010366
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010366, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43830
Griffiths, L., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2016). Associations between children’s behavioural and emotional development and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time: Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 7(2), 124-143.
https://doi.org/10.14301/llcs.v7i2.353, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43829
Votruba, S., Rich, C., Geraci, M., Griffiths, L., Sera, F., Dezateux, C., & Cortina-Borja, M. (2014). Quality Control Methods in Accelerometer Data Processing: Identifying Extreme Counts. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e85134
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085134, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43833
Brocklebank, R., Bedford, H., Griffiths, L., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Social determinants of parent-child interaction in the UK. Child: Care, Health and Development, 40(4), 472-480.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12090, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43834
Pouliou, T., Sera, F., Griffiths, L., Joshi, H., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Law, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Environmental influences on children's physical activity. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 69(1), 77-85.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204287, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20125
Bryant, M., Ashton, L., Nixon, J., Jebb, S., Wright, J., Roberts, K., Brown, J., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Framework of outcome measures recommended for use in the evaluation of childhood obesity treatment interventions: the CoOR framework. Pediatric Obesity, 9(6), e116-e131.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2047-6310.2014.220.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43832
Rich, C., Cortina-Borja, M., Dezateux, C., Geraci, M., Sera, F., Calderwood, L., Joshi, H., & Griffiths, L. (2013). Predictors of non-response in a UK-wide cohort study of children's accelerometer-determined physical activity using postal methods. BMJ Open, 3(3), e002290
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002290, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43837
Rich, C., Geraci, M., Griffiths, L., Sera, F., Dezateux, C., & Cortina-Borja, M. (2013). Quality Control Methods in Accelerometer Data Processing: Defining Minimum Wear Time. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e67206
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067206, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43838
Sera, F., Cortina-Borja, M., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2013). Effects of physical activity on reduction of adiposity across the entire obesity distribution in primary school-aged children: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. The Lancet, 382, S89
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62514-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43835
Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Pouliou, T., Geraci, M., Rich, C., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., Jebb, S., Dezateux, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2013). How active are our children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 3(8), e002893-e002893.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002893, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21211
Pearce, A., Li, L., Abbas, J., Ferguson, B., Graham, H., Law, C., & Griffiths, L. (2012). Childcare use and inequalities in breastfeeding: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study: Table 1. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(1), 39-42.
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.177337, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43840
Rich, C., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2012). Seasonal variation in accelerometer-determined sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children: a review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9(1), 49
https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-9-49, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43841
Griffiths, L., Pouliou, T., Rich, C., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2012). Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in UK children of primary school age: a longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet, 380, S44
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60400-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43839
Earnest, C., Pulsford, R., Cortina-Borja, M., Rich, C., Kinnafick, F., Dezateux, C., & Griffiths, L. (2011). Actigraph Accelerometer-Defined Boundaries for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Intensities in 7 Year Old Children. PLoS ONE, 6(8), e21822
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021822, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43842
Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., & Hill, A. (2011). Is obesity associated with emotional and behavioural problems in children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6(2-2), e423-e432.
https://doi.org/10.3109/17477166.2010.526221, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43843
Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., Cole, T., & Griffiths, L. (2011). Sex and ethnic differences in the waist circumference of 5-year-old children: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6(2-2), e196-e198.
https://doi.org/10.3109/17477166.2010.526224, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43844
Griffiths, L., Dowda, M., Dezateux, C., & Pate, R. (2010). Associations between sport and screen-entertainment with mental health problems in 5-year-old children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 7(1), 30
https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-7-30, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43846
Pearce, A., Li, L., Abbas, J., Ferguson, B., Graham, H., Law, C., & Griffiths, L. (2010). Does childcare influence socioeconomic inequalities in unintentional injury? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 64(2), 161-166.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.092643, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43847
Griffiths, L., Hawkins, S., Cole, T., Dezateux, C., & Griffiths, L. (2010). Risk factors for rapid weight gain in preschool children: findings from a UK-wide prospective study. International Journal of Obesity, 34(4), 624-632.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2010.10, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43848
Griffiths, L., Parsons, T., & Hill, A. (2010). Self-esteem and quality of life in obese children and adolescents: A systematic review. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 5(4), 282-304.
https://doi.org/10.3109/17477160903473697, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50607
Griffiths, L., Smeeth, L., Hawkins, S., Cole, T., Dezateux, C., & Griffiths, L. (2009). Effects of infant feeding practice on weight gain from birth to 3 years. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 94(8), 577-582.
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.137554, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50608
Hawkins, S., Cole, T., Law, C., & Griffiths, L. (2009). Examining the relationship between maternal employment and health behaviours in 5-year-old British children. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 63(12), 999-1004.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2008.084590, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50609
BARTINGTON, S., PECKHAM, C., BROWN, D., JOSHI, H., DEZATEUX, C., & Griffiths, L. (2009). Feasibility of collecting oral fluid samples in the home setting to determine seroprevalence of infections in a large-scale cohort of preschool-aged children. Epidemiology and Infection, 137(2), 211-218.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268808000927, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50610
Hawkins, S., Cole, T., Law, C., & Griffiths, L. (2008). Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Obesity, 32(1), 30-38.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0803682, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50611
Hawkins, S., Griffiths, L., Cole, T., Dezateux, C., Law, C., & Griffiths, L. (2008). Regional differences in overweight: an effect of people or place?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 93(5), 407-413.
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.128231, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50612
Griffiths, L. & Page, A. (2008). The Impact of Weight-related Victimization on Peer Relationships: The Female Adolescent Perspective. Obesity, 16, S39-S45.
https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.449, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50613
Hawkins, S., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2007). The impact of maternal employment on breast-feeding duration in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Public Health Nutrition, 10(9), 891-896.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980007226096, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50614
Griffiths, L. & Tate, A. (2007). Do early infant feeding practices vary by maternal ethnic group?. Public Health Nutrition, 10(9), 957-964.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980007665513, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50615
Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., & Cole, T. (2007). Differential parental weight and height contributions to offspring birthweight and weight gain in infancy. International Journal of Epidemiology, 36(1), 104-107.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyl210, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50616
Griffiths, L. & Tate, A. (2007). Do early infant feeding practices vary by maternal ethnic group?. Public Health Nutrition, 10(9), 957-964.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980007665513, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50617
Hawkins, S., Griffiths, L., Dezateux, C., & Law, C. (2007). Maternal employment and breast-feeding initiation: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 21(3), 242-247.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00812.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50618
Hawkins, S., Griffiths, L., & Dezateux, C. (2007). The impact of maternal employment on breast-feeding duration in the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Public Health Nutrition, 10(9), 891-896.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980007226096, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50619
Bartington, S., Griffiths, L., Tate, A., & Dezateux, C. (2006). Are breastfeeding rates higher among mothers delivering in Baby Friendly accredited maternity units in the UK?. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35(5), 1178-1186.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyl155, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50620
Tate, A., Calderwood, L., Dezateux, C., Joshi, H., & Griffiths, L. (2006). Mother's consent to linkage of survey data with her child's birth records in a multi-ethnic national cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35(2), 294-298.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyi287, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50621
Griffiths, L. & Griffiths, L. (2005). Obesity and bullying: different effects for boys and girls. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 91(2), 121-125.
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.072314, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50622
Tate, A., Dezateux, C., Cole, T., Davidson, L., & Griffiths, L. (2005). Factors affecting a mother's recall of her baby's birth weight. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(3), 688-695.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyi029, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50624
Griffiths, L., Tate, A., & Dezateux, C. (2005). The contribution of parental and community ethnicity to breastfeeding practices: evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(6), 1378-1386.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyi162, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50625
Page, A., Cooper, A., Stamatakis, E., Foster, L., Crowne, E., Sabin, M., Shield, J., & Griffiths, L. (2005). Physical activity patterns in nonobese and obese children assessed using minute-by-minute accelerometry. International Journal of Obesity, 29(9), 1070-1076.
https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802993, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50623
McKenna, J., Foster, L., Page, A., & Griffiths, L. (2004). Exploring Recall of Physical Activity in Young People Using Qualitative Interviewing. Pediatric Exercise Science, 16(1), 5-14.
https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.16.1.5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50626
Cooper, A., Page, A., Foster, L., Qahwaji, D., & Griffiths, L. (2003). Commuting to school. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 25(4), 273-276.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-3797(03)00205-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50627

Conference Contributions

Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., & Forrester, D. (2024). P05 Educational pathways and outcomes for children who are looked after: a population-scale data linkage study. In SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp. A48.3-A49). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-ssmabstracts.100, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67542
Johnson, R., North, L., Alrouh, B., John, A., Jones, K., Akbari, A., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Hargreaves, C., Doebler, S., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2022). A population-level study into health vulnerabilities of mothers and fathers involved in public law care proceedings in Wales, UK.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.2003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61236
Cusworth, L., Hargreaves, C., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., John, A., & Johnson, R. (2022). Adults in private family law proceedings in Wales: characteristics and vulnerabilities.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1910, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61237
Farr, I., Jones, C., Cowley, L., Alrouh, B., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Doebler, S., Broadhurst, K., Odd, D., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Health service use of infants involved in family justice care and supervision proceedings in Wales: a longitudinal national data linkage study.. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1989, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61243
Lowthian, E., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Fry, R., Huxley, K., Johnson, R., Kristensen, S., Owen, R., Taylor, C., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Maternal mental health and children’s development: a bi-directional relationship?. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1936, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61244
Jones, K., Ford, E., Lea, N., Griffiths, L., Heys, S., & Squires, E. (2019). Developing data governance standards for using free-text data in research (TexGov). In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1332, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53731
Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Cusworth, L., Bedston, S., Akbari, A., Jones, K., & Ford, D. (2019). Born into Care: characterising newborn babies and infants in care proceedings in England and Wales. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1285, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53652
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Alrouh, B., Bedston, S., Harwin, J., Jones, K., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., Ford, D., & Broadhurst, K. (2019). The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Data Partnership. In International Journal of Population Data ScienceSwansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1279, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53658

Other Research Outputs

Alrouh, B., Abouelenin, M., Broadhurst, K., Cowley, L., Doebler, S., Farr, I., Cusworth, L., North, L., Hargreaves, C., Akbari, A., Griffiths, L., & Ford, D. (2022). Mothers in recurrent care proceedings: New evidence for England and Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62056
https://www.birthcompanions.org.uk/resources/mothers-in-recurrent-care-proceedings-new-evidence-for-england-and-wales
Alrouh, B., Hargreaves, ., Cusworth, L., Broadhurst, K., North, L., Griffiths, L., Doebler, S., Akbari, A., Farr, I., & Cowley, L. (2022). What do we know about ethnic diversity in the family justice system in England?
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60113
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/what-do-we-know-about-ethnicity-in-the-family-justice-system-in-england#:~:text=The%20most%20striking%20ethnic%20diversity,other%20regions%2C%20the%20pattern%20varies.
Doebler, S., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Bedston, S., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Explaining high rates of infants in care proceedings in deprived areas of Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57700
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/infants-care-proceedings-deprived-wales
Johnson, R., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Ford, D., John, A., Jones, K., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Smart, J., Ellwood-Thompson, S., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Health vulnerabilities of parents in care proceedings in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57701
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/health-vulnerabilities-parents-care-proceedings
Doebler, S., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Bedston, S., Cusworth, L., Akbari, A., Ford, D., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Born into Care: Unpacking the Impact of Area-Level Deprivation in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61926
https://www.cfj-lancaster.org.uk/files/documents/BiC_dep_Wales_report.pdf
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Akbari, A., & Ford, D. (2021). Newborn babies in urgent care proceedings in England and Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57035
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/newborn-babies-urgent-care-proceedings
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., & John, A. (2021). Born into care: One thousand mothers in care proceedings in Wales, A focus on maternal mental health
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61890
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/born-into-care-maternal-mental-health
Cusworth, L., Bedston, S., Alrouh, B., Broadhurst, K., Johnson, R., Akbari, A., & Griffiths, L. (2021). Uncovering private family law: Who’s coming to court in England?
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59293
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/private-family-law-whos-coming-to-court-england
Griffiths, L., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., Bedson, S., Akbari, A., Lee, A., Alrough, B., Doebler, S., John, A., & Ford, D. (2020). Born into care: One thousand mothers in care proceedings in Wales
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55046
https://www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/1000-mothers-care-proceedings-wales
Griffiths, L., Hawkins, S., Cole, T., Law, C., & Dezateux, C. (2010). Children of the 21st century (Volume 2)The first five years
https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781847424761.003.0013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43845

Supervision

Adverse Childhood Experiences – What Works to Break the Cycle? (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Sinead Brophy
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility and maternal and neonatal health outcomes. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Cathy Thornton
Assessing equity and effectiveness of vaccination programmes in Wales, utilising linkage of administrative datasets (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Michael Gravenor
NEW TITLE: Development of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) item bank for advanced skin cancer patients using a Large Language Model (LLM). (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Iain Whitaker
Children’s fitness, physical activity and motor competency; before, during and in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Gareth Stratton

Taught Modules

PM-374 Child Health

This module aims to provide a critical overview of the epidemiology of common causes of morbidity and mortality in school-aged children and adolescents. It will cover individual conditions, links between physical and mental health, determinants of health with a focus on socio-economic inequalities, public health universal services to improve health. Further, it will cover links to educational outcomes.

Career History

Senior Research Associate, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

2015 - 2018
Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Child Health

2009 - 2013
Medical Research Council Special Training Fellow in Health Se..., UCL Institute of Child Health

2005 - 2009
PhD Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol

2000 - 2003
Associate Professor, Swansea University Medical School

2022 - 2024
Senior Lecturer, Swansea University Medical School

2019 - 2022
Senior Research Officer, Swansea University Medical School

2018 - 2019

Key Grants and Projects

ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes 2024 - 2026

Economic & Social Research Council; PI, £759,594.00
Maternal And preGnancy hEalth aNd elevaTed heAt (MAGENTA): novel data-linkages to understand how temperature impacts pregnancy outcomes for people living in deprived communities in Wales and London 2024 - 2027

Welcome Trust; Co-I, £2,202,473.00
Built Environments and Child Health in Wales and Australia (BEACHES) 2020 - 2024

Medical Research Council (MRC) / National Health Medical Research Council (NHMRC); Co-I, £400,000, NHMRC $800,000 (match funded)
Creating harmonised and scalable methods and tools for constructing households in large diverse administrative and health research datasets 2023 - 2025

ESRC; Co-I, £710,221
Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study 2021 - 2024

ESRC; Co-I, £1,824,502
Ethnic inequalities among children receiving care and support, education and wellbeing 2023 - 2025

Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW); Co-I, £297,371.00
Environmental and Societal Determinants of Health 2023 - 2028

Health Data Research (HDR) UK; Co-I, £4,990,000
Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales (Part of ADR UK) 2022 - 2026

ESRC/ ADR UK; Co-I, £13,196,318.00
Educational pathways and outcomes for children who are looked after: a population-scale data linkage study 2023 - 2025

Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW); Co-I, £149,986.00
CONNECT with HAPPEN - Co-develOpig the HAPPEN school Network to maximisE impact 2021 - 2022

ESRC; Co-I, £97,640.00
Socioeconomic differentials in physical activity by age and cohort: enhancing the CLOSER cohort resource to inform research, policy and practice 2018 - 2019

ESRC (CLOSER innovation fund); Co-I, £156,961.00
Determinants of physical activity in the UK Millennium Cohort Study 2008 - 2011

Wellcome Trust; Co-I, £1,443,375.00
MRC Special Training Fellowship in Health Services & Health of the Public Research 2005 - 2009

MRC; PI, £153,000

Professor Lucy Griffiths

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Adverse Childhood Experiences – What Works to Break the Cycle? (current)

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility and maternal and neonatal health outcomes. (current)

Assessing equity and effectiveness of vaccination programmes in Wales, utilising linkage of administrative datasets (current)

NEW TITLE: Development of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) item bank for advanced skin cancer patients using a Large Language Model (LLM). (current)

Children’s fitness, physical activity and motor competency; before, during and in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. (awarded 2024)

PM-374 Child Health

Senior Research Associate, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

Senior Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Child Health

Medical Research Council Special Training Fellow in Health Se..., UCL Institute of Child Health

PhD Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Associate Professor, Swansea University Medical School

Senior Lecturer, Swansea University Medical School

Senior Research Officer, Swansea University Medical School

ADR England Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes 2024 - 2026

Maternal And preGnancy hEalth aNd elevaTed heAt (MAGENTA): novel data-linkages to understand how temperature impacts pregnancy outcomes for people living in deprived communities in Wales and London 2024 - 2027

Built Environments and Child Health in Wales and Australia (BEACHES) 2020 - 2024

Creating harmonised and scalable methods and tools for constructing households in large diverse administrative and health research datasets 2023 - 2025

Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study 2021 - 2024

Ethnic inequalities among children receiving care and support, education and wellbeing 2023 - 2025

Environmental and Societal Determinants of Health 2023 - 2028

Administrative Data Research (ADR) Wales (Part of ADR UK) 2022 - 2026

Educational pathways and outcomes for children who are looked after: a population-scale data linkage study 2023 - 2025

CONNECT with HAPPEN - Co-develOpig the HAPPEN school Network to maximisE impact 2021 - 2022

Socioeconomic differentials in physical activity by age and cohort: enhancing the CLOSER cohort resource to inform research, policy and practice 2018 - 2019

Determinants of physical activity in the UK Millennium Cohort Study 2008 - 2011

MRC Special Training Fellowship in Health Services & Health of the Public Research 2005 - 2009