Publications
2024
Can self-testing be enhanced to hasten safe return of healthcare workers in pandemics? Random order, open label trial using two manufacturers' SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow devices concurrently and nested viral culture study.
Zhang, X., Cheyne, C. P., Jones, C., Humann, M., Leeming, G., Smith, C., . . . Buchan, I. E. (2024). Can self-testing be enhanced to hasten safe return of healthcare workers in pandemics? Random order, open label trial using two manufacturers' SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow devices concurrently and nested viral culture study.. BMC infectious diseases, 24(1), 1276. doi:10.1186/s12879-024-10155-z
Inequalities in local funding cuts to environmental and regulatory service expenditure in England
Murrell, L., Fahy, K., Clough, H. E., Gibb, R., Zhang, X., Chattaway, M., . . . Hungerford, D. (2024). Inequalities in local funding cuts to environmental and regulatory service expenditure in England. European Journal of Public Health, 34(Supplement_3). doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1480
Social Class and Social Mobility Differences in Intergenerational Exchanges of Practical and Financial Support in the UK
Karagiannaki, E., Burchardt, T., & Zhang, X. (2024). Social Class and Social Mobility Differences in Intergenerational Exchanges of Practical and Financial Support in the UK. Retrieved from https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PUBLICATIONS/abstract/?index=11182
Association between social engagement frequency and depression among the older people in China: evidence from the 2011–2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Li, J., Zhang, X., & Barr, B. (2024). Association between social engagement frequency and depression among the older people in China: evidence from the 2011–2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. BMJ Public Health, 2(2), e000601. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2023-000601
Can self-testing be enhanced to hasten safe return of healthcare workers in pandemics? Random order, open label trial using two manufacturers’ SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow devices concurrently
Internal Migration and Urban Development: Recent Experiences of China
Zhang, X. N. (2023). Internal Migration and Urban Development: Recent Experiences of China. In Urban Dynamics, Environment and Health (pp. 605-623). Springer Nature Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-5744-6_27
Understanding the impact funding cuts on Environmental and regulatory services and gastrointestinal infections: a longitudinal ecological study
Murrell, L., Clough, H., Gibb, R., Zhang, X., Green, M., Chattaway, M., . . . Hungerford, D. (2024). Understanding the impact funding cuts on Environmental and regulatory services and gastrointestinal infections: a longitudinal ecological study. doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13426.2
2023
Evaluating the impact of using mobile vaccination units to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Cheshire and Merseyside, UK: a synthetic control analysis.
Zhang, X., Tulloch, J. S. P., Knott, S., Allison, R., Parvulescu, P., Buchan, I. E., . . . Barr, B. (2023). Evaluating the impact of using mobile vaccination units to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Cheshire and Merseyside, UK: a synthetic control analysis.. BMJ open, 13(10), e071852. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071852
Understanding the impact funding cuts on Environmental and regulatory services and gastrointestinal infections: a longitudinal ecological study.
Murrell, L., Clough, H., Gibb, R., Zhang, X., Green, M., Chattaway, M., . . . Hungerford, D. (2023). Understanding the impact funding cuts on Environmental and regulatory services and gastrointestinal infections: a longitudinal ecological study.. NIHR open research, 3, 41. doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13426.2
Understanding the impact of local funding cuts on environmental health and regulatory services and gastrointestinal infection outcomes: a longitudinal ecological study protocol
Murrell, L., Clough, H., Gibb, R., Zhang, X., Green, M., Chattaway, M., . . . Hungerford, D. (2023). Understanding the impact of local funding cuts on environmental health and regulatory services and gastrointestinal infection outcomes: a longitudinal ecological study protocol. doi:10.3310/nihropenres.13426.1
2022
A blueprint for synthetic control methodology: a causal inference tool for evaluating natural experiments in population health
Barr, B., Zhang, X., Green, M., & Buchan, I. (2022). A blueprint for synthetic control methodology: a causal inference tool for evaluating natural experiments in population health. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 379. doi:10.1136/bmj.o2712
Impact of community asymptomatic rapid antigen testing on covid-19 related hospital admissions: synthetic control study
Zhang, X., Barr, B., Green, M., Hughes, D., Ashton, M., Charalampopoulos, D., . . . Buchan, I. (2022). Impact of community asymptomatic rapid antigen testing on covid-19 related hospital admissions: synthetic control study. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 379. doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-071374
Data Study Group Final Report: Morrisons
Zhang, X. (n.d.). Data Study Group Final Report: Morrisons. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6498139
Evaluating the impacts of tiered restrictions introduced in England, during October and December 2020 on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study
Zhang, X., Owen, G., Green, M. A., Buchan, I., & Barr, B. (2022). Evaluating the impacts of tiered restrictions introduced in England, during October and December 2020 on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study. BMJ OPEN, 12(4). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054101
Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines for reducing susceptibility to infection with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2
Pattni, K., Hungerford, D., Adams, S., Buchan, I., Cheyne, C. P., García-Fiñana, M., . . . Sharkey, K. J. (n.d.). Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines for reducing susceptibility to infection with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12879-022-07239-z
2021
Evaluation of the impact of tiered restrictions introduced in England during October and December, 2020, on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study
Zhang, X., Owen, G., Green, M., Buchan, I., & Barr, B. (2021). Evaluation of the impact of tiered restrictions introduced in England during October and December, 2020, on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study. Lancet (London, England), 398(10313), S92.
Welfare within Families beyond Households: Intergenerational Exchanges of Practical and Financial Support in the UK
Burchardt, T., Steele, F., Grundy, E., Karagiannaki, E., Kuha, J., Moustaki, I., . . . Zhang, S. (2021). Welfare within Families beyond Households: Intergenerational Exchanges of Practical and Financial Support in the UK. LSE Public Policy Review, 2(1). doi:10.31389/lseppr.41
EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF TIERED RESTRICTIONS INTRODUCED IN ENGLAND, DURING OCTOBER AND DECEMBER 2020 ON COVID-19 CASES: A SYNTHETIC CONTROL STUDY
Zhang, X., Owen, G., Green, M., Buchan, I., & Barr, B. (2021). EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF TIERED RESTRICTIONS INTRODUCED IN ENGLAND, DURING OCTOBER AND DECEMBER 2020 ON COVID-19 CASES: A SYNTHETIC CONTROL STUDY. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 75, A1. doi:10.1136/jech-2021-SSMabstracts.1
Evaluation of the impact of tiered restrictions introduced in England during October and December, 2020, on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study
Zhang, X., Owen, G., Green, M., Buchan, I., & Barr, B. (2021). Evaluation of the impact of tiered restrictions introduced in England during October and December, 2020, on COVID-19 cases: a synthetic control study. LANCET, 398, 92. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Evaluating the Impacts of Tiered Restrictions Introduced in England, During October and December 2020 on COVID-19 Cases: A Synthetic Control Study
Zhang, X., Owen, G., Green, M., Buchan, I., & Barr, B. (2021). Evaluating the Impacts of Tiered Restrictions Introduced in England, During October and December 2020 on COVID-19 Cases: A Synthetic Control Study. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3805859
2018
Analysing inter-provincial urban migration flows in China: A new multilevel gravity model approach
Zhang, X. N., Wang, W. W., Harris, R., & Leckie, G. (n.d.). Analysing inter-provincial urban migration flows in China: A new multilevel gravity model approach. Migration Studies. doi:10.1093/migration/mny026