Sara Ahern

1.1k total citations
23 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

Sara Ahern is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Ahern has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Sara Ahern's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers) and Community Health and Development (4 papers). Sara Ahern is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 papers), Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers) and Community Health and Development (4 papers). Sara Ahern collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Denmark. Sara Ahern's co-authors include Marion M. Hetherington, Samantha J. Caton, Pam Blundell-Birtill, Sophie Nicklaus, É. Rémy, Rosemary McEachan, Hélène Hausner, Annemarie Olsen, Lizzie Caperon and Tim Chatterton and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sara Ahern

21 papers receiving 688 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Ahern United Kingdom 13 433 185 142 141 102 23 718
Chandani Nekitsing United Kingdom 10 401 0.9× 179 1.0× 137 1.0× 155 1.1× 81 0.8× 15 602
Lucinda Bell Australia 18 563 1.3× 138 0.7× 86 0.6× 174 1.2× 155 1.5× 50 751
Chelsea E. Mauch Australia 14 351 0.8× 151 0.8× 107 0.8× 96 0.7× 213 2.1× 28 614
Kameron J. Moding United States 14 315 0.7× 198 1.1× 163 1.1× 127 0.9× 36 0.4× 42 508
A Lanfer Germany 14 755 1.7× 69 0.4× 141 1.0× 189 1.3× 160 1.6× 18 964
Anne Gordon United States 10 588 1.4× 321 1.7× 248 1.7× 185 1.3× 222 2.2× 24 914
Karin Eli United Kingdom 17 489 1.1× 210 1.1× 369 2.6× 70 0.5× 147 1.4× 70 893
Alicia Beltran United States 20 657 1.5× 233 1.3× 235 1.7× 145 1.0× 188 1.8× 54 1.1k
Bettina Ehrenblad Sweden 9 532 1.2× 71 0.4× 85 0.6× 120 0.9× 169 1.7× 9 624
L. Suzanne Goodell United States 21 631 1.5× 318 1.7× 195 1.4× 191 1.4× 203 2.0× 64 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Ahern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Ahern

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All Works

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Caperon, Lizzie, et al.. (2023). Voice, Choice and Power: Using co-production to develop a community engagement strategy for an ethnically diverse community. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(1). 2 indexed citations
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Bryant, Maria, Jayne V. Woodside, Sara Ahern, et al.. (2023). Understanding school food systems to support the development and implementation of food based policies and interventions. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 20(1). 29–29. 18 indexed citations
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Caperon, Lizzie, et al.. (2022). Evaluating Community Co-Design, Maintenance and Ownership of Green Spaces in Underserved Communities Using Participatory Research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 4 indexed citations
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Caperon, Lizzie, et al.. (2022). Developing a socio-ecological model for community engagement in a health programme in an underserved urban area. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0275092–e0275092. 28 indexed citations
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Dickerson, Josie, Philippa K Bird, Maria Bryant, et al.. (2019). Integrating research and system-wide practice in public health: lessons learnt from Better Start Bradford. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 260–260. 17 indexed citations
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Dickerson, Josie, Kathryn Willan, Sara Ahern, et al.. (2019). Implementation evaluation of multiple complex early years interventions: an evaluation framework and study protocol. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 3(1). e000479–e000479. 3 indexed citations
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Ahern, Sara, Samantha J. Caton, Pam Blundell-Birtill, & Marion M. Hetherington. (2018). The effects of repeated exposure and variety on vegetable intake in pre-school children. Appetite. 132. 37–43. 26 indexed citations
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McEachan, Rosemary, Gillian Santorelli, Maria Bryant, et al.. (2016). The HAPPY (Healthy and Active Parenting Programmme for early Years) feasibility randomised control trial: acceptability and feasibility of an intervention to reduce infant obesity. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 211–211. 32 indexed citations
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Preston, Nick, Sara Magallón, Liam Hill, et al.. (2016). A systematic review of high quality randomized controlled trials investigating motor skill programmes for children with developmental coordination disorder. Clinical Rehabilitation. 31(7). 857–870. 47 indexed citations
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Ahern, Sara, Bronia Arnott, Tim Chatterton, et al.. (2016). Understanding parents' school travel choices: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Journal of Transport & Health. 4. 278–293. 62 indexed citations
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Marshman, Zoe, Sara Ahern, Rosemary McEachan, et al.. (2016). Parents’ Experiences of Toothbrushing with Children. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 1(2). 122–130. 47 indexed citations
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Caton, Samantha J., Pam Blundell-Birtill, Sara Ahern, et al.. (2014). Learning to Eat Vegetables in Early Life: The Role of Timing, Age and Individual Eating Traits. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e97609–e97609. 110 indexed citations
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Ahern, Sara, Samantha J. Caton, Pam Blundell-Birtill, & Marion M. Hetherington. (2014). The root of the problem: increasing root vegetable intake in preschool children by repeated exposure and flavour flavour learning. Appetite. 80. 154–160. 61 indexed citations
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Ahern, Sara, Samantha J. Caton, Sofia Bouhlal, et al.. (2013). Eating a Rainbow. Introducing vegetables in the first years of life in 3 European countries. Appetite. 71. 48–56. 41 indexed citations
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Ahern, Sara, Samantha J. Caton, Pam Blundell-Birtill, & Marion M. Hetherington. (2013). Increasing pre-school children’s liking for a novel vegetable. A comparison of flavour flavour learning and repeated exposure. Appetite. 71. 470–470. 3 indexed citations
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Caton, Samantha J., Sara Ahern, É. Rémy, et al.. (2012). Repetition counts: repeated exposure increases intake of a novel vegetable in UK pre-school children compared to flavour–flavour and flavour–nutrient learning. British Journal Of Nutrition. 109(11). 2089–2097. 148 indexed citations
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Caton, Samantha J., Sara Ahern, & Marion M. Hetherington. (2012). Mere exposure increases intake of a novel vegetable in pre-school children. Appetite. 59(2). 622–622. 4 indexed citations
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Caton, Samantha J., Sara Ahern, & Marion M. Hetherington. (2011). Vegetables by stealth. An exploratory study investigating the introduction of vegetables in the weaning period. Appetite. 57(3). 816–825. 59 indexed citations

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