Professor Sara MacDonald
- Professor, Director of Innovation, Engagement and Enterprise (General Practice & Primary Care)
- Associate (School of Social & Political Sciences)
telephone:
01413308325
email:
Sara.Macdonald@glasgow.ac.uk
General Practice & Primary Care, School of Health & Wellbeing, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Rd, G12 8TB
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943Biography
Sara Macdonald is a sociologist who joined General Practice and Primary Care as a Research Fellow in 2002. She had worked previously in a number of academic and research posts both inside and out with academia, all of which were related to health and health service research. Between 2002 and 2010 Sara undertook a series of research posts focusing on the management of depression in primary care and primary care and cancer. Sara secured the position on non-clinical lecturer in primary care in 2010 and since her appointment has been working on building a portfolio of research centring on candidacy.
Research interests
- Understandings of cancer risk
- Perceptions of screening
- Experiences of treatment burden
- Long-term condition management and the health of marginalised groups, such as migrants and adults with learning disabilities
- Theoretical approaches
- Qualitative research
Publications
2025
Robb, K. A. et al. (2025) Behavioural interventions to increase uptake of FIT colorectal screening in Scotland (TEMPO): a nationwide, eight-arm, factorial, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02813-7) (PMID:40088914) (Early Online Publication)
Fraser, S. D.S. et al. (2025) Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation? Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, (Accepted for Publication)
2024
McCallum, M. , Macdonald, S. and Mair, F. S. (2024) Multimorbidity and person-centred care in a socioeconomically deprived community: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(749), e805-e813. (doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2024.0286) (PMID:39438047) (PMCID:PMC11583037)
Olaoye, O. and Macdonald, S. (2024) A systematic review of interventions to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Africa. Public Health, 234, pp. 47-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.05.015)
Mair, F. S. et al. (2024) Developing SysteMatic: prevention, precision and equity by design for people living with multiple long-term conditions. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 14, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1177/26335565241272682)
2023
Jani, B. D. , Sullivan, M. K. , Hanlon, P. , Nicholl, B. I. , Lees, J. S. , Brown, L., MacDonald, S. , Mark, P. B. , Mair, F. S. and Sullivan, F. M. (2023) Personalised lung cancer risk stratification and lung cancer screening: do general practice electronic medical records have a role? British Journal of Cancer, (doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02467-9) (PMID:37880510) (Early Online Publication)
Fraser, S. D.S. et al. (2023) Multidisciplinary ecosystem to study lifecourse determinants and prevention of early-onset burdensome multimorbidity (MELD-B) – protocol for a research collaboration. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13, (doi: 10.1177/26335565231204544) (PMID:37766757) (PMCID:PMC10521301)
Batchelor, S., Lunnay, B., Macdonald, S. and Ward, P. R. (2023) Extending the sociology of candidacy: Bourdieu’s relational social class and mid-life women’s perceptions of alcohol-related breast cancer risk. Sociology of Health and Illness, 45(7), pp. 1502-1522. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13644) (PMID:37056162)
Scobie, H., Robb, K. A. , Macdonald, S. , Harrow, S. and Sullivan, F. (2023) Optimising recruitment to a lung cancer screening trial: a comparison of general practitioner and community-based recruitment. Journal of Medical Screening, (doi: 10.1177/09691413231190785) (PMID:37525582) (Early Online Publication)
Robb, K. A. et al. (2023) Increasing uptake of FIT colorectal screening: protocol for the TEMPO randomised controlled trial testing a suggested deadline and a planning tool. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066136. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066136) (PMID:37202130) (PMCID:PMC10201271)
Morgan, I., Dowrick, C., Macdonald, S. , Wilkes, S. and Watson, S. (2023) The first consultation for low mood in general practice: what do patients find helpful? Family Practice, (doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad016) (PMID:36827089) (Early Online Publication)
Morton, F. R. , Jani, B. D. , Mair, F. S. , McLoone, P. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , McQueenie, R., Siebert, S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2023) Association between risk, duration and cause of hospitalisations in people with rheumatoid arthritis and multimorbidity in the UK Biobank and Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) cohorts: longitudinal observational study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 58, 152130. (doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152130) (PMID:36459724)
Dobson, C., Deane, J., Macdonald, S. , Murchie, P., Ellwood, C., Angell, L. and Rubin, G. (2023) Barriers to early presentation amongst rural residents experiencing symptoms of colorectal cancer: a qualitative interview study. Cancers, 15(1), 274. (doi: 10.3390/cancers15010274) (PMID:36612270) (PMCID:PMC9818976)
Turner, F., Kainth, G., MacDonald, S. , O'Connor, R. , Crawford, K. and Minnis, H. (2023) “I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” a qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 135, 105983. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105983)
McLoone, P. , Jani, B. D. , Siebert, S. , Morton, F. R. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2023) Classification of long-term condition patterns in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with adverse health events: a UK Biobank cohort study. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13, p. 26335565221148616. (doi: 10.1177/26335565221148616) (PMID:36798088) (PMCID:PMC9926377)
2022
O'Donnell, C. A. , Macdonald, S. , Browne, S. , Albanese, A., Blane, D. , Ibbotson, T. , Laidlaw, L., Heaney, D. and Lowe, D. J. (2022) Widening or narrowing inequalities? The equity implications of digital tools to support COVID-19 contact tracing: a qualitative study. Health Expectations, 25(6), pp. 2851-2861. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13593) (PMID:36063060) (PMCID:PMC9538145)
Meyer, S. B., Lunnay, B., Warin, M., Foley, K., Olver, I. N., Wilson, C., Macdonald S., S. and Ward, P. R. (2022) Examining social class as it relates to heuristics women use to determine the trustworthiness of information regarding the link between alcohol and breast cancer risk. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0270936. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270936) (PMID:36095014) (PMCID:PMC9467310)
Kotzur, M. , MacDonald, S. , O'Carroll, R. E., O'Connor, R. C. , Irvine, A., Steele, R. J. C. and Robb, K. A. (2022) What are common barriers and helpful solutions to colorectal cancer screening? A cross-sectional survey to develop intervention content for a planning support tool. BMJ Open, 12(9), e062738. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062738) (PMID:36691140) (PMCID:PMC9445780)
Isaacs, A., Burns, N. , Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2022) ‘I don’t think there’s anything I can do which can keep me healthy’: How the UK immigration and asylum system shapes the health and wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Critical Public Health, 32(3), pp. 422-432. (doi: 10.1080/09581596.2020.1853058)
Turner, F., Venturini, E., Kainth, G., Crawford, K., O'Connor, R. , Balestrieri, M., Macdonald, S. and Minnis, H. (2022) The expected and the unexpected in recovery and development after abuse and neglect: The role of early foster carer commitment on young children's symptoms of attachment disorders and mental health problems over time. Child Abuse and Neglect, 127, 105585. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105585) (PMID:35279447)
Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2022) Patient and practitioner views on cancer risk discussions in primary care: a qualitative study. BJGP Open, 6(1), BJGPO.2021.0108. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0108) (PMID:34645652)
Corcoran, N. M.E. , Mair, F. S. , Nicholl, B. , Macdonald, S. and Jani, B. D. (2022) Long-term conditions, multimorbidity and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 12, p. 26335565221110123. (doi: 10.1177/26335565221110123) (PMID:36132374) (PMCID:PMC9483970)
2021
Batchelor, S., Miller, E. R., Lunnay, B., Macdonald, S. and Ward, P. R. (2021) Revisiting Candidacy: What might it offer cancer prevention? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10157. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910157) (PMID:34639459) (PMCID:PMC8508007)
Hanlon, P. , Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2021) Our response to rising frailty in younger people must address prevention burden. Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2(5), e245. (doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00052-0)
McCallum, M. and Macdonald, S. (2021) Exploring GP work in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation: a secondary analysis. BJGP Open, 5(6), BJGPO.2021.0117. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0117) (PMID:34465578)
Marley, J., Nicholl, B. I. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Jani, B. D. (2021) Associations between long-term conditions and upper gastrointestinal cancer incidence: a prospective population-based cohort of UK Biobank participants. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, 2633556521. (doi: 10.1177/26335565211056136) (PMID:34820338) (PMCID:PMC8606912)
McQueenie, R., Jani, B. D. , Siebert, S. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2021) Prevalence of chronic pain in LTCs and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study using UK Biobank. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, p. 26335565211005870. (doi: 10.1177/26335565211005870)
2020
McQueenie, R., Nicholl, B. I. , Jani, B. D. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , McCowan, C. , Neary, J. , Browne, S. , Mair, F. S. and Siebert, S. (2020) Patterns of multimorbidity and their effects on adverse outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a study of 5658 UK Biobank participants. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038829. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038829) (PMID:33234629) (PMCID:PMC7684828)
Blane, D. N. , Williamson, A. E. , MacDonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) Prevention in the 2020s: where is primary care? British Journal of General Practice, 70(697), pp. 376-377. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20x711809) (PMID:32732193)
Kotzur, M. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Wyke, S. , Gatting, L., Campbell, C., Weller, D., Crighton, E., Steele, R. J.C. and Robb, K. A. (2020) Why colorectal screening fails to achieve the uptake rates of breast and cervical cancer screening: a comparative qualitative study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 29, pp. 482-490. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009998) (PMID:31879320)
Blane, D. , Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) What works and why in the identification and referral of adults with comorbid obesity in primary care: a realist review. Obesity Reviews, 21(4), e12979. (doi: 10.1111/obr.12979) (PMID:31867842) (PMCID:PMC7078935)
Dobson, C., Rubin, G., Murchie, P., Macdonald, S. and Sharp, L. (2020) Reconceptualising rural cancer inequalities: time for a new research agenda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), 1455. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041455) (PMID:32102462) (PMCID:PMC7068553)
Foster, H. , Moffat, K., Burns, N. , Gannon, M., Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) What do we know about demand, use and outcomes in primary care out-of-hours services? A systematic scoping review of international literature. BMJ Open, 10, e033481. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033481) (PMID:31959608)
Kotzur, M. , Macdonald, S. , O'Connor, R. , O'Carroll, R., Irvine, A., Steele, R. and Robb, K. (2020) Barriers to Self-completed FIT Bowel Cancer Screening and How to Overcome Them: a Qualitative Study. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Bath, UK, 16-17 Jan 2020.
2019
McCowan, C. et al. (2019) Comparing uptake across breast, cervical and bowel screening at an individual level: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 121(8), pp. 710-714. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0564-9) (PMID:31481732) (PMCID:PMC6889480)
Kotzur, M. , Macdonald, S. , O'Connor, R. , O'Carroll, R., Irvine, A., Steele, R. and Robb, K. (2019) Identifying Barriers and Solutions to Self-completed FIT Bowel Screening to Develop a Volitional Help-sheet. 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS 19), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 03-07 Sep 2019.
McCallum, M. , MacDonald, S. and McKay, J. (2019) GP speciality training in areas of deprivation: factors influencing engagement. A qualitative study. BJGP Open, 3(2), bjgpopen19. (doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen19X101644) (PMID:31366675) (PMCID:PMC6662869)
Cunningham, Y., Wyke, S. , Blyth, K. G. , Rigg, D., Macdonald, S. , Macleod, U., Harrow, S., Robb, K. A. and Whitaker, K. L. (2019) Lung cancer symptom appraisal among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative interview study. Psycho-Oncology, 28(4), pp. 718-725. (doi: 10.1002/pon.5005) (PMID:30693608) (PMCID:PMC6492269)
Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Patterson, C. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2019) No such thing as bad publicity? A quantitative content analysis of print media representations of primary care out-of-hours services. BMJ Open, 9(3), e023192. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023192) (PMID:30910877) (PMCID:PMC6475237)
Macdonald, S. , Conway, E., Bikker, A., Browne, S. , Robb, K. , Campbell, C., Steele, R. J.C., Weller, D. and MacLeod, U. (2019) Making sense of bodily sensations: do shared cancer narratives influence symptom appraisal? Social Science and Medicine, 223, pp. 31-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.034) (PMID:30703697)
Bikker, A. P., Macdonald, S. , Robb, K. , Conway, E., Browne, S. , Campbell, C., Weller, D., Steele, R. and Macleod, U. (2019) Perceived colorectal cancer candidacy and the role of candidacy in colorectal cancer screening. Health, Risk and Society, 21(7-8), pp. 352-372. (doi: 10.1080/13698575.2019.1680816)
2018
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2018) Identifying Micro Actions in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data. 32nd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS 2018), Galway, Ireland, 21-25 Aug 2018.
Macdonald, S. , Cunningham, Y., Patterson, C. , Robb, K. , Macleod, U., Anker, T. and Hilton, S. (2018) Mass media and risk factors for cancer: the under-representation of age. BMC Public Health, 18, 490. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5341-9) (PMID:29695238) (PMCID:PMC5918870)
Hanlon, P. , Macdonald, S. , Wood, K., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Long-term condition management in adults with intellectual disability in primary care: a systematic review. BJGP Open, 2(1), (doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101445)
Macdonald, S. , Morrison, J. , Melville, C.A. , Baltzer, M., MacArthur, L. and Cooper, S. A. (2018) Embedding routine health checks for adults with intellectual disabilities in primary care: practice nurse perceptions. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(4), pp. 349-357. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12475) (PMID:29423981)
2017
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Involving Future Users in Developing Cancer Screening Interventions: a Case Study. European Health Psychology Society Conference 2017, Padova, Italy, 29 Aug - 02 Sep 2017.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Strategies to Increase Bowel Screening Uptake: a Focus Group Study of Non-participants. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 13-14 Dec 2017. (Unpublished)
Hamilton, I. J., Morrison, J. and Macdonald, S. (2017) Should GPs provide spiritual care? British Journal of General Practice, 67(665), pp. 573-574. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X693845) (PMID:29192117)
Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. , Morrison, D. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2017) The role of primary care in adult weight management: qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in weight management services. BMC Health Services Research, 17, 764. (doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2729-7) (PMID:29162111) (PMCID:PMC5698950)
Blane, D. N. , McLoone, P. , Morrison, D., Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2017) Patient and practice characteristics predicting attendance and completion at a specialist weight management service in the UK: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(11), e018286. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018286) (PMID:29162575) (PMCID:PMC5719278)
Emslie, C. and Macdonald, S. (2017) Strong epidemiological evidence that alcohol causes cancer, but how might the public interpret this information? Addiction, 112(2), pp. 233-235. (doi: 10.1111/add.13687) (PMID:27935653)
2016
Macdonald, S. and Mair, F. (2016) Tackling cancers of unmet need: the pancreatic cancer pathway. Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1(4), pp. 266-267. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30113-3)
Macdonald, S. , Blane, D. , Browne, S. , Conway, E., Macleod, U., May, C. and Mair, F. (2016) Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease. Social Science and Medicine, 168, pp. 101-110. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.022) (PMID:27643844)
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2016) Improving Bowel Screening Uptake: Lessons from Higher Uptake of Breast and Cervical Screening. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Cardiff, Wales, 01-02 Dec 2016. (Unpublished)
Cunningham, Y., MacDonald, S. , Robb, K. , MacLeod, U., Anker, T. and Hilton, S. (2016) Representations of Ageing as a Risk Factor for Cancer in UK Newspapers. 48th BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK, 7-9 Sept 2016.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2016) ‘Not that one’: Understanding Why Women Screen for Breast and Cervical, but not Bowel Cancer. European Health Psychology Society & BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2016. European Health Psychologist 18(Supp.): 492., Aberdeen, Scotland, 23-27 Aug 2016.
2015
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2015) Work in Progress: What Can We Learn About How to Improve Uptake of Bowel Cancer Screening From Higher Rates of Uptake in Breast and Cervical Screening Programmes? UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle, UK, 08-09 Dec 2015. (Unpublished)
Lowrie, R. et al. (2015) Research is ‘a step into the unknown’: an exploration of pharmacists’ perceptions of factors impacting on research participation in the NHS. BMJ Open, 5(12), e009180. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009180) (PMID:26719315) (PMCID:PMC4710811)
O'Donnell, C. A. , Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Burns, N. and Gannon, M. (2015) Out-of-Hours Primary Medical Care: What Can Research Tell Us? Findings From a Rapid Systematic Review and Qualitative Study. [Research Reports or Papers]
Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. , Morrison, D. and O'Donnell, C. (2015) Interventions targeted at primary care practitioners to improve the identification and referral of patients with co-morbid obesity: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 4, 61. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0046-y) (PMID:25927993) (PMCID:PMC4426175)
2014
Browne, S. , Macdonald, S. , May, C., Macleod, U. and Mair, F. (2014) Patient, carer and professional perspectives on barriers and facilitators to quality care in advanced heart failure. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e93288. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093288) (PMID:24676421) (PMCID:PMC3968134)
May, C. R. et al. (2014) Rethinking the patient: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness. BMC Health Services Research, 14(281), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-281)
2013
Gallacher, K. et al. (2013) Qualitative systematic reviews of treatment burden in stroke, heart failure and diabetes: methodological challenges and solutions. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(10), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-10)
Gallacher, K. et al. (2013) Uncovering treatment burden as a key concept for stroke care: a systematic review of qualitative research. PLoS Medicine, 10(6), e1001473. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001473)
Macdonald, S. , Watt, G. and Macleod, U. (2013) In search of the cancer candidate: can lay epidemiology help? Sociology of Health and Illness, 35(4), pp. 575-591. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01513.x)
2012
Whittaker, W., Sutton, M., Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Smith, M., Wilson, P. and Morrison, J. (2012) The effect of mental ill health on absence from work in different occupational classifications: analysis of routine data in the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(12), pp. 1539-1544. (doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182677d12)
Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Wilson, P., Smith, M., Whittaker, W., Sutton, M. and Morrison, J. (2012) A powerful intervention: general practitioners' use of sickness certification in depression. BMC Family Practice, 13(1), p. 82. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-82)
2010
Whittaker, W., Sutton, M., Maxwell, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Macdonald, S. , Power, A., Smith, M., Wilson, P. and Morrison, J. (2010) Predicting which people with psychosocial distress are at risk of becoming dependent on state benefits: analysis of routinely available data. British Medical Journal, 341, c3838. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c3838)
2009
Morrison, J.M. , Anderson, M.J., Sutton, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Power, A., Smith, M. and Wilson, P.M. (2009) Factors influencing variation in prescribing of antidepressants by general practices in Scotland. British Journal of General Practice, 59(559), e25-e31. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X395076)
Macdonald, S.L. , Morrison, J.M., Maxwell, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Power, A., Smith, M., Sutton, M. and Wilson, P.M. (2009) 'A coal face option': GPs' perspectives on the rise in antidepressant prescribing. British Journal of General Practice, 59(566), pp. 658-659. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X454106)
MacLeod, U., Mitchell, E.D., Burgess, C., Macdonald, S. and Ramirez, A.J. (2009) Risk factors for delayed presentation and referral of symptomatic cancer: evidence for common cancers. British Journal of Cancer, 101(S2), S92-S101. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605398)
2008
Campbell, N.C., Macdonald, S. , MacLeod, U., Mitchell, E.D. and Weller, D. (2008) Influences on pre-hospital delay in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a systematic review. British Journal of Cancer, 98(1), pp. 60-70. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604096)
Morrison, J.M., Anderson, M.J., Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Power, A., Smith, M., Sutton, M. and Wilson, P. (2008) Relationship between antidepressant and anxiolytic/hypnotic prescribing: A mixed-methods study. European Journal of General Practice, 14(3-4), pp. 129-135. (doi: 10.1080/13814780802632683)
2007
Gilhooly, M., Hanlon, P.W., Mowat, H., Cullen, B., Macdonald, S. and Whyte, B. (2007) Successful ageing in an area of deprivation: Part 1—A qualitative exploration of the role of life experiences in good health in old age. Public Health, 121(11), pp. 807-812. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.005)
2006
Campbell, N.C., Macdonald, S. , Macleod, U., Mitchell, E.D. and Weller, D. (2006) Systematic review of factors influencing patient and practitioner delay in diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 94(9), pp. 1272-1280. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603089)
Articles
Robb, K. A. et al. (2025) Behavioural interventions to increase uptake of FIT colorectal screening in Scotland (TEMPO): a nationwide, eight-arm, factorial, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02813-7) (PMID:40088914) (Early Online Publication)
Fraser, S. D.S. et al. (2025) Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation? Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, (Accepted for Publication)
McCallum, M. , Macdonald, S. and Mair, F. S. (2024) Multimorbidity and person-centred care in a socioeconomically deprived community: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(749), e805-e813. (doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2024.0286) (PMID:39438047) (PMCID:PMC11583037)
Olaoye, O. and Macdonald, S. (2024) A systematic review of interventions to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Africa. Public Health, 234, pp. 47-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.05.015)
Mair, F. S. et al. (2024) Developing SysteMatic: prevention, precision and equity by design for people living with multiple long-term conditions. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 14, pp. 1-9. (doi: 10.1177/26335565241272682)
Jani, B. D. , Sullivan, M. K. , Hanlon, P. , Nicholl, B. I. , Lees, J. S. , Brown, L., MacDonald, S. , Mark, P. B. , Mair, F. S. and Sullivan, F. M. (2023) Personalised lung cancer risk stratification and lung cancer screening: do general practice electronic medical records have a role? British Journal of Cancer, (doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02467-9) (PMID:37880510) (Early Online Publication)
Fraser, S. D.S. et al. (2023) Multidisciplinary ecosystem to study lifecourse determinants and prevention of early-onset burdensome multimorbidity (MELD-B) – protocol for a research collaboration. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13, (doi: 10.1177/26335565231204544) (PMID:37766757) (PMCID:PMC10521301)
Batchelor, S., Lunnay, B., Macdonald, S. and Ward, P. R. (2023) Extending the sociology of candidacy: Bourdieu’s relational social class and mid-life women’s perceptions of alcohol-related breast cancer risk. Sociology of Health and Illness, 45(7), pp. 1502-1522. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13644) (PMID:37056162)
Scobie, H., Robb, K. A. , Macdonald, S. , Harrow, S. and Sullivan, F. (2023) Optimising recruitment to a lung cancer screening trial: a comparison of general practitioner and community-based recruitment. Journal of Medical Screening, (doi: 10.1177/09691413231190785) (PMID:37525582) (Early Online Publication)
Robb, K. A. et al. (2023) Increasing uptake of FIT colorectal screening: protocol for the TEMPO randomised controlled trial testing a suggested deadline and a planning tool. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066136. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066136) (PMID:37202130) (PMCID:PMC10201271)
Morgan, I., Dowrick, C., Macdonald, S. , Wilkes, S. and Watson, S. (2023) The first consultation for low mood in general practice: what do patients find helpful? Family Practice, (doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad016) (PMID:36827089) (Early Online Publication)
Morton, F. R. , Jani, B. D. , Mair, F. S. , McLoone, P. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , McQueenie, R., Siebert, S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2023) Association between risk, duration and cause of hospitalisations in people with rheumatoid arthritis and multimorbidity in the UK Biobank and Scottish Early Rheumatoid Arthritis (SERA) cohorts: longitudinal observational study. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 58, 152130. (doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152130) (PMID:36459724)
Dobson, C., Deane, J., Macdonald, S. , Murchie, P., Ellwood, C., Angell, L. and Rubin, G. (2023) Barriers to early presentation amongst rural residents experiencing symptoms of colorectal cancer: a qualitative interview study. Cancers, 15(1), 274. (doi: 10.3390/cancers15010274) (PMID:36612270) (PMCID:PMC9818976)
Turner, F., Kainth, G., MacDonald, S. , O'Connor, R. , Crawford, K. and Minnis, H. (2023) “I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” a qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect, 135, 105983. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105983)
McLoone, P. , Jani, B. D. , Siebert, S. , Morton, F. R. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2023) Classification of long-term condition patterns in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with adverse health events: a UK Biobank cohort study. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 13, p. 26335565221148616. (doi: 10.1177/26335565221148616) (PMID:36798088) (PMCID:PMC9926377)
O'Donnell, C. A. , Macdonald, S. , Browne, S. , Albanese, A., Blane, D. , Ibbotson, T. , Laidlaw, L., Heaney, D. and Lowe, D. J. (2022) Widening or narrowing inequalities? The equity implications of digital tools to support COVID-19 contact tracing: a qualitative study. Health Expectations, 25(6), pp. 2851-2861. (doi: 10.1111/hex.13593) (PMID:36063060) (PMCID:PMC9538145)
Meyer, S. B., Lunnay, B., Warin, M., Foley, K., Olver, I. N., Wilson, C., Macdonald S., S. and Ward, P. R. (2022) Examining social class as it relates to heuristics women use to determine the trustworthiness of information regarding the link between alcohol and breast cancer risk. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0270936. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270936) (PMID:36095014) (PMCID:PMC9467310)
Kotzur, M. , MacDonald, S. , O'Carroll, R. E., O'Connor, R. C. , Irvine, A., Steele, R. J. C. and Robb, K. A. (2022) What are common barriers and helpful solutions to colorectal cancer screening? A cross-sectional survey to develop intervention content for a planning support tool. BMJ Open, 12(9), e062738. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062738) (PMID:36691140) (PMCID:PMC9445780)
Isaacs, A., Burns, N. , Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2022) ‘I don’t think there’s anything I can do which can keep me healthy’: How the UK immigration and asylum system shapes the health and wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. Critical Public Health, 32(3), pp. 422-432. (doi: 10.1080/09581596.2020.1853058)
Turner, F., Venturini, E., Kainth, G., Crawford, K., O'Connor, R. , Balestrieri, M., Macdonald, S. and Minnis, H. (2022) The expected and the unexpected in recovery and development after abuse and neglect: The role of early foster carer commitment on young children's symptoms of attachment disorders and mental health problems over time. Child Abuse and Neglect, 127, 105585. (doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105585) (PMID:35279447)
Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2022) Patient and practitioner views on cancer risk discussions in primary care: a qualitative study. BJGP Open, 6(1), BJGPO.2021.0108. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0108) (PMID:34645652)
Corcoran, N. M.E. , Mair, F. S. , Nicholl, B. , Macdonald, S. and Jani, B. D. (2022) Long-term conditions, multimorbidity and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 12, p. 26335565221110123. (doi: 10.1177/26335565221110123) (PMID:36132374) (PMCID:PMC9483970)
Batchelor, S., Miller, E. R., Lunnay, B., Macdonald, S. and Ward, P. R. (2021) Revisiting Candidacy: What might it offer cancer prevention? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10157. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910157) (PMID:34639459) (PMCID:PMC8508007)
Hanlon, P. , Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2021) Our response to rising frailty in younger people must address prevention burden. Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2(5), e245. (doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00052-0)
McCallum, M. and Macdonald, S. (2021) Exploring GP work in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation: a secondary analysis. BJGP Open, 5(6), BJGPO.2021.0117. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0117) (PMID:34465578)
Marley, J., Nicholl, B. I. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Jani, B. D. (2021) Associations between long-term conditions and upper gastrointestinal cancer incidence: a prospective population-based cohort of UK Biobank participants. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, 2633556521. (doi: 10.1177/26335565211056136) (PMID:34820338) (PMCID:PMC8606912)
McQueenie, R., Jani, B. D. , Siebert, S. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2021) Prevalence of chronic pain in LTCs and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study using UK Biobank. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, p. 26335565211005870. (doi: 10.1177/26335565211005870)
McQueenie, R., Nicholl, B. I. , Jani, B. D. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , McCowan, C. , Neary, J. , Browne, S. , Mair, F. S. and Siebert, S. (2020) Patterns of multimorbidity and their effects on adverse outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a study of 5658 UK Biobank participants. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038829. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038829) (PMID:33234629) (PMCID:PMC7684828)
Blane, D. N. , Williamson, A. E. , MacDonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) Prevention in the 2020s: where is primary care? British Journal of General Practice, 70(697), pp. 376-377. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp20x711809) (PMID:32732193)
Kotzur, M. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Wyke, S. , Gatting, L., Campbell, C., Weller, D., Crighton, E., Steele, R. J.C. and Robb, K. A. (2020) Why colorectal screening fails to achieve the uptake rates of breast and cervical cancer screening: a comparative qualitative study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 29, pp. 482-490. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009998) (PMID:31879320)
Blane, D. , Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) What works and why in the identification and referral of adults with comorbid obesity in primary care: a realist review. Obesity Reviews, 21(4), e12979. (doi: 10.1111/obr.12979) (PMID:31867842) (PMCID:PMC7078935)
Dobson, C., Rubin, G., Murchie, P., Macdonald, S. and Sharp, L. (2020) Reconceptualising rural cancer inequalities: time for a new research agenda. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), 1455. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041455) (PMID:32102462) (PMCID:PMC7068553)
Foster, H. , Moffat, K., Burns, N. , Gannon, M., Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2020) What do we know about demand, use and outcomes in primary care out-of-hours services? A systematic scoping review of international literature. BMJ Open, 10, e033481. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033481) (PMID:31959608)
McCowan, C. et al. (2019) Comparing uptake across breast, cervical and bowel screening at an individual level: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 121(8), pp. 710-714. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0564-9) (PMID:31481732) (PMCID:PMC6889480)
McCallum, M. , MacDonald, S. and McKay, J. (2019) GP speciality training in areas of deprivation: factors influencing engagement. A qualitative study. BJGP Open, 3(2), bjgpopen19. (doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen19X101644) (PMID:31366675) (PMCID:PMC6662869)
Cunningham, Y., Wyke, S. , Blyth, K. G. , Rigg, D., Macdonald, S. , Macleod, U., Harrow, S., Robb, K. A. and Whitaker, K. L. (2019) Lung cancer symptom appraisal among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative interview study. Psycho-Oncology, 28(4), pp. 718-725. (doi: 10.1002/pon.5005) (PMID:30693608) (PMCID:PMC6492269)
Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Patterson, C. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2019) No such thing as bad publicity? A quantitative content analysis of print media representations of primary care out-of-hours services. BMJ Open, 9(3), e023192. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023192) (PMID:30910877) (PMCID:PMC6475237)
Macdonald, S. , Conway, E., Bikker, A., Browne, S. , Robb, K. , Campbell, C., Steele, R. J.C., Weller, D. and MacLeod, U. (2019) Making sense of bodily sensations: do shared cancer narratives influence symptom appraisal? Social Science and Medicine, 223, pp. 31-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.034) (PMID:30703697)
Bikker, A. P., Macdonald, S. , Robb, K. , Conway, E., Browne, S. , Campbell, C., Weller, D., Steele, R. and Macleod, U. (2019) Perceived colorectal cancer candidacy and the role of candidacy in colorectal cancer screening. Health, Risk and Society, 21(7-8), pp. 352-372. (doi: 10.1080/13698575.2019.1680816)
Macdonald, S. , Cunningham, Y., Patterson, C. , Robb, K. , Macleod, U., Anker, T. and Hilton, S. (2018) Mass media and risk factors for cancer: the under-representation of age. BMC Public Health, 18, 490. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5341-9) (PMID:29695238) (PMCID:PMC5918870)
Hanlon, P. , Macdonald, S. , Wood, K., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Long-term condition management in adults with intellectual disability in primary care: a systematic review. BJGP Open, 2(1), (doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen18X101445)
Macdonald, S. , Morrison, J. , Melville, C.A. , Baltzer, M., MacArthur, L. and Cooper, S. A. (2018) Embedding routine health checks for adults with intellectual disabilities in primary care: practice nurse perceptions. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(4), pp. 349-357. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12475) (PMID:29423981)
Hamilton, I. J., Morrison, J. and Macdonald, S. (2017) Should GPs provide spiritual care? British Journal of General Practice, 67(665), pp. 573-574. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X693845) (PMID:29192117)
Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. , Morrison, D. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2017) The role of primary care in adult weight management: qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in weight management services. BMC Health Services Research, 17, 764. (doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2729-7) (PMID:29162111) (PMCID:PMC5698950)
Blane, D. N. , McLoone, P. , Morrison, D., Macdonald, S. and O'Donnell, C. A. (2017) Patient and practice characteristics predicting attendance and completion at a specialist weight management service in the UK: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7(11), e018286. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018286) (PMID:29162575) (PMCID:PMC5719278)
Emslie, C. and Macdonald, S. (2017) Strong epidemiological evidence that alcohol causes cancer, but how might the public interpret this information? Addiction, 112(2), pp. 233-235. (doi: 10.1111/add.13687) (PMID:27935653)
Macdonald, S. and Mair, F. (2016) Tackling cancers of unmet need: the pancreatic cancer pathway. Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1(4), pp. 266-267. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30113-3)
Macdonald, S. , Blane, D. , Browne, S. , Conway, E., Macleod, U., May, C. and Mair, F. (2016) Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease. Social Science and Medicine, 168, pp. 101-110. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.022) (PMID:27643844)
Lowrie, R. et al. (2015) Research is ‘a step into the unknown’: an exploration of pharmacists’ perceptions of factors impacting on research participation in the NHS. BMJ Open, 5(12), e009180. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009180) (PMID:26719315) (PMCID:PMC4710811)
Blane, D. N. , Macdonald, S. , Morrison, D. and O'Donnell, C. (2015) Interventions targeted at primary care practitioners to improve the identification and referral of patients with co-morbid obesity: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 4, 61. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0046-y) (PMID:25927993) (PMCID:PMC4426175)
Browne, S. , Macdonald, S. , May, C., Macleod, U. and Mair, F. (2014) Patient, carer and professional perspectives on barriers and facilitators to quality care in advanced heart failure. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e93288. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093288) (PMID:24676421) (PMCID:PMC3968134)
May, C. R. et al. (2014) Rethinking the patient: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness. BMC Health Services Research, 14(281), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-281)
Gallacher, K. et al. (2013) Qualitative systematic reviews of treatment burden in stroke, heart failure and diabetes: methodological challenges and solutions. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13(10), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-10)
Gallacher, K. et al. (2013) Uncovering treatment burden as a key concept for stroke care: a systematic review of qualitative research. PLoS Medicine, 10(6), e1001473. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001473)
Macdonald, S. , Watt, G. and Macleod, U. (2013) In search of the cancer candidate: can lay epidemiology help? Sociology of Health and Illness, 35(4), pp. 575-591. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01513.x)
Whittaker, W., Sutton, M., Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Smith, M., Wilson, P. and Morrison, J. (2012) The effect of mental ill health on absence from work in different occupational classifications: analysis of routine data in the British Household Panel Survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(12), pp. 1539-1544. (doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182677d12)
Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Wilson, P., Smith, M., Whittaker, W., Sutton, M. and Morrison, J. (2012) A powerful intervention: general practitioners' use of sickness certification in depression. BMC Family Practice, 13(1), p. 82. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-82)
Whittaker, W., Sutton, M., Maxwell, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Macdonald, S. , Power, A., Smith, M., Wilson, P. and Morrison, J. (2010) Predicting which people with psychosocial distress are at risk of becoming dependent on state benefits: analysis of routinely available data. British Medical Journal, 341, c3838. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c3838)
Morrison, J.M. , Anderson, M.J., Sutton, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Power, A., Smith, M. and Wilson, P.M. (2009) Factors influencing variation in prescribing of antidepressants by general practices in Scotland. British Journal of General Practice, 59(559), e25-e31. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X395076)
Macdonald, S.L. , Morrison, J.M., Maxwell, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Power, A., Smith, M., Sutton, M. and Wilson, P.M. (2009) 'A coal face option': GPs' perspectives on the rise in antidepressant prescribing. British Journal of General Practice, 59(566), pp. 658-659. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X454106)
MacLeod, U., Mitchell, E.D., Burgess, C., Macdonald, S. and Ramirez, A.J. (2009) Risk factors for delayed presentation and referral of symptomatic cancer: evidence for common cancers. British Journal of Cancer, 101(S2), S92-S101. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605398)
Campbell, N.C., Macdonald, S. , MacLeod, U., Mitchell, E.D. and Weller, D. (2008) Influences on pre-hospital delay in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a systematic review. British Journal of Cancer, 98(1), pp. 60-70. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604096)
Morrison, J.M., Anderson, M.J., Macdonald, S. , Maxwell, M., Munoz-Arroyo, R., Power, A., Smith, M., Sutton, M. and Wilson, P. (2008) Relationship between antidepressant and anxiolytic/hypnotic prescribing: A mixed-methods study. European Journal of General Practice, 14(3-4), pp. 129-135. (doi: 10.1080/13814780802632683)
Gilhooly, M., Hanlon, P.W., Mowat, H., Cullen, B., Macdonald, S. and Whyte, B. (2007) Successful ageing in an area of deprivation: Part 1—A qualitative exploration of the role of life experiences in good health in old age. Public Health, 121(11), pp. 807-812. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.03.005)
Campbell, N.C., Macdonald, S. , Macleod, U., Mitchell, E.D. and Weller, D. (2006) Systematic review of factors influencing patient and practitioner delay in diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 94(9), pp. 1272-1280. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603089)
Research Reports or Papers
O'Donnell, C. A. , Foster, H. , Macdonald, S. , Burns, N. and Gannon, M. (2015) Out-of-Hours Primary Medical Care: What Can Research Tell Us? Findings From a Rapid Systematic Review and Qualitative Study. [Research Reports or Papers]
Conference or Workshop Item
Kotzur, M. , Macdonald, S. , O'Connor, R. , O'Carroll, R., Irvine, A., Steele, R. and Robb, K. (2020) Barriers to Self-completed FIT Bowel Cancer Screening and How to Overcome Them: a Qualitative Study. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Bath, UK, 16-17 Jan 2020.
Kotzur, M. , Macdonald, S. , O'Connor, R. , O'Carroll, R., Irvine, A., Steele, R. and Robb, K. (2019) Identifying Barriers and Solutions to Self-completed FIT Bowel Screening to Develop a Volitional Help-sheet. 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS 19), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 03-07 Sep 2019.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2018) Identifying Micro Actions in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data. 32nd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS 2018), Galway, Ireland, 21-25 Aug 2018.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Involving Future Users in Developing Cancer Screening Interventions: a Case Study. European Health Psychology Society Conference 2017, Padova, Italy, 29 Aug - 02 Sep 2017.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Strategies to Increase Bowel Screening Uptake: a Focus Group Study of Non-participants. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 13-14 Dec 2017. (Unpublished)
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2016) Improving Bowel Screening Uptake: Lessons from Higher Uptake of Breast and Cervical Screening. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Cardiff, Wales, 01-02 Dec 2016. (Unpublished)
Cunningham, Y., MacDonald, S. , Robb, K. , MacLeod, U., Anker, T. and Hilton, S. (2016) Representations of Ageing as a Risk Factor for Cancer in UK Newspapers. 48th BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK, 7-9 Sept 2016.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2016) ‘Not that one’: Understanding Why Women Screen for Breast and Cervical, but not Bowel Cancer. European Health Psychology Society & BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2016. European Health Psychologist 18(Supp.): 492., Aberdeen, Scotland, 23-27 Aug 2016.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2015) Work in Progress: What Can We Learn About How to Improve Uptake of Bowel Cancer Screening From Higher Rates of Uptake in Breast and Cervical Screening Programmes? UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle, UK, 08-09 Dec 2015. (Unpublished)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Comminversity of Partick
National Institute for Health Research
2024 - 2025
- Understanding problematic polypharmacy in people with diabetes
Diabetes UK
2024 - 2028
- Caring for Long COVID in primary care: Using patient and professional experience to build co-designed solutions
Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
2023 - 2024
- NIHR GHR Unit on Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities
National Institute for Health Research
2022 - 2027
- Multidisciplinary Ecosystem to study Lifecourse Determinants and Prevention of Early-onset Burdensome Multimorbidity
National Institute for Health Research
2022 - 2025
- Improving patient safety in post-pandemic: using patient and professional experience to improve primary care safety-netting in remote consultations?
Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
2022 - 2023
- Lung cancer and early diagnosis after Covid-19: identifying the impact of remote consulting on lung cancer referral
Cancer Research UK
2021 - 2022
- Multimorbidity in the context of Socioeconomic deprivation: a mixed methods exploration of how Community and Individual factors interact to influence patient capacity to manage Multimorbidity (SCIM)
Chief Scientist Office
2019 - 2022
- Sustaining Public and Patient Involvement: building a resource
Wellcome Trust
2019 - 2020
- Developing Media Guidelines for reporting health, illness and risk: a cancer case study
Chief Scientist Office
2019 - 2019
- Chronic pain in the context of multimorbidity
Versus Arthritis
2018 - 2021
- Relationship of Multi-morbidity with cancer incidence and outcomes in a large population cohort: Use of Data Sciences Methodology
British Medical Association
2018 - 2019
- Making contacts count: how can we improve cancer prevention through primary care?
Royal College of General Practitioners
2018 - 2019
- P2D award for General Practice
Medical Research Council
2018 - 2018
- Increasing Uptake Of Bowel Cancer Screening: Development And Trial Of A FIT Planning Support Tool
Chief Scientist Office
2018 - 2021
- PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancer symptoms in Hull
Yorkshire Cancer Research
2017 - 2020
- How can we support people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to recognise and seek prompt help for potential lung cancer symptoms?
Cancer Research UK
2016 - 2017
- Falls Prevention Programme
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2015 - 2015
- What can we learn about how to improve uptake of bowel cancer screening from higher rates of uptake in breast and cervical screening programmes?
Cancer Research UK
2015 - 2017
- An explanation of older adults' understanding of cancer risk and help-seeking behaviour
Cancer Research UK
2015 - 2016
- The management of long term conditions experienced by people with learning disabilities
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2013 - 2014
- Understanding the role of primary care in the management of co-morbid obesity: a mixed methods programme.
Chief Scientist Office
2013 - 2017
- Improving early detection of colorectal cancer: the role of candidacy
Chief Scientist Office
2013 - 2015
- NHS Western Isles Learning disabilities change programme Evaluation
NHS Western Isles
2013 - 2013
- Health checks for people with Learning Disabilities: improving their uptake and effectiveness
National Institute for Health Research
2012 - 2013
Supervision
- Delaney, Lori
Performing Breast Cancer Stories: Disrupting Narratives and Constructing Selves - Downham, Esther
Advanced lung cancer care
Research datasets
2022
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