Lecturer in Health Psychology
Psychology Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I am a Lecturer in Health Psychology and HCPC registered Health Psychologist who joined the Division of Psychology in November 2019. Before this I was a Research Associate at the University of Manchester. During my time there I secured funding from the Multiple Sclerosis Society to carry out a mixed methods study of prescribing of disease-modifying drugs for people with MS and worked on a multi-million pound NIHR-funded programme grant to evaluate NHS England's type 2 diabetes prevention programme.
I completed my PhD in Health Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham, with supervision from Prof. Helen Pattison and Dr Carole Cummins. The PhD was hosted by Birmingham Children's Hospital and focused on investigating psycho-social factors influencing non-attendance at children's hospital appointments.
I am also a volunteer for The Change Exchange, an organisation pairing health psychology practitioners with partners in low and middle income countries to integrate behavioural science into health professional training and practice in order to tackle global health concerns.
I am interested in coping, self-management and medication-related behaviours, including adherence to medications, medical decision-making and attendance at health appointments. I am also interested in associated health professional behaviours, such as prescribing decisions and interactions with patients.
I have particular interests in how people manage long-term conditions, especially those characterised by neurological symptoms, pain and/or fatigue such as multiple sclerosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and endometriosis.
I have also recently been working on projects related to antibiotic stewardship and global health, and hope to expand my research in these areas.
I have expertise in evaluating intervention fidelity, conducting systematic reviews, and carrying out mixed methods and qualitative research.
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An evaluation of goal setting in the NHS England diabetes prevention programme
Hawkes RE, Warren L, Cameron E & French DP (2022) An evaluation of goal setting in the NHS England diabetes prevention programme. Psychology and Health, 37 (2), pp. 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1872790
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Hawkes RE, Cameron E, Miles LM & French DP (2021) The Fidelity of Training in Behaviour Change Techniques to Intervention Design in a National Diabetes Prevention Programme. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 28 (6), pp. 671-682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-021-09961-5
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French DP, Hawkes RE, Bower P & Cameron E (2021) Is the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Intervention Delivered as Planned? An Observational Study of Fidelity of Intervention Delivery. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55 (11), pp. 1104-1115. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa108
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Hawkes RE, Cameron E, Cotterill S, Bower P & French DP (2020) The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme: an observational study of service delivery and patient experience. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1), Art. No.: 1098. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05951-7
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Sneddon J, Afriyie D, Sefah I, Cockburn A, Kerr F, Byrne-Davis L & Cameron E (2020) Developing a Sustainable Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Programme in Ghana: Replicating the Scottish Triad Model of Information, Education and Quality Improvement. Antibiotics, 9 (10), Art. No.: 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9100636
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Lloyd K, Cameron E, Williams H, Banister E, Donmall M, Higgins A & French DP (2020) Do marketing and alcohol treatment/public health experts think televised alcohol advertisements abide by regulatory guidelines?. Journal of Health Psychology, 25 (10-11), pp. 1657-1668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105318770727
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Hawkes R, Cameron E, Bower P & French DP (2020) Does the design of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme intervention have fidelity to the programme specification? A document analysis. Diabetic Medicine, 37 (8), pp. 1357-1366. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14201
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Cameron E, Rog D, McDonnell G, Overell J, Pearson O & French DP (2019) Factors influencing multiple sclerosis disease-modifying treatment prescribing decisions in the United Kingdom: A qualitative interview study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 27, pp. 378-382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2018.11.023
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French DP, Cameron E, Benton JS, Deaton C & Harvie M (2017) Can Communicating Personalised Disease Risk Promote Healthy Behaviour Change? A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51 (5), pp. 718-729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-017-9895-z
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Predicting perceived safety to drive the morning after drinking: The importance of hangover symptoms
Cameron E & French DP (2016) Predicting perceived safety to drive the morning after drinking: The importance of hangover symptoms. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35 (4), pp. 442-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12311
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Heath G, Cooke R & Cameron E (2015) A Theory-Based Approach for Developing Interventions to Change Patient Behaviours: A Medication Adherence Example from Paediatric Secondary Care. Healthcare, 3 (4), pp. 1228-1242. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041228
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McLeod H, Heath G, Cameron E, Debelle G & Cummins C (2015) Introducing consultant outpatient clinics to community settings to improve access to paediatrics: an observational impact study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 24 (6), pp. 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003687
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Cameron E, Heath G, Redwood S, Greenfield S, Cummins C, Kelly D & Pattison H (2014) Health care professionals' views of paediatric outpatient non-attendance: implications for general practice. Family Practice, 31 (1), pp. 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmt063
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Gale NK, Heath G, Cameron E, Rashid S & Redwood S (2013) Using the framework method for the analysis of qualitative data in multi-disciplinary health research. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13 (1), Art. No.: 117. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-117
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Paediatric 'care closer to home': Stake-holder views and barriers to implementation
Heath G, Cameron E, Cummins C, Greenfield S, Pattison H, Kelly D & Redwood S (2012) Paediatric 'care closer to home': Stake-holder views and barriers to implementation. Health & Place, 18 (5), pp. 1068-1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.05.003
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Zhou Y, Cameron E, Forbes G & Humphris G (2012) Development of a novel coding scheme (SABICS) to record nurse–child interactive behaviours in a community dental preventive intervention. Patient Education and Counseling, 88 (2), pp. 268-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2012.01.001
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Zhou Y, Cameron E, Forbes G & Humphris G (2011) Systematic review of the effect of dental staff behaviour on child dental patient anxiety and behaviour. Patient Education and Counseling, 85 (1), pp. 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2010.08.002
I am currently teaching and supervising on the following programmes: MSc Health Psychology; Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology
