My main research interests are in the social and economic determinants of health, lifecourse and global ageing research.
As Research Programme Manager of the Social Behavioural and & Design Programme, I work closely with the Research Director, Professor Judith Phillips, and colleagues in URKI and ESRC to deliver the aims and objectives of this aspect of the Healthy Ageing Challenge.
I am also a lecturer in global ageing in the Faculty of Social Sciences. This reflects on my work on the Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS, www.hagis.scot/) study and with other global ageing studies (g2aging.org).
My PhD in Public Health from University College London addressed socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer screening. Previously, I was awarded a BSc in Psychology at the University of Stirling (2008) and MSc in Health, Community & Development at the London School of Economics (2009).
Social, cultural, and economic determinants of health and health behaviours
Ageing across the lifecourse
Longitudinal studies of ageing (incl. survey methodology)
Global ageing
The impact of COVID-19 Fear: evidence to inform social, health and economic recovery - a Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS) study
PI: Dr Elaine Douglas
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation
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Social Isolation and Technology Guidelines Project
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: NHS National Services Scotland
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Article
McCabe L, Brown T, Anderson R, Chrystall L, Curry D, Fairclough M, Ritchie C, Scrutton P, Smith A & Douglas E (2024) Living and Researching the COVID-19 Pandemic: Autoethnographic Reflections from a Co-Research Team of Older People and Academics. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (10), Art. No.: 1329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101329
Article
Arakelyan S, Brown T, McCabe L, McGregor L, Comerford D, Dawson A, Bell D, Douglas C, Houston J & Douglas E (2023) The social, health and economic impact of COVID-19 – Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS): a protocol for a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 13 (2), Art. No.: e061427. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061427
Research Report
Has The Pandemic Changed Older People's Worries About Health
McGregor L, Brown T & Douglas E (2022) Has The Pandemic Changed Older People's Worries About Health [HAGIS COVID-19 AND YOU: IMPACT AND RECOVERY STUDY]. UKRI. Stirling. https://www.hagis.scot/_files/ugd/5d9fd0_36c3c9483a6349ac941dec1f83871222.pdf
Research Report
Health Service Engagement In Scotland During And After The Pandemic
McGregor L, Brown T & Douglas E (2022) Health Service Engagement In Scotland During And After The Pandemic [HAGIS COVID-19 AND YOU: IMPACT AND RECOVERY STUDY]. UKRI. Stirling. https://www.hagis.scot/_files/ugd/5d9fd0_381d4f906fca4e92bf51ffe314087269.pdf
Research Report
Expectations After And During The Pandemic
Comerford D, Houston J, Duggan A, Bell D & Douglas E (2022) Expectations After And During The Pandemic [HAGIS COVID-19 AND YOU: IMPACT AND RECOVERY STUDY]. UKRI. Stirling. https://www.hagis.scot/_files/ugd/5d9fd0_edfb240231634b77bc0430f87b366ea4.pdf
Research Report
Home Working In Scotland During And After The Pandemic Prevalence Experiences And Preferences
Comerford D, Duggan A, Bell D & Douglas E (2022) Home Working In Scotland During And After The Pandemic Prevalence Experiences And Preferences [HAGIS COVID-19 AND YOU: IMPACT AND RECOVERY STUDY]. UKRI. Stirling. https://www.hagis.scot/_files/ugd/5d9fd0_e35fd755cdb84ebc945dc6548771ec16.pdf
Research Report
COVID-19 and You: Impact & Recovery Study
Dawson A, Brown T, Pemble C & Douglas E (2022) COVID-19 and You: Impact & Recovery Study [A literature review to inform the development of a UK specific instrument to measure COVID-19 fear]. UKRI. https://www.hagis.scot/reports
Research Report
HAGIS COVID Impact & Recovery Executive Summary Report
Douglas E, Bell D, Dawson A, Brown T, Pemble C, Houston J, Comerford D, Olivarius O, Duggan A, McCabe L, Douglas C, McGregor L & Coutts-Murray K (2022) HAGIS COVID Impact & Recovery Executive Summary Report. UKRI. Stirling. https://www.hagis.scot/reports
Article
Fawns-Ritchie C, Miller CB, van der Pol M, Douglas E, Bell D, O’Carroll RE & Deary IJ (2022) Psychological correlates of free colorectal cancer screening uptake in a Scottish sample: A cross-sectional observational study. BMJ Open, 12 (2), Art. No.: e042210. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042210
Preprint / Working Paper
Validation of the Worries Emerging from the Covid-19 Pandemic (WECP) Scale
Comerford D, Olivarius O, Bell D & Douglas E (2022) Validation of the Worries Emerging from the Covid-19 Pandemic (WECP) Scale.
Conference Paper (published)
Brown T, Douglas E, Douglas C & McCabe L (2022) COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Survey: how COVID-19 fear impacts social, health and economic recovery from the pandemic in people aged over 50. In: Preparing for the future III: Tackling key challenges facing longitudinal population studies in a post-COVID world - Book of abstracts. CLOSER Preparing for the future III – tackling key challenges facing longitudinal population studies in a post-COVID world, Virtual, 20.01.2022. London: Closer. https://www.closer.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Preparing-for-the-future-III-Book-of-abstracts.pdf
Article
McCabe L, Dawson A, Douglas E & Barry N (2021) Using Technology the Right Way to Support Social Connectedness for Older People in the Era of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (16), p. 8725. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168725
Conference Paper (published)
Co-designing and producing research with people with lived experience
Douglas E, Phillips J & Bowes A (2021) Co-designing and producing research with people with lived experience. In: Ageing Past, Present and Future: Innovation and Change. British Society of Gerontology 50th Annual Conference 7 - 9 July 2021, Virtual, 07.07.2021-09.07.2021. Hampshire: British Society of Gerontology, p. 85. https://www.britishgerontology.org/public/31949/BSG_Conference_Book_2021_Online_v2.pdf
Conference Paper (published)
Douglas E, Bell DNF, Comerford D, McCabe L, Pemble C, McGregor L & Brown T (2021) The Impact of COVID-19 Fear: Evidence To Inform Social, Health And Economic Recovery - A Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS) Study. In: Ageing Past, Present and Future: Innovation and Change. British Society of Gerontology 50th Annual Conference, Online, 07.07.2021-09.07.2021. Hampshire: British Society of Gerontology, p. 165. https://www.britishgerontology.org/public/31949/BSG_Conference_Book_2021_Online_v2.pdf
Preprint / Working Paper
Comerford D, Olivarius O, Dawson A, Brown T, Bell D, McGregor L, Pemble C, McCabe L & Douglas E (2021) Did Negative News Regarding the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine end in Vaccine Hesitancy? A Repeated Cross-Section Event Study from the UK.
Other
Dawson A, Pemble C, Brown T, Comerford D, Olivarius O, McGregor L, Bell D & Douglas E (2021) A rapid review of the development and validation of instruments specifically designed to assess or measure 'COVID-19 fear'. National Institute for Health Research. PROSPERO 2021, CRD42021250233. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021250233
Newspaper / Magazine
How to manage family expectations and avoid breaking rules this Christmas
Comerford D, Douglas E & Olivarius O (2020) How to manage family expectations and avoid breaking rules this Christmas. The Conversation. 22.12.2020.
Article
Bell D, Comerford D & Douglas E (2020) How Do Subjective Life Expectancies Compare with Mortality Tables? Similarities and Differences in Three National Samples. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 16, Art. No.: 100241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100241
Research Report
Using technology to promote social connectedness: Insights from the T&Scon project
McCabe L, Dawson A, Douglas E, Bowes A, Wilson M & Pemble C (2020) Using technology to promote social connectedness: Insights from the T&Scon project. University of Stirling. Stirling. https://www.stir.ac.uk/research/public-policy-hub/policy-briefings/
Policy Document
Douglas E & Bell D (2019) Older people, Social Isolation and Loneliness in Scotland Insights from the Healthy Ageing in Scotland (HAGIS) study. University of Stirling. Stirling. https://www.stir.ac.uk/research/public-policy-hub/policy-briefings/
Article
Little P, Stuart B, Francis N, Douglas E, Tonkin-Crine S, Anthierens S, Cals JWL, Melbye H, Santer M, Moore M, Coenen S, Butler CC, Hood K, Kelson M & Godycki-Cwirko M (2019) Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections 12 Months After Communication and CRP Training: A Randomized Trial. Annals of Family Medicine, 17 (2), pp. 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2356
Article
Douglas E, Rutherford AC & Bell D (2018) Pilot study protocol to inform a future longitudinal study of ageing using linked administrative data: Healthy AGeing in Scotland (HAGIS). BMJ Open, 8 (1), Art. No.: e018802. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018802
Research Report
Healthy Ageing In Scotland: Pilot Survey Report
(2017) Healthy Ageing In Scotland: Pilot Survey Report. Douglas E (Editor), Wilson T (Editor) & Bell D (Editor) National Institute of Aging, Nuffield Foundation. Stirling: University of Stirling. https://www.hagis.scot/media/microsites/hagis/documents/HAGIS-Pilot-Report-Booklet.pdf
Article
Douglas E, Waller J, Duffy SW & Wardle J (2016) Socioeconomic inequalities in breast and cervical screening coverage in England: Are we closing the gap?. Journal of Medical Screening, 23 (2), pp. 98-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141315600192
Article
Massat NJ, Douglas E, Waller J, Wardle J & Duffy SW (2015) Variation in cervical and breast cancer screening coverage in England: A cross-sectional analysis to characterise districts with atypical behaviour. BMJ Open, 5 (7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007735
Article
Douglas E, Wardle J, Massat NJ & Waller J (2015) Colposcopy attendance and deprivation: A retrospective analysis of 27 193 women in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme. British Journal of Cancer, 113 (1), pp. 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.176
Article
Promoting early presentation of breast cancer: A preliminary evaluation of a written intervention
Forster AS, Forbes LJL, Abraham C, Warburton FG, Douglas E & Ramirez A (2014) Promoting early presentation of breast cancer: A preliminary evaluation of a written intervention. Chronic Illness, 10 (1), pp. 18-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395313484071
Article
Yardley L, Douglas E, Anthierens S, Tonkin-Crine S, O'Reilly G, Stuart B, Geraghty AWA, Arden-Close E, van der Velden AW, Goossens H, Verheij T, Butler C, Francis NA & Little P (2013) Evaluation of a web-based intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for LRTI in six European countries: Quantitative process analysis of the GRACE/INTRO randomised controlled trial. Implementation Science, 8 (1), Art. No.: 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-8-134
Article
Little P, Stuart B, Francis NA, Douglas E, Tonkin-Crine S, Anthierens S, Cals JWL, Melbye H, Santer M, Moore M, Coenen S, Butler C, Hood K, Kelly M & Godycki-Cwirko M (2013) Effects of internet-based training on antibiotic prescribing rates for acute respiratory-tract infections: A multinational, cluster, randomised, factorial, controlled trial. Lancet, 382 (9899), pp. 1175-1182. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2813%2960994-0
Article
Waller J, Douglas E, Whitaker KL & Wardle J (2013) Women 's responses to information about overdiagnosis in the UK breast cancer screening programme: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 3 (4), Art. No.: e002703. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002703
Article
Anthierens S, Tonkin-Crine S, Douglas E, Fernadez-Vandellos P, Krawczyk J, Llor C, Cals JWL, Francis NA, Yardley L, Coenen S, Verheij T, Goossens H & Little P (2012) General practitioners' views on the acceptability and applicability of a web-based intervention to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in multiple European countries: A qualitative study prior to a randomised trial. BMC Family Practice, 13, Art. No.: 101. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-101
Lessons from Longitudinal Studies of Ageing, MSc Global Ageing (https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/social-sciences/global-ageing/#course-tabs__course-details)
