M Joanne Douglas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3572741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Joanne Douglas |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Joanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Douglas |
| SIGNATURE | DOUGLAS M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | NHS Lothian |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1560-5451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Institutionalisation of health impact assessment. A systematic scoping review and development of a descriptive conceptual framework
Health impact assessment (HIA) is a flexible, evidence-informed process used to evaluate the health and equity implications of decisions, policies and plans. While HIA has gained global traction, its institutionalisation – defined as the systematic integration of HIA into decision-making – remains uneven across contexts. This paper explores how HIA institutionalisation is conceptualised, identifying key facilitators, barriers and conditions that …
Routemap for health impact assessment implementation
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) provides a practical set of tools to appraise the potential health effects of a policy, programme, or project prior to implementation. HIA has gained significant attention in recent decades due to its utility in facilitating a broader understanding of health and bringing diverse stakeholders and evidence into decision-making processes. Despite this interest in HIA its implementation remains challenging within govern…
Health impact assessments should be mandatory for all relevant government policies
Consistent and systematic integration of health considerations in upstream political decision making is needed to improve population health and enhance health equity. Previous research supports the effectiveness of Health Impact Assessments (HIA), as a key component of a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach, demonstrating its ability to influence cross-government policies that affect health and health equity. HiAP is an approach to embedding he…
Global priorities in HIA research
The research agenda advocates for sustained research and practice to strengthen impact and address knowledge gaps in the field. Functioning as a roadmap for both researchers and funders, it aims to contribute to a healthier and more equitable world. Recognising the valuable role of HIA in addressing global health challenges, the agenda encourages researchers to investigate, develop, and advance the field of HIA
Assessing public health implications of free trade agreements
In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union, which was surrounded by political and social uncertainty. The United Kingdom now negotiates its own trade agreements, and in March 2023, it agreed to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans‐Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP). A health impact assessment (HIA) was undertaken in 2022–23 to predict the potential impact of the CPTPP on the health and well‐being of the Welsh Populati…
Spatiotemporal Modeling of the Association between Neighborhood Factors and Covid-19 Incidence Rates in Scotland
This study aims to investigate the association between neighborhood-level factors and COVID-19 incidence in Scotland from a spatiotemporal perspective. The outcome variable is the COVID-19 incidence in Scotland. Based on the identification of the wave peaks for COVID-19 cases between 2020 and 2021, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Scotland can be divided into four phases. To model the COVID-19 incidence, sixteen neighborhood factors are chosen as the …
Predicted and observed impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns
Health Impact Assessment is a key approach used internationally to identify positive or negative impacts of policies, plans and proposals on health and well-being. In 2020, HIAs were undertaken in Scotland and Wales to identify the potential health and well-being impacts of the ‘stay at home’ and physical distancing measures implemented at the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. There is sparse evidence evaluating whether the im…
Compact cities and the Covid-19 pandemic
Health in All Policies’—A Key Driver for Health and Well-Being in a Post-Covid-19 Pandemic World
Policy in all sectors affects health, through multiple pathways and determinants. Health in all policies (HiAP) is an approach that seeks to identify and influence the health and equity impacts of policy decisions, to enhance health benefits and avoid harm. This usually involves the use of health impact assessment or health lens analysis. There is growing international experience in these approaches, and some countries have cross-sectoral governa…
Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response
Countries worldwide have implemented strict controls on movement in response to the covid-19 pandemic. The aim is to cut transmission by reducing close contact (box 1), but the measures have profound consequences. Several sectors are seeing steep reductions in business, and there has been panic buying in shops. Social, economic, and health consequences are inevitable. Box 1 ### Social distancing measuresRETURN TO TEXT The health benefits of socia…
A qualitative study of patients’ perceptions of the value of molecular diagnosis for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Ethics-based decision-making and health impact assessment
To compare the use of health impact assessment (HIA) and the decision-making triangle (DMT) framework for evidence-informed, ethics-based decision-making and consider implications for practice. We compared HIA and the DMT approach with reference to: their use of evidence and theory; their application of ethical principles or values; and how they aid decision-making. A good fit between the HIA and DMT approaches was found. Ways in which they could…
Inter-embodiment and the experience of genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia
In this article we explore the concept of inter-embodiment and its potential for advancing sociological research into illness biography and genetic identity. Inter-embodiment theory views embodied knowledge as produced through relations between bodies, as opposed to originating from within the body or as the product of relations between disembodied selves. Drawing on a qualitative study in which we interviewed 38 individuals about their experienc…
Patients' experiences and views of cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Patients’ perceptions and experiences of transitions in diabetes care
Objective To examine patients’ perceptions and experiences over time of the devolvement of diabetes care/reviews from secondary to primary health‐care settings. Design Repeat in‐depth interviews with 20 patients over 4 years. Participants and setting Twenty type 2 diabetes patients recruited from primary‐ and secondary‐care settings across Lothian, Scotland. Results Patients’ views about their current diabetes care were informed by their previous…
We should change ourselves, but we can't’
Perceptions that South Asian foodstuffs necessarily comprise 'risky' options need to be tackled amongst patients and possibly their healthcare providers. To enable Indians and Pakistanis to manage their diabetes and identity simultaneously, guidelines should promote changes which work with their current food practices and preferences; specifically through lower fat recipes for commonly consumed dishes. Information and advice should be targeted at…
Shifting accountability
The cloud god and the shadow self
‘I can't do any serious exercise’
Type 2 diabetes is at least 4 times more common among British South Asians than in the general population. South Asians also have a higher risk of diabetic complications, a situation which has been linked to low levels of physical activity observed amongst this group. Little is known about the factors and considerations which prohibit and/or facilitate physical activity amongst South Asians. This qualitative study explored Pakistani (n = 23) and …
“It’s No Skin off My Nose”
In this article, the authors analyze participants’ accounts of why they took part in a repeat-interview study exploring newly diagnosed patients’ perceptions of diabetes service provision in Lothian, Scotland. The study involved three semistructured in-depth interviews with each patient (N = 40) , which spanned a year. The authors provide a thematic discursive analysis of responses to the question, Can I ask you what made you decide to part in th…
Can health feasibly be considered as part of the planning process in Scotland
Lay perceptions of type 2 diabetes in Scotland
Taking the Biscuit? A Discursive Approach to Managing Diet in Type 2 Diabetes
Adopting and maintaining a healthy diet is pivotal to diabetic regimens. Behavioural research has focused on strategies to modify/maintain healthy behaviours; thus 'compliance' and ' noncompliance' are operationalized by researchers. In contrast, discursive psychology focuses on the actions different accounts accomplish-in this case regarding diets. Using thematic discourse analysis, we examine dietary management talk in repeat-interviews with 40…
Cross-Cultural Interviewing
The Effects of Modernization on Religious Change
EVENTS HAVE TAKEN RELIGIOUS STUDIES BY SURPRISE. This Set of university institutions devoted to understanding religion without the constraints of the divinity school has generally included religious change in its subject matter. No one, however, foresaw the recent revivals of traditional religious forms. According to an extensive literature, religious change in modern times happens in only two ways?the falling off of worship in traditional Christ…
Taking the Biscuit? A Discursive Approach to Managing Diet in Type 2 Diabetes
Adopting and maintaining a healthy diet is pivotal to diabetic regimens. Behavioural research has focused on strategies to modify/maintain healthy behaviours; thus 'compliance' and ' noncompliance' are operationalized by researchers. In contrast, discursive psychology focuses on the actions different accounts accomplish-in this case regarding diets. Using thematic discourse analysis, we examine dietary management talk in repeat-interviews with 40…
Lay perceptions of type 2 diabetes in Scotland
We should change ourselves, but we can't’
Perceptions that South Asian foodstuffs necessarily comprise 'risky' options need to be tackled amongst patients and possibly their healthcare providers. To enable Indians and Pakistanis to manage their diabetes and identity simultaneously, guidelines should promote changes which work with their current food practices and preferences; specifically through lower fat recipes for commonly consumed dishes. Information and advice should be targeted at…
Health impact assessment of housing improvements
Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) has been widely recommended for future social policies and investment, such as housing improvement. However, concerns have been raised about the utility and predictive value of an HIA. Use of existing research data would add more weight to forecasts by an HIA. Methods, results, and conclusions: A recent systematic review of housing intervention studies found a lack of research. The authors recommended th…
Shifting accountability
Inter-embodiment and the experience of genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia
In this article we explore the concept of inter-embodiment and its potential for advancing sociological research into illness biography and genetic identity. Inter-embodiment theory views embodied knowledge as produced through relations between bodies, as opposed to originating from within the body or as the product of relations between disembodied selves. Drawing on a qualitative study in which we interviewed 38 individuals about their experienc…
Emotion and culture in theories of justice
The anthropologists' approach to justice starts from the form of society in which its practice is embedded. The argument is that in any society a theory of social justice and a theory of the individual psyche are integrally part of a practice of living in community. Both the claims of justice and the claims of the psyche emerge in practical contexts of clarifying accountability. Litanies of virtues and vices support blaming and exonerating in eve…
Addressing health inequalities in health impact assessment
The United Kingdom has unacceptable inequalities in health and life expectancy by socioeconomic status, ethnic group and gender.1 Many of these differences have widened over the past two decades. This means, for example, that over 17 000 fewer 20 to 64 year old men would die each year if all adult men shared the death rates of social classes I and II.1 The Acheson report reviewed the evidence on inequalities in health in England and concluded tha…
Passive Voice Theories in Religious Sociology
This article critiques the prevailing use of passive voice theories within religious sociology, arguing that they often misrepresent religious phenomena by focusing on the effects of religion on individuals rather than the active roles individuals play in shaping and practicing their faiths. Douglas challenges the notion of religion as a monolithic force acting upon passive recipients, emphasizing instead the agency of individuals in negotiating …
Can health feasibly be considered as part of the planning process in Scotland
Passive Voice Theories in Religious Sociology
This article critiques the prevailing use of passive voice theories within religious sociology, arguing that they often misrepresent religious phenomena by focusing on the effects of religion on individuals rather than the active roles individuals play in shaping and practicing their faiths. Douglas challenges the notion of religion as a monolithic force acting upon passive recipients, emphasizing instead the agency of individuals in negotiating …
Religion and America
Emotion and culture in theories of justice
The anthropologists' approach to justice starts from the form of society in which its practice is embedded. The argument is that in any society a theory of social justice and a theory of the individual psyche are integrally part of a practice of living in community. Both the claims of justice and the claims of the psyche emerge in practical contexts of clarifying accountability. Litanies of virtues and vices support blaming and exonerating in eve…
Addressing health inequalities in health impact assessment
The United Kingdom has unacceptable inequalities in health and life expectancy by socioeconomic status, ethnic group and gender.1 Many of these differences have widened over the past two decades. This means, for example, that over 17 000 fewer 20 to 64 year old men would die each year if all adult men shared the death rates of social classes I and II.1 The Acheson report reviewed the evidence on inequalities in health in England and concluded tha…
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
The objectives of this study were: (1) to estimate the costs borne by families caring for patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD); (2) to contextualise results to recent policy initiatives, and (3) to consider the methodological problems of estimating costs of care. Semi-structured interviews and a follow-up postal questionnaire, eliciting costs to families both before and after the patient's death, were carried out. Participants i…
Cross-Cultural Interviewing
Health impact assessment of housing improvements
Background: Health impact assessment (HIA) has been widely recommended for future social policies and investment, such as housing improvement. However, concerns have been raised about the utility and predictive value of an HIA. Use of existing research data would add more weight to forecasts by an HIA. Methods, results, and conclusions: A recent systematic review of housing intervention studies found a lack of research. The authors recommended th…
Can health feasibly be considered as part of the planning process in Scotland
Lay perceptions of type 2 diabetes in Scotland
Taking the Biscuit? A Discursive Approach to Managing Diet in Type 2 Diabetes
Adopting and maintaining a healthy diet is pivotal to diabetic regimens. Behavioural research has focused on strategies to modify/maintain healthy behaviours; thus 'compliance' and ' noncompliance' are operationalized by researchers. In contrast, discursive psychology focuses on the actions different accounts accomplish-in this case regarding diets. Using thematic discourse analysis, we examine dietary management talk in repeat-interviews with 40…
‘I can't do any serious exercise’
Type 2 diabetes is at least 4 times more common among British South Asians than in the general population. South Asians also have a higher risk of diabetic complications, a situation which has been linked to low levels of physical activity observed amongst this group. Little is known about the factors and considerations which prohibit and/or facilitate physical activity amongst South Asians. This qualitative study explored Pakistani (n = 23) and …
“It’s No Skin off My Nose”
In this article, the authors analyze participants’ accounts of why they took part in a repeat-interview study exploring newly diagnosed patients’ perceptions of diabetes service provision in Lothian, Scotland. The study involved three semistructured in-depth interviews with each patient (N = 40) , which spanned a year. The authors provide a thematic discursive analysis of responses to the question, Can I ask you what made you decide to part in th…
The cloud god and the shadow self
We should change ourselves, but we can't’
Perceptions that South Asian foodstuffs necessarily comprise 'risky' options need to be tackled amongst patients and possibly their healthcare providers. To enable Indians and Pakistanis to manage their diabetes and identity simultaneously, guidelines should promote changes which work with their current food practices and preferences; specifically through lower fat recipes for commonly consumed dishes. Information and advice should be targeted at…
Shifting accountability
Patients’ perceptions and experiences of transitions in diabetes care
Objective To examine patients’ perceptions and experiences over time of the devolvement of diabetes care/reviews from secondary to primary health‐care settings. Design Repeat in‐depth interviews with 20 patients over 4 years. Participants and setting Twenty type 2 diabetes patients recruited from primary‐ and secondary‐care settings across Lothian, Scotland. Results Patients’ views about their current diabetes care were informed by their previous…
Patients' experiences and views of cascade screening for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Inter-embodiment and the experience of genetic testing for familial hypercholesterolaemia
In this article we explore the concept of inter-embodiment and its potential for advancing sociological research into illness biography and genetic identity. Inter-embodiment theory views embodied knowledge as produced through relations between bodies, as opposed to originating from within the body or as the product of relations between disembodied selves. Drawing on a qualitative study in which we interviewed 38 individuals about their experienc…
Ethics-based decision-making and health impact assessment
To compare the use of health impact assessment (HIA) and the decision-making triangle (DMT) framework for evidence-informed, ethics-based decision-making and consider implications for practice. We compared HIA and the DMT approach with reference to: their use of evidence and theory; their application of ethical principles or values; and how they aid decision-making. A good fit between the HIA and DMT approaches was found. Ways in which they could…
A qualitative study of patients’ perceptions of the value of molecular diagnosis for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response
Countries worldwide have implemented strict controls on movement in response to the covid-19 pandemic. The aim is to cut transmission by reducing close contact (box 1), but the measures have profound consequences. Several sectors are seeing steep reductions in business, and there has been panic buying in shops. Social, economic, and health consequences are inevitable. Box 1 ### Social distancing measuresRETURN TO TEXT The health benefits of socia…
Health in All Policies’—A Key Driver for Health and Well-Being in a Post-Covid-19 Pandemic World
Policy in all sectors affects health, through multiple pathways and determinants. Health in all policies (HiAP) is an approach that seeks to identify and influence the health and equity impacts of policy decisions, to enhance health benefits and avoid harm. This usually involves the use of health impact assessment or health lens analysis. There is growing international experience in these approaches, and some countries have cross-sectoral governa…
Predicted and observed impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns
Health Impact Assessment is a key approach used internationally to identify positive or negative impacts of policies, plans and proposals on health and well-being. In 2020, HIAs were undertaken in Scotland and Wales to identify the potential health and well-being impacts of the ‘stay at home’ and physical distancing measures implemented at the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. There is sparse evidence evaluating whether the im…
Compact cities and the Covid-19 pandemic
Spatiotemporal Modeling of the Association between Neighborhood Factors and Covid-19 Incidence Rates in Scotland
This study aims to investigate the association between neighborhood-level factors and COVID-19 incidence in Scotland from a spatiotemporal perspective. The outcome variable is the COVID-19 incidence in Scotland. Based on the identification of the wave peaks for COVID-19 cases between 2020 and 2021, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Scotland can be divided into four phases. To model the COVID-19 incidence, sixteen neighborhood factors are chosen as the …
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