Heather Morgan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Morgan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Morgan |
| SIGNATURE | MORGAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aberdeen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6118-8911 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A qualitative study of the lived experiences of working age adults living with adventitious total bilateral blindness in Nigeria
Working age adults living with adventitious blindness (occurring from age five) in Nigeria face significant challenges, including rehabilitation, depriving them of the quality of care required for successful adaptation and integration. This study aimed to explore their lived experiences to inform policy and service delivery. Dahlgren and Whitehead's socioecological model underpinned this study to highlight how institutions and society shape parti…
Design, Implementation, and Scale
Background: The United Nations 2023 assessment report highlighted stalled progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals agenda of 2030. The World Health Organization describes primary health care as the cornerstone for achieving universal health coverage and health-related Sustainable Development Goals, however, reviews over the past decade on integrated multi-sectoral primary care initiatives have identified high-level gaps in reporting on …
Perceptions of the Wider Public Health Workforce on Public Health Improvement within Integrated Care Systems - Aberdeen, Scotland
Background: Whole-system integrated care strategies focus on promoting health by coordinating with the wider public health workforce, those that work in sectors such as housing and education etc. However, complex systems can be disjointed with work conducted in silos. There is no evidence exploring the public health workforce’s perception of their role in public health improvement in Aberdeen, Scotland. Approach: In February 2016, health and soci…
Disagreements about paediatric treatment
Conflicts over the care of children with life-limiting conditions can reach the point where courts need to intervene, which brings distress, unwanted media attention and costs. Although no case has arisen in Scotland, there are around 16,700 children with life-limiting conditions (ChiSP3 2020) where care decisions are required and where parents might disagree with clinicians. This study sought to understand reasons for disputes, identify potentia…
How does the Nigerian health system serve people living with disabilities? A socio-ecological analysis on people living with visual impairment
People living with disabilities (PLWD) in Nigeria experience significant disparities in health outcomes and access to care. Among them, individuals living with visual impairment (VI) face compounded barriers due to structural inequities and social exclusion. This paper explores how the Nigerian health system serves PLWD through a socioecological lens, with a focus on those living with VI. We conducted a narrative review using databases such as Me…
How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect
ISRCTN81935608, registered 16/06/2015
The Baby Box scheme in Scotland
BACKGROUND: The Scottish Government introduced a free Baby Box scheme for all new parents in 2017, modelled on the Finnish scheme, to give every baby 'an equal start in life'. There is little evidence that it results in better health outcomes, but there has been limited research into different perspectives and discourses on such schemes. METHODS: Four focus groups were conducted with 21 parents in North-East Scotland. Recordings were transcribed …
The impact of austerity on disabled, elderly and immigrants in the United Kingdom
Systematic literature searching identified 29 relevant health and social sciences articles for review on the topic of austerity policies and their impacts on the health and social care of disabled, elderly and immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK). Since 2010, government changes to previously state-funded areas meant levels of funding and eligibility changed significantly. Self-funding or self-managing healthcare, but more often social care, was …
Bridging barriers to advance multisector approaches to improve food security, nutrition and population health in Nepal
This study suggests that multisector approach needs to adapt to take into account the experiences and views of the stakeholders concerned. The paper offers recommendations for successful development and implementation of future multisector interventions in Nepal that can be extrapolated to other low and middle-income countries, and lays foundations for future transdisciplinary working to support realisation of the recommendations
Resilience and sustainability
We need to talk about purpose
Media framing of trolling and online abuse
This article draws on British newspaper reports in order to demonstrate that trolling, and the media’s subsequent framing of trolling, involves “silencing strategies.” It is important to examine how trolling is discussed within the media to understand how it might frame public opinion, debate, and action, and implicitly victim blame. The article presents findings on the forms of (online) abuse and behaviours related to trolling in media reports, …
Breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding
Increasing breastfeeding rates would improve maternal and child health, but multiple barriers to breastfeeding persist. Breast pump provision has been used as an incentive for breastfeeding, although effectiveness is unclear. Women's use of breast pumps is increasing and a high proportion of mothers express breastmilk. No research has yet reported women's and health professionals' perspectives on breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding. In…
Incentives for breastfeeding and for smoking cessation in pregnancy
Financial or tangible incentives are a strategy for improving health behaviours. The mechanisms of action of incentives are complex and debated. Using a multidisciplinary integrated mixed methods study, with service-user collaboration throughout, we developed a typology of incentives and their meanings for initiating and sustaining smoking cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding. The ultimate aim was to inform incentive intervention design by pr…
Research Note
Research note
Regulating CCTV
Media framing of trolling and online abuse
This article draws on British newspaper reports in order to demonstrate that trolling, and the media’s subsequent framing of trolling, involves “silencing strategies.” It is important to examine how trolling is discussed within the media to understand how it might frame public opinion, debate, and action, and implicitly victim blame. The article presents findings on the forms of (online) abuse and behaviours related to trolling in media reports, …
Incentives for breastfeeding and for smoking cessation in pregnancy
Financial or tangible incentives are a strategy for improving health behaviours. The mechanisms of action of incentives are complex and debated. Using a multidisciplinary integrated mixed methods study, with service-user collaboration throughout, we developed a typology of incentives and their meanings for initiating and sustaining smoking cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding. The ultimate aim was to inform incentive intervention design by pr…
Research Note
Research note
Regulating CCTV
Research Note
Research note
Incentives for breastfeeding and for smoking cessation in pregnancy
Financial or tangible incentives are a strategy for improving health behaviours. The mechanisms of action of incentives are complex and debated. Using a multidisciplinary integrated mixed methods study, with service-user collaboration throughout, we developed a typology of incentives and their meanings for initiating and sustaining smoking cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding. The ultimate aim was to inform incentive intervention design by pr…
Breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding
Increasing breastfeeding rates would improve maternal and child health, but multiple barriers to breastfeeding persist. Breast pump provision has been used as an incentive for breastfeeding, although effectiveness is unclear. Women's use of breast pumps is increasing and a high proportion of mothers express breastmilk. No research has yet reported women's and health professionals' perspectives on breast pumps as an incentive for breastfeeding. In…
We need to talk about purpose
Media framing of trolling and online abuse
This article draws on British newspaper reports in order to demonstrate that trolling, and the media’s subsequent framing of trolling, involves “silencing strategies.” It is important to examine how trolling is discussed within the media to understand how it might frame public opinion, debate, and action, and implicitly victim blame. The article presents findings on the forms of (online) abuse and behaviours related to trolling in media reports, …
Resilience and sustainability
Bridging barriers to advance multisector approaches to improve food security, nutrition and population health in Nepal
This study suggests that multisector approach needs to adapt to take into account the experiences and views of the stakeholders concerned. The paper offers recommendations for successful development and implementation of future multisector interventions in Nepal that can be extrapolated to other low and middle-income countries, and lays foundations for future transdisciplinary working to support realisation of the recommendations
The impact of austerity on disabled, elderly and immigrants in the United Kingdom
Systematic literature searching identified 29 relevant health and social sciences articles for review on the topic of austerity policies and their impacts on the health and social care of disabled, elderly and immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK). Since 2010, government changes to previously state-funded areas meant levels of funding and eligibility changed significantly. Self-funding or self-managing healthcare, but more often social care, was …
The Baby Box scheme in Scotland
BACKGROUND: The Scottish Government introduced a free Baby Box scheme for all new parents in 2017, modelled on the Finnish scheme, to give every baby 'an equal start in life'. There is little evidence that it results in better health outcomes, but there has been limited research into different perspectives and discourses on such schemes. METHODS: Four focus groups were conducted with 21 parents in North-East Scotland. Recordings were transcribed …
How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect
ISRCTN81935608, registered 16/06/2015
How does the Nigerian health system serve people living with disabilities? A socio-ecological analysis on people living with visual impairment
People living with disabilities (PLWD) in Nigeria experience significant disparities in health outcomes and access to care. Among them, individuals living with visual impairment (VI) face compounded barriers due to structural inequities and social exclusion. This paper explores how the Nigerian health system serves PLWD through a socioecological lens, with a focus on those living with VI. We conducted a narrative review using databases such as Me…
A qualitative study of the lived experiences of working age adults living with adventitious total bilateral blindness in Nigeria
Working age adults living with adventitious blindness (occurring from age five) in Nigeria face significant challenges, including rehabilitation, depriving them of the quality of care required for successful adaptation and integration. This study aimed to explore their lived experiences to inform policy and service delivery. Dahlgren and Whitehead's socioecological model underpinned this study to highlight how institutions and society shape parti…
Design, Implementation, and Scale
Background: The United Nations 2023 assessment report highlighted stalled progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals agenda of 2030. The World Health Organization describes primary health care as the cornerstone for achieving universal health coverage and health-related Sustainable Development Goals, however, reviews over the past decade on integrated multi-sectoral primary care initiatives have identified high-level gaps in reporting on …
Perceptions of the Wider Public Health Workforce on Public Health Improvement within Integrated Care Systems - Aberdeen, Scotland
Background: Whole-system integrated care strategies focus on promoting health by coordinating with the wider public health workforce, those that work in sectors such as housing and education etc. However, complex systems can be disjointed with work conducted in silos. There is no evidence exploring the public health workforce’s perception of their role in public health improvement in Aberdeen, Scotland. Approach: In February 2016, health and soci…
Disagreements about paediatric treatment
Conflicts over the care of children with life-limiting conditions can reach the point where courts need to intervene, which brings distress, unwanted media attention and costs. Although no case has arisen in Scotland, there are around 16,700 children with life-limiting conditions (ChiSP3 2020) where care decisions are required and where parents might disagree with clinicians. This study sought to understand reasons for disputes, identify potentia…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Focus group (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Thematic analysis (4 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works)