Caroline Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3995639 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5422-709X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Peer-Led Models Focussed on Emotional Distress and Suicide Prevention
Suicidality is a significant and persistent public health concern, and people who are suicidal report negative experiences with clinical services. Peer-based interventions are a rapidly growing component of mental health care and suicide prevention. This scoping review's aim is to identify, summarise and synthesise the design, features and evidence for peer-led models and interventions for people experiencing emotional distress or suicidal crisis…
Development of an agenda for research and action on climate change and health in the Caribbean
This paper delineates the development of the Caribbean Research for Action Agenda which aims to empower Caribbean Small Island Developing States to reduce their vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change on health. The Caribbean Research for Action Agenda emerged from collaboration between nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and multilateral agencies that organized a conference on climate change and health in the Caribbean…
The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with increased mortality risk, depression, and obesity in females in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often assumed to lead to increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences of hunger in FI is lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment to capture experiences of hunger in two groups of UK-based females: those ex…
Behavioral Economic Assessment of Contraceptive Use and Abortion Access Among College Cis Women in the U.S
The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with obesity in women in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often assumed to lead to increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences of hunger in FI is lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment to capture experiences of hunger in two groups of UK-based women: those experiencing FI (N = 143) and those experiencing…
No effect of hunger on the memory of food images and prices
Food acquisition is an adaptive problem resolved via both physiological and psychological processes. Hunger could serve as a coordinating mechanism for these processes. When hunger increases, it may be beneficial to shift cognitive resources away from other adaptive problems and towards functions that increase the chances of acquiring food, such as memory for food information. However, there is limited research exploring the impacts of hunger on …
Youth perspectives on mental health during Covid-19 lockdown in a Small Island Developing State
Measures taken to address one serious public health concern, COVID-19, led to the aggravation of another serious public health concern, mental ill-health. Mental health initiatives to help young people navigate issues specific to their generation must be developed. In low resourced Small Island Developing States settings. The increased need for mental health services during and because of the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for strengthenin…
Development of Trinidad and Tobago’s first National Clinical and Policy Guidelines on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence
This Special Report aims to outline the development process of the first National Clinical and Policy guidelines on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Trinidad and Tobago and to support the implementation of quality standards for survivors. The study used an implementation science approach to identify key evidence-based practice recommendations from guidance documents on health care for women who are subjected to violence and from r…
Let Us Keep the Emergency Department Safe
Internationally, community healthcare is provided by personal health budgets or personalised schemes as part of a consumer‐directed care emphasis. Although the introduction of a personalised scheme in Australia has improved the lives of many, people with psychosocial disability (PSD) and their families have experienced many challenges with service integration. Six focus groups with 17 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support workers we…
Hungry, stressed, or both? An ecological momentary assessment in food secure and insecure populations
Hungry, stressed, or both? An ecological momentary assessment in food secure and insecure populations
No effect of hunger on attentional capture by food cues
Hunger is a powerful driver of eating behaviour. However, the relationship between hunger and food-related cognition remains poorly understood. Previous research found that hunger increased the ability of food cues to capture attention in a US student sample (N=23; Piech, Pastorino, & Zald, Appet., 54, p579-582, 2010). We conducted online (N=29) and in-person (N=28) replications of this study with British participants, using the same stimuli sets…
No effect of hunger on attentional capture by food cues
Food cues potently capture human attention, and it has been suggested that hunger increases their propensity to do so. However, the evidence for such hunger-related attentional biases is weak. We focus on one recent study that did show significantly greater attentional capture by food cues when participants were hungry, using an Emotional Blink of Attention (EBA) task [Piech, Pastorino, & Zald, 2010. Appetite, 54, 579-582]. We conducted online (N…
No effect of hunger on attentional capture by visual food cues
The impact of artificial fragrances on the assessment of mate quality cues in body odor
How Faith Based Organizations’ Doctrines Regarding Sexuality Affect Their Participation in the Public Health Response to HIV in the Eastern Caribbean
ABC for people with HIV
People living with HIV who are taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) are increasingly involved in 'positive prevention' initiatives. These are generally oriented to promoting abstinence, 'being faithful' (partner reduction) and condom use (ABC). We conducted a longitudinal qualitative study with people living with HIV using ART, who were provided with adherence education and counselling support by a Ugandan non-governmental organisation, The AIDS S…
Factors associated with condom use
In the Caribbean region, an estimated 1.1% of the population aged 15-49 is living with HIV. We aimed to measure factors associated with condom use, the primary form of positive prevention in the Caribbean, among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in its major agency advocating on behalf of PLHIV (the Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, or CRN +). Condom use at last sex was selected for analysis from a broad-ranging cross-sectio…
Intravaginal and Menstrual Practices among Women Working in Food and Recreational Facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania
Intravaginal and menstrual practices may potentially influence results of trials of microbicides for HIV prevention through effects on the vaginal environment and on adherence to microbicide and placebo products. As part of the feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme Phase 3 trial of a vaginal microbicide in Mwanza, a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to describe these practices, associations with beha…
Active ageing’
The aim of this study was to document the perceptions of elders in six Caribbean countries about ‘active ageing’ and on the basis of their reports to make recommendations to improve their situation. Data were collected principally through 31 focus group discussions conducted in both urban and rural areas. Comparative analysis was carried out of the qualitative information, focusing on three components of ‘active ageing’: health and social service…
Sexual risk behaviour for women working in recreational venues in Mwanza, Tanzania
Qualitative research was conducted to explore the social context of sexual-risk behaviour among women working in recreational occupations, during a feasibility study in preparation for the Phase III clinical trial of vaginal microbicides in Mwanza, Tanzania. Participant observation was conducted in 68 recreational venues. Six focus group discussions were conducted with women working in recreational occupations and two with male customers at these…
The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Participatory techniques were instrumental in promoting meaningful dialogue between the research team, study participants and community representatives in Mwanza, allowing researchers and community representatives to gain a shared understanding of project-related priority areas for intervention
A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
Health promotion, fitness and bodies in a postcolonial context
There has been little exploration in medical sociology literature of health promotion and the body in Third World contexts. This paper addresses ways in which practices of the body relating to health contest colonizing forms of social control by examining representations and practices of the body in Trinidad, West Indies. It reviews recent sociological work relating to health promotion. It is argued that while the literature is increasingly conce…
Guilt and hostility as coexisting characteristics of bulimia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa has recently emerged as a major mental health problem. Bulimics, usually women, suffer episodes of uncontrollable eating following by purging and/or vomiting behaviours to rid themselves of the food. Previous work has examined the role of hostility in binge-purge behaviour, and clinical observation has noted the presence of strong guilt feelings. Most studies of hostility have used the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Question…
A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
Active ageing’
The aim of this study was to document the perceptions of elders in six Caribbean countries about ‘active ageing’ and on the basis of their reports to make recommendations to improve their situation. Data were collected principally through 31 focus group discussions conducted in both urban and rural areas. Comparative analysis was carried out of the qualitative information, focusing on three components of ‘active ageing’: health and social service…
The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with increased mortality risk, depression, and obesity in females in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often assumed to lead to increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences of hunger in FI is lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment to capture experiences of hunger in two groups of UK-based females: those ex…
How Faith Based Organizations’ Doctrines Regarding Sexuality Affect Their Participation in the Public Health Response to HIV in the Eastern Caribbean
The Sociology of Health Promotion
Community development for health and identity politics
Community development for health (CD4H) is defined as the mobilization of communities actually or potentially suffering from a health problem to eliminate its causes or alleviate its consequences. This paper links this with questions of social identity, focusing on issues of ethnicity and 'race', in health promotion. When combined with notions of ethnicity and 'race'. CD4H is frequently a reaction to inequalities which are communally experienced …
Health promotion, fitness and bodies in a postcolonial context
There has been little exploration in medical sociology literature of health promotion and the body in Third World contexts. This paper addresses ways in which practices of the body relating to health contest colonizing forms of social control by examining representations and practices of the body in Trinidad, West Indies. It reviews recent sociological work relating to health promotion. It is argued that while the literature is increasingly conce…
Guilt and hostility as coexisting characteristics of bulimia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa has recently emerged as a major mental health problem. Bulimics, usually women, suffer episodes of uncontrollable eating following by purging and/or vomiting behaviours to rid themselves of the food. Previous work has examined the role of hostility in binge-purge behaviour, and clinical observation has noted the presence of strong guilt feelings. Most studies of hostility have used the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Question…
A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Participatory techniques were instrumental in promoting meaningful dialogue between the research team, study participants and community representatives in Mwanza, allowing researchers and community representatives to gain a shared understanding of project-related priority areas for intervention
Sexual risk behaviour for women working in recreational venues in Mwanza, Tanzania
Qualitative research was conducted to explore the social context of sexual-risk behaviour among women working in recreational occupations, during a feasibility study in preparation for the Phase III clinical trial of vaginal microbicides in Mwanza, Tanzania. Participant observation was conducted in 68 recreational venues. Six focus group discussions were conducted with women working in recreational occupations and two with male customers at these…
Factors associated with condom use
In the Caribbean region, an estimated 1.1% of the population aged 15-49 is living with HIV. We aimed to measure factors associated with condom use, the primary form of positive prevention in the Caribbean, among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in its major agency advocating on behalf of PLHIV (the Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, or CRN +). Condom use at last sex was selected for analysis from a broad-ranging cross-sectio…
Intravaginal and Menstrual Practices among Women Working in Food and Recreational Facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania
Intravaginal and menstrual practices may potentially influence results of trials of microbicides for HIV prevention through effects on the vaginal environment and on adherence to microbicide and placebo products. As part of the feasibility study for the Microbicides Development Programme Phase 3 trial of a vaginal microbicide in Mwanza, a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to describe these practices, associations with beha…
Active ageing’
The aim of this study was to document the perceptions of elders in six Caribbean countries about ‘active ageing’ and on the basis of their reports to make recommendations to improve their situation. Data were collected principally through 31 focus group discussions conducted in both urban and rural areas. Comparative analysis was carried out of the qualitative information, focusing on three components of ‘active ageing’: health and social service…
ABC for people with HIV
People living with HIV who are taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) are increasingly involved in 'positive prevention' initiatives. These are generally oriented to promoting abstinence, 'being faithful' (partner reduction) and condom use (ABC). We conducted a longitudinal qualitative study with people living with HIV using ART, who were provided with adherence education and counselling support by a Ugandan non-governmental organisation, The AIDS S…
How Faith Based Organizations’ Doctrines Regarding Sexuality Affect Their Participation in the Public Health Response to HIV in the Eastern Caribbean
The impact of artificial fragrances on the assessment of mate quality cues in body odor
No effect of hunger on attentional capture by food cues
Hunger is a powerful driver of eating behaviour. However, the relationship between hunger and food-related cognition remains poorly understood. Previous research found that hunger increased the ability of food cues to capture attention in a US student sample (N=23; Piech, Pastorino, & Zald, Appet., 54, p579-582, 2010). We conducted online (N=29) and in-person (N=28) replications of this study with British participants, using the same stimuli sets…
No effect of hunger on attentional capture by food cues
Food cues potently capture human attention, and it has been suggested that hunger increases their propensity to do so. However, the evidence for such hunger-related attentional biases is weak. We focus on one recent study that did show significantly greater attentional capture by food cues when participants were hungry, using an Emotional Blink of Attention (EBA) task [Piech, Pastorino, & Zald, 2010. Appetite, 54, 579-582]. We conducted online (N…
No effect of hunger on attentional capture by visual food cues
The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with obesity in women in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often assumed to lead to increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences of hunger in FI is lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment to capture experiences of hunger in two groups of UK-based women: those experiencing FI (N = 143) and those experiencing…
No effect of hunger on the memory of food images and prices
Food acquisition is an adaptive problem resolved via both physiological and psychological processes. Hunger could serve as a coordinating mechanism for these processes. When hunger increases, it may be beneficial to shift cognitive resources away from other adaptive problems and towards functions that increase the chances of acquiring food, such as memory for food information. However, there is limited research exploring the impacts of hunger on …
Youth perspectives on mental health during Covid-19 lockdown in a Small Island Developing State
Measures taken to address one serious public health concern, COVID-19, led to the aggravation of another serious public health concern, mental ill-health. Mental health initiatives to help young people navigate issues specific to their generation must be developed. In low resourced Small Island Developing States settings. The increased need for mental health services during and because of the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for strengthenin…
Development of Trinidad and Tobago’s first National Clinical and Policy Guidelines on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence
This Special Report aims to outline the development process of the first National Clinical and Policy guidelines on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence in Trinidad and Tobago and to support the implementation of quality standards for survivors. The study used an implementation science approach to identify key evidence-based practice recommendations from guidance documents on health care for women who are subjected to violence and from r…
Let Us Keep the Emergency Department Safe
Internationally, community healthcare is provided by personal health budgets or personalised schemes as part of a consumer‐directed care emphasis. Although the introduction of a personalised scheme in Australia has improved the lives of many, people with psychosocial disability (PSD) and their families have experienced many challenges with service integration. Six focus groups with 17 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support workers we…
Hungry, stressed, or both? An ecological momentary assessment in food secure and insecure populations
Hungry, stressed, or both? An ecological momentary assessment in food secure and insecure populations
Development of an agenda for research and action on climate change and health in the Caribbean
This paper delineates the development of the Caribbean Research for Action Agenda which aims to empower Caribbean Small Island Developing States to reduce their vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change on health. The Caribbean Research for Action Agenda emerged from collaboration between nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and multilateral agencies that organized a conference on climate change and health in the Caribbean…
The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity
Food insecurity (FI) is associated with increased mortality risk, depression, and obesity in females in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often assumed to lead to increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences of hunger in FI is lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment to capture experiences of hunger in two groups of UK-based females: those ex…
Medicine (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Political science (12 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Population (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Socioeconomics (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works)