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  1. A proof-of-concept framework for the preference elicitation and evaluation of health informatics technologies: the online PRESENT patient experience dashboard as a case example

    Article • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  2. mHealth: providing a mindfulness app for women with chronic pelvic pain in gynaecology outpatient clinics: qualitative data analysis of user experience and lessons learnt

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2020, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  3. MEMPHIS: a smartphone app using psychological approaches for women with chronic pelvic pain presenting to gynaecology clinics: a randomised feasibility trial

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2020, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  4. Adjustment strategies amongst black African and black Caribbean men following treatment for prostate cancer: Findings from the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, October 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  5. Designing the Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D) self-management and support programme for UK African and Caribbean communities: a culturally tailored, complex intervention under-pinned by behaviour change theory

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  6. Automated analysis of free-text comments and dashboard representations in patient experience surveys: a multimethod co-design study

    Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, July 2019, National Institute for Health Research

    Carol Rivas

  7. A realist review of which advocacy interventions work for which abused women under what circumstances

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, June 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  8. Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Smoking Treatment Optimisation in Pharmacies (STOP) intervention: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Article • Trials, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  9. The psychological impact of being on a monitoring pathway for localised prostate cancer: A UK‐wide mixed methods study

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, June 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  10. I044 Using artificial intelligence to gain useful data from social media on complex symptomology and referral pathways in hypermobility spectrum disorders

    Article • Rheumatology, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Carol Rivas

  11. ‘Very difficult for an ordinary guy’: Factors influencing the quality of treatment decision-making amongst men diagnosed with localised and locally advanced prostate cancer: Findings from a UK-wide mixed methods study

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, April 2019, Elsevier

    Carol Rivas

  12. Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D): study protocol for the design and feasibility trial, with process evaluation, of a culturally tailored diabetes self-management programme for African-Caribbean communities

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2019, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  13. Barriers to following dietary recommendations for type 2 diabetes in patients from UK African and Caribbean communities: a qualitative study

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, January 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  14. Creating a Theoretically Grounded, Gamified Health App: Lessons From Developing the Cigbreak Smoking Cessation Mobile Phone Game

    Article • JMIR Serious Games, November 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  15. A realist review of which advocacy interventions work for which abused women under what circumstances: an exemplar

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, September 2018, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  16. Urinary, bowel and sexual health in older men from Northern Ireland

    Article • BJU International, March 2018, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  17. Prostate cancer and the impact on couples: a qualitative metasynthesis

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  18. Creating a Theoretically Grounded, Gamified Health App: Lessons From Developing the Cigbreak Smoking Cessation Mobile Phone Game (Preprint)

    Article • March 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  19. Smartphone App Using Mindfulness Meditation for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain (MEMPHIS): Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, January 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  20. Determining counselling communication strategies associated with successful quits in the National Health Service community pharmacy Stop Smoking programme in East London: a focused ethnography using recorded consultations

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2017, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  21. Equipping community pharmacy workers as agents for health behaviour change: developing and testing a theory-based smoking cessation intervention

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2017, BMJ

    Dr Angel Marie Chater, Carol Rivas

  22. A qualitative metasynthesis exploring the impact of prostate cancer and its management on younger, unpartnered and gay men

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, April 2017, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  23. Smartphone App Using Mindfulness Meditation for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain (MEMPHIS): Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial (Preprint)

    Article • March 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  24. Co-design of a culturally-tailored diet & lifestyle intervention for diabetes management in the UK African-Caribbean community

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  25. Life after prostate cancer diagnosis: protocol for a UK-wide patient-reported outcomes study

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2016, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  26. Promoting Help-Seeking in Response to Symptoms amongst Primary Care Patients at High Risk of Lung Cancer: A Mixed Method Study

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2016, PLOS

    Carol Rivas

  27. Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2016, BMJ

    Professor Marcus R Munafo, Carol Rivas

  28. Ethnicity and the prostate cancer experience: a qualitative metasynthesis

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  29. Understanding recruitment and retention in the NHS community pharmacy stop smoking service: perceptions of smoking cessation advisers

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2016, BMJ

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  30. ‘Gamification’ for Health Behaviour Change in Smartphone Apps

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  31. Multiple sclerosis outpatient future groups: improving the quality of participant interaction and ideation tools within service improvement activities

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  32. Unmasking quality: exploring meanings of health by doing art

    Article • BMC Family Practice, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  33. Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  34. Communication in Clinical Encounters: Videoing Naturally Occurring Consultations

    Article • January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  35. Moral mediation in interpreted health care consultations

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  36. Drawing the Line

    Article • Violence Against Women, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas

  37. The challenge of communication in interpreted consultations in diabetes care: a mixed methods study

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, February 2013, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  38. Sources of weaning advice, comparisons between formal and informal advice, and associations with weaning timing in a survey of UK first-time mothers

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, May 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  39. Perceptions of changes in practice following peer review in the National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Resources and Outcomes Project

    Article • International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, February 2012, Emerald

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  40. Collaborative working within UK NHS secondary care and across sectors for COPD and the impact of peer review: qualitative findings from the UK National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project

    Article • International Journal of Integrated Care, September 2010, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  41. In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Trainees' worst and most memorable experiences

    Article • QJM, July 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Carol Rivas

  42. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

    Article • July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  43. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

    Article • January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  44. Increase in alcohol related deaths: is hepatitis C a factor?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 2002, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  45. Constraints on Antidepressant Prescribing and Principles of Cost-Effective Antidepressant Use

    Article • PharmacoEconomics, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  46. Constraints on Antidepressant Prescribing and Principles of Cost-Effective Antidepressant Use

    Article • PharmacoEconomics, May 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  47. Relative mortality from overdose of antidepressants

    Article • BMJ, January 1995, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  48. Dissemination

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas