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Erica Cook

Associate Professor in Health Psychology, University of Bedfordshire
Verified email at beds.ac.uk
Cited by 745

Children's unmet palliative care needs: a scoping review of parents' perspectives

G Constantinou, R Garcia, E Cook… - BMJ supportive & …, 2019 - spcare.bmj.com
Background Children with life-limiting conditions often have complex needs, making it
challenging for services to provide satisfactory care. Few studies consider whether services …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the factors that influence the decision to adopt and engage with an integrated assistive telehealth and telecare service in Cambridgeshire, UK: a …

EJ Cook, G Randhawa, C Sharp, N Ali, A Guppy… - BMC health services …, 2016 - Springer
Background There is a political drive in the UK to use assistive technologies such as
telehealth and telecare as an innovative and efficient approach to healthcare delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Access and utilisation of primary health care services comparing urban and rural areas of Riyadh Providence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

G Alfaqeeh, EJ Cook, G Randhawa, N Ali - BMC health services research, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has seen an increase in chronic
diseases. International evidence suggests that early intervention is the best approach to …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccination against COVID-19: factors that influence vaccine hesitancy among an ethnically diverse community in the UK

EJ Cook, E Elliott, A Gaitan, I Nduka, S Cartwright… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The UK's minority ethnic population, despite being at higher risk of COVID-19 and
experiencing poorer health outcomes, continue to have lower uptake of the COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on the changes in health behaviours among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in the United Kingdom (UK): a …

I Nduka, I Kabasinguzi, N Ali, P Ochepo, D Abdy… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in health behaviours, which
include eating patterns and nutrition, smoking, alcohol consumption, sleeping patterns …

A comparison of health-related quality of life for individuals with mental health disorders and common chronic medical conditions

EL Cook, JS Harman - Public health reports, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to compare the burden of disease experienced by
people with mental health conditions with people who have common medical disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Who uses NHS health checks? Investigating the impact of ethnicity and gender and method of invitation on uptake of NHS health checks

EJ Cook, C Sharp, G Randhawa, A Guppy… - International Journal for …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background NHS Health Checks is a national risk assessment prevention
programme for all individuals aged 40-74 that reside in England. Through the systematic …

Barriers and facilitators of deceased organ donation among Muslims living globally: protocol for an integrative systematic review using narrative synthesis

A Al-Abdulghani, BP Vincent, G Randhawa, E Cook… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Muslims have been shown to have less favourable attitudes towards organ
donation and are less likely to consent to donate their organs. While several studies have …

Parents' experiences of complementary feeding among a United Kingdom culturally diverse and deprived community

EJ Cook, FC Powell, N Ali, C Penn‐Jones… - Maternal & Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Complementary feeding practices and adherence to health recommendations are
influenced by a range of different and often interrelating factors such as socio‐economic and …

[HTML][HTML] Improving support for breastfeeding mothers: a qualitative study on the experiences of breastfeeding among mothers who reside in a deprived and culturally …

EJ Cook, F Powell, N Ali, C Penn-Jones… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The United Kingdom has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in
Europe, with the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding shown to be closely related to …