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Michael .W. Calnan

Michael .W. Calnan

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
69
Citations
14496
World Ranking
822
National Ranking
155

Overview

Michael W. Calnan is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on health professions and social sciences, with significant contributions in general health professions, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, health, and modeling and simulation.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, including vaccine coverage and hesitancy, healthcare cost, quality, and practices, health systems, economic evaluations and quality of life, healthcare systems and challenges, mental health and patient involvement, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and misinformation and its impacts.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "How do you measure trust in social institutions and health professionals? A systematic review of the literature (2012-2021)" (2023), Sociology Compass
  • "Hopes, hesitancy and the risky business of vaccine development" (2020), Health Risk & Society
  • "Canadians' trust in government in a time of crisis: Does it matter?" (2023), PLoS ONE
  • "Development and validation of the Trust in Multidimensional Healthcare Systems Scale (TIMHSS)" (2024), International Journal for Equity in Health
  • "Informing efforts beyond tailored promotional campaigns by understanding contextual factors shaping vaccine hesitancy among equity-deserving populations in Canada: an exploratory qualitative study" (2023), International Journal for Equity in Health

Frequent co-authors in Michael W. Calnan's work include Patrick Brown, Paul Ward, Samantha B. Meyer, Sumit Kane, and Katie Burns.

Their research has been published in several venues, with multiple articles appearing in Emerald Open Research, International Journal for Equity in Health, Frontiers in Sociology, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, and Sociology Compass.

Best Publications

  • Disseminating research findings: what should researchers do? A systematic scoping review of conceptual frameworks

    Paul M Wilson;Mark Petticrew;Mike W Calnan;Irwin Nazareth

  • The 'limits' of medicalization?: modern medicine and the lay populace in 'late' modernity.

    Simon J. Williams;Michael .W. Calnan

  • Convergence and divergence: assessing criteria of consumer satisfaction across general practice, dental and hospital care settings.

    Simon J. Williams;Michael Calnan

  • Facilitated physical activity as a treatment for depressed adults: randomised controlled trial

    Melanie Chalder;Nicola j. Wiles;John Campbell;Sandra P. Hollinghurst

  • Towards a conceptual framework of lay evaluation of health care.

    Michael Calnan

  • Key Determinants of Consumer Satisfaction With General Practice

    Simon J. Williams;Michael .W. Calnan

  • Public trust in health care: the system or the doctor?

    Michael .W. Calnan;E. Sanford

  • Health and Illness: The Lay Perspective

    Michael Calnan

  • Trust relations in health care--the new agenda.

    Rosemary Rowe;Michael .W. Calnan

  • The reprofessionalisation of community pharmacy? An exploration of attitudes to extended roles for community pharmacists amongst pharmacists and General Practioners in the United Kingdom

    June Edmunds;Michael W Calnan

  • The health belief model and participation in programmes for the early detection of breast cancer: a comparative analysis

    Michael Calnan

  • Dignity in older age: what do older people in the United Kingdom think?

    Gillian Woolhead;Michael Calnan;Paul Dieppe;Win Tadd

  • Patients' action during their cardiac event: qualitative study exploring differences and modifiable factors

    Annmarie Ruston;Julie Clayton;Michael Calnan

  • Work Stress: The Making of a Modern Epidemic

    David Wainwright;Michael .W. Calnan

  • Job strain, effort-reward imbalance, and stress at work: competing or complementary models?

    Michael Calnan;Emma Jane Kirsty Wadsworth;Margaret May;Andrew Paul Smith

  • Trust in the health-care provider-patient relationship: a systematic mapping review of the evidence base

    Nicola Brennan;Rebecca Barnes;Michael .W. Calnan;Oonagh Corrigan

  • Modern medicine : lay perspectives and experiences

    Michael Calnan

  • Researching trust relations in health care

    Michael W Calnan;Rosemary E Rowe

  • Identity in the fourth age: perseverance,adaptation and maintaining dignity

    Liz Lloyd;Michael Calnan;Ailsa Cameron;Jane Seymour

  • Patients' views of physical activity as treatment for depression: a qualitative study.

    Aidan Searle;Michael Calnan;Glyn Lewis;John Campbell

  • Patient perspective of measuring treatment efficacy: The rheumatoid arthritis patient priorities for pharmacologic interventions outcomes

    Tessa Sanderson;Marianne Morris;Michael .W. Calnan;Pam Richards

  • The Sociology of the Health Service

    Jonathan Gabe;Michael Calnan;Michael Bury

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Gabe
Jonathan Gabe Royal Holloway University of London
Peter P. Groenewegen
Peter P. Groenewegen Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
Simon J. Williams
Simon J. Williams University of Warwick
Paul Ward
Paul Ward Torrens University Australia
John Coveney
John Coveney Flinders University
Vikki Entwistle
Vikki Entwistle University of Aberdeen
Katrina M Turner
Katrina M Turner University of Bristol
Joanna Coast
Joanna Coast University of Bristol
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge

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