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Rebecca Lawton is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with a significant focus on General Health Professions and Emergency Medicine as notable subfields. Other areas of study include Economics and Econometrics, Clinical Psychology, and Emergency Medical Services.

Their work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
  • Frailty in Older Adults

Rebecca Lawton has published extensively in respected venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • BMC Health Services Research
  • BMJ Quality & Safety
  • Journal of Patient Safety
  • Health Expectations
  • Emergency Medicine Journal

Their recent notable papers are:

  • Quality assessment with diverse studies (QuADS): an appraisal tool for methodological and reporting quality in systematic reviews of mixed- or multi-method studies, 2021, BMC Health Services Research
  • Meta-ethnography in healthcare research: a guide to using a meta-ethnographic approach for literature synthesis, 2021, BMC Health Services Research
  • Does team reflexivity impact teamwork and communication in interprofessional hospital-based healthcare teams? A systematic review and narrative synthesis, 2020, BMJ Quality & Safety
  • Factors affecting the implementation of a whole school mindfulness program: a qualitative study using the consolidated framework for implementation research, 2020, BMC Health Services Research
  • The Association Between Health Care Staff Engagement and Patient Safety Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2021, Journal of Patient Safety

Collaborations form an important part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jane O'Hara
  • Jenni Murray
  • Laura Sheard
  • Gillian Janes
  • Ruth Baxter

Best Publications

  • Making psychological theory useful for implementing evidence based practice: a consensus approach

    S Michie;M Johnston;Charles Abraham;R Lawton

  • A guide to using the Theoretical Domains Framework of behaviour change to investigate implementation problems

    Lou Atkins;Jill J Francis;Jill J Francis;Rafat Islam;Denise O'Connor

  • Prospective prediction of health-related behaviours with the Theory of Planned Behaviour: a meta-analysis

    Rosemary Robin Charlotte McEachan;Mark Conner;Natalie Jayne Taylor;Rebecca Jane Lawton

  • Meta-Analysis of the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA) to Understanding Health Behaviors.

    Rosemary McEachan;Natalie Taylor;Natalie Taylor;Reema Harrison;Rebecca Lawton

  • The Role of Affect in Predicting Social Behaviors: The Case of Road Traffic Violations

    Rebecca Lawton;Dianne Parker;Antony S. R. Manstead;Stephen G. Stradling

  • Desire or reason: predicting health behaviors from affective and cognitive attitudes.

    Rebecca Lawton;Mark Conner;Rosemary McEachan

  • Organizational controls and safety: The varieties of rule‐related behaviour

    Dianne Parker;Rebecca Lawton

  • Not working to rule: Understanding procedural violations at work

    Rebecca Lawton

  • Coping with medical error: a systematic review of papers to assess the effects of involvement in medical errors on healthcare professionals' psychological well-being

    Reema Sirriyeh;Rebecca Lawton;Peter Gardner;Gerry Armitage

  • The use of implementation intentions and the decision balance sheet in promoting exercise behaviour

    Andrew Prestwich;Rebecca Lawton;Mark Conner

  • The impact of theory on the effectiveness of worksite physical activity interventions: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

    Natalie Taylor;Mark Conner;Rebecca Lawton

  • Application of the theory of planned behaviour to the prediction of objectively assessed breaking of posted speed limits

    Mark Conner;Rebecca Lawton;Dianne Parker;Kathryn Chorlton

  • The role of message framing in promoting MMR vaccination: Evidence of a loss-frame advantage

    Purva Abhyankar;Daryl B O'Connor;Rebecca Lawton

  • Changing exercise through targeting affective or cognitive attitudes.

    Mark Conner;Ryan E. Rhodes;Ben Morris;Rosemary McEachan

  • Predicting road traffic accidents: The role of social deviance and violations

    Rebecca Lawton;Dianne Parker;Stephen G. Stradling;Antony Stephen Reid Manstead

  • Beyond cognition: predicting health risk behaviors from instrumental and affective beliefs.

    Rebecca Lawton;Mark Conner;Dianne Parker

  • Role of affective attitudes and anticipated affective reactions in predicting health behaviors.

    Mark Conner;Rosemary McEachan;Natalie Taylor;Jane O'Hara

  • The impact of thin models in music videos on adolescent girls' body dissatisfaction.

    Beth T. Bell;Rebecca Lawton;Helga Dittmar

  • Beyond intention: do specific plans increase health behaviours in patients in primary care? A study of fruit and vegetable consumption.

    Cath Jackson;Rebecca Lawton;Peter Knapp;David K. Raynor

  • Do electronic cigarettes increase cigarette smoking in UK adolescents? Evidence from a 12-month prospective study.

    Mark Conner;Sarah Grogan;Ruth Simms-Ellis;Keira Flett

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Conner
Mark Conner University of Leeds
Andrew Prestwich
Andrew Prestwich University of Leeds
Daryl B. O'Connor
Daryl B. O'Connor University of Leeds
Christopher J. Armitage
Christopher J. Armitage University of Manchester
Sarah Grogan
Sarah Grogan Manchester Metropolitan University
Joanna Murray
Joanna Murray King's College London
Brendan Gough
Brendan Gough Leeds Beckett University
Susan Michie
Susan Michie University College London
Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria

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