Publications
Brown, R. D., & Pepper, G. (2024). The Uncontrollable Mortality Risk Hypothesis: theoretical foundations and implications for public health. Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoae009
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. V. (2024). The Relationship Between Perceived Uncontrollable Mortality Risk and Health Effort: Replication, Secondary Analysis, and Mini Meta-analysis, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad072
Murphy-Morgan, C., Brown, R. D., Love, C., & Branley-Bell, D. (2024). “Some distance between us”: a UK mixed methods study exploring experiences of remote care for eating disorders during COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1383080
Sillence, E., Brown, R. D., Dawson, J., McKellar, K., & Neave, N. (2023). Digital hoarding and personal use digital data. Human–Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2023.2293001
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., & Durrant, A. C. (2023). Health stigma on Twitter: investigating the prevalence and type of stigma communication in tweets about different conditions and disorders. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1264373. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1264373
Branley-Bell, D., Brown, R., Coventry, L., & Sillence, E. (2023). Chatbots for embarrassing and stigmatizing conditions: could chatbots encourage users to seek medical advice?. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1275127. doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1275127
Mutebi, N, Brown, R. (2023). The use of short prison sentences in England and Wales. UK Parliament. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). POSTbrief 52. post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pb-0052/
Isch, C., Brown, R., Todd, P. M., Aktipis, A., & Pepper, G. (2023). Objective risk exposure, perceived uncontrollable mortality risk, and health behaviors. Journal of Public Health, 1-11. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10389-023-01994-2
Rathbone, A., Stumpf, S., Claisse, C., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Brown, R. D., & Durrant, A. C. (2023). People with long-term conditions sharing personal health data via digital health technologies: A scoping review to inform design. PLOS digital health, 2(5), e0000264. https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000264
Brown, R. D., Hobbs, A. (2023). Trust in the police. UK Parliament. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). POSTnote 693. https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0693/
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. V. (2023). Perceptions of control over different causes of death and the accuracy of risk estimations. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01910-8
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. V. (2023). Individual Characteristics Associated with Perceptions of Control Over Mortality Risk and Determinants of Health Effort. [PREPRINT] https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dpgvf
Brown, R. D., & Pepper, G. V. (2023). The Uncontrollable Mortality Risk Hypothesis of Health Behaviour: a Position Paper. [PREPRINT] https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/py7dw
Brown, R. (2023). Online interviews during a pandemic: Benefits, limitations, strategies and the impact on early career researchers. PsyPAG Quarterly, (123), 32-36.
www.researchgate.net/publication/366905197_Online_Interviews_During_a_Pandemic_Benefits_Limitations_Strategies_and_the_Impact_on_Early_Career_Researchers
Blythe, J., Brown, R., & Coventry, L. (2022). The Workplace Information Sensitivity Appraisal (WISA) scale. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 100240. doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100240
Brown, R., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. (2022). A qualitative study of perceptions of control over potential causes of death and the sources of information that inform perceptions of risk. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 632-654. doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2104284
Brown, R. (2022). Failing Well in Academia: Upcycling Your Work. PsyPAG Quarterly, (122), 37-40. researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/71167815/Richard_Brown_Failing_well_in_academia_Upcycling_your_work.pdf
Brown, R., Coventry, L., Sillence, E., Blythe, J., Stumpf, S., Bird, J., & Durrant, A. C. (2022). Collecting and sharing self-generated health and lifestyle data: Understanding barriers for people living with long-term health conditions – a survey study. Digital health, 8, 20552076221084458. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221084458
Brown, R., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Simpson, E., Gibbs, J., Tariq, S., . . . Lloyd, K. (2022). Understanding the attitudes and experiences of people living with potentially stigmatised long-term health conditions with respect to collecting and sharing health and lifestyle data. Digital health, 8, 20552076221089798. doi.org/10.1177/20552076221089798
Brown, R. (2021). Merchants of light: Lessons from the history of open science to move beyond ideals and technology. The Psychologist, 34, 68-71. Retrieved from thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume34/june-2021/merchants-light
Brown, R., Coventry, L., & Pepper, G. (2021). COVID-19: the relationship between perceptions of risk and behaviours during lockdown. Journal of public health, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s10389-021-01543-9
Brown, R., Coventry, L., & Pepper, G. (2021b). Information seeking, personal experiences, and their association with COVID-19 risk perceptions: demographic and occupational inequalities. Journal of risk research, 24(3-4), 506-520. doi:10.1080/13669877.2021.1908403
Simpson, E., Brown, R., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Lloyd, K., Gibbs, J., . . . Durrant, A. C. (2021). Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Sharing Patient-Generated Health Data Using Digital Technology for People Living With Long-Term Health Conditions: A Narrative Review. Frontiers in public health, 9(1747). doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.641424
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. V. (2024). The Relationship Between Perceived Uncontrollable Mortality Risk and Health Effort: Replication, Secondary Analysis, and Mini Meta-analysis, Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad072
Murphy-Morgan, C., Brown, R. D., Love, C., & Branley-Bell, D. (2024). “Some distance between us”: a UK mixed methods study exploring experiences of remote care for eating disorders during COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1383080
Sillence, E., Brown, R. D., Dawson, J., McKellar, K., & Neave, N. (2023). Digital hoarding and personal use digital data. Human–Computer Interaction. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370024.2023.2293001
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., & Durrant, A. C. (2023). Health stigma on Twitter: investigating the prevalence and type of stigma communication in tweets about different conditions and disorders. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1264373. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1264373
Branley-Bell, D., Brown, R., Coventry, L., & Sillence, E. (2023). Chatbots for embarrassing and stigmatizing conditions: could chatbots encourage users to seek medical advice?. Frontiers in Communication, 8, 1275127. doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1275127
Mutebi, N, Brown, R. (2023). The use of short prison sentences in England and Wales. UK Parliament. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). POSTbrief 52. post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pb-0052/
Isch, C., Brown, R., Todd, P. M., Aktipis, A., & Pepper, G. (2023). Objective risk exposure, perceived uncontrollable mortality risk, and health behaviors. Journal of Public Health, 1-11. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10389-023-01994-2
Rathbone, A., Stumpf, S., Claisse, C., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Brown, R. D., & Durrant, A. C. (2023). People with long-term conditions sharing personal health data via digital health technologies: A scoping review to inform design. PLOS digital health, 2(5), e0000264. https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000264
Brown, R. D., Hobbs, A. (2023). Trust in the police. UK Parliament. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). POSTnote 693. https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0693/
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. V. (2023). Perceptions of control over different causes of death and the accuracy of risk estimations. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01910-8
Brown, R. D., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. V. (2023). Individual Characteristics Associated with Perceptions of Control Over Mortality Risk and Determinants of Health Effort. [PREPRINT] https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/dpgvf
Brown, R. D., & Pepper, G. V. (2023). The Uncontrollable Mortality Risk Hypothesis of Health Behaviour: a Position Paper. [PREPRINT] https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/py7dw
Brown, R. (2023). Online interviews during a pandemic: Benefits, limitations, strategies and the impact on early career researchers. PsyPAG Quarterly, (123), 32-36.
www.researchgate.net/publication/366905197_Online_Interviews_During_a_Pandemic_Benefits_Limitations_Strategies_and_the_Impact_on_Early_Career_Researchers
Blythe, J., Brown, R., & Coventry, L. (2022). The Workplace Information Sensitivity Appraisal (WISA) scale. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 100240. doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100240
Brown, R., Sillence, E., & Pepper, G. (2022). A qualitative study of perceptions of control over potential causes of death and the sources of information that inform perceptions of risk. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 632-654. doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2022.2104284
Brown, R. (2022). Failing Well in Academia: Upcycling Your Work. PsyPAG Quarterly, (122), 37-40. researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/71167815/Richard_Brown_Failing_well_in_academia_Upcycling_your_work.pdf
Brown, R., Coventry, L., Sillence, E., Blythe, J., Stumpf, S., Bird, J., & Durrant, A. C. (2022). Collecting and sharing self-generated health and lifestyle data: Understanding barriers for people living with long-term health conditions – a survey study. Digital health, 8, 20552076221084458. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221084458
Brown, R., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Simpson, E., Gibbs, J., Tariq, S., . . . Lloyd, K. (2022). Understanding the attitudes and experiences of people living with potentially stigmatised long-term health conditions with respect to collecting and sharing health and lifestyle data. Digital health, 8, 20552076221089798. doi.org/10.1177/20552076221089798
Brown, R. (2021). Merchants of light: Lessons from the history of open science to move beyond ideals and technology. The Psychologist, 34, 68-71. Retrieved from thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume34/june-2021/merchants-light
Brown, R., Coventry, L., & Pepper, G. (2021). COVID-19: the relationship between perceptions of risk and behaviours during lockdown. Journal of public health, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s10389-021-01543-9
Brown, R., Coventry, L., & Pepper, G. (2021b). Information seeking, personal experiences, and their association with COVID-19 risk perceptions: demographic and occupational inequalities. Journal of risk research, 24(3-4), 506-520. doi:10.1080/13669877.2021.1908403
Simpson, E., Brown, R., Sillence, E., Coventry, L., Lloyd, K., Gibbs, J., . . . Durrant, A. C. (2021). Understanding the Barriers and Facilitators to Sharing Patient-Generated Health Data Using Digital Technology for People Living With Long-Term Health Conditions: A Narrative Review. Frontiers in public health, 9(1747). doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.641424
