Peer reviewed articles

My research publications span health psychology, social care, and health inequalities, with a focus on stigma, lived experience, and behaviour change.

Conway-Moore, K., Birch, J. M., McKinlay, A. R., Graham, F., Oliver, E., Bambra, C., Kelly, M. P., & Bonell, C. (2025). How populist-aligned views affect receipt of non-COVID-19-related public health interventions: A systematic review of quantitative studies. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 2075. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23265-3

Conway-Moore, K., McKinlay, A. R., Birch, J. M., Graham, F., Oliver, E. J., Bambra, C., Kelly, M. P., & Bonell, C. (2025). How populist-aligned views are reflected in people’s accounts of the receipt of public health interventions: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Social Science & Medicine, 381, 118312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118312

McKinlay, A. R., Antonopoulou, V., Schenk, P. M., Lorencatto, F., Oliver, E. J., Vlaev, I., Kelly, M. P., Sniehotta, F. F., & Chater, A. M. (2025). Theoretical mapping of the barriers and enablers to having blood pressure checked among adults without a hypertension diagnosis: A systematic review and theoretical synthesis using behaviour change frameworks. Health Psychology Review, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2025.2485094

Antonopoulou, V., Schenk, P. M., McKinlay, A. R., Chadwick, P., Meyer, C., Gibson, B., Sniehotta, F. F., Lorencatto, F., Vlaev, I., & Chater, A. M. (2024). Healthcare Professionals’ Responses to Complaints: A Qualitative Interview Study With Patients, Carers and Healthcare Professionals Using the Theoretical Domains Framework and COM‐B Model. Health Expectations, 27(6), e70118. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70118

Conway-Moore, K., Graham, F., McKinlay, A. R., Birch, J., Oliver, E., Bambra, C., Kelly, M. P., & Bonell, C. (2024). Exploring how to widen the acceptability of public health interventions: A systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(11), e088418. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088418

Antonopoulou, V., Meyer, C., Chadwick, P., Gibson, B., Sniehotta, F.F., Vlaev, I., Vasova, A., Goffe, L., Lorencatto, F., McKinlay, A., & Chater, A. M. (2024). Understanding healthcare professionals’ responses to patient complaints in secondary and tertiary care in the UK: a systematic review and behavioural analysis. Health Research Policy and Systems 22(1):137. doi: 10.1186/s12961-024-01209-4.

Nicholls, L., McKinlay, A., Berger, R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2024). The impact of UK social distancing guidance on the ability to access support and the health and wellbeing of disabled people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative exploration. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1749. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19285-0

Holmes, E., Dixon, P., Mathieson, A., Ridsdale, L., Morgan, M., McKinlay, A., Dickson, J., Goodacre, S., Jackson, M., Foster, D., Hardman, K., Bell, S., Marson, A., Hughes, D., & Noble, A. J. (2024). Developing an alternative care pathway for emergency ambulance responses for adults with epilepsy: A Discrete Choice Experiment to understand which configuration service users prefer. Part of the COLLABORATE project. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy, 118, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2024.04.008

Barker, N., Pervez, A… McKinlay, A. R…Puskas, N., Almazrouei, M., Isiwele, A., & Ezenwajiaku,C. (2023) A collaborative research manifesto: Responding to uncertainties together. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2173839

Ooi, L., Paul, E., Fancourt, D., Burton, A., & McKinlay, A. R. (2023). A qualitative study of positive psychological experiences and helpful coping behaviours among young people and older adults in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS One. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279205

McKinlay, A. R., Simon, Y. R., May, T., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2023). How did UK social distancing restrictions affect the lives of women experiencing intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic? A qualitative exploration of survivor views. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-14987-3

Alzaghoul, A., McKinlay, A.R., & Archer, M., (2022). PTSD interventions for children affected by war in low/ middle income countries in the Middle East: A systematic review. BJPsych Open. doi: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.552

McKinlay, A. R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2022). Factors affecting the mental health of pregnant women using UK maternity services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. doi: doi:https://10.1186/s12884-022-04602-5

Wright, L., Burton, A., McKinlay, A.R., Steptoe, A., & Fancourt, D. (2022). Public opinion about the UK government during COVID-19 and implications for public health: A topic modelling analysis of open-ended survey response data. PLOS ONE. doi:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35421112/

Burton, A., McKinlay, A., Dawes, J., Roberts, A., Fynn, W., May, T., & Fancourt, D. (2022). Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Compliance with UK Social Distancing Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Interview Study. Behaviour Change, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1017/bec.2021.27

McKinlay, A. R., May, T., Dawes, J., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2022). “You’re just there, alone in your room with your thoughts” A qualitative study about the impact of lockdown on young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open. doi:  https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.11.21254776

Dawes, J., McKinlay, A.R., May, T., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2021). How has social isolation, social distancing and the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the mental health and wellbeing of parents with young children? BMC Psychology. doi: https://10.1186/s40359-021-00701-8  

Fisher, A., Roberts, A., McKinlay, A. R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and well-being of people living with a long-term physical health condition: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. doi: https://10.1186/s12889-021-11751-3

Burton, A., McKinlay, A., Aughterson, H., & Fancourt, D. (2021). Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of adults with mental health conditions in the UK: A qualitative interview study. Journal of Mental Health. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1952953

McKinlay, A. R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2021). A qualitative study on mental health of older adults in the UK during COVID-19. BMC Geriatrics. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.15.20248238

Aughterson, H., McKinlay, A. R., Fancourt, D., & Burton, A. (2021). Psychosocial impact on frontline health and social care professionals in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study. BMJ open, 11(2), e047353. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047353

Noble, A. J., Dixon, P., Mathieson, A., Ridsdale, L., Morgan, M., McKinlay, A., Dickson, J., Goodacre, S., Jackson, M., Morris, B., Hughes, D., Marson, A., & Holmes, E. (2024). Developing feasible person-centred care alternatives to emergency department responses for adults with epilepsy: a discrete choice analysis mixed-methods study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 1–158. https://doi.org/10.3310/HKQW4129 

Wojewodka, G., McKinlay, A., & Ridsdale, L. (2021). Best care for older people with epilepsy: A scoping review. Seizure, 85, 70-89. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.007

McKinlay, A.R., Morgan, M., Noble, A., & Ridsdale, L. (2020). Patient views on use of emergency and alternative care services for adult epilepsy: a qualitative study. Seizure. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2020.04.011

Noble, A., Mathieson, A., Ridsdale, L., Holmes, E., Morgan, M., McKinlay, A.R., Dickson, J., Jackson, M., Hughes, D., Goodacre, S., Marson, A. (2019). Developing patient-centred, feasible alternative care for adult emergency department users with epilepsy: Protocol for the mixed-methods observational ‘Collaborate’ project. BMJ Open, 9 (e031696). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031696

McKinlay, A., Underwood, R., Wojewodka, G., Mazumder, A., Kilner, R., & Ridsdale, L. (2019). Should GPs have direct access to imaging for headache? A qualitative study of patients’ views in the UK. BMJ Open, 9 (8). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029376

Pearson, C., Swindale, R., Keighley, P., McKinlay, A., & Ridsdale, L. (2019). “Not just a headache”: a qualitative study about online self-presentation and social media use by people with migraine. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21 (6). doi: 10.2196/10479

McKinlay, A., & Ridsdale, L. (2018). Views of people with epilepsy about web-based self-presentation: A qualitative study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 7 (2), e10349. doi: 10.2196/10349

Ridsdale, L., McKinlay, A., Wojewodka, G., Robinson, E., Mosweu, I., Noble, A., Morgan, M., Taylor, S., McCrone, P., Landau, S., Richardson, M., Baker, G., Goldstein, L. (2018). Self-management education for adults with poorly controlled epilepsy (SMILE UK): A randomised controlled trial. NIHR report. doi: 10.3310/hta22210

Smith, A., McKinlay, A., Wojewodka, G., & Ridsdale, L. (2017). A systematic review and narrative synthesis of group self-management interventions for adults with epilepsy. BMC Neurology, 17(1), doi: 10.1186/s12883-017-0893-3

Ridsdale, L., Wojewodka, G., … McKinlay, A … (2017). Characteristics associated with quality of life among people with drug-resistant epilepsy. Journal of Neurology, 264(6), 1174-1184. doi: 10.1007/s00415-017-8512-1

McKinlay, AR., Leathem, J., & Merrick, P. (2014). Diagnostic processes and disclosure: A survey of practitioners diagnosing cognitive impairment. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 43(2), pp. 20-31.