Dr Alison Cooper

(she/her)

2026

• Cooper, A. et al. 2026. ‘Don’t be scared,’ how community clubs could better support adolescent menstrual health for physical activity: realist inquiry to inform intervention development. BMC Public Health (10.1186/s12889-026-28746-7)
• Owen, R. et al., 2026. Modelling health and care service pathways in the last year of life before non-sudden death, by GP palliative care registration, using population-scale linked electronic health and administrative records [Conference Abstract]. International Journal of Population Data Science 11 (5)(10.23889/ijpds.v11i5.3577)
• Porter, A. V. et al., 2026. Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation at the science-policy interface during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency: a rapid review and theoretical analysis to inform development of a logic model. BMC Public Health 26 1654. (10.1186/s12889-026-27268-6)
• Csontos, J. et al. 2026. Interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews. BMC Public Health 26 1472. (10.1186/s12889-026-27122-9)

2025

• Owen, R. K. et al., 2025. Health and care service utilisation in the last year of life before non-sudden death in Wales, 2014–2023, by palliative care registration: a population-based retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 59 101479. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101479)
• Wale, A. et al., 2025. Effectiveness of interventions for addressing digital exclusion in older adults in the social care domain: rapid review. JMIR Aging 8 e70377. (10.2196/70377)
• Ingham, L. , Cooper, A. and Purcell, C. 2025. Primary care occupational therapist’s methods of outcome evaluation: Do they align to value-based healthcare?. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 88 (6), pp.362-378. (10.1177/03080226251320185)
• Csontos, J. et al. 2025. Integrated care for older people or people living with frailty and waiting times/lists – a mixed methods rapid review. (10.1101/2025.06.04.25328979)
• Kiseleva, M. et al. 2025. A rapid review of interventions to reduce suicide ideation, attempts, and deaths at public locations. MedRxiv (10.1101/2025.04.09.25325515)
• Lewis, R. et al., 2025. A bespoke rapid evidence review process engaging stakeholders for supporting evolving and time-sensitive policy and clinical decision-making: reflection and lessons learned from the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre 2021-2023. Health Research Policy and Systems 23 (1) 36. (10.1186/s12961-025-01297-w)
• Ingham, L. et al. 2025. Value-based outcome evaluation methods used by occupational therapists in primary care: a scoping review. JBI Evidence Synthesis 23 (1), pp.108-142. (10.11124/JBIES-23-00183)
• Leighton, C. et al., 2025. A theory-based analysis of the implementation of online asynchronous telemedicine platforms into primary care practices using Normalisation Process Theory. BMC Primary Care 26 (1) 27. (10.1186/s12875-025-02717-0)

2024

• Kiseleva, M. et al. 2024. Rapid review of the characteristics and outcomes of children involved in private family law proceedings due to parental separation. (10.1101/2024.12.04.24318480)
• Gal, M. et al. 2024. Knowledge mobilisation of rapid evidence reviews to inform health and social care policy and practice in a public health emergency: Appraisal of the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre processes and impact, 2021–23. PLoS ONE 19 (11) e0314461. (10.1371/journal.pone.0314461)
• Csontos, J. et al. 2024. The effectiveness of interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews. Research Square (https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5098557/v1)
• Mann, M. et al. 2024. Finding research gaps when not looking for them. Abstracts accepted for the 2nd Global Evidence Summit, Prague, Czech Republic. Presented at: 2nd Global Evidence Summit 2024 Prague, Czechia 10-13 September 2024. Vol. 1.Vol. Supp 1. (10.1002/14651858.CD202401)
• Sharp, G. C. et al., 2024. Intersection of menstrual and menopausal health with mental health: implications for general practice. British Journal of General Practice 74 (746), pp.390-391. (10.3399/bjgp24X739149)
• Csontos, J. et al. 2024. Supporting women, girls and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity – Rapid evidence summary. [Online].medRxiv. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.02.24311982)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.02.24311982.
• Cooper, A. et al. 2024. Informing evidence-based policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period: learning from a national evidence centre. Global Health Research and Policy 9 (1) 18. (10.1186/s41256-024-00354-1)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2024. A rapid review of the effectiveness of interventions to enhance equitable or overall access to mental health services by ethnic minority groups. [Online].medRxiv. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.16.24307468)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.16.24307468.
• Davies, F. et al. 2024. Evaluation of different models of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a mixed methods realist evaluation. Health and Social Care Delivery Research 12 (10)(10.3310/JWQZ5348)
• Leighton, C. et al. 2024. Effectiveness and safety of asynchronous telemedicine consultations in general practice: systematic review. British Journal of General Practice Open 8 (1) 0177. (10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0177)
• Cooper, A. et al. 2024. Programme theories to describe how different general practitioner service models work in different contexts in or alongside emergency departments (GP-ED): realist evaluation. Emergency Medicine Journal 41 (5), pp.287-295. (10.1136/emermed-2023-213426)
• Spencer, L. H. et al., 2024. The costs and cost-effectiveness of different service models of palliative care, focusing on end of life care: a rapid review. medRxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.06.24303850)
• Csontos, J. et al. 2024. What works to support better access to mental health services (from primary care to inpatients) for minority groups to reduce inequalities? A rapid evidence summary. [Online].medRxiv. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.28.24303432)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.28.24303432.
• Wale, A. et al. 2024. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community diagnostic centres: a rapid review. International Journal of Public Health 69 1606243. (10.3389/ijph.2024.1606243)
• Hammond, G. et al., 2024. Prognostic factors for a change in eye health or vision: a rapid review. medRxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.18.24301468)

2023

• Kiseleva, M. et al. 2023. A rapid review of physical health risks associated with special procedures (tattooing, body piercing, acupuncture, electrolysis). [Online].medRxiv. (10.1101/2023.12.11.23299649)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.11.23299649.
• Jones, G. et al., 2023. Dimensions of equality in uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in Wales, UK: A multivariable linked data population analysis. Vaccine 41 (49), pp.7333-7341. (10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.10.066)
• Purchase, T. et al. 2023. Analysis of applying a patient safety taxonomy to patient and clinician-reported incident reports during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study. BMC Medical Research Methodology 23 (1) 234. (10.1186/s12874-023-02057-6)
• Ryan, R. E. et al., 2023. Communication to promote and support physical distancing for COVID-19 prevention and control. Cochrane Library 2023 (10) CD015144. (10.1002/14651858.CD015144)
• Mann, M. et al. 2023. What are the most effective interventions to support children and young people bereaved by suicide in the family: a rapid review. [Online].MedRXiv. (10.1101/2023.09.13.23295481)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.13.23295481.
• Csontos, J. et al. 2023. A two-stage rapid umbrella review of interventions relevant to the Welsh context to support recruitment and retention of clinical staff. Presented at: Cochrane Colloquium 2023 London, UK 4-6 September 2023. Vol. 1.Vol. S1. (10.1002/14651858.CD202301)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2023. Stakeholder engagement in a rapid review to determine the effectiveness of interventions to attract, recruit and retain social care workers. Presented at: Cochrane Colloquium 2023 London, UK 4-6 September 2023. Vol. 1.Vol. Supp 1. , pp.36950. (10.1002/14651858.CD202301)
• Csontos, J. et al. 2023. A rapid evidence map of women’s health. Presented at: HSR UK 2023 Birmingham 4-6 July 2023.
• Edwards, D. et al. 2023. What is the forecasted prevalence and incidence of long-term conditions in Wales: a rapid evidence map. medRxiv (10.1101/2023.06.23.23291814)
• Qi, C. et al., 2023. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of long-term conditions in Wales: a population data linkage study using primary and secondary care health records. British Journal of General Practice 73 (730), pp.e332-e339. (10.3399/BJGP.2022.0353)
• Evans, A. et al., 2023. Real-world effectiveness of molnupiravir, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, and sotrovimab on preventing hospital admission among higher-risk patients with COVID-19 in Wales: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Infection 86 (4), pp.352-360. (10.1016/j.jinf.2023.02.012)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2023. A rapid review of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions that make homes warmer and cheaper to heat for households in fuel poverty in rural and remote areas.. medRxiv (10.1101/2023.04.18.23288747)
• Lench, A. et al., 2023. Household Composition and Inequalities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Wales, UK.. Vaccines 11 (3), pp.1-9. 604. (10.3390/vaccines11030604)
• Gillen, E. et al. 2023. A rapid review of the effectiveness of interventions/innovations relevant to the Welsh NHS context to support the recruitment & retention of clinical staff. Presented at: HSR UK 2023 Birmingham 4-6 July 2023.

2022

• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. What innovations help with the recruitment and retention of ambulance staff: a rapid evidence summary. medrxiv (10.1101/2022.11.29.22282890)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid evidence map of womens health. medRxiv (10.1101/2022.11.09.22282129)
• Evans, B. A. et al., 2022. Implementing public involvement throughout the research process - experience and learning from the GPs in EDs study. Health Expectations 25 (5), pp.2471-2484. (10.1111/hex.13566)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid review of the effectiveness of remote consultations versus face-to-face consultations in secondary care surgical outpatient settings. medRxiv (10.1101/2022.09.04.22279537)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid review of strategies to support learning and wellbeing among 16-19 year old learners who have experienced significant disruption in their education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. June 2022 update. Project Report.[Online].Health and Care Research Wales Website: Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Available at: https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/COVID-19-disruption-teenage-learners.
• Edwards, M. et al. 2022. The effectiveness of primary care streaming in emergency departments on decision-making and patient flow and safety – a realist evaluation. International Emergency Nursing 62 101155. (10.1016/j.ienj.2022.101155)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid review of the effectiveness of interventions and innovations relevant to the Welsh NHS context to support recruitment and retention of clinical staff.. [Online].medRxiv. (10.1101/2022.05.11.22274903)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. What innovations (including return to practice) would help attract, recruit, or retain NHS clinical staff? A rapid evidence map. [Online].Pre-print platform: medRxiv. (10.1101/2022.05.10.22274894)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.10.22274894.
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid review of the effectiveness of interventions and innovations relevant to the Welsh NHS context to support recruitment and retention of clinical staff. Report RR00028. Project Report.[Online].Health and Care Research Wales Website: Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Available at: https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/innovations-support-recruitment-welsh-nhs.
• Carrier, J. et al. 2022. A rapid review of the effectiveness of alternative education delivery strategies in medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy education during the COVID-19 pandemic. medRxiv (10.1101/2022.03.04.22271892)
• Price, D. et al. 2022. Patients' experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation. BMC Emergency Medicine 22 (12)(10.1186/s12873-021-00562-9)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid review of strategies to support learning and wellbeing among 16-19 year old learners who have experienced significant disruption in their education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2022 update). [Online].EdArXiv: EdArXiv. (10.35542/osf.io/b6wq3)Available at: https://edarxiv.org/b6wq3/.
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. The efficacy, effectiveness and safety of SARS-CoV-2 disinfection methods (including ozone machines) in educational settings for children and young people. medRxiv (10.1101/2022.02.21.22271281)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2022. A rapid review of innovations for attraction, recruitment and retention of social care workers, and exploration of factors influencing turnover within the UK context. Journal of Long-Term Care , pp.205-221. (10.31389/jltc.130)
• McFadzean, I. et al. 2022. Realist analysis of whether emergency departments with primary care services generate 'provider-induced demand'. BMC Emergency Medicine 22 (1) 155. (10.1186/s12873-022-00709-2)

2021

• Avery, A. J. et al., 2021. Incidence, nature and causes of avoidable significant harm in primary care in England: retrospective case note review. BMJ Quality and Safety 30 , pp.961-976. (10.1136/bmjqs-2020-011405)
• Cooper, A. et al. 2021. Identifying safe care processes when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: realist evaluation. British Journal of General Practice 71 (713), pp.e931-e940. (10.3399/BJGP.2021.0090)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2021. What innovations help to attract, recruit and retain social care workers within the UK context?. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Available at: http://www.primecentre.wales/resources/RR00026_Wales_COVID-19_Evidence_Centre_Rapid_review_of_Social_Care_Recruitment_December_2021.pdf.
• Cooper, A. et al. 2021. Learning from diagnostic errors to improve patient safety when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: incorporating realist methodology into patient safety incident report analysis. BMC Emergency Medicine 21 139. (10.1186/s12873-021-00537-w)
• Brant, H. et al., 2021. Current provision of general practitioner services in or alongside emergency departments in England. Emergency Medicine Journal 38 , pp.780-783. (10.1136/emermed-2020-210539)
• Edwards, D. et al. 2021. A rapid review of strategies to support learning and wellbeing among 16-19 year old learners who have experienced significant disruption in their education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Available at: https://primecentrewales.yolasite.com/resources/RR/Clean/RR00016_Wales_COVID-19_Evidence_Centre_Rapid_review_Post-16_education_September_2021.pdf.
• Edwards, D. et al. 2021. The efficacy, effectiveness and safety of SARS-CoV-2 disinfection methods (including ozone machines) in educational settings for children and young people. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Available at: http://www.primecentre.wales/resources/RES/RES00023_Wales_COVID-19-Evidence_Centre-Rapid_evidence_summary_Ozone_disinfection_27-09-2021.pdf.
• Edwards, D. et al. 2021. A rapid review of strategies to support learning and wellbeing among 16-19 year old learners who have experienced significant disruption in their education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Online].EdArXiv. Available at: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/34sbt.
• Edwards, D. et al. 2021. A rapid review of the effectiveness of alternative education delivery strategies for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre. Available at: http://www.primecentre.wales/resources/RR/Clean/RR00004_Wales_COVID-19_Evidence_Centre_Rapid_Review_Healthcare_Education_August-2021.pdf.
• Edwards, M. et al. 2021. A classification of primary care streaming pathways in UK emergency departments: findings from a multi-methods study comprising cross-sectional survey; site visits with observations, semi-structured and informal interviews. International Emergency Nursing 56 101000. (10.1016/j.ienj.2021.101000)
• Choudhry, M. et al. 2021. Senior clinical and business managers' perspectives on the influence of different funding mechanisms, and barriers and enablers to implementing models of employing General Practitioners in or alongside emergency departments: qualitative study. Health Policy 125 , pp.482-488. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.11.016)

2020

• Omar, A. et al. 2020. Health and social care-associated harm amongst vulnerable children in primary care: mixed methods analysis of national safety reports. Archives of Disease in Childhood 105 , pp.731-737. (10.1136/archdischild-2019-318406)
• Edwards, M. et al. 2020. Emergency department clinical leads' experiences of implementing primary care services where GPs work in or alongside emergency departments in the UK: a qualitative study. BMC Emergency Medicine 20 (1) 62. (10.1186/s12873-020-00358-3)
• Price, D. et al. 2020. Challenges of recruiting emergency department patients to a qualitative study: a thematic analysis of researchers? experiences. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20 (1) 151. (10.1186/s12874-020-01039-2)
• Cooper, A. et al. 2020. Is streaming patients in emergency departments to primary care services effective and safe?. BMJ 368 m462. (10.1136/bmj.m462)
• Cooper, A. 2020. Exploring opportunities for improving patient safety when GPs work in or alongside emergency departments: realist synthesis and evaluation. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.

2019

• Hussain, F. et al., 2019. Diagnostic error in the emergency department: learning from national patient safety incidents report analysis. BMC Emergency Medicine 19 77. (10.1186/s12873-019-0289-3)
• Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2019. Identifying 'avoidable harm' in family practice: a RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method consensus study. BMC Family Practice 20 134. (10.1186/s12875-019-0990-z)
• Cooper, A. et al. 2019. Taxonomy of the form and function of primary care services in or alongside emergency departments: concepts paper. Emergency Medicine Journal 36 (10), pp.625-630. (10.1136/emermed-2018-208305)
• Cooper, A. et al. 2019. The impact of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments: a rapid realist review. BMJ Open 9 (4) e024501. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024501)

2017

• Cooper, A. et al. 2017. Sources of unsafe primary care for older adults: a mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incident reports. Age and Ageing 46 (5), pp.833-839. (10.1093/ageing/afx044)
• Bell, B. G. et al., 2017. Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 7 (2) e013786. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013786)

2016

• Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2016. Characterising the nature of primary care patient safety incident reports in the England and Wales National Reporting and Learning System: a mixed-methods agenda-setting study for general practice. Health Services and Delivery Research 4 (27), pp.1-76. (10.3310/hsdr04270)
• Evans, H. P. et al., 2016. Improving the safety of vaccine delivery. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 12 (5), pp.1280-1281. (10.1080/21645515.2015.1137404)
• Williams, H. , Cooper, A. and Carson-Stevens, A. 2016. Opportunities for incident reporting. Response to: 'The problem with incident reporting' by Macrae et al. BMJ Quality & Safety 25 (2), pp.133-134. (10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004962)

2015

• Carson-Stevens, A. et al. 2015. A cross-sectional mixed methods study protocol to generate learning from patient safety incidents reported from general practice. BMJ Open 5 (12) e009079. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009079)