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  1. Scoping review protocol to investigate the experience of intimate partner violence among Black women and children living in the United Kingdom and how domestic violence specialist organisations support them to thrive

    Article • PLOS One, February 2026, PLOS

    Carol Rivas

  2. Stakeholder perspectives on Relationships and Sex Education outcomes for students with intellectual disability to inform the development of a Core Outcome Set: a qualitative study

    Article • Frontiers in Education, January 2026, Frontiers

    Carol Rivas

  3. 527 Giving a voice to undocumented migrants, refugees and asylum seekers: innovative approaches from the CICADA study and lessons learned

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Carol Rivas

  4. Scoping review of the evidence concerning the unique needs and experiences of Orthodox Jewish couples using maternity services

    Article • October 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Carol Rivas

  5. A horizon scanning exercise to explore retention policies for international and minoritised NHS Trust staff in England: what are the current pledges and where are the gaps?

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  6. Working in partnership with people from under-represented groups to develop person-centred social and health care practices: methodological insights from the CICADA study

    Article • Frontiers in Health Services, October 2025, Frontiers

    Carol Rivas

  7. Culturally Tailored Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Programs in Black African and Caribbean Adults With Type 2 Diabetes (HEAL-D): Protocol for a Multicenter, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, September 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  8. Protocol for a scoping review of the evidence concerning the unique needs and experiences of Orthodox Jewish women and their partners using maternity services

    Article • PLOS One, August 2025, PLOS

    Carol Rivas

  9. Predicting pain reduction following laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study using UK national and research databases

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2025, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  10. Beneath skin-deep? Why colour-blind policies perpetuate racial stratification for justice-involved women

    Article • Ethnic and Racial Studies, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Carol Rivas

  11. Sociodemographic factors associated with health-related quality of life in UK healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Medicine, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  12. Navigating trauma and strength: experiences of Ghanaian and Nigerian youth in inner London

    Article • Discover Mental Health, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  13. ‘Just Like Normal People’. Social Representations and the Ideology of Ability in Everyday Discourse

    Article • Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, July 2025, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  14. The model isn’t made for us: Ghanaian and Nigerian youths’ experiences in London’s mental health system: a qualitative study

    Article • Ethnicity and Health, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Carol Rivas

  15. Protocol for a scoping review of the evidence concerning the unique needs and experiences of Orthodox Jewish women and their partners using maternity services in the UK

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Carol Rivas

  16. Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim‐Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: An Evidence and Gap Map

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews, April 2025, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  17. Fitting a square peg in a round hole? A mixed-methods study on research ethics and collaborative health and social care research involving ‘vulnerable’ groups

    Article • Health Research Policy and Systems, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Bridget L Penhale, Carol Rivas

  18. Towards a better understanding of NHS secondary and social care backlogs: qualitative perspectives on waiting lists, deferrals and delays by disabled people from minoritised ethnic groups

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2025, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  19. UK health and social care use during and after the pandemic: A qualitative study of the experiences of disabled people from minoritised ethnic groups

    Article • February 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Carol Rivas

  20. A qualitative evaluation of the effectiveness of behaviour change techniques used in the Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D) intervention

    Article • BMC Public Health, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  21. Intersecting factors of disadvantage and discrimination and their effect on daily life during the coronavirus pandemic: the CICADA-ME mixed-methods study

    Article • Health and Social Care Delivery Research, February 2025, National Institute for Health Research

    Carol Rivas, Dr Alison Fang-Wei Wu

  22. Factors associated with attrition from the UK healthcare workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a nationwide survey study

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, December 2024, Elsevier

    Carol Rivas

  23. Compliance with COVID-19 government guidance and rules by disabled people and people from minoritised ethnic groups: Qualitative findings from the CICADA study

    Article • PLOS One, September 2024, PLOS

    Carol Rivas

  24. Social support and mental well-being among people with and without chronic illness during the Covid-19 pandemic: evidence from the longitudinal UCL covid survey

    Article • BMC Psychology, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas, Dr Alison Fang-Wei Wu

  25. Participatory Research for Person-Centered Care: Involving Undocumented and Recent Migrants

    Article • The International Journal of Person Centered Medicine, February 2024, University of Buckingham Press

    Carol Rivas

  26. Supporting the Professional and Career Development of Doctoral Students

    Article • Encyclopedia, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Carol Rivas

  27. Parole decisions about perpetrators of domestic violence in England and Wales

    Article • The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, January 2024, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  28. Enabling Workplace and Community Responses to Domestic Abuse: A Mixed Method Systematic Review of Training for Informal Supporters

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, January 2024, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  29. Training Informal Supporters to Improve Responses to Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Systematic Review

    Article • Trauma Violence & Abuse, August 2023, SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas

  30. Qualitative study exploring which research outcomes best reflect women’s experiences of heavy menstrual bleeding: stakeholder involvement in development of a core outcome set

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2023, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  31. Standardising outcome reporting for clinical trials of interventions for heavy menstrual bleeding: Development of a core outcome set

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, April 2023, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  32. Ethically Driven and Methodologically Tailored: Setting the Agenda for Systematic Reviews in Domestic Violence and Abuse

    Article • Journal of Family Violence, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  33. Nigerian and Ghanaian Young People’s Experiences of Care for Common Mental Disorders in Inner London: Protocol for a Multimethod Investigation

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, December 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  34. Relationships and Sex Education Outcomes for Students With Intellectual Disability: Protocol for the Development of a Core Outcome Set

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, November 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  35. Nigerian and Ghanaian young people’s experiences of care for common mental disorders in inner London: Protocol for a multimethod investigation (Preprint)

    Article • September 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  36. Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic to Improve the Health, Social Care, and Well-being of Minoritized Ethnic Groups With Chronic Conditions or Impairments: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, July 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas, Dr Alison Fang-Wei Wu

  37. Misalignment: understanding the challenge of engaging with self-management advice for people living with diabetes in UK Black African and Caribbean communities

    Article • Health Education Journal, June 2022, SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas

  38. PROTOCOL: Informal social support interventions for improving outcomes for victim‐survivors of domestic violence and abuse: An evidence and gap map

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews, June 2022, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  39. A systematic review of relationships and sex education outcomes for students with intellectual disability reported in the international literature

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, June 2022, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  40. Development of a Core Outcome Set for Relationships and Sex Education with students with intellectual disability: a study protocol (Preprint)

    Article • May 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  41. Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic to Improve the Health, Social Care, and Well-being of Minoritized Ethnic Groups With Chronic Conditions or Impairments: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)

    Article • March 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas, Dr Alison Fang-Wei Wu

  42. If virtual gynecology clinics are here to stay, we need to include everyone

    Article • AJOG Global Reports, February 2022, Elsevier

    Carol Rivas

  43. Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D), a culturally tailored self-management education and support program for type 2 diabetes in black-British adults: a randomized controlled feasibility trial

    Article • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, September 2021, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  44. Culturally tailored lifestyle interventions for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in adults of Black African ancestry: a systematic review of tailoring methods and their effectiveness

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, August 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  45. Health Apps Require Co-development to Be Acceptable and Effective

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, July 2021, Frontiers

    Carol Rivas

  46. Development of Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes, a culturally tailored diabetes self‐management education and support programme for Black‐British adults: A participatory research approach

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, June 2021, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  47. COVID-19 in Women's health: Pre-operative gynaecological assessment and shared decision making

    Article • Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, June 2021, Elsevier

    Carol Rivas

  48. The many faces of disability in evidence for policy and practice: embracing complexity

    Article • Evidence & Policy, May 2021, Policy Press

    Carol Rivas

  49. Development and Validation of Clinical Prediction Models for Surgical Success in Patients With Endometriosis: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, April 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  50. Systematic review of patient-specific pre-operative predictors of pain improvement to endometriosis surgery

    Article • Reproduction and Fertility, March 2021, Bioscientifica

    Carol Rivas

  51. Factors Influencing Pregnancy and Postpartum Weight Management in Women of African and Caribbean Ancestry Living in High Income Countries: Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis Using a Behavioral Change Theoretical Model

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, February 2021, Frontiers

    Carol Rivas

  52. Providing culturally sensitive diabetes self-management education and support for black African and Caribbean communities: a qualitative exploration of the challenges experienced by healthcare practitioners in inner London

    Article • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, December 2020, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  53. How do parole board members in England and Wales construct decisions about whether to release perpetrators of intimate partner violence from prison?

    Article • Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, November 2020, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  54. Strategies for living well with hormone-responsive advanced prostate cancer—a qualitative exploration

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  55. Development and Validation of Clinical Prediction Models for Surgical Success in Patients With Endometriosis: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)

    Article • June 2020, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  56. A proof-of-concept framework for the preference elicitation and evaluation of health informatics technologies: the online PRESENT patient experience dashboard as a case example

    Article • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  57. A Qualitative Exploration of Prostate Cancer Survivors Experiencing Psychological Distress: Loss of Self, Function, Connection, and Control

    Article • Oncology Nursing Forum, May 2020, Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)

    Carol Rivas

  58. mHealth: providing a mindfulness app for women with chronic pelvic pain in gynaecology outpatient clinics: qualitative data analysis of user experience and lessons learnt

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2020, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  59. MEMPHIS: a smartphone app using psychological approaches for women with chronic pelvic pain presenting to gynaecology clinics: a randomised feasibility trial

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2020, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  60. Recent advances in understanding and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with special consideration to endometriosis

    Article • F1000Research, February 2020, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Carol Rivas

  61. Abstracts accepted for the 26th Cochrane Colloquium

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2020, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  62. Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, December 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  63. Adjustment strategies amongst black African and black Caribbean men following treatment for prostate cancer: Findings from the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, October 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  64. Designing the Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D) self-management and support programme for UK African and Caribbean communities: a culturally tailored, complex intervention under-pinned by behaviour change theory

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  65. Automated analysis of free-text comments and dashboard representations in patient experience surveys: a multimethod co-design study

    Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, July 2019, National Institute for Health Research

    Carol Rivas

  66. A realist review of which advocacy interventions work for which abused women under what circumstances

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, June 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  67. Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Smoking Treatment Optimisation in Pharmacies (STOP) intervention: protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

    Article • Trials, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  68. The psychological impact of being on a monitoring pathway for localised prostate cancer: A UK‐wide mixed methods study

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, June 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  69. I044 Using artificial intelligence to gain useful data from social media on complex symptomology and referral pathways in hypermobility spectrum disorders

    Article • Rheumatology, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Carol Rivas

  70. ‘Very difficult for an ordinary guy’: Factors influencing the quality of treatment decision-making amongst men diagnosed with localised and locally advanced prostate cancer: Findings from a UK-wide mixed methods study

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, April 2019, Elsevier

    Carol Rivas

  71. Reducing risk of Type 2 diabetes in HIV: a mixed‐methods investigation of the STOP‐Diabetes diet and physical activity intervention

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, February 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  72. Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles for Diabetes (HEAL-D): study protocol for the design and feasibility trial, with process evaluation, of a culturally tailored diabetes self-management programme for African-Caribbean communities

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2019, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  73. BPOS Poster Presentations

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, February 2019, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  74. Barriers to following dietary recommendations for type 2 diabetes in patients from UK African and Caribbean communities: a qualitative study

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, January 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  75. Creating a Theoretically Grounded, Gamified Health App: Lessons From Developing the Cigbreak Smoking Cessation Mobile Phone Game

    Article • JMIR Serious Games, November 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  76. A realist review of which advocacy interventions work for which abused women under what circumstances: an exemplar

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, September 2018, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  77. Urinary, bowel and sexual health in older men from Northern Ireland

    Article • BJU International, March 2018, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  78. Prostate cancer and the impact on couples: a qualitative metasynthesis

    Article • Supportive Care in Cancer, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carol Rivas

  79. Creating a Theoretically Grounded, Gamified Health App: Lessons From Developing the Cigbreak Smoking Cessation Mobile Phone Game (Preprint)

    Article • March 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  80. Smartphone App Using Mindfulness Meditation for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain (MEMPHIS): Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, January 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  81. Determining counselling communication strategies associated with successful quits in the National Health Service community pharmacy Stop Smoking programme in East London: a focused ethnography using recorded consultations

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2017, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  82. Equipping community pharmacy workers as agents for health behaviour change: developing and testing a theory-based smoking cessation intervention

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2017, BMJ

    Dr Angel Marie Chater, Carol Rivas

  83. A qualitative metasynthesis exploring the impact of prostate cancer and its management on younger, unpartnered and gay men

    Article • European Journal of Cancer Care, April 2017, Wiley

    Carol Rivas

  84. Smartphone App Using Mindfulness Meditation for Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain (MEMPHIS): Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial (Preprint)

    Article • March 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Carol Rivas

  85. Co-design of a culturally-tailored diet & lifestyle intervention for diabetes management in the UK African-Caribbean community

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  86. Life after prostate cancer diagnosis: protocol for a UK-wide patient-reported outcomes study

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2016, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  87. Promoting Help-Seeking in Response to Symptoms amongst Primary Care Patients at High Risk of Lung Cancer: A Mixed Method Study

    Article • PLOS One, November 2016, PLOS

    Carol Rivas

  88. Gamification for health promotion: systematic review of behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2016, BMJ

    Professor Marcus R Munafo, Carol Rivas

  89. Ethnicity and the prostate cancer experience: a qualitative metasynthesis

    Article • Psycho-Oncology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  90. Understanding recruitment and retention in the NHS community pharmacy stop smoking service: perceptions of smoking cessation advisers

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2016, BMJ

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  91. ‘Gamification’ for Health Behaviour Change in Smartphone Apps

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  92. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  93. Multiple sclerosis outpatient future groups: improving the quality of participant interaction and ideation tools within service improvement activities

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  94. Unmasking quality: exploring meanings of health by doing art

    Article • BMC Family Practice, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  95. Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  96. Communication in Clinical Encounters: Videoing Naturally Occurring Consultations

    Article • January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  97. Moral mediation in interpreted health care consultations

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  98. Drawing the Line

    Article • Violence Against Women, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas

  99. The challenge of communication in interpreted consultations in diabetes care: a mixed methods study

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, February 2013, Royal College of General Practitioners

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  100. Sources of weaning advice, comparisons between formal and informal advice, and associations with weaning timing in a survey of UK first-time mothers

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, May 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Carol Rivas

  101. Perceptions of changes in practice following peer review in the National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Resources and Outcomes Project

    Article • International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, February 2012, Emerald

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  102. Using Software to Analyze Qualitative Interviews

    Article • January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas

  103. Collaborative working within UK NHS secondary care and across sectors for COPD and the impact of peer review: qualitative findings from the UK National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project

    Article • International Journal of Integrated Care, September 2010, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  104. In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Trainees' worst and most memorable experiences

    Article • QJM, July 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Carol Rivas

  105. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

    Article • July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  106. Hospital data may be more accurate than census data in estimating the ethnic composition of general practice populations

    Article • Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, June 2009, BCS Learning and Development Limited

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  107. Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse

    Article • January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  108. Increase in alcohol related deaths: is hepatitis C a factor?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Pathology, September 2002, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  109. Constraints on Antidepressant Prescribing and Principles of Cost-Effective Antidepressant Use

    Article • PharmacoEconomics, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  110. Constraints on Antidepressant Prescribing and Principles of Cost-Effective Antidepressant Use

    Article • PharmacoEconomics, May 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol A Rivas, Carol Rivas

  111. Relative mortality from overdose of antidepressants

    Article • BMJ, January 1995, BMJ

    Carol Rivas

  112. Generic Prescribing of Antidepressants

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, November 1992, SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas

  113. Dissemination

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Carol Rivas