The human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine: accounts from young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland aged 16-26 years (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray-Brunton, C., Kennedy, C., Hogg, R., Pow, J., Pollock, K., Hilton, S., Hardy, S., Willis, D., & Hanif, N. (2016, April). The human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine: accounts from young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland aged 16-26 years. Paper presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2016

Background: School nurses play important roles in delivering human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in United Kingdom. International research indicates lower HPV vaccination uptake rates among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups... Read More about The human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine: accounts from young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland aged 16-26 years.

Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. (2007)
Journal Article
Wishart, J. G., Cebula, K. R., Willis, D., & Pitcairn, T. K. (2007). Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00947.x

Background Interpreting emotional expressions is a socio-cognitive skill central to interpersonal interaction. Poor emotion recognition has been reported in autism but is less well understood in other kinds of intellectual disabilities (ID), with pr... Read More about Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology..

Emotion recognition by children with Down syndrome: investigation of specific impairments and error patterns. (2005)
Journal Article
Williams, K. R., NaWishart, J. G., Pitcairn, T. K., & Willis, D. (2005). Emotion recognition by children with Down syndrome: investigation of specific impairments and error patterns. American journal of mental retardation : AJMR, 110, 387-392

The ability of children with Down syndrome to recognize expressions of emotion was compared to performance in typically developing and nonspecific intellectual disability groups matched on either MA or a performance-related measure. Our goal was to (... Read More about Emotion recognition by children with Down syndrome: investigation of specific impairments and error patterns..