Rosaleen O’Brien

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rosaleen O’Brien is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rosaleen O’Brien has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rosaleen O’Brien's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (6 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 papers). Rosaleen O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (6 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (3 papers). Rosaleen O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. Rosaleen O’Brien's co-authors include Kate Hunt, Graham Hart, Sally Wyke, Stewart W Mercer, Bruce Guthrie, Graham Watt, Peter W. Rose, Eila Watson, David Weller and Richard D Neal and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rosaleen O’Brien

18 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

‘It's caveman stuff, but that is to a certain extent how guys still operate’: men's accounts of masculinity and help seeking

2005 593 citations Rosaleen O’Brien, Kate Hunt et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →

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Barbara Lent Canada

Leland K. Ackerson United States

Toine Lagro‐Janssen Netherlands

Anne G. Sadler United States

Irma Corral United States

José J. Arbelaez United States

Niki Matusko United States

Katarina Swahnberg Sweden

Rosario Costas-Muñíz United States

Cynthia G. Colen United States

Barbara Lent Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rosaleen O’Brien

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20 of 20 papers shown

Farquharson, Barbara, Marie Johnston, Rosaleen O’Brien, & Gareth Clegg. (2025). “All sorts of colours of emotions”: Ambulance call-handlers’ perceptions of the barriers to CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation Plus. 22. 100904–100904. 1 indexed citations

Henderson, Marion, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components. PubMed. 13(4). 1–138.

Ryan, Sara & Rosaleen O’Brien. (2024). Using a Capability Approach to Explore How People With Intellectual Disabilities Can Lead Flourishing Lives. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 37(6). e13299–e13299. 1 indexed citations

Emslie, Carol, Elena Dimova, Rosaleen O’Brien, et al.. (2023). The impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on people with experience of homelessness: Qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 118. 104095–104095. 4 indexed citations

Dimova, Elena, Rosaleen O’Brien, Lawrie Elliott, Jamie Frankis, & Carol Emslie. (2022). Exploring the experiences of alcohol service use among LGBTQ+ people in Scotland: A qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 109. 103859–103859. 8 indexed citations

Buston, Katie, Rosaleen O’Brien, & Karen Maxwell. (2020). The Case for Targeted Parenting Interventions with Reference to Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting: Qualitative Evidence from Three Studies of Marginalised Mothers’ and Fathers’ Participation in Parenting Programmes. Child Care in Practice. 28(3). 274–289. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Rosaleen, Katie Buston, Daniel Wight, et al.. (2019). A realist process evaluation of Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps, within a Trial of Healthy Relationship Initiatives for the Very Early years (THRIVE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 20(1). 351–351. 11 indexed citations

Buston, Katie, Rosaleen O’Brien, Daniel Wight, & Marion Henderson. (2019). The reflective component of the Mellow Bumps parenting intervention: Implementation, engagement and mechanisms of change. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0215461–e0215461. 10 indexed citations

Gray, Cindy M., et al.. (2019). Exploring the utility of self-determination theory in complex interventions in multimorbidity: A qualitative analysis of patient experiences of the CARE Plus intervention. Chronic Illness. 17(4). 433–450. 3 indexed citations

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Mercer, Stewart W, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Bruce Guthrie, et al.. (2016). The CARE Plus study – a whole-system intervention to improve quality of life of primary care patients with multimorbidity in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation: exploratory cluster randomised controlled trial and cost-utility analysis. BMC Medicine. 14(1). 88–88. 98 indexed citations

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Mercer, Stewart W, Rosaleen O’Brien, Bridie Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2016). The development and optimisation of a primary care-based whole system complex intervention (CARE Plus) for patients with multimorbidity living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation. Chronic Illness. 12(3). 165–181. 23 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, Sally Wyke, Bruce Guthrie, Graham Watt, & Stewart W Mercer. (2014). The ‘everyday work’ of living with multimorbidity in socioeconomically deprived areas of Scotland. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, et al.. (2014). The ‘Everyday Work’ of Living with Multimorbidity in Socioeconomically Deprived Areas of Scotland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1–10. 45 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, Peter W. Rose, Christine Campbell, et al.. (2010). Experiences of follow‐up after treatment in patients with prostate cancer: a qualitative study. British Journal of Urology. 106(7). 998–1003. 38 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, Sally Wyke, Bruce Guthrie, Graham Watt, & Stewart W Mercer. (2010). An ‘endless struggle’: a qualitative study of general practitioners’ and practice nurses’ experiences of managing multimorbidity in socio-economically deprived areas of Scotland. Chronic Illness. 7(1). 45–59. 133 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, Peter W. Rose, Christine Campbell, et al.. (2010). “I wish I’d told them”: A qualitative study examining the unmet psychosexual needs of prostate cancer patients during follow-up after treatment. Patient Education and Counseling. 84(2). 200–207. 81 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, Graham Hart, & Kate Hunt. (2007). "Standing Out from the Herd": Men Renegotiating Masculinity in Relation to Their Experience of Illness. International Journal of Men s Health. 6(3). 178–200. 74 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen, Kate Hunt, & Graham Hart. (2005). ‘It's caveman stuff, but that is to a certain extent how guys still operate’: men's accounts of masculinity and help seeking. Social Science & Medicine. 61(3). 503–516. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emslie, Carol, Kate Hunt, & Rosaleen O’Brien. (2004). Masculinities in Older Men: A Qualitative Study in the West of Scotland. The Journal of Men s Studies. 12(3). 207–226. 27 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Rosaleen. (1996). Crime and Its Social Context: Toward an Integrated Theory of Offenders, Victims, and Situations. By Terance D. Miethe and Robert F. Meier. SUNY Press, 1994. 209 pp. Cloth, $57.50; paper, $18.95. Social Forces. 74(4). 1449–1450.

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