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Staff Profile

Professor Gill Rowlands

Professor of Primary Care

Background

I am a General Practitioner and a Professor in the Population Health Sciences Institute.  My main research interests are in the area of health inequalities, particularly the role of health literacy in health, and the role of GPs in identifying and addressing the problems faced by patients with lower health literacy. 

I am committed to developing and implementing evidence-based policy and practice to promote equity and equality in health.

I founded the Health Literacy Group UK and have authored and co-authored over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals, co-edited three health literacy textbooks and authored seven chapters in health literacy textbooks.

I provide expert advice on health literacy to the Royal College of General Practice, NHS England, Belfast Healthy Cities, and the Health Service Executive (Ireland).

I chair the Health Literacy Global Working Group of the International Union of Health Promotion and Education. 

Research

Current grants

1.     Multiple Symptoms Study 3: pragmatic trial of a community-based clinic for patients with persistent (medically unexplained) physical symptoms. NIHR HS&DR Programme. 2018-2022. £1,193,035 (PI)

2.     SCALA: Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Depression in Latin America. EU Commission. 2017 – 2020. €2,568,692. (Co-I)

3.     Childhood risk factors for low health literacy in adults. Sir Halley Stuart Trust. 2017-2020. £28,568 (Co-I)

Teaching
I lead the Â鶹´«Ã½ teaching course BMS 3017 Clinical Ageing and Health.
Publications
  • Rowlands G, Shaw A, Jaswal S, Smith S, Harpham T. . Health Promotion International 2017, 32(1), 130-138.
  • Protheroe J, Rowlands G, Bartlam B, Levin-Zamir D. . Journal of Diabetes Research 2017, 2017, 1298315.
  • Bartlam B, Rathod T, Rowlands G, Protheroe J. . Journal of Diabetes Research 2016, 2016, 4723636.
  • Protheroe J, Rathod T, Bartlam B, Rowlands G, Richardson G, Reeves D. . Journal of Diabetes Research 2016, 2016, 6903245.
  • Okan O, Rowlands G, Sykes S, Wills J. . Health Literacy Research and Practice 2020, 4(1), e3-e20.
  • Rowlands G, Tabassum B, Campbell P, Harvey S, Vaittinen A, Stobbart L, Thomson R, Wardle-McLeish M, Protheroe J. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(5), 1513.
  • Dayyani I, Maindal HT, Rowlands G, Lou S. . Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2019, 33(3), 621-631.
  • Campbell P, Lewis M, Chen Y, Lacey RJ, Rowlands G, Protheroe J. . BMC Family Practice 2019, 20, 101.
  • Uwamahoro N, Ngwira B, Vinther-Jensen K, Rowlands G. . Health Promotion International 2020, 35(5), 1137-1149.
  • Rowlands G, Protheroe J, Saboga-Nunes L, Van Den Broucke S, Levin-Zamir D, Okan O. . In: Okan,O. Bauer,U. Levin-Zamir,D.Pinheiro,P. Sørensen,K, ed. International Handbook of Health Literacy Research, policy and practice across the lifespan. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2019, pp.183-198.
  • Rowlands G. . British Journal of Dermatology 2019, 180(6), 1299-1300.
  • Rowlands G, Trezona A, Russell S, Lopatina M, Pelikan J, Paasche-Orlow M, Drapkina O, Kontsevaya A, Sørensen K. . Copenhagen: World Health Organisation, 2019. Health Evidence Network Reports.
  • Rowlands G, Whitney D, Moon G. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15(8), 1709.
  • Nutbeam D, Levin-Zamir D, Rowlands G. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15(12), 2657.
  • Brangan S, Ivanisic M, Rafaj G, Rowlands G. . PLOS One 2018, 13(2), e0193079.
  • Lausen LH, Smith SK, Cai A, Meiser B, Yanes T, Ahmad R, Rowlands G. . Journal of Communication in Healthcare 2018, 11(4), 278-287.
  • Trezona A, Rowlands G, Nutbeam D. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15(7), 1-17.
  • Juul L, Rowlands G, Terkildsen Maindal H. . Primary Care Diabetes 2018, 12(4), 331-337.
  • König C, Skriver MV, Iburg KM, Rowlands G. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018, 15(8), 1671.
  • Rowlands GP, Russell S, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Trezona A, Rademakers J, Nutbeam D. . Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organisation (Europe), 2018. Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis reports.
  • Rowlands G, Dodson S, Leung A, Levin-Zamir D. . In: Robert A. Logan, Elliot R. Siegel, ed. Health literacy: new directions in research, theory, and practice. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2017, pp.359-391.
  • Levin-Zamir D, Leung AYM, Dodson S, Rowlands G. . In: Robert A. Logan, Elliot R. Siegel, ed. Health literacy: new directions in research, theory, and practice. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2017, pp.392-414.
  • Aaby A, Friis K, Christensen B, Rowlands G, Maindal HT. . European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2017, 24(17), 1880-1888.
  • Groene OR, Wills J, Crichton N, Rowlands G, Rudd RR. . Education for Primary Care 2017, 28(5), 274-281.
  • Rowlands G, Protheroe J, Winkley J, Richardson M, Seed PT, Rudd R. . British Journal of General Practice 2015, 65(635), e351-e356.