Dr Richard Cooper
PhD, MA, LLB, BSc, PGCertHE, FRSPH, SFHEA, MRPharmS
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Director of Education
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
+44 114 222 0768
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room 2037, 2nd Floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I studied pharmacy as a first degree and undertook various community pharmacist roles before studying law, then health care ethics at the University of Leeds; my PhD was undertaken at the University of Nottingham and involved an empirical study of ethics in healthcare.
I have been at the University of Sheffield since 2007 and am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health.
- Research interests
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My research interests span a number of methodologies (but particularly qualitative and mixed methods) and themes including:
- Misuse, abuse and addiction to medicines
- Over-the-counter and prescription medicine supply and prescribing
- Medical sociology
- Pharmacy
- Medical ethics
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Pharmacists and pandemic misinformation. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30(6), 489-491.
- What influences cancer treatment service access in Ghana? A critical interpretive synthesis. BMJ Open, 12(10). View this article in WRRO
- Use of DOACs in primary care: an integration of patient and practitioner perspectives. BJGP Open. View this article in WRRO
- Patients’ and clinicians’ perceptions of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: a systematic narrative review and meta-analysis. BMC Family Practice, 22. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the implementation of public involvement in local alcohol availability policy: the case of alcohol licensing decision-making in England. Addiction. View this article in WRRO
- Chronic pain and opioid analgesic use : a case report. Clinical Case Reports, 9(7). View this article in WRRO
- Headteachers' and chairs of governors' perspectives on adolescent obesity and its prevention in English secondary school settings.. J Public Health (Oxf), 43(2), e213-e223. View this article in WRRO
- Role of patients’ organizations in Health Technology Assessment: a Habermasian system and lifeworld perspective. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. View this article in WRRO
- Pharmacists’ prescribing in Saudi Arabia : cross-sectional study describing current practices and future perspectives. Pharmacy, 8(3). View this article in WRRO
- Pestle and mortal: the demise of community pharmacy in the UK. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 28(3), 205-206. View this article in WRRO
- Staff perceptions of prescription and over-the-counter drug dependence services in England : a qualitative study. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 14. View this article in WRRO
- Codeine Addiction and Internet Forum Use and Support: Qualitative Netnographic Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research Mental Health, 6(4). View this article in WRRO
- Dietary patterns of university students in the UK: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal, 17(90). View this article in WRRO
- Benefits and tensions in delivering public health in community pharmacies – a qualitative study of healthy living pharmacy staff champions. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 25(5), 351-357. View this article in WRRO
- Investigation of social, demographic and health variations in the usage of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines within a large cohort (South Yorkshire, UK). BMJ Open, 6, e012038-e012038. View this article in WRRO
- 'I can't be an addict. I am.' Over-the-counter medicine abuse: a qualitative study.. BMJ Open, 3(6). View this article in WRRO
- Over-the-counter medicine abuse - a review of the literature.. J Subst Use, 18(2), 82-107. View this article in WRRO
Chapters
- Opioid Analgesics, Stigma, Shame and Identity In Ballantyne P & Ryan K (Ed.), Living Pharmaceutical Lives (pp. 154-168). Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. View this article in WRRO
All publications
Journal articles
- Pharmacists and pandemic misinformation. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30(6), 489-491.
- What influences cancer treatment service access in Ghana? A critical interpretive synthesis. BMJ Open, 12(10). View this article in WRRO
- Use of DOACs in primary care: an integration of patient and practitioner perspectives. BJGP Open. View this article in WRRO
- Patients’ and clinicians’ perceptions of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: a systematic narrative review and meta-analysis. BMC Family Practice, 22. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the implementation of public involvement in local alcohol availability policy: the case of alcohol licensing decision-making in England. Addiction. View this article in WRRO
- Chronic pain and opioid analgesic use : a case report. Clinical Case Reports, 9(7). View this article in WRRO
- Headteachers' and chairs of governors' perspectives on adolescent obesity and its prevention in English secondary school settings.. J Public Health (Oxf), 43(2), e213-e223. View this article in WRRO
- Role of patients’ organizations in Health Technology Assessment: a Habermasian system and lifeworld perspective. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. View this article in WRRO
- Pharmacists’ prescribing in Saudi Arabia : cross-sectional study describing current practices and future perspectives. Pharmacy, 8(3). View this article in WRRO
- Pestle and mortal: the demise of community pharmacy in the UK. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 28(3), 205-206. View this article in WRRO
- Staff perceptions of prescription and over-the-counter drug dependence services in England : a qualitative study. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 14. View this article in WRRO
- Codeine Addiction and Internet Forum Use and Support: Qualitative Netnographic Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research Mental Health, 6(4). View this article in WRRO
- Learning from transnational differences in how risk of harm is viewed in human research ethics. European Journal of Public Health, 28(suppl_4). View this article in WRRO
- Dietary patterns of university students in the UK: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal, 17(90). View this article in WRRO
- Benefits and tensions in delivering public health in community pharmacies – a qualitative study of healthy living pharmacy staff champions. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 25(5), 351-357. View this article in WRRO
- Investigation of social, demographic and health variations in the usage of prescribed and over-the-counter medicines within a large cohort (South Yorkshire, UK). BMJ Open, 6, e012038-e012038. View this article in WRRO
- Do we have sufficient information to optimally inform regulatory or other policy decisions about medications containing codeine?. Addiction, 110(10), 1690-1691. View this article in WRRO
- Deprivation, clubs and drugs: results of a UK regional population-based cross-sectional study of weight management strategies.. BMC Public Health, 14, 444. View this article in WRRO
- 'I can't be an addict. I am.' Over-the-counter medicine abuse: a qualitative study.. BMJ Open, 3(6). View this article in WRRO
- Surveillance and uncertainty: Community pharmacy responses to over the counter medicine abuse. Health and Social Care in the Community, 21(3), 254-262. View this article in WRRO
- Over-the-counter medicine abuse - a review of the literature.. J Subst Use, 18(2), 82-107. View this article in WRRO
- Further challenges to medical dominance? The case of nurse and pharmacist supplementary prescribing.. Health (London), 16(2), 115-133.
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- In praise of the prescription: The symbolic and boundary object value of the traditional prescription in the electronic age. Health Sociology Review, 20(4), 462-474. View this article in WRRO
- Patients' and staffs' experiences of an automated telephone weather forecasting service.. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 15(Suppl 2), 41-46. View this article in WRRO
- A challenge to medical dominance? The case pharmacist and nurse supplementary prescribing. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 17(Supp 2), B30.
- 'Islands' and 'doctor's tool': the ethical significance of isolation and subordination in UK community pharmacy.. Health (London), 13(3), 297-316. View this article in WRRO
- Solo doctors and ethical isolation.. J Med Ethics, 35(11), 692-695. View this article in WRRO
- The safety climate of pharmacist supplementary prescribing in England. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 16(Supp 1), A21.
- Stakeholders' views of UK nurse and pharmacist supplementary prescribing. J HEALTH SERV RES PO, 13(4), 215-221.
- Nonmedical prescribing in the United kingdom: developments and stakeholder interests.. J Ambul Care Manage, 31(3), 244-252. View this article in WRRO
- Ethical decision-making, passivity and pharmacy.. J Med Ethics, 34(6), 441-445. View this article in WRRO
- Nurse and pharmacist supplementary prescribing in the UK - A thematic review of the literature. HEALTH POLICY, 85(3), 277-292. View this article in WRRO
- Supplementary prescribing by community and primary care pharmacists: an analysis of PACT data, 2004-2006.. J Clin Pharm Ther, 33(1), 11-16. View this article in WRRO
- Learning to prescribe - pharmacists' experiences of supplementary prescribing training in England.. BMC Med Educ, 8, 57. View this article in WRRO
- Ethical, religious and factual beliefs about the supply of emergency hormonal contraception by UK community pharmacists. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 34(1), 47-50. View this article in WRRO
- The views of pharmacists in England on their supplementary prescribing training. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 16(SUPPL. 1), A6-A7. View this article in WRRO
- Stakeholders' views of pharmacist supplementary prescribing - benefits, barriers, facilitors and challenges. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 15(Supp 2), B25.
- Community and primary care nurse prescribing - an analysis of PACT data - 2002-2006. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 15(Supp 2), B62.
- A new prescription for empirical ethics research in pharmacy: a critical review of the literature.. J Med Ethics, 33(2), 82-86. View this article in WRRO
- Ethical issues in the use of electronic health records for pharmacy medicines sales.. J. Inf. Commun. Ethics Soc., 5, 7-19.
Chapters
- Opioid Analgesics, Stigma, Shame and Identity In Ballantyne P & Ryan K (Ed.), Living Pharmaceutical Lives (pp. 154-168). Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings papers
Reports
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Preprints
- Pharmacists and pandemic misinformation. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30(6), 489-491.
- Research group
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Post-graduate Research Students
- Chloe Tuck - Social and economic influences on cancer service utilisation and their implications for health policy in Ghana
- Menghan Wang - Use and Misuse of Sleeping Medication by University Students in England
- Narjis Al Shurafa - What is the perceived role of primary care pharmacists in Saudi Arabia in diabetes care?
- Hina Kanabar - What are the factors that inform the doctor to start insulin in the type 2 diabetic patient?
- Artur Kowalski - An investigation of the effects of introducing supervised injection rooms in the UK.
- Andrea Madrid Menendez - What are the values that shape the relationship between alternative/traditional medicine practitioners and their patients? (Successfully completed)
- Rodney Nagumo - Adverse drug reaction reporting practices amongst Ghanaian healthcare professionals (Successfully completed)
- Yetenta Osasu - Prescribing, consumption and monitoring of direct oral anticoagulants in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (Successfully completed)
- Helen Radford - Dealing with disaster: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of healthcare staff following a mass casualty incident in England.
- Jess White - Patient experiences of Addiction to Medicine and Associated Treatment in the United Kingdom
- Genevieve David (Successfully completed)
- Emma Howard-Drake (Successfully completed)
- Ellie Sprake (Successfully completed)
- Neda Milevska-Kostova (Successfully completed)
- Penny Siebert (Successfully completed)
- Ryosuke Yokoe (Successfully completed)
- Rachel Tattersall (Successfully completed)
- Hina Patel (Successfully completed)
- Grants
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- Opioid Analgesic Dependence Study 2016-19 Principal Investigator. £199,000
- Exploring the Misuse and Abuse of Over the Counter (OTC) Medicines in the UK. Principal Investigator. Jul 08-Dec 10
- Over-the-Counter Medicine Abuse: a pilot study. 2011-2012
- HTA Project: NIHR131023 - Pain relief strategies for dressing change in chronic wounds: a mixed-methods systematic review and survey of UK practice 2021-23 £221,413 (co-investigator)
- European Master in Public Health | Europubhealth+ 2019-2025 Project Reference: 610563-EPP-1-2019-1-FR-EPPKA1-JMD-MOB EU Grant: €4,272,000 (co-applicant)
- Teaching activities
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I am the Director of Education in ScHARR, and contribute to a variety of teaching and assessment on Master of Public Health degree modules, as well as the MBChB Medical Degree; I co-ordinate and teach the Qualitative Research Design and Analysis module (HAR6531); I teach and assess medical ethics, qualitative research, substance misuse and addiction to prescription/OTC medicine on the MBChB.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Registered pharmacist (GPhC regn 2038210)
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health
- Associate editor: Pharmaceutical Issues Journal of Substance Use
- Editorial board member journal: Pharmacy
- Member of the Society for the Study of Addiction
- Member of the British Sociological Association
- Member of the Institute of Medical Ethics
- Regular peer reviewer for a variety of journals and funding bodies
- External reviewer - European Public Health Education (APHEA)
- Editorial board member: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
Links
The extent and nature of opioid analgesic dependence in primary care Respectable Addiction: Society for the Study of Addiction In Praise of the Prescription: BSA Med Soc Conference Chester Health, Ethics and the Built Environment: BSA Med Soc Conference Leiceste Addiction, misuse and dependency: A focus on over-the-counter and prescribed me…