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Professor Flora Douglas

Professor Flora Douglas

Flora Douglas

  f.douglas3@rgu.ac.uk

Robert Gordon University

Biography

  • Health inequalities
  • Low income and poverty-driven food insecurity and it’s impact on health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on chronic condition management in high income country contexts, i.e. diabetes and obesity.
  • Maternal and infant food and nutrition security, e.g. understanding the impact of maternal and household food insecurity on parents’ infant and young children feeding intentions and practices, e.g. breast / bottle feeding and weaning.
  • Health and social care professionals practice and role beliefs in relation to addressing the socio-economic and political determinants of client’s health and health care needs.
  • Implementation and evaluation of policy interventions in health and social care settings intended to address health inequalities.
  • Use of participatory action research and visual research methods (such as Photovoice) related to health-related research questions.