Dr Alastair Ross
Alastair is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He came to King’s PSSQ from the University of Strathclyde, where he was a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Social Psychology.
His current research interests include medical simulation, care of the older person and hospital inpatient care for diabetes. He has a particular interest in resilient organizational systems.
Previous research has focused on psychological aspects to public health. He was part of the Clean-Air Legislation Evaluation (CLEAN) research team where he collaborated on a study into smoking and drinking behaviour following implementation of the prohibition of smoking in enclosed public places legislation (NHS Health Scotland, £124,990).
Publications:
Books
Wallace, B., Ross, A.J., Davies, J.B & Anderson, T., (Eds.) (2007) The World, the Mind and the Body: Psychology after Cognitivism Exeter, Imprint Academic
Wallace, B. & Ross A.J. (2006) Beyond Human Error: Taxonomies and Safety Science Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press/ Taylor and Francis
Davies, J.B. Ross A.J., Wallace, B. & Wright, L. (2003) Safety management: A qualitative systems approach London, Taylor and Francis.
Selected journal articles
Ross, A.J., Plunkett, M & Walsh, K (2010) Adverse Event categorization across NHS Scotland Quality and Safety in Health Care 19, 1-4 doi:10.1136/qshc.2009.035279
Heim, D., Ross, A.J., Eadie, D., MacAskill, S., Davies, J.B., Hastings, G., & Haw, S. (2009) Public health or social impacts? A qualitative analysis of attitudes towards the smokefree legislation in Scotland Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11, 12, 1424-1430.
Eadie, D., Heim, D., McAskill, S., Ross, A.J., Hasting, G. & Davies, J.B. (2008) A qualitative analysis of compliance with smoke-free Legislation in community bars in Scotland: implications For public health Addiction 103, 1019–1026.
Ross, A. J., Davies, J.B. & Plunkett., M. (2005) Reliable qualitative data for safety and risk management Process Safety and Environmental Protection 83, 2, 1-5.
Ross, A. J., Heim, D., Flatley, K., Davies, J.B. & Sudbery, M. (2005) An exploration of Street Drinking in Drumchapel, Scotland Health Education Research 20, 314-322.
Davies, J.B., McConnochie, F., Ross, A.J., Heim, D. & Wallace, B. (2004) Evidence for social learning in the self-presentation of alcohol problems Alcohol and Alcoholism, 39, 4, 346- 350.
Ross, A. J., Heim, D., Bakshi, N., Davies, J.B., Flatley, K. & Hunter, S. (2004) Drug issues affecting the Pakistani, Indian and Chinese Communities in Greater Glasgow Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 11, 1, 49-65.
Ross A.J., Wallace, B., & Davies, J.B. (2004) Measurement Issues in Taxonomic Reliability Safety Science 42, 8, 771-778.
Wallace, B., Ross, A.J. & Davies, J.B. (2003) Applied hermeneutics and qualitative safety data: The CIRAS project Human Relations 56, 5 587- 607.
Wallace, B., Ross A.J., Davies, J.B., Wright, L. & White, M. (2002) The Creation of a New Minor Event Coding Scheme Cognition, Technology & Work 4, 1-8.
