Dr Julie Barnett

Contact

Information Systems and Computing St John's 012 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1895 266385 Email: julie.barnett@brunel.ac.uk Web: Personal Website

Research Interests

Risk perception, risk communication; expert models of the public/users; incorporating public/user perspectives in the development of policy, practice and technology; social influence and behaviour change

University Research Centre Membership

Publications

Journal Papers

(Forthcoming) Barnett, J., Burningham, K., Walker, G. and Cass, N., Imagined publics and engagement around renewable energy technologies in the UK, Public Understanding of Science Forthcoming - Published online on 30 Jun 2010

(2012) Macadam, C., Barnett, J., Roberts, G., Stiefel, G., King, R., Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., Holloway, JA. and Lucas, JS., What factors affect the carriage of epinephrine auto-injectors by teenagers?, Clinical and Translational Allergy 2 (1) : 3 Download publication

(2012) Sharples, S., Martin, J., Lang, A., Craven, M., O'Neill, S. and Barnett, J., Medical device design in context: A model of user-device interaction and consequences, Displays

(2011) Barnett, J., Vasileiou, K., Djemil, F., Brooks, LS. and Young, T., Understanding innovators' experiences of barriers and facilitators in implementation and diffusion of healthcare service innovations: a qualitative study, BMC Health Services Research 11342 Download publication

(2011) Barnett, J., Muncer, K., Leftwich, J., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM., Gowland, MH., Grimshaw, K. and Lucas, JS., Using 'may contain' labelling to inform food choice: a qualitative study of nut allergic consumers, BMC Public Health 11734 Download publication

(2011) Timotijevic, L., Barnett, J. and Raats, MM., Engagement, representativeness and legitimacy in the development of food and nutrition policy, Food Policy 36 (4) : 490- 498

(2011) Quine, CP., Barnett, J., Dobson, ADM., Marcu, A., Marzano, M., Moseley, D., O'Brien, L., Randolph, SE., Taylor, JL. and Uzzell, D., Frameworks for risk communication and disease management: the case of Lyme disease and countryside users, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 (1573) : 2010- 2022

(2011) Barnett, J., Leftwich, J., Muncer, K., Grimshaw, K., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM., Gowland, MH. and Lucas, JS., How do peanut and nut-allergic consumers use information on the packaging to avoid allergens?, Allergy 66 (7) : 969- 978

(2011) Brown, KA., Timotijevic, L., Barnett, J., Ruprich, J., Řehůřková, I., Hermoso, M., Andersen, L-F., Lillegaard, ITL., Fernández-Celemín, L., Larrãaga, A., Lončareviç-Srmiç, A. and Raats, MM., Micronutrient recommendation stakeholders' beliefs on dietary guidelines: A qualitative study across six European countries/regions, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 65 (7) : 872- 874

(2011) Money, AG., Barnett, J. and Kuljis, J., Public claims about automatic external defibrillators: An online consumer opinions study, BMC Public Health 11332 Download publication

(2011) Barnett, J., McConnon, A., Kennedy, J., Raats, M., Shepherd, R., Verbeke, W., Fletcher, J., Kuttschreuter, M., Lima, L., Wills, J. and Wall, P., Development of strategies for effective communication of food risks and benefits across Europe: Design and conceptual framework of the FoodRisC project, BMC Public Health 11308 Download publication

(2011) Marcu, A., Uzzell, D. and Barnett, J., Making sense of unfamiliar risks in the countryside: The case of Lyme disease, Health and Place 17 (3) : 843- 850

(2011) Timotijevic, L., Barnett, J., Brown, K., Shepherd, R., Fernández-Celemín, L., Dömölki, L., Ruprich, J., Dhonukshe-Rutten, RA., Sonne, AM., Hermoso, M., Koletzko, B., Frost-Andersen, L., Timmer, A. and Raats, MM., The process of setting micronutrient recommendations: a cross-European comparison of nutrition-related scientific advisory bodies, Public Health Nutrition 14 (4) : 716- 728 Download publication

(2011) Brown, KA., Timotijevic, L., Barnett, J., Shepherd, R., Lähteenmäki, L. and Raats, MM., A review of consumer awareness, understanding and use of food-based dietary guidelines, British Journal of Nutrition 106 (1) : 15- 26

(2011) Thorpe, SJ., Barnett, J., Friend, K. and Nottingham, K., The mediating roles of disgust sensitivity and danger expectancy in relation to hand washing behaviour, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 39 (2) : 175- 190 Download publication

(2011) Lucas, JS., Barnett, J., Leftwich, J., Muncer, K., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM., Gowland, M. and Grimshaw, K., The challenge of using information on food packaging to avoid peanut and nut allergens (Abstract), Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 127 (2) : AB112- AB112

(2011) Leftwich, J., Barnett, J., Muncer, K., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM., Hazel Gowland, M. and Lucas, JS., The challenges for nut-allergic consumers of eating out, Clinical and Experimental Allergy 41 (2) : 243- 249

(2011) Money, AG., Barnett, J., Kuljis, J., Craven, MP., Martin, JL. and Young, T., The role of the user within the medical device design and development process: Medical device manufacturers' perspectives, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1115 Download publication

(2010) Chenoweth, J., Barnett, J., Capelos, T., Fife-Schaw, C. and Kelay, T., Comparison of consumer attitudes between Cyprus and Latvia: An evaluation of effect of setting on consumer preferences in the water industry, Water Resources Management 24 (15) : 4339- 4358 Download publication

(2010) Timotijevic, L., Raats, MM., Barnett, J., Brown, K., Latheenmaki, L. and Jensen, BB., Health-behaviour-policy epistemological framework for the decision making of policy makers relevant to micronutrient recommendations (Presentation abstract), European Journal of Public Health 20 (Supplement 1) : 125-

(2010) Knight, T. and Barnett, J., Perceived efficacy and attitudes towards genetic science and science governance, Public Understanding of Science 19 (4) : 386- 402 Download publication

(2010) Timotijevic, L., Raats, MM., Barnett, J., Brown, K., Shepherd, R., Fernandez, L., Dömölki, L., Ruprich, J., Sonne, AM., Hermoso, M., Koletzko, B., Frost-Andersen, L. and Timmer, A., From micronutrient recommendations to policy: consumer and stakeholder involvement, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 64 (S2) : S31- S37

(2010) Sharma, U., Barnett, J. and Clarke, M., Clinical users' perspective on telemonitoring of patients with long term conditions: Understood through concepts of Giddens's structuration theory & consequence of modernity, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 160 (PART 1) : 545- 549 Download publication

(2010) Walker, G., Cass, N., Burningham, K. and Barnett, J., Renewable energy and sociotechnical change: imagined subjectivities of 'the public' and their implications, Environment and Planning A 42 (4) : 931- 947

(2009) Ogden, J., Barnett, J. and Daniells, E., When is choice a good thing?: An experimental study of the impact of choice on patient outcomes, Psychology Health and Medicine 14 (1) : 34- 47 Download publication

(2009) Timotijevic, L., Barnett, J., Shepherd, R. and Senior, V., Factors influencing self-report of mobile phone use: the role of response prompt, time reference and mobile phone use in recall, Applied Cognitive Psychology 23 (5) : 664- 683

(2008) Barnett, J., Ogden, J. and Daniells, E., The value of choice: a qualitative study, British Journal of General Practice 58 (554) : 609- 613 Download publication

(2008) Ogden, J., Daniells, E. and Barnett, J., The value of choice: the development of a new measurement tool, British Journal of General Practice 58 (554) : 614- 618

(2008) Fife-Schaw, C., Barnett, J., Chenoweth, J., Morrison, GM. and Lundehn, C., Consumer trust and confidence: Some recent ideas in the literature, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 8 (1) : 43- 48 Download publication

(2008) Barnett, J., Timotijevic, L., Vassallo, M. and Shepherd, R., Precautionary advice about mobile phones: Public understandings and intended responses, Journal of Risk Research 11 (4) : 525- 540 Download publication

(2007) Barnett, J., Cooper, H. and Senior, V., Belief in public efficacy, trust and attitudes to modern genetic science, Risk Analysis 27 (4) : 921- 933 Download publication

(2007) Barnett, J., Timotijevic, L., Shepherd, R. and Senior, V., Public responses to precautionary information from the Department of Health (UK) about possible health risks from mobile phones, Health Policy 82 (2) : 240- 250

(2007) Shepherd, R., Barnett, J., Cooper, H., Coyle, A., Moran-Ellis, J., Senior, V. and Walton, C., Towards an understanding of British public attitudes concerning human cloning, Social Science and Medicine 65 (2) : 377- 392 Download publication

(2007) Stevenson, C., Doherty, G., Barnett, J., Muldoon, OT. and Trew, K., Adolescents' views of food and eating: Identifying barriers to healthy eating, Journal of Adolescence 30 (3) : 417- 434 Download publication

(2007) Burningham, K., Barnett, J., Carr, A., Clift, R. and Wehrmeyer, W., Industrial constructions of publics and public knowledge: a qualitative investigation of practice in the UK chemicals industry, Public Understanding of Science 16 (1) : 23- 43 Download publication

(2006) Timotijevic, L. and Barnett, J., Managing the possible health risks of mobile telecommunications: Public understandings of precautionary action and advice, Health, Risk and Society 8 (2) : 143- 164 Download publication

(2005) Lima, ML., Barnett, J. and Vala, J., Risk perception and technological development at a societal level, Risk Analysis 25 (5) : 1229- 1239

(2005) Senior, V., Barnett, J. and Cooper, H., In science we trust? The influence of trust and information presentation on attitudes to gene patenting and cloning (Abstract), Psychology & Health 20 (Supplement 1) : 245-

(2003) Barnett, J. and Breakwell, GM., The social amplification of risk and the hazard sequence: the October 1995 oral contraceptive pill scare, Health, Risk and Society 5 (3) : 301- 313 Download publication

(2002) Breakwell, G. and Barnett, J., The significance of uncertainty and conflict: developing a social psychological theory of risk communications, New Review of Social Psychology 2 107- 114

(2001) Barnett, J. and Breakwell, GM., Risk perception and experience: Hazard personality profiles and individual differences, Risk Analysis 21 (1) : 171- 177

(1999) Barnett, J. and Hammond, S., Representing disability in charity promotions, Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology 9 (4) : 309- 314

(1998) Barnett, J., Sensitive questions and response effects: An evaluation, Journal of Managerial Psychology 13 (1/2) : 93- 76

Conference Papers

(2011) Lucas, J., Barnett, J., Leftwich, J., Muncer, K., Grimshaw, K., Shepherd, R., Raats, MM. and Gowland, MH., How do peanut and nut-allergic consumers use information on the packaging to avoid allergens?, , CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY (41) : 1836- 1836

(2011) Macadam, C., Barnett, J., Erlewyn-Lajeunesse, M., King, RM., Roberts, G. and Lucas, JS., What to teenagers think about their autoinjectors?, , CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY (41) : 1852- 1852

(2011) Money, A., Barnett, J. and Kuljis, J., Adrenaline auto-injectors: Designing for improved adherence, Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors Annual Conference

(2005) Barnett, J., Understanding public responses to precautionary action and advice, Base Stations and Wireless Networks: Exposures and Health Consequences, Intenational Workshop on Base Stations and Wireless Networks: Exposures and Health Consequences 163- 168

Book Chapters

(2010) Walker, G., Devine-Wright, P., Barnett, J., Burningham, K., Cass, N., Devine-Wright, H., Speller, G., Barton, J., Evans, B. and Heath, Y., Symmetries, expectations, dynamics and contexts: a framework for understanding public engagement with renewable energy projects. In: Devine-Wright, P. ed. Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation. London : Earthscan 1- 14

(2009) Barnett, J. and Timotijevic, L., Information campaigns and public understanding: the example of mobile telecommunications. In: del Pozo, C., Papameletiou, D., Weidemann, P. and Ravazzani, P. eds. Electromagnetic Field Exposure: Risk Communication in the Context of Uncertainty. Brussels : The European Commission 75- 82

(2007) Barnett, J. and Timotijevic, L., Making sense of uncertainty and precaution: the example of mobile telecommunications. In: Flynn, R. and Bellaby, P. eds. Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies. Palgrave MacMillan 86- 106

(2006) Uzzell, D. and Barnett, J., Ethnographic and action research. In: Breakwell, GM., Hammond, S., Fife-Schaw, C. and Smith, J. eds. Research Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications Ltd 300- 320

(2006) Barnett, J., Carr, A. and Clift, R., Going public: Risk, trust and public understandings of nanotechnology. In: Hunt, G. and Mehta, MD. eds. Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law. Earthscan / James & James 196- 212

(2006) Barnett, J., Timotijevic, L., Shepherd, D., Senior, V. and Vincent, J., Understanding of the precautionary principle: 'no smoke without fire' or 'better safe than sorry?'. In: del Pozo, C., Papameletiou, D., Wiedemann, P. and Ravazzani, P. eds. Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Tools, Experiences and Strategies in Electromagnetic Fields Exposure. European Commission 123- 128

(2004) Barnett, J., The Multiple Sorting Procedure (MSP). In: Breakwell, GM. ed. Doing social psychology research. Wiley-Blackwell 289- 304

(2003) Breakwell, G. and Barnett, J., Social amplification of risk and the layering method. In: Pidgeon, NF., Kasperson, RE. and Slovic, P. eds. The social amplification of risk. Cambridge University Press 80- 101

(2000) Brown, J. and Barnett, J., Facet theory: An approach to research. In: Breakwell, GM., Hammond, S. and Fife-Schaw, C. eds. Research Methods in Psychology. Sage Publications Ltd 105- 118

(2000) Breakwell, GM. and Barnett, J., Social influence processes and their effect on risk amplification. In: Cottam, MP., Harvey, DW., Pape, RP. and Tait, J. eds. Foresight and Precaution: Proceedings of ESREL 2000, SARS and SRA-Europe Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 14-17 May 2000. A A Balkema Publishers 1181- 1187