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Professor Fiona Fylan

Professor

Fiona is a Health Psychologist who applies behavioural sciences to better understand behaviour and to develop and evaluate interventions to change behaviour. She works in areas such as energy use, transport choices, road user behaviour and healthcare provision.

Fiona leads the Sustainable Behaviour team within the Leeds Sustainability Institute. This explores a wide range of behaviours that encourage healthy people and places. Examples include:

Understanding how people respond to initiatives to change the energy they use such as retrofitting energy efficiency measures to their homes and switching their domestic fuel from natural gas to hydrogen. The insight gained can be applied to develop communication resources that enable people to make informed choices about their energy, and to avoid misperceptions and misunderstandings that could lead people rejecting new processes and technologies.
Developing interventions to encourage safer and more sustainable road user behaviour, e.g. to increase active travel, to reduce aggressive or inconsiderate driving, to reduce air pollution by reducing short car journeys.
Identifying why interventions to change behaviour are unsuccessful, and what can be done to improve them. For example why people do not follow advice to reduce damp in their homes, and how the advice needs to change so that people understand, support, and follow it.
Understanding how to change the physical or social environment to increase the uptake of health-promoting opportunities, such as cycling and walking, attending for screening tests, and increasing individual and system resilience.

Current Teaching

Research methods

Research Interests

Fiona leads the social sciences research on public perceptions of hydrogen as a domestic fuel. This is currently informing the UK's strategy on domestic energy use and climate change.

Fiona is also the lead academic of the team of psychologists that develops road user behaviour change courses for UK police forces. Each year, over 1.5 million road users attend these world-leading, award-winning courses and Fiona ensures they apply the most appropriate techniques to achieve sustainable behaviour change.

0113 812 0000
F.Fylan@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Churchwood House, G02, Headingley Campus

School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing

Selected Outputs

Rickett B; Cross R; Fylan F; Milnes K (2010) Taking a risk is feeling free’: Risk and embodiment in young women’s accounts of health. In: Psychology of Women Section, British Psychological Society, 1 January 2010, Windsor, UK.

http://abstracts.bps.org.uk/?&ResultsType=Abstracts&ResultSet_ID=6588&FormDisplayMode=view&frmShowSelected=true&localAction=details

Thomas F; Fylan F; David G; Gorse C (2017) Developing a taxonomy for discontinuities in internal wall insulation.
DEIGHTON-SMITH N; FAWKNER H; MARKS G; FYLAN F (2010) Thematic analysis of pregnancy and postpartum messages regarding body image and exercise in popular UK newspapers and women's magazines.

Fylan F; Glew D (2021) Barriers to domestic retrofit quality: Are failures in retrofit standards a failure of retrofit standards?. Indoor and Built Environment, pp. 1420326X2110271-1420326X2110271.

https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326x211027197
Bentley SA; Black A; Khawaja N; Fylan F; Griffiths AM; Wood JM (2021) The mental health and wellbeing survey of Australian optometrists. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12823
Fylan F; Fylan B (2021) Co-creating social licence for sharing health and care data. Int J Med Inform, 149 pp. 104439.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104439
Webber KJ; Fylan F; Wood JM; Elliott DB (2020) Experiences following cataract surgery - patient perspectives. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12709
Fylan F; King M; Brough D; Black AA; King N; Bentley LA; Wood JM (2020) Increasing conspicuity on night-time roads : Perspectives from cyclists and runners. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 68 pp. 161-170.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2019.11.016
Fylan F; Caveney L; Cartwright A; Fylan B (2018) Making it work for me: beliefs about making a personal health record relevant and useable. BMC Health Serv Res, 18 (1), pp. 445.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3254-z
Fylan F; Hughes A; Wood JM; Elliott DB (2018) Why do people drive when they can't see clearly?. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 56 pp. 123-133.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.04.005
Wilson A; Fylan F; Gough B (2018) Marginalisation of men in family planning texts: An analysis of training manuals. Health Education Journal

https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896917751832
Fylan F; Caveney L (2017) Young people's motivations to drive: expectations and realities. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 52 pp. 32-39.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2017.11.011
Fylan F; Glew D; Smith M; Johnston D; Brooke-Peat M; Miles-Shenton D; Fletcher M; Aloise-Young P; Gorse C (2016) Reflections on retrofits: Overcoming barriers to energy efficiency among the fuel poor in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 21 pp. 190-198.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.08.002
Malinowski J; Fylan F; Horton CL (2014) Experiencing "Continuity": A Qualitative Investigation of Waking Life in Dreams. DREAMING, 24 (3), pp. 161-175.

https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037305
Fylan F; Stradling S (2014) Behavioural Change Techniques used in road safety interventions for young people. European Review of Applied Psychology, 64 (3), pp. 123-129.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2014.02.003
CROSS R; MILNES K; RICKETT B; FYLAN F (2011) Risking a Stigmatised Identity: A discourse analysis of young women’s talk about health and risk. Qualitative Methods in Psychology, 12 pp. 22-29.

http://www.bpsshop.org.uk/QMiP-Bulletin-Issue-12-October-2011-P1534.aspx
CROSS R; MILNES K; RICKETT B; FYLAN F (2010) 'Taking a risk is feeling free': Risk in young women's accounts of health and health practices - implications for public health and health promotion. BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin
Brealey SD; Andronis L; Dennis L; Atwell C; Bryan S; Coulton S; Cox H; Cross B; Fylan F; Garratt A (2010) Participants' preference for type of leaflet used to feed back the results of a randomised trial: a survey. Trials, 11 pp. 116-?.

https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-116
BREALEY SD; ATWELL C; BRYAN S; COULTON S; COX H; CROSS B; FYLAN F (2010) Participants' preference for type of leaflet used to feed back the results of a randomised trial: a survey. , 11 pp. 116.
DAMASK (Direct Access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Assessment for Suspect Knees) Trial Team (2008) Effectiveness of GP access to magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: a randomised trial. British Journal of General Practice, 58 (556), pp. e1-e8.

https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X342651
Wilson B; Bekker HL; Fylan F (2008) Reporting of Clinical Adverse Events Scale: a measure of doctor and nurse attitudes to adverse event reporting. Quality & safety in health care, 17 (5), pp. 364-367.

https://doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2006.021691
BREALEY S; ALTWELL A; BRYAN S; COULTON S; COX H; CROSS B; FYLAN F (2008) Effectiveness of GP access to magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: a randomised trial. , 58 (556), pp. e1-e9.
Andronis L; Atwell C; Brealey S; Bryan S; Collins S; Cox H; Cross B; Coulton S; Fylan F; Garratt A (2008) Cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee for patients presenting in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 58 (556), pp. 775-778.

https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp08X342660
Brealey SD; Atwell C; Bryan S; Coulton S; Cox H; Cross B; Fylan F; Garratt A; Gilbert FJ; Gillan MGC (2007) Using postal randomization to replace telephone randomization had no significant effect on recruitment of patients. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 60 (10), pp. 1046-1051.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.003
Fisher B; Dowding D; Pickett KE; Fylan F (2007) Health promotion at NHS breast cancer screening clinics in the UK. Health Promotion International, 22 (2), pp. 137-145.

https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dal043
Brealey SD; Atwell C; Bryan S; Coulton S; Cox H; Cross B; Fylan F (2007) Influence of magnetic resonance imaging of the knee on GPs' decisions: a randomised trial. The British Journal of General Practice, 57 (541), pp. 622-629.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2099667/
Brealey SD; Atwell C; Bryan S; Coulton S; Cox H; Cross B; Fylan F; Garratt A; Gilbert FJ; Gillan MG (2007) Improving response rates using a monetary incentive for patient completion of questionnaires: an observational study. BMC medical research methodology, 7 pp. 12-?.

https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-7-12
Brealey SD; Atwell C; Bryan S; Coulton S; Cox H; Cross B; Fylan F; Garratt A; Gilbert FJ; Gillan MG (2006) The DAMASK trial protocol: a pragmatic randomised trial to evaluate whether GPs should have direct access to MRI for patients with suspected internal derangement of the knee. BMC health services research, 6 pp. 133-?.

https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-133
Fylan F; Grunfeld EA (2005) Visual illusions? Beliefs and behaviours of presbyope clients in optometric practice. Patient Education and Counseling, 56 (3), pp. 291-295.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2004.03.003
Fylan F; Grunfeld EA; Turvey A; Desallais J (2005) Four different types of client attitudes towards purchasing spectacles in optometric practice. Health Expectations, 8 (1), pp. 18-25.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2004.00309.x
Fylan F; Grunfeld EA; Desallais J; Turvey AL (2005) Presbyope clients’ information requirements and purchasing preferences for spectacles. Health Expectations, 8 pp. 15-18.
Fylan F; Morrison-Fokken A; Grunfeld EA (2005) Focus-QoL: Measuring quality of life in low vision. International Congress Series, 1282 pp. 549-553.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2005.05.043
Fylan F; Grunfeld EA (2002) Information within optometric practice: comprehension, preferences and implications. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 22 (4), pp. 333-340.

https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00048.x
Fylan F (2002) A self-regulatory perspective on presbyopia. Optometry in Practice, 3 pp. 1-7.

https://www.college-optometrists.org/professional-development/college-journals/optometry-in-practice/all-oip-articles/volume-3,-issue-1/2002-02-aself-regulatoryperspectiveonpresbyopia
Fylan F; Thomson M; Georgiou A (2001) MEG and EEG responses evoked by changes in natural-image structure. NEUROIMAGE, 13 (6), pp. S881-S881.

https://doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(01)92223-2
Fylan F; Harding GF; Edson AS; Webb RM (1999) Mechanisms of video-game epilepsy. Epilepsia, 4 pp. 28-30.
Fylan F; Edson AS; Harding GF (1999) Clinical significance of EEG abnormalities during photic stimulation in patients with photosensitive epilepsy. Epilepsia, pp. 370-373.
Fylan F (1998) Screening for cervical cancer: a review of women’s attitudes, knowledge and behaviours. The British Journal of General Practice, 48 (433), pp. 1509-1514.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1313202/pdf/10024713.pdf

Glew D; Fylan F; Farmer D; Miles-Shenton D; Parker J; Thomas F; Fletcher M; Hardy A; Shikder S; Brooke-Peat M (2021) Thin Internal Wall Insulation, Measuring Energy Performance Improvements in Dwellings using Thin Internal Wall Insulation. Summary Report - BEIS [Online]. London: Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/967876/tiwi-summary-report.pdf
Gorse CA; Glew D; Johnston D; Fylan F; Miles-Shenton D; Smith M; Brooke-Peat M; Farmer D; Stafford A; Fletcher M (2017) Core cities Green Deal monitoring project – Leeds [Online]. Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-cities-green-deal-monitoring-project-leeds
Fylan F; Hempel S; Grunfeld B; Conner M; Lawton R (2006) Evidence-based behavioural change for speeding drivers Department for Transport.

Available from: https://ukr-resources-4.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/09202417/rr66-Effective-interventions.pdf

Fylan F (2005) Semi-structured interviewing techniques. In: Miles JE; Gilbert PE ed. A Handbook of Research Methods For Clinical And Health Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press,