Dr. Odette Parry

Research Fellow

Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6199

Email: O.Parry@ed.ac.uk

Current research interests

• Disciplinary boundaries and barriers in health research
• Issues of risk and dependency in understanding health behaviour
• Perceptions of health risks

Current research projects

• A. Amos and O. Parry.
  Smoking and disadvantage -- a qualitative exploration of current smoking behaviours, attitudes and beliefs among disadvantaged smokers
  (Chief Scientist's Office, £101,000, July 1999--June 2001).

• O. Parry and G. Fowkes.
  Life course smoking behaviour among a sample of persistent smokers
  (ESRC, £100,000, May 1998--April 2000).

• S. Platt, O. Parry, and D. Ritchie.
  Evaluating a community based anti-smoking intervention in a low income area
  (Department of Health. £300,000, Oct 1998--Mar 2002).

• M. Sharpe, S. Platt, N. Mauthner, O. Parry and S. Potts.
  The social context of deliberate self harm: A qualitative exploration of professional and lay perspectives.
  (Chief Scientist Office, £93,000, Oct 1998--Sep 2000).

Some recent publications