I am a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research (SACASR). I primarily work on the SHARPS (Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support) cluster randomised controlled trial. My research interests include health inequalities, substance use, vulnerable populations and mixed methods research. Prior to joining the University of Stirling, I worked as a researcher at the University of Glasgow and completed a PhD at the University of Sheffield. My PhD focused on understanding socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol harm using complex system modelling approaches.
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial.
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research and The Salvation Army
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How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? A policy scoping review
Pollack R, Olsen JR, Heppenstall A, Hoehn A, Boyd J, Hardy VP, Littlejohn J, Stevenson A, Mitchell R, Meier P & Stokes J (2024) How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? A policy scoping review. BMC Public Health, 24, Art. No.: 3426. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20928-5
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Meier PS, Holmes J, Stevely A, Boyd JE, Alava MH, Hardie I, Warde A & Sasso A (2024) Drinking practices: The variation of drinking events across intersections of sex, age and household income. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13975
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Buykx P, Perkins A, Hughes J, Livingston W, Boyd J, Perman‐Howe P, Johnston A, McCarthy T, McLean A, Wright A, Little S & Holmes J (2024) The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence: A difference‐in‐difference structured interview study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 1 (14). https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13960
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Squires H, Kelly MP, Gilbert N, Sniehotta F, Purshouse RC, Garcia L, Breeze P, Brennan A, Gardner B, Bright S, Fischer A, Heppenstall A, Wetton JD, Hernandez-Alava M, Boyd J, Buckley C, Vlaev I, Smith R, Abbas A, Gibb R, Henney M, Moore E & Chater AM (2024) The PHEM-B toolbox of methods for incorporating the influences on Behaviour into Public Health Economic Models. BMC Public Health, 24 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20225-1
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Boyd J, Holmes J, Gibbs |N, Buckley C, Purshouse R & Meier P (2024) How can agent-based modelling provide new insights into the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland?. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13880
