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Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect? (2017)
Journal Article
Gill, J., Black, H., O’May, F., Chick, J., Gill, J., Black, H., Rush, R., O'May, F., & Chick, J. (2017). Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect?. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the

Aims: To explore the potential impact of a minimum unit price (MUP: 50 pence per UK unit) on the alcohol consumption of ill Scottish heavy drinkers. Methods: Participants were 639 patients attending alcohol treatment services or admitted to hospita... Read More about Heavy Drinkers and the Potential Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing—No Single or Simple Effect?.

An exploration of the lived experiences of people with alcohol-related harm in Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
O'May, F., Gill, J., Black, H., Rees, C., & Chick, J. (2017). An exploration of the lived experiences of people with alcohol-related harm in Scotland. Journal of Substance Use, 22(4), 442-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2016.1235732

Background: Alcohol consumption has posed well-documented problems for Scottish society in terms of morbidity, mortality, and wider societal costs. Objectives: To investigate the lived experiences and drinking behaviors of people with alcohol-related... Read More about An exploration of the lived experiences of people with alcohol-related harm in Scotland.

Follow-up study of people who misuse alcohol: reflections on methodology. (2016)
Journal Article
Gill, J. S., Black, H., O'May, F., & Rees, C. (2016). Follow-up study of people who misuse alcohol: reflections on methodology. Nurse Researcher, 24(2), 10-17

Background Considerable challenges exist for researchers attempting to monitor longitudinally the impact of any intervention on heavy drinkers, therefore they are often excluded from surveys. A particular challenge is the loss of validity through att... Read More about Follow-up study of people who misuse alcohol: reflections on methodology..

Heavy drinkers' perspectives on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative interview study (2016)
Journal Article
O’May, F., Gill, J., Black, H., Rees, C., Chick, J., & McPake, B. (2016). Heavy drinkers' perspectives on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative interview study. SAGE Open, 6(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016657141

The irrefutable consequence of Scottish excessive alcohol consumption has prompted implementation and proposal of alcohol policy measures. The purpose of this study is to explore with heavy drinkers their awareness of and identify potential implicati... Read More about Heavy drinkers' perspectives on minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative interview study.

A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) amongst final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduates (2016)
Journal Article
O’May, F., Gill, J., McWhirter, E., Kantartzis, S., Rees, C., & Murray, K. (2016). A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief

The perceived value of Alcohol Brief Interventions as a tool to address alcohol misuse in Scotland has supported the establishment of a Health Improvement, Efficiency, Access and Treatment, HEAT: H4 Standard to deliver ABIs within certain health care... Read More about A teachable moment for the teachable moment? A prospective study to evaluate delivery of a workshop designed to increase knowledge and skills in relation to alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) amongst final year nursing and occupational therapy undergraduates.

The families and friends of heavy drinkers: Caught in the cross-fire of policy change? (2016)
Journal Article
O'May, F., Whittaker, A., Black, H., & Gill, J. S. (2017). The families and friends of heavy drinkers: Caught in the cross-fire of policy change?. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(2), 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12403

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Research highlights the need to better understand the impact of alcohol-related harm on families and communities. Scottish policy initiatives to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm include the planned introd... Read More about The families and friends of heavy drinkers: Caught in the cross-fire of policy change?.

The enigma of 'harmful' alcohol consumption: evidence from a mixed methods study involving female drinkers in Scotland (2015)
Journal Article
Gill, J. S., Rush, R., Black, H., O'May, F. P., Chick, J., Rees, C., & McPake, B. (2016). The enigma of 'harmful' alcohol consumption: evidence from a mixed methods study involving female drinkers in Scotland. Perspectives in Public Health, 136(1), 34-42.

Background/Aims: An appreciation of the drinking patterns of population subgroups may usefully inform tailored interventions. For this purpose research has highlighted a need to better describe the drinking behaviour of UK women. This study aims to c... Read More about The enigma of 'harmful' alcohol consumption: evidence from a mixed methods study involving female drinkers in Scotland.

Alcohol purchasing by ill heavy drinkers; cheap alcohol is no single commodity. (2015)
Journal Article
Gill, J., Chick, J., Black, H., Rees, C., O'May, F., Rush, R., & McPake, B. (2015). Alcohol purchasing by ill heavy drinkers; cheap alcohol is no single commodity. Public Health, 129(12), 1571-1578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.08.013

Objectives Potential strategies to address alcohol misuse remain contentious. We aim to characterise the drink purchases of one population group: heavy drinkers in contact with Scottish health services. We contrast our findings with national sales... Read More about Alcohol purchasing by ill heavy drinkers; cheap alcohol is no single commodity..

Alcohol pricing and purchasing among heavy drinkers in Edinburgh and Glasgow: Current trends and implications for pricing policies. (2015)
Report
Chick, J., & Gill, J. S. (2015). Alcohol pricing and purchasing among heavy drinkers in Edinburgh and Glasgow: Current trends and implications for pricing policies

Executive summary This is a study of the alcohol purchasing behaviour of patients with alcohol-related conditions at NHS settings in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In 2011/12, 639 drinkers were recruited and invited to complete two questionnaires at baselin... Read More about Alcohol pricing and purchasing among heavy drinkers in Edinburgh and Glasgow: Current trends and implications for pricing policies..