Prof Inga Heyman's Outputs (40)

Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Hillen, P., Speakman, E. M., Jamieson, M., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (2025). Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland. Policing and Society, 35(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2367142

In the context of escalating drug-related deaths, during 2021 Police Scotland implemented a pilot project incorporating naloxone training to test the carriage and administration of naloxone by officers. The current paper presents data from the evalua... Read More about Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland.

Systematic review of blue-light service collaboration for community health and well-being (2023)
Journal Article
Dougall, N., MacGillivray, S., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., & Tatnell, A. (2023). Systematic review of blue-light service collaboration for community health and well-being. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 8(2), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.319

Effective cross-service collaboration has been posed as a way of improving outcomes for people, enhancing community safety and well-being, reducing social and health inequalities, and improving service resource efficiencies. However, it was not known... Read More about Systematic review of blue-light service collaboration for community health and well-being.

Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle (2022)
Book Chapter
Thomas, S., White, C., Dougall, N., & Heyman, I. (2022). Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle. In I. Bartkowiak-Théron, J. Clover, D. Martin, R. Southby, & N. Crofts (Eds.), Law enforcement and public health: Partners for Community Safety and Wellbeing (111-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83913-0_8

Commonly, in the course of their duties, the police will come into contact with people who have a lived experience of mental illness. It is acknowledged that these contacts can and do happen for a wide variety of reasons and in a broad range of circu... Read More about Law enforcement and mental health: The missing middle.

‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Speakman, E. M., Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (2023). ‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences. Harm Reduction Journal, 20, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00750-9

Background
Scotland has one of the highest rates of drug-related deaths (DRDs) per capita in Europe, the majority of which involve opioids. Naloxone is a medication used to reverse opioid-related overdoses. In efforts to tackle escalating DRDs in ma... Read More about ‘I’m not going to leave someone to die’: carriage of naloxone by police in Scotland within a public health framework: a qualitative study of acceptability and experiences.

Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation (2022)
Report
Hillen, P., Speakman, E., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Jamieson, M., Aston, E., & McAuley, A. (2022). Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation. Edinburgh: Drug Deaths Taskforce, Scottish Government

This report describes the independent findings of an evaluation of a Police Scotland test of change (pilot) of the carriage and administration of naloxone as an emergency first aid measure to persons suspected of experiencing an opioid overdose. The... Read More about Naloxone In Police Scotland: Pilot evaluation.

Training manual for law enforcement of cials on HIV service provision for people who inject drugs (2025)
Other
Riley, D., Thomson, N., Monaghan, G., & Jardine, M. (2025). Training manual for law enforcement of cials on HIV service provision for people who inject drugs

Neurodiversity: Navigating the criminal justice system at the intersect of policing and health (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heyman, I., & Spassiani, N. (2025, January). Neurodiversity: Navigating the criminal justice system at the intersect of policing and health. Presented at Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research PhD Series, Online

People with neurodiversity or a neurodisability are overly represented in policing interactions. Yet, knowledge to support meaningful and positive impacts on criminal justice systems to support people with neurodiversity/neurodisability are sparse.... Read More about Neurodiversity: Navigating the criminal justice system at the intersect of policing and health.

Police and Health: Working together across complex systems to support people (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heyman, I. (2025, January). Police and Health: Working together across complex systems to support people. Presented at The National Police and Prison Care Networks Webinar series, Online

‘Safe spaces’ call as mental health crisis consumes police (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
(2025). ‘Safe spaces’ call as mental health crisis consumes police

Cited in the article.

Influence social change with your research by building relationships (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Hillen, P., & Heyman, I. (2024). Influence social change with your research by building relationships

Invited submission following recognition at THE awards 2024
Researchers from Edinburgh Napier University needed to form relationships with a range of people when evaluating Police Scotland’s use of the drug naloxone. Here’s how they did it.

Engaging police and the public health sector to collaborate for the public good (2024)
Report
Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association. (2024). Engaging police and the public health sector to collaborate for the public good. World Federation of Public Health Associations

Submitted by Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA)

Collaboration between police and public health sectors can improve community well-being.

Key aspects of this policy are:

Joint Training Programs: Addressing issues li... Read More about Engaging police and the public health sector to collaborate for the public good.

Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P., Heyman, I., Dougall, N., Murray, J., Aston, E., Jamieson, M., Speakman, E., & McAuley, A. (2024, March). Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. Presented at Drugs Research Network Webinar: ‘Drugs, Stigma and Emergency Services’, Online

This presentation explored selected quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot. The data indicated that police officers in Scotland had a range of views about problem drug use, and people who use drugs (P... Read More about Police officer’s perspectives of people who use drugs: compassion or stigma? Evidence from an evaluation of Police Scotland’s naloxone pilot.

Naloxone In Police Scotland - June 2023 update (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hillen, P. (2023, June). Naloxone In Police Scotland - June 2023 update. Presented at Drugs Research Network Scotland - end of phase 2 conference, Glasgow

This presentation describes the independent findings of an evaluation of a Police Scotland test of change (pilot) of the carriage and administration of naloxone as an emergency first aid measure to persons suspected of experiencing an opioid overdos... Read More about Naloxone In Police Scotland - June 2023 update.

Impact of Childhood Adversity and mental health on young person suicide: the CHASE study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Savinc, J., Abbott-Smith, S., & Murray, J. (2023, May). Impact of Childhood Adversity and mental health on young person suicide: the CHASE study. Paper presented at European Conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health, Umeå, Sweden

Background
Suicide rates have been increasing in recent years after a period of decline since the 1990s, with notable increases in those aged 15-24. Childhood adversity is a known risk factor for later suicide.

Research objectives
We aimed to fi... Read More about Impact of Childhood Adversity and mental health on young person suicide: the CHASE study.

Narrative approaches (2023)
Book Chapter
Heyman, I., & Gibson, N. (2023). Narrative approaches. In J. Lishman, J. Bolger, N. Gibson, G. Spolander, & C. Yuill (Eds.), Social Work: An introduction (399-411). (Third Edition). SAGE Publications

Lean Into Interprofessional Education with an Interprofessional Mega Simulation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frederick, A., Greig, Y., Heyman, I., & Matthew, H. (2023, May). Lean Into Interprofessional Education with an Interprofessional Mega Simulation. Presented at Collaborating Across Borders VIII Conference, Online

This presentation will review the steps used to develop, implement and evaluate the impact of a largescale, patient care planning, tabletop simulation. Participants will review the patient care scenario. Challenges, opportunities and outcomes will be... Read More about Lean Into Interprofessional Education with an Interprofessional Mega Simulation.

How cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing: A systematic review and case study of an area experiencing significant disadvantage (2023)
Report
Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Tatnell, A., Wooff, A., & MacGillivray, S. (2023). How cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing: A systematic review and case study of an area experiencing significant disadvantage. SIPR

Interprofessional Learning and Collaborative Practice Strategy (2022)
Other
Heyman, I. Interprofessional Learning and Collaborative Practice Strategy

Policing and health collaboration: Landscape review 2021 (2021)
Report
Bath, R., Blackstock, M., Borrett, J., Cook, T., Dougall, N., Forbes, R., Hawley, J., Heyman, I., Hindle, L., James, S., Lunn, J., Moss, J., Newland, R., Pearce-Smith, N., Plugge, E., Quinton, P., Sondhi, A., Srivastava, J., Taylor, K., Williams, E., & Wylam, J. (2021). Policing and health collaboration: Landscape review 2021. College of Policing

Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Grandison, G. (2022). Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review. Policing and Society, 32(4), 540-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1927025

Assessing vulnerability is an international priority area across law enforcement and public health (LEPH). Most contacts with frontline law enforcement professions now relate to ‘vulnerability’; frontline health responders are experiencing a similar... Read More about Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review.