Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, S., & McQueen, F. (2020). Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education. Sex Education, 20(2), 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1636780

Despite a substantial body of research on young people’s wishes about the content and delivery of sex and relationships education (SRE), studies still indicate dissatisfaction with the way lessons are provided. This discussion takes place in a public... Read More about Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education.

Trafficking in Human Beings: Made and Cut to Measure? Anti-trafficking Docufictions and the Production of Anti-trafficking Truths (2018)
Journal Article
Sharapov, K., & Mendel, J. (2018). Trafficking in Human Beings: Made and Cut to Measure? Anti-trafficking Docufictions and the Production of Anti-trafficking Truths. Cultural Sociology, 12(4), 540-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975518788657

This paper responds to Gozdziak's (2015: 30) call to explore how the knowledge that informs public debates about human trafficking is generated. Media imagery and narratives play a significant role in constructing both knowledge and ignorance. This p... Read More about Trafficking in Human Beings: Made and Cut to Measure? Anti-trafficking Docufictions and the Production of Anti-trafficking Truths.

Teenage pregnancy, parenting and intergenerational relations. (2016)
Book
Brown, S. (2016). Teenage pregnancy, parenting and intergenerational relations. Palgrave Macmillan

Drawing on interviews and focus groups with young mothers and fathers, their parents and other relatives, this book provides a rich exploration of the experience of being a teenage parent now, and for earlier generations, closely examining teenage pr... Read More about Teenage pregnancy, parenting and intergenerational relations..

Gender, authentic leadership, and identity: an analysis of women leaders' autobiographies. (2016)
Journal Article
Sang, K. J., Kapasi, I., Sang, K., & Sitko, R. (2016). Gender, authentic leadership, and identity: an analysis of women leaders' autobiographies. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 31(5/6), 339-358. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-06-2015-0058

Purpose: Leadership theories have moved from viewing leadership as a personality trait, towards models that recognise leadership as a social construction. Alongside this theorisation, gender and leadership remains of considerable interest, particular... Read More about Gender, authentic leadership, and identity: an analysis of women leaders' autobiographies..

Parents' perspectives of a universal early attachment programme in Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Stone, K., & Burgess, C. (2016). Parents' perspectives of a universal early attachment programme in Scotland. Health Promotion International, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw026

The ‘A Good Start’ programme is a universal early attachment programme for parents and babies aged 8 weeks and over, run by a charitable organization in one Scottish local authority. The programme offers non-stigmatizing support and parents are encou... Read More about Parents' perspectives of a universal early attachment programme in Scotland.

Act now or miss your gender targets. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Dutton, M. (2015). Act now or miss your gender targets

VOLUNTARY approach is not enough if Nicola Sturgeon’s ambition of boardroom 50:50 by 2020 is to be realised, says Dr Matthew Dutton.

The wrong type of mother: moral panic and teenage parenting. (2015)
Book Chapter
Brown, S. (2015). The wrong type of mother: moral panic and teenage parenting. In V. E. Cree, G. Clapton, & M. Smith (Eds.), Revisiting Moral Panics: Book 1 Gender and the Family. Policy Press

We live in a world that is increasingly characterised as full of risk, danger and threat. Every day a new social issue emerges to assail our sensibilities and consciences. Drawing on the popular Economic Social and Research Council (ESRC) seminar ser... Read More about The wrong type of mother: moral panic and teenage parenting..

‘They think it's all up to the girls’: gender, risk and responsibility for contraception (2014)
Journal Article
Brown, S. (2015). ‘They think it's all up to the girls’: gender, risk and responsibility for contraception. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 17(3), 312-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2014.950983

Much research suggests that attitudes towards responsibility for use of contraception amongst young people are strongly gendered. However, decision making, if ‘decisions’ happen at all, is bound up with notions of hegemonic masculine and feminine rol... Read More about ‘They think it's all up to the girls’: gender, risk and responsibility for contraception.

The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study. (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Henderson, E., & Sullivan, C. (2013). The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study. BMC Public Health, 14, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1139

Background: It is widely accepted that excessive drinking contributes to both health and social problems. There has been considerable interest in the potential of community pharmacies as a setting for health advice, and evidence suggests that interve... Read More about The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study..

Family and Mobility in Second Modernity: Polish Migrant Narratives of Individualization and Family Life (2013)
Journal Article
Botterill, K. (2014). Family and Mobility in Second Modernity: Polish Migrant Narratives of Individualization and Family Life. Sociology, 48(2), 233-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038512474728

This article revisits the individualization debate in the context of Polish migration to the UK. Drawing on empirical research with young Polish migrants in Scotland and Poland, I argue that as new opportunities for migration have shaped Polish famil... Read More about Family and Mobility in Second Modernity: Polish Migrant Narratives of Individualization and Family Life.

Oh what a tangled weave we weave: experiences of doing multiple perspectives research in families (2010)
Journal Article
Harden, J., Backett-Milburn, K., Hill, M., & MacLean, A. (2010). Oh what a tangled weave we weave: experiences of doing multiple perspectives research in families. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 13, 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645571003650979

It is not uncommon to explore the views of parents and children in qualitative research with families. Yet the implications and challenges of a multiple perspective approach often remain at a relatively taken‐for‐granted level. In this article we dra... Read More about Oh what a tangled weave we weave: experiences of doing multiple perspectives research in families.

Financial trajectories: how parents and children discussed the impact of the recession. (2010)
Journal Article
MacLean, A., Harden, J., & Backett-Milburn, K. (2010). Financial trajectories: how parents and children discussed the impact of the recession. Contemporary Social Science, 5, 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450141003783405

This paper presents findings from a qualitative longitudinal study which investigated processes of negotiation between parents and their primary school-aged children in addressing issues raised by working parenthood. Three waves of fieldwork were con... Read More about Financial trajectories: how parents and children discussed the impact of the recession..

The construction and negotiation of risk and trust in families (Risiko und Vertrauen in Familien ais Konstruktion und Aushandlungsprozess). (2008)
Book Chapter
Harden, J., & Backett-Milburn, K. (2008). The construction and negotiation of risk and trust in families (Risiko und Vertrauen in Familien ais Konstruktion und Aushandlungsprozess). In H. Kelle, & A. Tervooren (Eds.), Ganz normale kinder: heterogenitat und standardisierung kindlicher. Enticklung Weinheim

Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2. (2008)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., McIntyre, R., Worth, A., & Hogg, R. (2008). Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 230-237

The aim was to report on the views of children, parents and key stakeholders of a new bereavement support service for families where a parent is dying from cancer.

A qualitative pre- and post-intervention evaluation
design was used. Case study me... Read More about Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 2..

Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1. (2008)
Journal Article
Kennedy, C., McIntyre, R., Worth, A., & Hogg, R. (2008). Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 14, 162-168

The aim is to present findings from a review of key literature and from a scoping of current provision of support for children facing the death of a parent. A summary of the findings from these is reported here.

The methodology involved setting ou... Read More about Supporting children and families facing death of a parent: part 1..

Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition )(Scotland) Act 2007. (2007)
Book Chapter
Ashton, C. (2007). Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition )(Scotland) Act 2007. In Current Law Statutes. Thomson

Places health promotion at the heart of schools' activities
Ensures that food and drink served in schools meets nutritional requirements set out by Scottish Ministers
Ensures local authorities promote the uptake and benefits of school meals and, in... Read More about Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition )(Scotland) Act 2007..

Social networks, normative influence and health delivery in rural Bangladesh. (2007)
Journal Article
Gayen, K., & Raeside, R. (2007). Social networks, normative influence and health delivery in rural Bangladesh. Social Science and Medicine, 65, 900-914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.037

This paper examines the association of social networks with the experience of neonatal death and the type of assistance that a woman obtains at childbirth in rural Bangladesh. Data were collected by interviewing 694 women from seven villages using a... Read More about Social networks, normative influence and health delivery in rural Bangladesh..

The Sensational Katherine Cecil Thurston: An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author (2007)
Thesis
An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2808

This thesis investigates the publishing history of a significant New Woman author of the Edwardian period, Katherine Cecil Thurston (1875-1911). Until now Thurston’s literary career has been the subject of little academic investigation. It is the aim... Read More about The Sensational Katherine Cecil Thurston: An investigation into the life and publishing history of a ‘New Woman’ author.

Communication and contraception in rural Bangladesh. (2006)
Journal Article
Gayen, K., & Raeside, R. (2006). Communication and contraception in rural Bangladesh. World Health and Population, 8, 57-73

This paper examines the association of communication in explaining the decision of women in rural Bangladesh to use or not to use contraception. Using survey data from villages in Bangladesh, we found that communication is an important influence on t... Read More about Communication and contraception in rural Bangladesh..

Parenting a young person with mental health problems: temporal disruption and reconstruction (2005)
Journal Article
Harden, J. (2005). Parenting a young person with mental health problems: temporal disruption and reconstruction. Sociology of health and illness, 27(3), 351-371. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00446.x

The article explores the experiences of parents living with a young person with mental health problems. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 25 parents (18 mothers and 7 fathers) whose child had a diagnosed psychiatric condition. It is argued t... Read More about Parenting a young person with mental health problems: temporal disruption and reconstruction.