The lived experience of interferon-free treatments for hepatitis C: A thematic analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Whittaker, A., Elliott, L., & Cunningham-Burley, S. (2016). The lived experience of interferon-free treatments for hepatitis C: A thematic analysis. International Journal of Drug Policy, 38, 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.10.013

Background: International discourse concerning the evolution in hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy has tended to focus on improving outcomes, shortened treatment length and reduced side-effects of interferon-free regimens. How these treatments are being... Read More about The lived experience of interferon-free treatments for hepatitis C: A thematic analysis.

The human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine: accounts from young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland aged 16-26 years (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Carnegie, E., Whittaker, A., Gray-Brunton, C., Kennedy, C., Hogg, R., Pow, J., …Hanif, N. (2016, April). The human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine: accounts from young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland aged 16-26 years. Paper presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2016

Background: School nurses play important roles in delivering human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in United Kingdom. International research indicates lower HPV vaccination uptake rates among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups... Read More about The human papillomavirus and HPV vaccine: accounts from young people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland aged 16-26 years.

Health-Related Quality of Life for individuals with hepatitis C: A narrative review (2015)
Journal Article
Whiteley, D., Elliott, L., Cunningham-Burley, S., & Whittaker, A. (2015). Health-Related Quality of Life for individuals with hepatitis C: A narrative review. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26(10), 936-949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.04.019

BACKGROUND The assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in hepatitis C (HCV) infected individuals continues to gain importance. However, rarely do reviews of this literature consider quantitative and qualitative accounts of HRQoL colle... Read More about Health-Related Quality of Life for individuals with hepatitis C: A narrative review.

Mother’s little helper? Contrasting accounts of benzodiazepine and methadone use among drug-dependent parents in the UK. (2014)
Journal Article
Chandler, A., Whittaker, A., Williams, N., McGorm, K., Cunningham-Burley, S., & Mathews, G. (2014). Mother’s little helper? Contrasting accounts of benzodiazepine and methadone use among drug-dependent parents in the UK. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 21(6), 470-475. https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.930814

Aims: To explore the ways in which opioid-dependent parents accounted for their use of opioids and benzodiazepines during and after pregnancy. Methods: Longitudinal qualitative interviews [n?=?45] with 19 opioid-dependent adults recruited in Scotland... Read More about Mother’s little helper? Contrasting accounts of benzodiazepine and methadone use among drug-dependent parents in the UK..

Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—Findings from a clinical audit (1998)
Journal Article
MacLeod, J., Whittaker, A., & Robertson, J. R. (1998). Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—Findings from a clinical audit. Drug and Alcohol Review, 17(1), 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09595239800187561

To evaluate use of methadone and dihydrocodeine prescription in a group of opiate-dependent patients attending a community/general practice drugs project data were recorded at enrolment in 1990 and at the beginning of 1995. Two hundred individuals we... Read More about Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—Findings from a clinical audit.