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Dr Simon Barrett
Dr Cassey Muir
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
“They had clothes on their back and they had food in their stomach, but they didn't have me”: The contribution of parental mental health problems, substance use, and domestic violence and abuse on young people and parents2024
Dr Simon Barrett
Dr Ruth McGovern
Parental decision making about safer sleep practices: A qualitative study of the perspectives of families with additional health and social care needs2024
Dr Ruth McGovern
Debbie Smart
Dr Hayley Alderson
Tony Fouweather
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Promoting Alcohol Reduction in Non-Treatment Seeking parents (PAReNTS): a pilot feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial of brief alcohol interventions with parents in contact with child safeguarding services2024
Domna Salonen
Dr Ruth McGovern
Emma Adams
Dr Cassey Muir
Jane Bourne
et al.
Being and becoming a farther in the context of heavy drinking and other substance use - a qualitative evidence synthesis2023
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Care-experienced young people’s reflections on their relationship to and use of alcohol: A qualitative exploration2023
Claire Smiles
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
Professor Judith Rankin
Drug and Alcohol Use in Pregnancy and Early Parenthood2023
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Raghu Lingam
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Effectiveness of Family-Involved Interventions in Reducing Co-Occurring Alcohol Use and Mental Health Problems in Young People Aged 12–17: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis2023
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
Impact of Parental Mental Health and Poverty on the Health of the Next Generation: A Multi-Trajectory Analysis Using the UK Millennium Cohort Study2023
Dr Simon Barrett
Dr Cassey Muir
Dr Simon Hackett
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Interventions to Reduce Parental Substance Use, Domestic Violence and Mental Health Problems, and Their Impacts Upon Children’s Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Evidence Mapping2023
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
Liam Spencer
Reducing LGBTQ+ adolescent mental health inequalities: a realist review of school-based interventions2023
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Paul Bogowicz
Dr Nick Meader
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Hayley Alderson
et al.
The association between maternal and paternal substance use and child substance use, internalizing and externalizing problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis2023
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
Liam Spencer
Understanding How School-Based Interventions Can Tackle LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health Inequality: A Realist Approach2023
Liam Spencer
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
A qualitative exploration of 14 to 17-year old adolescents' view of early and preventative mental health support in schools2022
Sarah Redgate
Liam Spencer
Emma Adams
Dr Bronia Arnott
Helen Harrison
et al.
A realist approach to understanding alliancing within Local Government public health and social care service provision.2022
Dr Cassey Muir
Emma Adams
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
Professor Eileen Kaner
Domna Salonen
et al.
A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies Exploring Lived Experiences, Perceived Impact, and Coping Strategies of Children and Young People Whose Parents Use Substances2022
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Andrea Mayrhofer
Debbie Smart
Dr Cassey Muir
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
An Innovative Approach to Delivering a Family-Based Intervention to Address Parental Alcohol Misuse: Qualitative Findings from a Pilot Project2022
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ellen Lynch
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of face-to-face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high-risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three-arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial)2022
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
Impact of poverty and family adversity on adolescent health: a multi-trajectory analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study2022
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Simon Barrett
Dr Samantha Burns
Victoria Cooling
Dr Simon Hackett
et al.
Parental intimate partner violence and abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: Learning from remote and hybrid working to influence future support2022
Dr Ruth McGovern
Tara Homer
Professor Eileen Kaner
Debbie Smart
Professor Laura Ternent
et al.
Preferences for Delivering Brief Alcohol Intervention to Risky Drinking Parents in Children's Social Care: A Discrete Choice Experiment2022
Emma Adams
Liam Spencer
Dr Michelle Addison
William Mcgovern
Dr Hayley Alderson
et al.
Substance Use, Health, and Adverse Life Events amongst Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Users in North East England: A Cross-Sectional Study2022
Dr Emma Giles
Dr Grant McGeechan
Denise Howel
Professor Eileen Kaner
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
et al.
The Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Brief Alcohol Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young People in the High School Setting: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (SIPS JR-HIGH)2022
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr James Newham
Dr Michelle Addison
Professor Eileen Kaner
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions at reducing the frequency of alcohol and drug use in parents: findings of a Cochrane Review and meta-analyses2022
Dr Samantha Redgate
Debbie Smart
Emma Adams
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Simon Barrett
et al.
A realist synthesis of evidence on the effectiveness of community delivered interventions to reduce the likelihood of children going into care and promote family preservation.2021
Dr Sarah Wigham
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Simon Hackett
A Review of Recent Innovation in Psychosocial Interventions for reducing Violence and Aggression in Adults using a Horizon Scanning Approach2021
Dr Ruth McGovern
An exploration of the psycho-social benefits of providing sponsorship and supporting others in traditional 12 step, self-help groups2021
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Debbie Smart
An inter-disciplinary perspective on evaluation of innovation to support care leavers’ transition2021
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
et al.
Brief interventions to prevent excessive alcohol use in adolescents at low-risk presenting to Emergency Departments: Three-arm, randomised trial of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness2021
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr James Newham
Dr Michelle Addison
Professor Eileen Kaner
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse2021
Dr Michelle Addison
Professor Eileen Kaner
Liam Spencer
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
et al.
Exploring pathways into and out of amphetamine type stimulant use at critical turning points: a qualitative interview study2021
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Professor Eileen Kaner
Debbie Smart
et al.
Implementation factors for the delivery of alcohol and drug interventions to children in care: Qualitative findings from the solid feasibility trial2021
Dr Samantha Burns
Dr Simon Barrett
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Interventions to reduce parental substance use, domestic violence and mental health, and their impacts upon children’s wellbeing: a systematic review of reviews plus an evidence and gap map2021
Dr Ruth McGovern
Debbie Smart
Dr Hayley Alderson
Professor Vera Araujo-Soares
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Psychosocial interventions to improve psychological, social and physical wellbeing in family members affected by an adult relative’s substance use: A systematic search and review of the evidence2021
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
Quantifying the contribution of poverty and family adversity to adverse child outcomes in the UK: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study2021
Liam Spencer
Dr Michelle Addison
Dr Hayley Alderson
William Mcgovern
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
'The Drugs Did For Me What I Couldn't Do For Myself': A Qualitative Exploration of the Relationship Between Mental Health and Amphetamine-Type Stimulant (ATS) Use2021
Debbie Smart
Dr Katherine Jackson
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Thomas Foley
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
What Influences Parents and Practitioners’ Decisions to Share Personal Information within an Early Help (Social Care) Context? Implications for Practice in Sharing Digital Data across Sectors2021
Dr Hayley Alderson
Professor Eileen Kaner
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Denise Howel
Tony Fouweather
et al.
A pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of two behaviour change interventions compared to usual care to reduce substance misuse in looked after children and care leavers aged 12-20 years: The SOLID study2020
Dr Grant McGeechan
Dr Steph Scott
Dr Ruth McGovern
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
et al.
A qualitative account of young people's experiences of alcohol screening and brief interventions in schools: SIPS Jr-HIGH trial findings2020
Dr Hayley Alderson
Professor Eileen Kaner
Denise Howel
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Debbie Smart
et al.
Behaviour change interventions to reduce risky substance use and improve mental health in children in care: the SOLID three-arm feasibility RCT2020
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Lisa Crowe
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Containment and care? A qualitative interview study exploring police custody staff views about delivering brief alcohol interventions to heavy drinking arrestees2020
Dr Katherine Jackson
Debbie Smart
Dr James Newham
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Exploring care from extended family through rural women's accounts of perinatal mental illness – a qualitative study with implications for policy and practice2020
Aayush Sharma
Dr Magda Glod
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Lynn Barron-Millar
Vicky Ryan
et al.
FAB: First UK feasibility trial of a future randomised controlled trial of Family focused treatment for Adolescents with Bipolar disorder2020
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Dr Michelle Addison
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
et al.
The Association Between Adverse Child Health, Psychological, Educational and Social Outcomes, and Nondependent Parental Substance: A Rapid Evidence Assessment2020
Dr Rebecca Brown
Dr Hayley Alderson
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Raghu Lingam
et al.
“There are carers, and then there are carers who actually care”; Conceptualizations of care among looked after children and care leavers, social workers and carers2019
Dr Grant McGeechan
Dr Steph Scott
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
A qualitative exploration of school-based staff's experiences of delivering an alcohol screening and brief intervention in the high school setting: findings from the SIPS JR-HIGH trial2019
Dr Ellen Lynch
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Matthew Breckons
Professor Eileen Kaner
Adolescent perspectives about their participation in alcohol intervention research in emergency care: A qualitative exploration using ethical principles as an analytical framework2019
Dr Grant McGeechan
Denise Howel
Professor Eileen Kaner
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Brief alcohol intervention for risky drinking in young people aged 14 15 years in secondary schools: the SIPS JR-HIGH RCT2019
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ellen Lynch
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Opportunistic screening for alcohol use problems in adolescents attending emergency departments: an evaluation of screening tools2019
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Rebecca Brown
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Raghu Lingam
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
The key therapeutic factors needed to deliver behavioural change interventions to decrease risky substance use (drug and alcohol) for looked after children and care leavers: a qualitative exploration with young people, carers and front line workers2019
Professor Amy O'Donnell
Dr Michelle Addison
Liam Spencer
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
et al.
Which individual, social and environmental influences shape different pathways of amphetamine type stimulant use over the life course? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature2019
Professor Amy O'Donnell
Dr Michelle Addison
Liam Spencer
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
et al.
A systematic review of qualitative research on the factors shaping amphetamine type stimulant use over the life course (abstract)2018
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Eileen Kaner
Alcohol prevention and treatment: interventions for hazardous, harmful, and dependent drinkers2018
Dr Michelle Addison
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Frauke Becker
Dr Heather Brown
Dr Lisa Crowe
et al.
Alcohol screening and brief intervention in police Custody suites: Pilot cluster randomized controlled Trial (AcCePT)2018
Dr Michelle Addison
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Iain McKinnon
Dr Lisa Crowe
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Exploring intersections between Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and other substance use in a police custody suite setting in the North East of England2018
Dr Alex Bowyer
Dr Kyle Montague
Dr Stuart Wheater
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Raghu Lingam
et al.
Understanding the family perspective on the storage, sharing and handling of family civic data2018
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ellen Lynch
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Alcohol Consumption, Early-Onset Drinking, and Health-Related Consequences in Adolescents Presenting at Emergency Departments in England2017
Dr Siân Russell
Liam Spencer
Dr James Newham
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Emily Henderson
et al.
Complicated Lives and Burdened Services: Young People's Mental Health Services in the North East of England2017
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped-care interventions for older alcohol users in primary care2017
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Michelle Addison
Professor Eileen Kaner
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse2017
Dr Michelle Addison
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Iain McKinnon
Dr Lisa Crowe
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Exploring Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use and its consequences for police practitioners and substance users in the North East of England2017
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Screening for at-risk alcohol consumption in primary care: A randomized evaluation of screening approaches2017
Dr Hayley Alderson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Rebecca Brown
Denise Howel
Dr Frauke Becker
et al.
Supporting Looked After Children and Care Leavers In Decreasing Drugs, and alcohol (SOLID): Protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of interventions to decrease risky substance use (drugs and alcohol) and improve mental health of Looked After Children and Care Leavers aged 12 -20 years2017
Gill O'Neill
Dr Steven Masson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Can a theoretical framework help to embed alcohol screening and brief interventions in an endoscopy day-unit?2016
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Commentary on Berg et al. (2016): Who's minding the children - do we need to focus on reducing intergenerational risk due to parents who drink problematically?2016
Denise Howel
Professor Eileen Kaner
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Steph Scott
et al.
Multicentre individual randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): study protocol2016
Dr James Newham
Dr Raghu Lingam
Dr Ruth McGovern
Liam Spencer
Shannon Robalino
et al.
Primary and secondary preventative interventions to promote mental health and resilience in young people aged 12-19 years: a systematic review of systematic reviews (protocol)2016
Dr Aditya Sharma
Kelly McGurk
Vicky Ryan
Sophie Hodgetts
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
Psychotherapeutic interventions for adolescents with bipolar disorder and their parents: data from the FAB study2016
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Ruth McGovern
Jennifer Birch
Gill O'Neill
Hannah Kaner
et al.
Rapid systematic review of what we know about alcohol use disorders and brief interventions in the criminal justice system2016
Dr Emma Geijer Simpson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Raghu Lingam
Dr Paul McArdle
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Secondary preventative family-involved interventions to reduce co-occurring risky alcohol use and mental health problems in young people aged 12-17 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis2016
Dr Joanne Neely
Professor Ann Le Couteur
Vicky Ryan
Professor Luke Vale
Dr Ruth McGovern
et al.
A feasibility study of a Family Focused Treatment for Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder - the FAB study2015
Jen Birch
Dr Steph Scott
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Heather Brown
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
et al.
A pilot feasibility trial of alcohol screening and brief intervention in the police custody setting (ACCEPT): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial2015
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Katherine Jackson
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Vicky Ryan
Dr Graeme Wilson
et al.
Alcohol-related risk and harm amongst young offenders aged 11-172015
Dr Steph Scott
Erin Graybill
Denise Howel
Professor Eileen Kaner
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
et al.
Development of a multicentre randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent risky drinking in young people in a high-school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH)2015
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
et al.
Linked randomised controlled trials of face-to-face and electronic brief intervention methods to prevent alcohol related harm in young people aged 14-17 years presenting to Emergency Departments (SIPS junior)2015
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Steph Scott
Professor Amy O'Donnell
Denise Howel
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
et al.
A pilot feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH)2014
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Steph Scott
Professor Amy O'Donnell
Denise Howel
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
et al.
A pilot feasiblity c-RCT of screening and brief alcohol intervention in young people aged 14–15 in a high school setting: sips jr-high2014
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions for Offenders in the Probation Setting (SIPS Trial): a Pragmatic Multicentre Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial2014
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Amy O'Donnell
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Professor Peter Anderson
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Brief Alcohol Interventions in Social Service and Criminal Justice Settings: A Critical Commentary2014
Dr Graeme Wilson
Catherine Wray
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Emerita Professor Elaine McColl
et al.
Intervention to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and improve comorbidity outcomes in hypertensive or depressed primary care patients: two parallel cluster randomized feasibility trials2014
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Professor Eileen Kaner
The Effectiveness of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Emergency Departments: A Multicentre Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial2014
Dr Ruth McGovern
Jennifer Birch
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Which extended paramedic skills are making an impact in emergency care and can be related to the UK paramedic system? A systematic review of the literature2014
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Steph Scott
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Denise Howel
Elaine Stamp
et al.
A feasibility trial of alcohol screening and brief interventions for risky drinking in young people in a high school setting in the UK: SIPS JR-HIGH2013
Dr Ruth McGovern
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Professor Eileen Kaner
AESOPS: a randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped care interventions for older hazardous alcohol users in primary care2013
Professor Eileen Kaner
Dr Ruth McGovern
Training practitioners in primary care to deliver lifestyle advice2013
Dr Steph Scott
Dr Mark Deverill
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Erin Graybill
Christine Harle
et al.
Brief intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14–15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial2012
Dr Graeme Wilson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Grace Antony
Dr Mark Deverill
Erin Graybill
et al.
Brief intervention to reduce risky drinking in pregnancy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial2012
Dr Graeme Wilson
Dr Ruth McGovern
Dr Grace Antony
Dr Paul Cassidy
Dr Mark Deverill
et al.
RADiANT: a pilot randomised controlled trial in progress of brief intervention to reduce risky drinking in pregnancy2012
Dr Steph Scott
Dr Mark Deverill
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Erin Graybill
Christine Harle
et al.
Screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in adolescents aged 14-15 years in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH): a feasibility pilot trial2012
Dr Ruth McGovern
Voluntary risk-taking and heavy-end crack cocaine use: An edgework perspective2011
Nicola Brown
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Ruth McGovern
Elizabeth Phinn
Professor Eileen Kaner
et al.
Alcohol screening and brief intervention in a policing context: A mixed methods feasibility study2010
Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Dr Eilish Gilvarry
Dr Paul McArdle
Dr Vankateswara Ramesh
Dr Stephen Stewart
et al.
Impact of alcohol consumption on young people: A systematic review of published reviews2009