Research Fellow 1
Institute for Social Marketing University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Jennifer is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where she completed a MA (Hons) degree in Politics (2003) and later an MSc in Social Science Research (2007). Jennifer joined ISM in December 2010 as a research assistant, after previously holding the same position in the Centre for Drug Misuse Research (CDMR) at the University of Glasgow. At CDMR, Jennifer assisted with projects that estimated the prevalence of problematic drug use, and qualitative research in to the experiences and perspectives of people with drug and alcohol problems in relation to the UK benefit system and employment. Promoted to research fellow in 2013, Jennifer is a qualitative researcher with experience of carrying out research across various public health topics including tobacco, e-cigarettes, alcohol and cancer prevention. She also led the Scottish arm of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded study (2012-2015), led by colleagues at the University of Bath, that investigated the experiences of adults bereaved as a result of drug or alcohol use.
Jennifer has been substantially involved in research into smoking cessation in pregnancy and in particular the impact of using financial incentives to encourage smoking cessation in pregnant women. She currently manages the process evaluation of the Cessation in Pregnancy Incentives Trial (CPIT), led by the University of Glasgow, a phase 3 multi centre trial of financial incentives to promote smoking cessation in pregnancy. In 2019, she will start work on an evaluation of the Financial Incentives to Prevent Postpartum return to Smoking trial (FIPPS), led by Prof Michael Ussher, a feasibility study examining the impact of using financial incentives to help women avoid returning to smoking in the 12 months following the birth of their baby.
Jennifer, alongside Martine Stead (ISM Deputy Director), is also currently working on an evaluation of the ActWELL study led by the University of Dundee. The ActWELL study is examining the impact of using lifestyle coaches to help women, recruited via breast screening, to reach weight loss targets via increased physical activity and dietary changes with the aim of reducing risk of breast cancer. The evaluation will include the perspectives of mammographers involved in recruiting for ActWELL, lifestyle coaches and study participants.
Monitoring the use of location promotions in retail outlets: a baseline
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Public Health Scotland
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Babybreathe Trial (A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to prevent return to smoking postpartum)
PI: Professor Michael Ussher
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Evaluation of the Greater Manchester Smoke Free Pregnancy Programme
PI: Professor Michael Ussher
Funded by: Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
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Impacts of e-cigarette regulation via the EU Tobacco Products Directive on young people's use of e-cigarettes: a natural experiment
PI: Miss Jennifer McKell
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Partnership funding with Cancer Research UK for the Cessation in Pregnancy Incentives Trial (CPIT): A multi-centre phase III Randomised Controlled trial.
PI: Miss Jennifer McKell
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Evaluating the Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland: Observational Study of Small Retailers
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Pilot Research Study for the Policy Research Centre for Cancer Prevention, CRUK: Youth Policy Surveys
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Feasibility and acceptability of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation in lung cancer patients
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Funded by: Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
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Healthcare Retail Standard Evaluation
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in wider settings (Young People and Social Work)
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Article
Ussher M, Best C, Lewis S, McKell J, Coleman T, Cooper S, Orton S & Bauld L (2024) Effect of 3 months and 12 months of financial incentives on 12-month postpartum smoking cessation maintenance: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16487
Article
Moore G, Hallingberg B, Brown R, McKell J, Van Godwin J, Bauld L, Gray L, Maynard O, Mackintosh A, Munafò M, Blackwell A, Lowthian E & Page N (2023) Impacts of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations on use of e-cigarettes in adolescents in Great Britain: a natural experiment evaluation. Public Health Research, 11 (5), pp. 1-102. https://doi.org/10.3310/wtmh3198
Addendum
Anderson AS, Chong HY, Craigie AM, Donnan PT, Gallant S, Hickman A, McAdam C, McKell J, McNamee P, Macaskill EJ, Mutrie N, O'Carroll RE, Rauchhaus P, Sattar N, Stead M & Treweek S (2022) Correction to: A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19, Art. No.: 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01232-6
Article
McKell J, Harris FM, Sinclair L, Bauld L, Tappin D & Hoddinott P (2022) Usual care in a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: qualitative findings from a mixed-methods process evaluation. BMJ Open, 12 (12), Art. No.: e066494. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066494
Article
Tappin D, Sinclair L, Kee F, McFadden M, Robinson-Smith L, Mitchell A, Keding A, Watson J, Watson S, Dick A, Torgerson D, Hewitt C, McKell J, Hoddinott P, Harris FM, Boyd KA, McMeekin N, Ussher M & Bauld L (2022) Effect of financial voucher incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT III): pragmatic, multicentre, single blinded, phase 3, randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 379, Art. No.: e071522. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-071522
Article
Zaremba SMM, Stead M, McKell J, O'Carroll RE, Mutrie N, Treweek S & Anderson AS (2022) Response to a novel, weight self‐awareness plan used in a multi‐component lifestyle intervention programme to reduce breast cancer risk factors in older women – secondary analysis from The ActWELL trial. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13062
Article
Implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP): a qualitative study with small retailers
Stead M, Eadie D, Purves RI, McKell J, Critchlow N, Angus K, Angus C & Fitzgerald N (2022) Implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP): a qualitative study with small retailers. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2075251
Article
Anderson AS, Chong HY, Craigie AM, Donnan PT, Gallant S, Hickman A, McAdam C, McKell J, McNamee P, Macaskill EJ, Mutrie N, O’Carroll RE, Rauchhaus P, Sattar N, Stead M & Treweek S (2021) A novel approach to increasing community capacity for weight management a volunteer-delivered programme (ActWELL) initiated within breast screening clinics: a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 18, Art. No.: 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01099-7
Article
Ussher M, Best C, Lewis S, McKell J, Coleman T, Cooper S, Orton S & Bauld L (2021) Financial Incentives for Preventing Postpartum return to Smoking (FIPPS): study protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22 (1), Art. No.: 512. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05480-6
Article
Brown R, Van Godwin J, Page N, Bauld L, McKell J, Hallingberg B, Maynard O, Blackwell A & Moore G (2021) Implementation of e-cigarette regulation through the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2016) in Wales, Scotland and England from the perspectives of stakeholders involved in policy introduction and enforcement. Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 7, Art. No.: 36. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/134370
Article
Anderson AS, Craigie AM, Gallant S, McAdam C, MacAskill EJ, McKell J, Mutrie N, O'Carroll RE, Sattar N, Stead M & Treweek S (2020) Optimisation of the ActWELL lifestyle intervention programme for women attending routine NHS breast screening clinics. Trials, 21, Art. No.: 484. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04405-z
Article
Moodie C, O’Donnell R, Fleming J, Purves R, McKell J & Dobbie F (2020) Extending health messaging to the consumption experience: a focus group study exploring smokers' perceptions of health warnings on cigarettes. Addiction Research and Theory, 28 (4), pp. 328-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1653861
Article
Moore G, Brown R, Page N, Hallingberg B, Maynard O, McKell J, Gray L, Blackwell A, Lowthian E, Munafo M, Mackintosh A & Bauld L (2020) Young people's use of e-cigarettes in Wales, England and Scotland before and after introduction of EU Tobacco Products Directive regulations: a mixed-method natural experimental evaluation. International Journal of Drug Policy, 85, Art. No.: 102795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102795
Research Report
Stead M, Critchlow N, Eadie D, Fitzgerald N, Angus K, Purves R, McKell J, Marie MacKintosh A, Mitchell H, Sumpter C & Angus C (2020) Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing in Scotland: Observational study of small retailers. NHS Health Scotland/Public Health Scotland. Stirling. https://www.stir.ac.uk/media/stirling/services/faculties/sport-and-health-sciences/research/documents/MUP-evaluation-Small-Convenience-Stores-report.pdf
Article
Sumpter C, Mohan A, McKell J, Lewsey J, Emslie C & Fitzgerald N (2020) How did a lower drink-drive limit affect bar trade and drinking practices? A qualitative study of how alcohol retailers experienced a change in policy. Drug and Alcohol Review, 39 (2), pp. 170-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12999
Article
Sinclair L, McFadden M, Tilbrook H, Mitchell A, Keding A, Watson J, Bauld L, Kee F, Torgerson D, McKell J, Hoddinott P, Harris FM, Uny I, Ussher M & Tappin D (2020) The Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy Incentives Trial (CPIT): study protocol for a phase III randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21 (1), Art. No.: 183. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-4042-8
Article
Brown R, Bauld L, de Lacy E, Hallingberg B, Maynard O, McKell J, Moore L & Moore G (2020) A qualitative study of e-cigarette emergence and the potential for renormalisation of smoking in UK youth. International Journal of Drug Policy, 75, Art. No.: 102598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.11.006
Article
Stead M, Eadie D, McKell J, Sparks L, MacGregor A & Anderson A (2020) Making hospital shops healthier: evaluating the implementation of a mandatory standard for limiting food products and promotions in hospital retail outlets. BMC Public Health, 20, Art. No.: 132. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8242-7
Article
Dobbie F, Purves R, McKell J, Dougall N, Campbell R, White J, Amos A, Moore L & Bauld L (2019) Implementation of a peer-led school based smoking prevention programme: a mixed methods process evaluation. BMC Public Health, 19 (1), Art. No.: 742. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7112-7
Article
Valentine C, McKell J & Ford A (2018) Service failures and challenges in responding to people bereaved through drugs and alcohol: An interprofessional analysis. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32 (3), pp. 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2017.1415312
Article
The Power of Product Innovation: Smokers' Perceptions of Capsule Cigarettes
Moodie C, Ford A, Dobbie F, Thrasher JF, McKell J & Purves R (2018) The Power of Product Innovation: Smokers' Perceptions of Capsule Cigarettes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 20 (9), pp. 1157-1160. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx195
Article
Naughton F, Hopewell S, Sinclair L, McCaughan D, McKell J & Bauld L (2018) Barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation in pregnancy and postpartum: The healthcare professionals’ perspective. British Journal of Health Psychology, 23 (3), pp. 741-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12314
Article
Macleod M, Steele RJC, O'Carroll RE, Wells M, Campbell A, Sugden JA, Rodger J, Stead M, McKell J & Anderson AS (2018) Feasibility study to assess the delivery of a lifestyle intervention (TreatWELL) for patients with colorectal cancer undergoing potentially curative treatment. BMJ Open, 8 (6), Art. No.: e021117. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021117
Conference Paper (published)
Ford A, Sinclair L, McKell J, Harrow S, Macphee J, Morrison A & Bauld L (2018) Feasibility and acceptability of e-cigarettes as an aid to quitting smoking among lung cancer patients: a pilot study. In: 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health Abstract Book. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16 (Supplement 1) 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Cape Town, South Africa, 07.03.2018-09.03.2018. Heraklion, Crete, Greece: International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases, p. A512. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/84428
Article
Bereavement following a fatal overdose: The experiences of adults in England and Scotland
Templeton L, Valentine C, Ford A, McKell J, Velleman R, Walter T, Hay G, Bauld L & Hollywood J (2017) Bereavement following a fatal overdose: The experiences of adults in England and Scotland. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 24 (1), pp. 58-66. https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1127328
Presentation / Talk
E-cigarettes and lung cancer patients: smoking cessation during chemotherapy treatment
McKell J, Ford A, Sinclair L, Harrow S, MacPhee J, Morrison A & Bauld L (2017) E-cigarettes and lung cancer patients: smoking cessation during chemotherapy treatment. 13th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine (UKSBM) Annual Scientific Meeting: Working together for healthy living: Multidisciplinary behavioural medicine, Liverpool, 13.12.2017-14.12.2017. https://www.kc-jones.co.uk/files/uploads/1513682026.pdf
Book Chapter
The impact of a substance-related death
Ford A, McKell J, Templeton L & Valentine C (2017) The impact of a substance-related death. In: Valentine C (ed.) Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs. Explorations in Mental Health. London: Routledge, pp. 43-66. https://www.routledge.com/Families-Bereaved-by-Alcohol-or-Drugs-Research-on-Experiences-Coping/Valentine/p/book/9781138947085
Article
Bauld L, Graham H, Sinclair L, Flemming K, Naughton F, Ford A, McKell J, McCaughan D, Hopewell S, Angus K, Eadie D & Tappin D (2017) Barriers to and facilitators of smoking cessation in pregnancy and following childbirth: literature review and qualitative study. Health Technology Assessment, 21 (36), pp. 1-158. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21360
Article
Stead M, Parkes T, Nicoll A, Wilson S, Burgess C, Eadie D, Fitzgerald N, McKell J, Reid G, Jepson R, McAteer J & Bauld L (2017) Delivery of alcohol brief interventions in community-based youth work settings: exploring feasibility and acceptability in a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 17 (1), Art. No.: 357. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4256-1
Article
Templeton L, Ford A, McKell J, Valentine C, Walter T, Velleman R, Bauld L, Hay G & Hollywood J (2016) Bereavement through substance use: findings from an interview study with adults in England and Scotland. Addiction Research and Theory, 24 (5), pp. 341-354. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2016.1153632
Article
Stead M, Craigie A, Macleod M, McKell J, Caswell S, Steele R & Anderson AS (2015) Why are some people more successful at lifestyle change than others? Factors associated with successful weight loss in the BeWEL randomised controlled trial of adults at risk of colorectal cancer. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, Art. No.: 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0240-2
Presentation / Talk
Sinclair L & McKell J (2015) Barriers & facilitators to smoking cessation in pregnancy & following childbirth from 3 perspectives: pregnant women, their significant others, & health professionals. Scottish Smoking Cessation Conference 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, 24.11.2015-24.11.2015. https://elearning.healthscotland.com/pluginfile.php/51572/mod_resource/content/1/Lesley%20Sinclair%20%20Jennifer%20McKell%2C%20University%20of%20Stirling.pdf
Conference Paper (published)
Ford AJ, Sinclair LA, Flemming K, McKell J, Angus K, Mccaughan D, Graham H & Bauld L (2015) The barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation during pregnancy from the perspectives of both pregnant women and their partners: a synthesis of qualitative studies and evidence from exploratory interviews. In: SRNT-Europe 16th Annual Conference Programme and Proceedings Book. SRNT-Europe 16th Annual Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 10.09.2015-12.09.2015. Utrecht, The Netherlands: NNVT - Nederlands Netwerk voor Tabaksonderzoek, p. 118. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.srnt.org/resource/resmgr/srnt_europe/SRNTE2015Programme.pdf
Article
Moodie C, Purves R, McKell J & De Andrade M (2015) Novel means of using cigarette packaging and cigarettes to communicate health risk and cessation messages: A qualitative study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 13 (3), pp. 333-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-014-9530-1
Article
Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: Randomized controlled trial
Tappin D, Bauld L, Purves D, Boyd K, Sinclair L, MacAskill S, McKell J, Friel B, McConnachie A, de Caestecker L, Tannahill C, Radley A & Coleman T (2015) Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: Randomized controlled trial. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 70 (5), pp. 297-298. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0000466333.20683.0c
Article
Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: Randomised controlled trial
Tappin D, Bauld L, Purves D, Boyd K, Sinclair L, MacAskill S, McKell J, Friel B, McConnachie A, de Caestecker L, Tannahill C, Radley A & Coleman T (2015) Financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: Randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 350, Art. No.: h134. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h134
Article
Moodie C, Purves R, McKell J & De Andrade M (2014) Young women smokers' perceptions and use of counterfeit cigarettes: Would plain packaging make a difference?. Addiction Research and Theory, 22 (3), pp. 263-270. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2013.836505
Research Report
Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in Wider Settings (Young People and Social Work)
Stead M, Eadie D, McKell J, Bauld L, Parkes T, Nicoll A, Wilson S & Burgess C (2014) Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in Wider Settings (Young People and Social Work). NHS Health Scotland. NHS Health Scotland. http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/23021-1.%20ABIs%20in%20Wider%20Settings%20report.pdf
Conference Abstract
Financial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial
Tappin D, Bauld L, Purves D, Boyd K, Sinclair L, MacAskill S, McKell J, Friel B, McConnachie A, de Caestecker L, Tannahill C, Radley A & Coleman T (2014) Financial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial. Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health, Glasgow, UK, 19/11/2014 - 19/11/2014. Lancet, 384 (Supplement 2), p. S4. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01406736/384/supp/S2; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2814%2962130-9
Article
Combining school and family alcohol education: A systematic review of the evidence
Cairns G, Purves R & McKell J (2014) Combining school and family alcohol education: A systematic review of the evidence. Health Education, 114 (6), pp. 451-472. https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-12-2013-0066
Article
Pathways back to work for problem alcohol users
Bauld L, Templeton L, Silver K, McKell J, Novak C & Hay G (2013) Pathways back to work for problem alcohol users. Policy Studies, 34 (3), pp. 360-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2013.804303
Article
Donaghy E, Bauld L, Eadie D, McKell J, Pringle B & Amos A (2013) A Qualitative Study of How Young Scottish Smokers Living in Disadvantaged Communities Get Their Cigarettes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 15 (12), pp. 2053-2059. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntt095
Conference Abstract
Alcohol brief interventions in youth and social work settings in Scotland
Parkes T, Stead M, Eadie D, Nicoll A, McKell J, Bauld L, Wilson S, Burgess C, Reid G, McAteer J & Jepson R (2013) Alcohol brief interventions in youth and social work settings in Scotland. International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA) Meeting 2013, Rome, Italy, 18/09/2013 - 20/09/2013. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 8 (Supplement 1), p. A52. http://ascpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1940-0640-8-S1-A52; https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-8-S1-A52
Article
Eadie D, MacAskill S, McKell J & Baybutt M (2012) Barriers and facilitators to a criminal justice tobacco control coordinator: an innovative approach to supporting smoking cessation among offenders. Addiction, 107 (Supplement S2), pp. 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04083.x
Article
Benefits and Employment: How Problem Drug Users Experience Welfare and Routes into Work
Bauld L, McKell J, Carroll C, Hay G & Smith K (2012) Benefits and Employment: How Problem Drug Users Experience Welfare and Routes into Work. Journal of Social Policy, 41 (4), pp. 751-768. https://doi.org/10.1017/S004727941200030X
Research Report
Cairns G, Purves R, Bryce S, McKell J, Gordon R & Angus K (2011) Investigating the effectiveness of education in relation to alcohol: A systematic investigation of critical elements for optimum effectiveness of promising approaches and delivery methods in school and family linked alcohol education. Alcohol Research UK. University of Stirling Institute for Social Marketing / Open University. http://alcoholresearchuk.org/2011/09/30/investigating-the-effectiveness-of-education-in-relation-to-alcohol/
Research Report
Alcohol Misusers' experiences of employment and the benefit system
Bauld L, Carroll C, Hay G, McKell J, Novak C, Silver K & Templeton L (2010) Alcohol Misusers' experiences of employment and the benefit system. Department of Work and Pensions, UK. Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, 718. Department for Work and Pensions. http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep718.pdf
Research Report
Problem drug users' experiences of employment and the benefit system
Bauld L, Hay G, McKell J & Carroll C (2010) Problem drug users' experiences of employment and the benefit system. Department for Work and Pensions. Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, 640. Department for Work and Pensions. http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/rr_abstracts/rra_640.asp
Research Report
The extent and nature of benefit uptake amongst problem drug users
Bauld L, Hay G, McKell J & Carroll C (2009) The extent and nature of benefit uptake amongst problem drug users. Department of Work and Pensions, UK. UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies.
