I am a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research (SACASR). I primarily work on the SHARPS (Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support) cluster randomised controlled trial. My research interests include health inequalities, substance use, vulnerable populations and mixed methods research. Prior to joining the University of Stirling, I worked as a researcher at the University of Glasgow and completed a PhD at the University of Sheffield. My PhD focused on understanding socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol harm using complex system modelling approaches.
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial.
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research and The Salvation Army
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How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? A policy scoping review
Pollack R, Olsen JR, Heppenstall A, Hoehn A, Boyd J, Hardy VP, Littlejohn J, Stevenson A, Mitchell R, Meier P & Stokes J (2024) How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? A policy scoping review. BMC Public Health, 24, Art. No.: 3426. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20928-5
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Meier PS, Holmes J, Stevely A, Boyd JE, Alava MH, Hardie I, Warde A & Sasso A (2024) Drinking practices: The variation of drinking events across intersections of sex, age and household income. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13975
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Buykx P, Perkins A, Hughes J, Livingston W, Boyd J, Perman‐Howe P, Johnston A, McCarthy T, McLean A, Wright A, Little S & Holmes J (2024) The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence: A difference‐in‐difference structured interview study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 1 (14). https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13960
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Squires H, Kelly MP, Gilbert N, Sniehotta F, Purshouse RC, Garcia L, Breeze P, Brennan A, Gardner B, Bright S, Fischer A, Heppenstall A, Wetton JD, Hernandez-Alava M, Boyd J, Buckley C, Vlaev I, Smith R, Abbas A, Gibb R, Henney M, Moore E & Chater AM (2024) The PHEM-B toolbox of methods for incorporating the influences on Behaviour into Public Health Economic Models. BMC Public Health, 24 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20225-1
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Boyd J, Holmes J, Gibbs |N, Buckley C, Purshouse R & Meier P (2024) How can agent-based modelling provide new insights into the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland?. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13880
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Höhn A, Stokes J, Pollack R, Boyd J, Chueca Del Cerro C, Elsenbroich C, Heppenstall A, Hjelmskog A, Inyang E, Kopasker D, Sonthalia S, Thomson RM, Zia K, Katikireddi SV & Meier P (2023) Systems science methods in public health: what can they contribute to our understanding of and response to the cost-of-living crisis?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77, pp. 610-616. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2023-220435
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Boyd J, Hayes K, Green D, Angus C & Holmes J (2023) The contribution of health behaviour to socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol harm: Analysis of the UK biobank, a large cohort study with linked health outcomes. SSM - Population Health, 23, p. 101443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101443
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Breeze PR, Squires H, Ennis K, Meier P, Hayes K, Lomax N, Shiell A, Kee F, de Vocht F, O’Flaherty M, Gilbert N, Purshouse R, Robinson S, Dodd PJ & Boyd J (2023) Guidance on the use of complex systems models for economic evaluations of public health interventions. Health Economics, 32 (7), pp. 1603-1625. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4681
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Boyd J, Wilson R, Elsenbroich C, Heppenstall A & Meier P (2022) Agent-Based Modelling of Health Inequalities following the Complexity Turn in Public Health: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (24), p. 16807. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416807
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Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox—a systematic review
Boyd J, Sexton O, Angus C, Meier P, Purshouse RC & Holmes J (2022) Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox—a systematic review. Addiction, 117 (1), pp. 33-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15567
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Clustering of health-related behaviours within children aged 11–16: a systematic review
Whitaker V, Oldham M, Boyd J, Fairbrother H, Curtis P, Meier P & Holmes J (2021) Clustering of health-related behaviours within children aged 11–16: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 21, Art. No.: 137. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10140-6
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The impact of disinvestment on alcohol and drug treatment delivery and outcomes: a systematic review
Roscoe S, Boyd J, Buykx P, Gavens L, Pryce R & Meier P (2021) The impact of disinvestment on alcohol and drug treatment delivery and outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 21 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12219-0
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Application of the Rasch measurement framework to mammography positioning data
Whelehan P, Pampaka M, Boyd J, Armstrong S, Evans A & Ozakinci G (2021) Application of the Rasch measurement framework to mammography positioning data. Data in Brief, 38, Art. No.: 107387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107387
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Development and validation of a novel measure of adverse patient positioning in mammography
Whelehan P, Pampaka M, Boyd J, Armstrong S, Evans A & Ozakinci G (2021) Development and validation of a novel measure of adverse patient positioning in mammography. European Journal of Radiology, 140, Art. No.: 109747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109747
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Boyd J, Bambra C, Purshouse RC & Holmes J (2021) Beyond Behaviour: How Health Inequality Theory Can Enhance Our Understanding of the ‘Alcohol-Harm Paradox’. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (11), Art. No.: 6025. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116025
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Boyd J, McMillan B, Easton K, Delaney B & Mitchell C (2020) Utility of the COM-B model in identifying facilitators and barriers to maintaining a healthy postnatal lifestyle following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 10, Art. No.: e037318. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037318
