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Kathryn Higgins is a reader within the school of Social Science Education and Social Work Queen’s University Belfast. Kathryn has an established research reputation in the areas of substance use and addictive behavior and programme evaluation/implementation science. She continues to lead the now 18-year longitudinal study, known as the Belfast Youth Development Study, which has it has acted as a focal point for collaborations with external partners and for new, policy led research. In a field that changes rapidly Kathryn has stayed at the forefront of emerging issues; for example, she was recently funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to undertake research in the developing field of new psychoactive substances (legal highs). She has developed a cadre of work over the past ten years on Programme evaluation & implementation Science, evaluating interventions designed to improve child and adolescent development. These include RCTs of school- and community-based interventions, for example ‘Ready to Learn’ and ‘Parenting UR Teens, ‘Brook Sexual Health service’. Her research programmes, publications and international conference contributions have examined the policy and evidence base for interventions including substance misuse, mental health, alcohol prevention and the mechanisms for implementing evidence based practice and policy more generally.
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Projects 2005 2018
R4829SES: Tracing the longitudinal Belfast Youth and Development Study Cohort
06/09/2018 → …
Project: Research
R9232CHC: Glasgow/Belfast Collaboration - Social network research and social network intervention development
23/02/2016 → …
Project: Research
R4748CHC: Parenting Northern Ireland 'Odyssey: Parenting your teen': A Pilot Non-Randomised Trial
18/02/2016 → …
Project: Research
R4731CHC: Variation and Determinants of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use
Higgins, K., Campbell, A., Clarke, M., O'Hara, L., O'Neill, T., O'Neill, N. & O'Neill, F.
18/09/2015 → …
Project: Research
Research Output 1996 2019
A feasibility study of Barnardo’s Pharos group work programme to build resilience in children affected by parental substance abuse.
McLaughlin, A., Devlin, L., Mullan, C., McLaughlin, K., Macdonald, G., O'Neill, T., Higgins, K., Percy, A. & Hayes, D., 2019, p. 11-11. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Feasibility Studies
Substance-Related Disorders
Parents
Aptitude
Focus Groups
Evidence for Public Health on novel psychoactive substances: a mixed method study
Higgins, K., Campbell, A., O'Hara, L., O'Neill, T., Clarke, M., O'Neill, F., O'Neill, N. & Mc Cann, M., 14 Aug 2019, 14 ed. National Institute of Health Research Public Health Research Programme. 143 p.Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition
public health
evidence
narrative interview
taxonomy
act
Longitudinal Social Network Analysis of Peer, Family, and School Contextual Influences on Adolescent Drinking Frequency
McCann, M., Jordan, J. A., Higgins, K. & Moore, L., 10 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Adolescent Health. 65, 3, p. 350-358 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Social Support
Drinking
Confidentiality
Diffusion of Innovation
Underage Drinking
Public Health Evidence on Novel Psychoactive Substances -
Higgins, K., 18 Jun 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
The longitudinal relationship of alcohol problems and depressive symptoms and the impact of externalising symptoms: findings from the Belfast Youth Developmental Study
Homman, L. E., Perra, O., Higgins, K. & O'Neill, F., 22 Mar 2019, In : Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
alcohol
Alcohols
Depression
Growth
adolescent
Prizes
Qstep teaching set competition
Kathryn Higgins (Recipient), 09 Jan 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2005 2019
Advisory Council for Misuse of Drugs ACMD (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Board Member)14 Oct 2019
Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
Alliance for Useful Evidence and NESTA (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Advisor)01 Jan 2019 → 01 Jan 2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
Invited expert reviewer ZonMw (The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development) funds health research in the Netherlands and promoters the current use of the knowledge this research produces. (Event)
Kathryn Higgins (Scientific board member)01 Jul 2019 → 01 Jul 2021
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Twenty-first Century Contact: How young people in care make use of mobile communication technologies for contact
Kathryn Higgins (Examiner)01 May 2019
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
PLoS ONE (Journal)
Kathryn Higgins (Editorial board member)30 Jun 2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Thesis
An exploration of a new heroin outbreak
Author: Higgins, K., Feb 2007Supervisor: Kilpatrick, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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