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Professor Niamh Fitzgerald

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Professor Niamh Fitzgerald

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About me

Professor of Alcohol Policy (since 2020) Director (since 2020) of the Institute for Social Marketing & Health. Head of School of Public Health & Society (since 2026).

My research and teaching interests are primarily in alcohol policy, in particular, mixed-method, interdisciplinary natural experiment evaluations of population-level policies. I am also interested in broader commercial determinants of health including product marketing, conflicts of interest and related policy processes.

I am co-PI of the Opti-Label research programme focused on optimising and evaluating health labels on alcohol products and co-PI of the Prevention Research Network, which brings together researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in prevention research findings and practices. I have led several large studies of alcohol premises licensing including an independent statutory review in Northern Ireland. I have also led several studies using ambulance call-out data, including analysis of the nature of and responses to alcohol-related call-outs.

I co-direct the WHO Collaborating Centre for Alcohol Policy and Public Health Research, hosted by ISMH.

I originally trained as a pharmacist, working primarily in community pharmacy, but also addiction services and the pharmaceutical industry. I received my PhD in 2003 from Robert Gordon University (RGU), Aberdeen, Scotland, for a qualitative study of policy, planning and practice in school-based drug education. ?After my PhD I held a training role at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, then worked for 10 years as an independent consultant, during which time I played a lead role in the?national alcohol brief intervention (ABI) programme in Scotland. I have written several ABI training manuals including for the World Health Organization.

I specialise in mixed methods alcohol policy research and have broad interests within that field including these studies:

  • Opti-Label - Optimising and evaluating mandatory health labels on alcohol - an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research.
  • ELEPHANT (Evaluating later or expanded premises hours for alcohol in the night time economy) - an NIHR-funded mixed-methods study of the impact of later opening hours for alcohol in Glasgow and Aberdeen cities.
  • ExILEnS - an NIHR-funded mixed-methods study of the impact of public health engagement in alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (PI);
  • IMPAACT - a CSO study of the impact of alcohol on the ambulance service including whether MUP affected the number of alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in Scotland (PI). I am also Co-Ion three other studies of MUP's impact - in the small retail sector, in youth/binge drinkers and in prescribing data.

I am interested in the language used to discuss alcohol problems and policies and how it impacts on public and policymaker attitudes and have developed and tested novel framing strategies for Alcohol Change UK.

I am interested in how financial conflicts of interest affect science and practice in public health, and have led policy development for international public sector and academic organisations on management of commercial interactions and conflicts of interest. ?

I am open to collaboration with others interested in taking forward research in these fields, or to prospective research students interested in any of these issues.

Research projects (35)

Prevention Research Network (formerly Community of Practice)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Evaluating the Impact of Increasing the Availability of No/Lo Alcohol Products
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Monitoring the use of location promotions in retail outlets: a baseline
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Public Health Scotland
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Evaluating Later and Expanded Premises Hours for Alcohol in the Night-time Economy (ELEPHANT)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Independent Review of the Alcohol Premises Licensing System in Northern Ireland
PI: Dr James Nicholls
Funded by: Northern Ireland Executive
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Exploring the management of alcohol problems in Deep End general practices in Scotland
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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Alcohol Harms Framing
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Alcohol Change UK
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SPECTRUM: Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce IneqUalities and harM
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Regulating alcohol packaging and supply to protect health in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from policy systems in Malawi and Uganda (RAPSSA)
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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IRAPS: Interdisciplinary Research into political interest, civil society support and available data to strengthen Alcohol Policy Systems in Brazil and Peru
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Ambulance Call-Outs to Drug Overdoses in Scotland: Patterns and Practice
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Trends and Inequalities in Prescribing for Alcohol Dependence in Scotland (TRIPADS)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Alcohol Research UK
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An exploration of the characteristics, perceptions and experiences of drink drivers in England and Scotland
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
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Alcohol Research Network (ACORN) UK/ROI
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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The Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol on Ambulance Call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Limiting virus transmission during a Sporting Mega Event: COVID 19 and UEFA EURO 2020
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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EXILENS - Exploring the Impact of Alcohol Licensing in England and Scotland
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Examining policy options to manage the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on licensed premises and ambulance-call outs in Scotland
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Alcohol Policy Workshop (SPECTRUM)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Delegates - Short Courses
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Evaluating the Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland: Observational Study of Small Retailers
PI:
Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Awareness of alcohol marketing: A pre-implementation cross-sectional survey of adults in the Republic of Ireland
PI: Dr Nathan Critchlow
Funded by: Institute of Public Health in Ireland
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Young adult’s perceptions of alcohol packaging as a form of promotion, and how it could be used more effectively to communicate health messaging
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Alcohol Focus Scotland
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Understanding the direct and indirect impact of lowering Scotland’s drink-drive limit
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Obesity and Alcohol Use: is there a role for dually focused intervention in young adults (18-25) to tackle unhealthy eating and heavy drinking and effectively reduce future health inequalities?
PI:
Funded by: Department of Health
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Women and alcohol: evidence synthesis of the impacts on population level interventions to reduce alcohol use/harm by gender
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health
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Alcohol Screening in Pregnancy Systematic Review & Scoping Study
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health
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The Development of a Training Toolkit for Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Alcohol adapted for Emergency Care settings
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: World Health Organisation
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WHO ABI Training Materials Pilot
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: World Health Organisation
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Alcohol in Pregnancy Study
PI:
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health
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The Identifying & Describing Arguments (IDEA) project.
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Remuneration for Alcohol Brief Interventions Scoping Study
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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Women and Alcohol: Towards an Equity Review of the Effectiveness of Population-based Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use and Harm by Gender
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health
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Four Nations: the differences and similarities in alcohol policies and programmes across the four jurisdictions of the UK
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
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The Content and Design of Alcohol Brief Intervention Training for Practitioners
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Alcohol Research UK
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Extension of Current Research on Overprovision of Licensed Premises
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Outputs (137)

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Article

The prevalence and characteristics of unrecorded alcohol consumption: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional surveys in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

Burton R, Cadri A, Tello JE, Moodie C, Uny I, Fitzgerald N & Harker N (2026) The prevalence and characteristics of unrecorded alcohol consumption: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional surveys in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Drug Policy, 155, Art. No.: 105368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105368

Article

‘Alcohol problems are definitely twenty-four seven’—a qualitative interview study exploring the presenting features of alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT study)

Martin JG, Uny I, Mitchell D, Ford A, Begley A, Howell R, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Lewsey J & Fitzgerald N (2026) ‘Alcohol problems are definitely twenty-four seven’—a qualitative interview study exploring the presenting features of alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT study). Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2615705; https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2615705

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“It has some major knock-on effects”: ambulance clinicians’ experiences of attending alcohol-related call-outs and perceived impact on the Scottish ambulance service (IMPAACT study)

Uny I, Martin JG, Mitchell D, Ford A, Begley A, Howell R, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Lewsey J & Fitzgerald N (2025) “It has some major knock-on effects”: ambulance clinicians’ experiences of attending alcohol-related call-outs and perceived impact on the Scottish ambulance service (IMPAACT study). Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2025.2576804

Policy Document

Restricting alcohol availability in practice: evidence from selected countries.

Trangenstein P, Tello J, Eck R, Tiongson P, Yeh J, Jernigan D, Haragirimana E, Waleewong O, Fitzgerald N, Uny I, Mbona Tumwesigye N & Kaneka B (2025) Restricting alcohol availability in practice: evidence from selected countries.. World Health Organisation. Snapshot series on alcohol control policies and practice, Brief 14. World Health Organisation. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/381461

Review

Development of the alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks market in Great Britain from 2011-2022: narrative timelines based on a documentary review of off-trade retail magazines and market intelligence reports

Critchlow N, Morgan A, Angus K, Howell R, Fitzgerald N, Kersbergen I & Holmes J (2025) Development of the alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks market in Great Britain from 2011-2022: narrative timelines based on a documentary review of off-trade retail magazines and market intelligence reports [Development time for the no/lo drinks market in GB (2011 to 2022)]. Drug & Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.14058

Article

Alcohol policy changes during the first three-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Development and application of a classification scheme

Pe?a S, Wilkinson C, Aresi G, Barrett L, Boniface S, Fitzgerald N, Norambuena P, Paradis C, Román F & Sierralta P (2024) Alcohol policy changes during the first three-months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Development and application of a classification scheme. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Drug Policy, 127, Art. No.: 104373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104373

Editorial

Alibi marketing? Surrogate marketing? Brand sharing? What is the correct terminology to discuss marketing for alcohol-free and low-alcohol products which share branding with regular strength alcohol products?

Critchlow N, Holmes J & Fitzgerald N (2024) Alibi marketing? Surrogate marketing? Brand sharing? What is the correct terminology to discuss marketing for alcohol-free and low-alcohol products which share branding with regular strength alcohol products?. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16504

Article

Factors influencing public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland including legal and structural differences: comparative interview analysis

Fitzgerald N, Mohan A, Purves R, O’Donnell R, Egan M, Nicholls J, Maani N, Smolar M, Fraser A, Briton T & Mahon L (2024) Factors influencing public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland including legal and structural differences: comparative interview analysis. Public Health Research. https://doi.org/10.3310/BGTR4277

Conference Paper (published)

Later opening hours for alcohol licensed premises in Scotland amidst economic and social instability: local stakeholder experiences based on semi-structured interviews

Mitchell G, O'Donnell R, Cook M, Uny I, Maxwell K, Emslie C & Fitzgerald N Later opening hours for alcohol licensed premises in Scotland amidst economic and social instability: local stakeholder experiences based on semi-structured interviews. In: , Johannesburg, South Africa, 05.06.2023-08.06.2023. 48th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society.

Conference Paper (unpublished)

A comparison of Alcohol Policy subsystems in Peru and Brazil: findings from a qualitative study

Uny I, Sanchez Z, Piazza M, Valerio I, Burela P, Petticrew M, Angus C & Fitzgerald N (2023) A comparison of Alcohol Policy subsystems in Peru and Brazil: findings from a qualitative study. 48th Annual Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, Johannesburg, 05.06.2023-09.06.2023. https://www.kbs2023joburg.org/

Article

Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure

Fitzgerald N, Mohan A, Maani N, Purves R, De Vocht F, Angus C, Henney M, Nicholls J, Nichols T, Crompton G, Mahon L, Mcquire C, Shortt N, Bauld L & Egan M (2023) Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84 (2), pp. 318-329. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00020

Article

Have restrictions on alcohol advertising in Ireland affected awareness among adults? A comparative observational study using non-probability repeat cross-sectional surveys

Critchlow N, Moodie C, MacKintosh AM, Gallopel-Morvan K, Stead M & Fitzgerald N (2022) Have restrictions on alcohol advertising in Ireland affected awareness among adults? A comparative observational study using non-probability repeat cross-sectional surveys. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00099

Article

Impact of public health team engagement in alcohol licensing on health and crime outcomes in England and Scotland: A comparative timeseries study between 2012 and 2019

de Vocht F, McQuire C, Ferraro C, Williams P, Henney M, Angus C, Egan M, Mohan A, Purves R, Maani N, Shortt N, Mahon L, Crompton G, O'Donnell R, Nicholls J, Bauld L & Fitzgerald N (2022) Impact of public health team engagement in alcohol licensing on health and crime outcomes in England and Scotland: A comparative timeseries study between 2012 and 2019. The Lancet Regional Health Europe, 20, Art. No.: 100450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100450

Research Report

Alcohol Marketing Restrictions: Learning from 黑料不打烊 Implementation

Carters-White L, Purves R, Gadsby E, Howell R, Gallopel-Morvan K, Fitzgerald N, Stead M & Critchlow N (2022) Alcohol Marketing Restrictions: Learning from 黑料不打烊 Implementation. Alcohol Focus Scotland. https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/resources/alcohol-marketing-restrictions-learning-from-international-implementation.pdf

Commentary

Responsible Drinking, Conflicts of Interest, and the Elephant in the Room: A Commentary on A Scoping Review of "Responsible Drinking" Interventions by Gray, Williams & Shaffer (2020)

Petticrew M, Fitzgerald N, Maani N, McCambridge J, Pettigrew S & van Schalkwyk M (2021) Responsible Drinking, Conflicts of Interest, and the Elephant in the Room: A Commentary on A Scoping Review of "Responsible Drinking" Interventions by Gray, Williams & Shaffer (2020). Commentary on: Gray, H. , Wiley, R. , Williams, P. , & Shaffer, H. (2020). A scoping review of “Responsible Drinking” interventions. Health Communication, 1–21. https://doi-org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1733226. Health Communication, 36 (2), pp. 257-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1827541

Article

Factors influencing the implementation of screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in primary care practices: a systematic review using the COM-B system and Theoretical Domains Framework

Rosário F, Santos MI, Angus K, Pas L, Ribeiro C & Fitzgerald N (2021) Factors influencing the implementation of screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in primary care practices: a systematic review using the COM-B system and Theoretical Domains Framework. Implementation Science, 16 (1), Art. No.: 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01073-0

Letter

Call to restore funding to monitor youth exposure to alcohol advertising

Ross CS, Babor TF, Bartholow BD, DeJong W, Fitzgerald N, Jackson KM, Jernigan DH, Naimi TS, Noel JK, Petticrew M, Severi K, Siegel MB, Stockwell T, Tori M & Xuan Z (2021) Call to restore funding to monitor youth exposure to alcohol advertising. Addiction, 116 (10), pp. 2922-2923. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15590

Article

Intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: a natural experiment

So V, Millard AD, Katikireddi SV, Forsyth R, Allstaff S, Deluca P, Drummond C, Ford A, Eadie D, Fitzgerald N, Graham L, Hilton S, Ludbrook A, McCartney G & Stead M (2021) Intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: a natural experiment. Public Health Research, 9 (11), pp. 1-210. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr09110

Article

Estimating the Burden of Alcohol on Ambulance Callouts through Development and Validation of an Algorithm Using Electronic Patient Records

Manca F, Lewsey J, Waterson R, Kernaghan SM, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Angus C & Fitzgerald N (2021) Estimating the Burden of Alcohol on Ambulance Callouts through Development and Validation of an Algorithm Using Electronic Patient Records. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (12), Art. No.: 6363. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126363

Research Report

Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Key Findings Report for Alcohol Focus Scotland

Jones D, Moodie C, Purves R, Fitzgerald N & Crockett R (2021) Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Key Findings Report for Alcohol Focus Scotland. Alcohol Focus Scotland. 黑料不打烊. https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/resources/jones-et-al-2021-focus-group-labelling-research-report.pdf

Article

Protocol of the COVID-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS) study: understanding changes in adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours, mental and general health, in repeated cross-sectional representative survey of the Scottish population

Den Daas C, Hubbard G, Johnston M, Dixon D, CHARIS Consortium, Allan J, Fitzgerald N, Farquharson B, Hunt K, Macaden L, Maltinsky W & O'Carroll R (2021) Protocol of the COVID-19 Health and Adherence Research in Scotland (CHARIS) study: understanding changes in adherence to transmission-reducing behaviours, mental and general health, in repeated cross-sectional representative survey of the Scottish population. BMJ Open, 11 (2), Art. No.: e044135. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044135

Letter

The SPECTRUM Consortium: a new UK Prevention Research Partnership consortium focussed on the commercial determinants of health, the prevention of non-communicable diseases, and the reduction of health inequalities

Horton M, Perman-Howe PR, Angus C, Bishop J, Bogdanovica I, Brennan A, Britton J, Brose LS, Brown J, Collin J, Dockrell M, Fitzgerald N, Friel S, Gillespie D & Bauld L The SPECTRUM Consortium: a new UK Prevention Research Partnership consortium focussed on the commercial determinants of health, the prevention of non-communicable diseases, and the reduction of health inequalities. Wellcome Open Research, 6, Art. No.: 6. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16318.1

Article

Awareness of product-related information, health messages and warnings on alcohol packaging among adolescents: A cross-sectional survey in the United Kingdom

Critchlow N, Jones D, Moodie C, MacKintosh AM, Fitzgerald N, Hooper L, Thomas C & Vohra J (2020) Awareness of product-related information, health messages and warnings on alcohol packaging among adolescents: A cross-sectional survey in the United Kingdom. Journal Of Public Health, 42 (3), pp. e223-e230. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz080

Commentary

Commentary on Wicki et al. (2020): Strong effectiveness evidence-but what else do policymakers need?

Fitzgerald N & Lewsey J (2020) Commentary on Wicki et al. (2020): Strong effectiveness evidence-but what else do policymakers need?. Commentary on: Wicki, M., Bertholet, N., and Gmel, G. ( 2020) Estimated changes in hospital admissions for alcohol intoxication after partial bans on off‐premises sales of alcoholic beverages in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland: an interrupted time–series analysis. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14967.. Addiction, 115 (8), pp. 1470-1471. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15074

Research Report

Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing in Scotland: Observational study of small retailers

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. 黑料不打烊. /media/stirling/services/faculties/sport-and-health-sciences/research/documents/MUP-evaluation-Small-Convenience-Stores-report.pdf

Article

Exploring the links between unhealthy eating behaviour and heavy alcohol use in the social, emotional and cultural lives of young adults (aged 18-25): A qualitative research study

Scott S, Muir C, Stead M, Fitzgerald N, Kaner E, Bradley J, Wrieden W, Power C & Adamson A (2020) Exploring the links between unhealthy eating behaviour and heavy alcohol use in the social, emotional and cultural lives of young adults (aged 18-25): A qualitative research study. Appetite, 144, Art. No.: 104449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104449

Article

Recruiting the "Heavy-Using Loyalists of Tomorrow": An Analysis of the Aims, Effects and Mechanisms of Alcohol Advertising, Based on Advertising Industry Evaluations

Maani Hessari N, Bertscher A, Critchlow N, Fitzgerarld N, Knai C, Stead M & Petticrew M (2019) Recruiting the "Heavy-Using Loyalists of Tomorrow": An Analysis of the Aims, Effects and Mechanisms of Alcohol Advertising, Based on Advertising Industry Evaluations. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (21), Art. No.: 4092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214092

Article

An evaluation of the effects of lowering blood alcohol concentration limits for drivers on the rates of road traffic accidents and alcohol consumption: a natural experiment

Haghpanahan H, Lewsey J, Mackay D, McIntosh E, Pell J, Jones A, Fitzgerald N & Robinson M (2019) An evaluation of the effects of lowering blood alcohol concentration limits for drivers on the rates of road traffic accidents and alcohol consumption: a natural experiment. Lancet, 393 (10169), pp. 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2818%2932850-2

Article

Exploring the impact of public health teams on alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (ExILEnS): procotol for a mixed methods natural experiment evaluation

Fitzgerald N, Egan M, de Vocht F, Angus C, Nicholls J, Shortt N, Nichols T, Maani Hessari N, McQuire C, Purves R, Critchlow N, Mohan A, Mahon L, Sumpter C & Bauld L (2018) Exploring the impact of public health teams on alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (ExILEnS): procotol for a mixed methods natural experiment evaluation. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18 (1), Art. No.: 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0573-z

Article

Examining associations between body mass index in 18-25 year-olds and energy intake from alcohol: findings from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey

Albani V, Bradley J, Wrieden W, Scott S, Muir C, Power C, Fitzgerald N, Stead M, Kaner E & Adamson A (2018) Examining associations between body mass index in 18-25 year-olds and energy intake from alcohol: findings from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey. Nutrients, 10 (10), Art. No.: 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101477

Article

Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Eating and Risky Drinking in Young Adults Aged 18-25 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Scott S, Beyer F, Parkinson K, Muir C, Graye A, Kaner E, Stead M, Power C, Fitzgerald N, Bradley J, Wrieden W & Adamson A (2018) Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Eating and Risky Drinking in Young Adults Aged 18-25 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 10 (10), Art. No.: 1538. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101538

Article

Factors Influencing the Implementation of Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use in Primary Care Practices: A Systematic Review Protocol

Rosário F, Santos MI, Angus K, Pas L & Fitzgerald N (2018) Factors Influencing the Implementation of Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use in Primary Care Practices: A Systematic Review Protocol [Fatores Condicionantes da Implementa??o da Dete??o Precoce e Interven??es Breves no Consumo Excessivo de ?lcool nos Cuidados de Saúde Primários: Protocolo de Revis?o Sistemática da Literatura]. Acta Medica Portuguesa, 31 (1), pp. 45-50. https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.9753

Article

Delivery of alcohol brief interventions in community-based youth work settings: exploring feasibility and acceptability in a qualitative study

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

Non-pharmacological interventions designed to reduce health risks due to unhealthy eating behaviour and linked risky or excessive drinking in adults aged 18-25: a systematic review protocol

Scott S, Parkinson K, Kaner E, Robalino S, Stead M, Power C, Fitzgerald N, Wrieden W & Adamson A (2017) Non-pharmacological interventions designed to reduce health risks due to unhealthy eating behaviour and linked risky or excessive drinking in adults aged 18-25: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 6 (1), Art. No.: 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0434-6

Article

Implementing a Public Health Objective for Alcohol Premises Licensing in Scotland: A Qualitative Study of Strategies, Values, and Perceptions of Evidence

Fitzgerald N, Nicholls J, Winterbottom J & Katikireddi SV (2017) Implementing a Public Health Objective for Alcohol Premises Licensing in Scotland: A Qualitative Study of Strategies, Values, and Perceptions of Evidence. 黑料不打烊 Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (3), Art. No.: 221. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14030221

Commentary

Commentary on Anderson et al. (2016): The question is not just whether to incentivize and train practitioners on alcohol screening and brief advice, but how?

Fitzgerald N (2016) Commentary on Anderson et al. (2016): The question is not just whether to incentivize and train practitioners on alcohol screening and brief advice, but how?. Commentary on: Anderson P., Bendtsen P., Spak F., Reynolds J., Drummond C.,Segura L. et al. Improving the delivery of brief interventionsfor heavy drinking in primary health care: outcome resultsof the ODHIN ?ve-country cluster randomized factorial trial.Addiction 2016; 111:935–45.. Addiction, 111 (11), pp. 1946-1947. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13513

Conference Abstract

Training multidisciplinary practitioners to deliver SBI on alcohol and other health behaviours

Fitzgerald N & Heywood S (2013) Training multidisciplinary practitioners to deliver SBI on alcohol and other health behaviours. 黑料不打烊 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. A26, Art. No.: A26. https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-8-S1-A26

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Teaching

I support teaching on our online and on-campus Masters in Public Health programmes including facilitating the Hastings internships whereby competitively selected MPH students are invited to be student members of the ISMH team for the year of their studies and be mentored during placements and dissertation modules.

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