Research Output per year
Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
My research interests include infections among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) particularly skin and soft tissue infections and spore forming bacterial infections; harm reduction for PWIDs; healthcare seeking behaviours of PWIDs; legal high injecting and injecting in prisons.
Current research activities
I am currently involved in a number of collaborative research projects:
- to examine PWIDs views of their skin and soft tissue infections, their healthcare seeking and harm reduction behaviours. This is a collaboration with NHS Health Protection Scotland and Liverpool John Moores University.
- to examine the impact of a postcard alerting PWIDs to a botulism outbreak In Glasgow. This is a collaboration with NHS Health Protection Scotland.
- to examine legal high injecting. This is a collaboration with Dundee University
- to examine the impact of Glasgow's proposed Supervised Injection Facility and Heroin Assisted Treatment. This is a collaboration with Glasgow Caledonian University, NHS GG&C and NHS Health Protection Scotland
Desired research direction
To be involved in and develop further research examining: interventions to help PWIDs avoid or deal with skin and soft tissue infections; harm reduction and injecting behaviours for PWIDs.
Target collaborative organisations
NHS
Colleagues based at other HE institutions e.g. Liverpool John Moores University, Dundee University, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research Output
The experiences of people who inject drugs of skin and soft tissue infections and harm reduction: a qualitative study
Dunleavy, K., Hope, V., Roy, K. & Taylor, A., 31 Mar 2019, In : International Journal of Drug Policy. 65, p. 65-72 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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5
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(Scopus)
27
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Association between harm reduction intervention uptake and skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs
Dunleavy, K., Munro, A., Roy, K., Hutchinson, S., Palmateer, N., Knox, A., Goldberg, D. & Taylor, A., 1 May 2017, In : Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 174, p. 91-97Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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5
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(Scopus)
116
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Guidelines for the public health management of tetanus, botulism or anthrax among people who use drugs
Health Protection Scotland & Dunleavy, K., 23 Mar 2017, 68 p. Glasgow : Health Protection Scotland.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
Healthcare seeking for skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs in Scotland: the importance of encouragement from third parties
Dunleavy, K., Roy, K., Hope, V. & Taylor, A., 15 May 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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5
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Modelling the impact of incarceration and prison-based HCV treatment on HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in Scotland
Stone, J., Martin, N. K., Hickman, M., Hutchinson, S., Aspinall, E., Taylor, A., Munro, A., Dunleavy, K., Peters, E., Bramley, P., Hayes, P. C., Goldberg, D. J. & Vickerman, P., 3 Mar 2017, In : Addiction.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
44
Citations
(Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
Ready Next Time - Outbreak of Infection in Injecting Drug Users
Karen Dunleavy (Invited speaker)
26 Apr 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference