David Foxcroft
Biographic Data
| ID | 4981805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Foxcroft |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Foxcroft |
| SIGNATURE | FOXCROFT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9752-7527 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Co‐Development of the CoMUni Intervention
INTRODUCTION: Each academic year, numerous students experience mental health problems. Despite this, many avoid seeking any form of help, which can lead to problems worsening. This paper reflects upon the co-development process of an intervention which aimed to increase help-seeking behaviours in undergraduate students. METHODS: Online workshops were conducted with a student co-production team, including the completion of tasks designed to incorp…
Testing socioeconomic status and family socialization hypotheses of alcohol use in young people
INTRODUCTION: The effect of socioeconomic status on adolescent substance abuse may be mediated by family socialization practices. However, traditional mediation analysis using a product or difference method is susceptible to bias when assumptions are not addressed. We aimed to use a potential outcomes framework to assess assumptions of exposure-mediator interaction and of no confounding of the results. METHOD: We revisited a traditional mediation…
Motivational Interviewing-based interventions for reducing substance misuse and increasing treatment engagement, retention, and completion in the homeless populations of high-income countries
Exploring the short-term effects of the Strengthening Families Program on Brazilian adolescents
Background Substance abuse and violence are among the primary health concerns regarding Brazilian adolescents. This study sought to explore the short-term effects of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14), a preventive program for families with adolescents, adapted to Brazil.Methods A pre-experimental design was used, with a pretest and 10-12-month follow-up evaluation. A qualitative study was carried out using in-depth interviews held on…
Drug Policy and the Public Good
Drug Policy and the Public Good presents the accumulated scientific knowledge of direct relevance to the development of drug policy on local, national, and international levels. The book explores both illicit drug use and non-medical use of prescription medications within a public health perspective. A conceptual basis for a rational drug policy is presented, along with new epidemiological data on the global dimensions of drug misuse, significant…
Supply control for illegal markets
Supply control approaches to drug problems focus on the production, distribution, and sale of illicit psychoactive substances, and include alternative development programmes in producer nations, control of precursor chemicals used to produce certain drugs (e.g. methamphetamines) interdiction at national borders, and the incarceration of drug dealers at all levels. There is no evidence that promoting alternative development as part of global drug …
Criminalization and decriminalization of drug possession
Research suggests that punishing drug users has some limitations as a major component of drug policy. An increasing number of countries and sub-national jurisdictions have therefore been reducing or eliminating criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use, on grounds both of proportionality and effectiveness-oriented policy. Most decriminalization or depenalization programmes involve the substitution of civil penal…
Illegal markets
Illegal drugs are commodities that are bought and sold in markets. Many farmers are engaged in small amounts of drug growing in the producing countries, but there are comparatively small numbers of refiners, smugglers, and top-level importers. Compared to most legal markets, there are many sellers relative to the number of buyers in drug markets. One consequence of the network character of drug distribution is its resilience. Eliminating individu…
Affordances for drinking alcohol
Alcohol misuse is a pressing area of public health concern. This non‐participant observational study investigated the functional characteristics of on‐licensed premises where alcohol is consumed. Seven different licensed premises from South Central England were visited and observed for similar three hour periods on Saturday evenings. Observations within these ecological niches were grouped using a functional taxonomy of affordances and effectivit…
An application of Extended Normalisation Process Theory in a randomised controlled trial of a complex social intervention
Extended Normalisation Process Theory provided a useful framework for assessing implementation and explaining variation by examining intervention-context interactions. Findings highlight the need for process evaluations to consider both the structural and process components of implementation to explain whether programme activities are delivered as intended and why
Everything is telling you to drink”
Background: Dominant approaches to understanding alcohol consumption and preventing misuse focus on cognitive antecedents of drinking behaviour. However, these approaches are not only limited, but ignore wider contextual factors. Adopting an ecological approach, this paper considers the functional significance of alcogenic environments from the perspectives of individual drinkers, based on the availability of alcohol-related affordances.Method: T…
Mixed‐methods Evaluation of the Good Behaviour Game in English Primary Schools
Inclusivity of all children in education and within educational settings is an important value and goal. Yet, where settings and practices are not oriented for inclusivity and engagement, some children can struggle with academic tasks and are often marginalised and exhibit disruptive behaviours. The study reported here addresses the social nature of school as a community for learning through a mixed‐methods concurrent triangulation evaluation of …
Rejoinder to Dennis Gorman's critique of
Preventing substance misuse
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN63550893
Preventing alcohol harm
Drug education in victorian schools (Devs)
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12612000079842
Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Programme 10–14 in Poland for the prevention of alcohol and drug misuse
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN89673828
The effect of alcohol advertising, marketing and portrayal on drinking behaviour in young people
The effectiveness of brief personalized normative feedback in reducing alcohol-related problems amongst University students
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN30784467
Psychosocial Disorders in Young People
Psychosocial Disorders in Young People
Affordances for drinking alcohol
Alcohol misuse is a pressing area of public health concern. This non‐participant observational study investigated the functional characteristics of on‐licensed premises where alcohol is consumed. Seven different licensed premises from South Central England were visited and observed for similar three hour periods on Saturday evenings. Observations within these ecological niches were grouped using a functional taxonomy of affordances and effectivit…
Mixed‐methods Evaluation of the Good Behaviour Game in English Primary Schools
Inclusivity of all children in education and within educational settings is an important value and goal. Yet, where settings and practices are not oriented for inclusivity and engagement, some children can struggle with academic tasks and are often marginalised and exhibit disruptive behaviours. The study reported here addresses the social nature of school as a community for learning through a mixed‐methods concurrent triangulation evaluation of …
Psychosocial Disorders in Young People
Psychosocial Disorders in Young People
The effectiveness of brief personalized normative feedback in reducing alcohol-related problems amongst University students
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN30784467
The effect of alcohol advertising, marketing and portrayal on drinking behaviour in young people
Drug education in victorian schools (Devs)
Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12612000079842
Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Programme 10–14 in Poland for the prevention of alcohol and drug misuse
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN89673828
Preventing substance misuse
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN63550893
Preventing alcohol harm
Rejoinder to Dennis Gorman's critique of
Mixed‐methods Evaluation of the Good Behaviour Game in English Primary Schools
Inclusivity of all children in education and within educational settings is an important value and goal. Yet, where settings and practices are not oriented for inclusivity and engagement, some children can struggle with academic tasks and are often marginalised and exhibit disruptive behaviours. The study reported here addresses the social nature of school as a community for learning through a mixed‐methods concurrent triangulation evaluation of …
An application of Extended Normalisation Process Theory in a randomised controlled trial of a complex social intervention
Extended Normalisation Process Theory provided a useful framework for assessing implementation and explaining variation by examining intervention-context interactions. Findings highlight the need for process evaluations to consider both the structural and process components of implementation to explain whether programme activities are delivered as intended and why
Everything is telling you to drink”
Background: Dominant approaches to understanding alcohol consumption and preventing misuse focus on cognitive antecedents of drinking behaviour. However, these approaches are not only limited, but ignore wider contextual factors. Adopting an ecological approach, this paper considers the functional significance of alcogenic environments from the perspectives of individual drinkers, based on the availability of alcohol-related affordances.Method: T…
Drug Policy and the Public Good
Drug Policy and the Public Good presents the accumulated scientific knowledge of direct relevance to the development of drug policy on local, national, and international levels. The book explores both illicit drug use and non-medical use of prescription medications within a public health perspective. A conceptual basis for a rational drug policy is presented, along with new epidemiological data on the global dimensions of drug misuse, significant…
Supply control for illegal markets
Supply control approaches to drug problems focus on the production, distribution, and sale of illicit psychoactive substances, and include alternative development programmes in producer nations, control of precursor chemicals used to produce certain drugs (e.g. methamphetamines) interdiction at national borders, and the incarceration of drug dealers at all levels. There is no evidence that promoting alternative development as part of global drug …
Criminalization and decriminalization of drug possession
Research suggests that punishing drug users has some limitations as a major component of drug policy. An increasing number of countries and sub-national jurisdictions have therefore been reducing or eliminating criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use, on grounds both of proportionality and effectiveness-oriented policy. Most decriminalization or depenalization programmes involve the substitution of civil penal…
Illegal markets
Illegal drugs are commodities that are bought and sold in markets. Many farmers are engaged in small amounts of drug growing in the producing countries, but there are comparatively small numbers of refiners, smugglers, and top-level importers. Compared to most legal markets, there are many sellers relative to the number of buyers in drug markets. One consequence of the network character of drug distribution is its resilience. Eliminating individu…
Affordances for drinking alcohol
Alcohol misuse is a pressing area of public health concern. This non‐participant observational study investigated the functional characteristics of on‐licensed premises where alcohol is consumed. Seven different licensed premises from South Central England were visited and observed for similar three hour periods on Saturday evenings. Observations within these ecological niches were grouped using a functional taxonomy of affordances and effectivit…
Exploring the short-term effects of the Strengthening Families Program on Brazilian adolescents
Background Substance abuse and violence are among the primary health concerns regarding Brazilian adolescents. This study sought to explore the short-term effects of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 10-14), a preventive program for families with adolescents, adapted to Brazil.Methods A pre-experimental design was used, with a pretest and 10-12-month follow-up evaluation. A qualitative study was carried out using in-depth interviews held on…
Testing socioeconomic status and family socialization hypotheses of alcohol use in young people
INTRODUCTION: The effect of socioeconomic status on adolescent substance abuse may be mediated by family socialization practices. However, traditional mediation analysis using a product or difference method is susceptible to bias when assumptions are not addressed. We aimed to use a potential outcomes framework to assess assumptions of exposure-mediator interaction and of no confounding of the results. METHOD: We revisited a traditional mediation…
Motivational Interviewing-based interventions for reducing substance misuse and increasing treatment engagement, retention, and completion in the homeless populations of high-income countries
Co‐Development of the CoMUni Intervention
INTRODUCTION: Each academic year, numerous students experience mental health problems. Despite this, many avoid seeking any form of help, which can lead to problems worsening. This paper reflects upon the co-development process of an intervention which aimed to increase help-seeking behaviours in undergraduate students. METHODS: Online workshops were conducted with a student co-production team, including the completion of tasks designed to incorp…
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (9 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Intervention (counseling (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works)