Gordon Hay
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 357750 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Gordon Hay |
| PRENOMES | Gordon |
| SOBRENOME | Hay |
| ASSINATURA | HAY G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8346-9618 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Bereavement through substance use
Background: Deaths associated with alcohol and/or drugs belong to a category of ‘special’ deaths due to three characteristics: traumatic circumstances of the death, stigma directed to both the bereaved and the deceased, and resulting disenfranchised grief experienced by the bereaved. These factors can impede those who are bereaved in this way from both grieving and accessing support. In response to a lack of research in this area this paper repor…
Pathways back to work for problem alcohol users
The relationship between alcohol misuse, employment and unemployment is complex. Alcohol misuse is correlated with a range of other problems, including, for example, drug misuse, mental health problems and social deprivation. Together these can be a barrier to accessing and sustaining employment. The aim of this study was to explore these issues with a sample of adults in the UK who were currently accessing treatment for an alcohol problem. The s…
Injecting drug users in Scotland, 2006
Using Bayesian capture-recapture analysis, we estimated the number of current injecting drug users (IDUs) in Scotland in 2006 from the cross-counts of 5670 IDUs listed on four data-sources: social enquiry reports (901 IDUs listed), hospital records (953), drug treatment agencies (3504), and recent Hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnoses (827 listed as IDU-risk). Further, we accessed exact numbers of opiate-related drugs-related deaths (DRDs) in 2006 an…
Benefits and Employment
Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed countries, particularly in relation to some groups who may be perceived as undeserving of state support. Problem drug users (PDUs) are one such group, and in the UK most PDUs do not work and a high proportion claim benefits. Facilitating the movement of these individuals into employment is a policy aim, because it is believed to improve the circumstances of dru…
Missing targets on drugs-related deaths, and a Scottish paradox
Glossary of terms relating to capture–recapture methods
This glossary provides basic definitions for terms that have a specific meaning in the application of the capture–recapture methodology, particularly with respect to standard techniques for the application of log linear models to multiple lists. In epidemiology, capture–recapture is used for prevalence estimation. It is intended that, as well as being a central point of reference for terms used in the capture–recapture methodology, this glossary …
Estimating injection drug use prevalence using state wide administrative data sources
Estonia has rapidly expanding injection drug use (IDU) driven HIV/AIDS epidemic with the highest reported incidence rate and prevalence (1.3%) of HIV in the European region. To evaluate the feasibility of IDU prevalence estimations based on routine nationwide data sources using capture-recapture methodology, and provide estimates of IDU prevalence. IDUs were identified from the Police, Health insurance fund, State HIV reference laboratory data so…
How well do trends in incidence of heroin use reflect hypothesised trends in prevalence of problem drug use in the North West of England
This study investigates whether hypotheses about trends in the prevalence of problem drug use (PDU), prompted by capture--recapture based age-specific prevalence estimates, are corroborated by estimates of trends in incidence. Lag correction techniques were used to provide incidence estimates adjusted for the time-lag between onset of drug use and its first recorded treatment for heroin users seeking treatment in three areas of North West England…
Capture–recapture estimates of the local and national prevalence of problem drug use in Scotland
Capture-recapture estimates of problem drug use and the use of simulation based confidence intervals in a stratified analysis
Study objective: To establish the prevalence of problem drug use in the 10 local authorities within the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester between April 2000 and March 2001. Setting and participants: Problem drug users aged 16–54 resident within Greater Manchester who attended community based statutory drug treatment agencies, were in contact with general practitioners, were assessed by arrest referral workers, were in contact with the pro…
Estimating the Number of Drug Injectors from Needle Exchange Data
Background. Information on the size of a drug injecting population is required for resource allocation and health service evaluation. The truncated Poisson (tP) estimator is a method of prevalence estimation which, in contrast to the capture-recapture method, can be used when only a single data source is available. Objective. We present a study on the size of a drug injecting population to illustrate how the tP estimator can be calculated and how…
Using Capture-Recapture Methods to Reconstruct the American Population in London
The capture-recapture method, which ecologists, demographers, and social scientists utilize to estimate the size of contemporary populations that cannot be subjected to conventional enumeration or census-taking procedures, has never been applied to the study of a historical population. Using it to uncover the size and characteristics of the colonial American community in London finds regional variations in the demographic patterns of provincial A…
Contrasting methods of collecting data on injectors' risk behaviour
In this paper two contrasting methods of collecting data on drug injectors' needle and syringe sharing practices are considered, namely: direct questions about any previous sharing in the last 6 months, and vignettes in which injectors are asked to indicate whether they would be prepared to share injecting equipment in a range of situations. Injectors' statements of their preparedness to share are far in excess of their reports of actual sharing.…
Estimating the prevalence of drug misuse in Dundee, Scotland
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To apply capture-recapture methods to provide an estimate of the prevalence of opiate and benzodiazepine misuse in Dundee, Scotland. DESIGN: A four sample capture-recapture method using data from both statutory and non-statutory data sources to estimate drug misuse prevalence in Dundee between January 1990 and December 1994. PARTICIPANTS: Users of benzodiazepines or opiates residing within Dundee. RESULTS: Altogether 855 drug mi…
Estimating the prevalence of drug misuse in Dundee, Scotland
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To apply capture-recapture methods to provide an estimate of the prevalence of opiate and benzodiazepine misuse in Dundee, Scotland. DESIGN: A four sample capture-recapture method using data from both statutory and non-statutory data sources to estimate drug misuse prevalence in Dundee between January 1990 and December 1994. PARTICIPANTS: Users of benzodiazepines or opiates residing within Dundee. RESULTS: Altogether 855 drug mi…
Benefits and Employment
Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed countries, particularly in relation to some groups who may be perceived as undeserving of state support. Problem drug users (PDUs) are one such group, and in the UK most PDUs do not work and a high proportion claim benefits. Facilitating the movement of these individuals into employment is a policy aim, because it is believed to improve the circumstances of dru…
Pathways back to work for problem alcohol users
The relationship between alcohol misuse, employment and unemployment is complex. Alcohol misuse is correlated with a range of other problems, including, for example, drug misuse, mental health problems and social deprivation. Together these can be a barrier to accessing and sustaining employment. The aim of this study was to explore these issues with a sample of adults in the UK who were currently accessing treatment for an alcohol problem. The s…
Contrasting methods of collecting data on injectors' risk behaviour
In this paper two contrasting methods of collecting data on drug injectors' needle and syringe sharing practices are considered, namely: direct questions about any previous sharing in the last 6 months, and vignettes in which injectors are asked to indicate whether they would be prepared to share injecting equipment in a range of situations. Injectors' statements of their preparedness to share are far in excess of their reports of actual sharing.…
Estimating the prevalence of drug misuse in Dundee, Scotland
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To apply capture-recapture methods to provide an estimate of the prevalence of opiate and benzodiazepine misuse in Dundee, Scotland. DESIGN: A four sample capture-recapture method using data from both statutory and non-statutory data sources to estimate drug misuse prevalence in Dundee between January 1990 and December 1994. PARTICIPANTS: Users of benzodiazepines or opiates residing within Dundee. RESULTS: Altogether 855 drug mi…
Using Capture-Recapture Methods to Reconstruct the American Population in London
The capture-recapture method, which ecologists, demographers, and social scientists utilize to estimate the size of contemporary populations that cannot be subjected to conventional enumeration or census-taking procedures, has never been applied to the study of a historical population. Using it to uncover the size and characteristics of the colonial American community in London finds regional variations in the demographic patterns of provincial A…
Estimating the Number of Drug Injectors from Needle Exchange Data
Background. Information on the size of a drug injecting population is required for resource allocation and health service evaluation. The truncated Poisson (tP) estimator is a method of prevalence estimation which, in contrast to the capture-recapture method, can be used when only a single data source is available. Objective. We present a study on the size of a drug injecting population to illustrate how the tP estimator can be calculated and how…
Capture-recapture estimates of problem drug use and the use of simulation based confidence intervals in a stratified analysis
Study objective: To establish the prevalence of problem drug use in the 10 local authorities within the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester between April 2000 and March 2001. Setting and participants: Problem drug users aged 16–54 resident within Greater Manchester who attended community based statutory drug treatment agencies, were in contact with general practitioners, were assessed by arrest referral workers, were in contact with the pro…
How well do trends in incidence of heroin use reflect hypothesised trends in prevalence of problem drug use in the North West of England
This study investigates whether hypotheses about trends in the prevalence of problem drug use (PDU), prompted by capture--recapture based age-specific prevalence estimates, are corroborated by estimates of trends in incidence. Lag correction techniques were used to provide incidence estimates adjusted for the time-lag between onset of drug use and its first recorded treatment for heroin users seeking treatment in three areas of North West England…
Capture–recapture estimates of the local and national prevalence of problem drug use in Scotland
Estimating injection drug use prevalence using state wide administrative data sources
Estonia has rapidly expanding injection drug use (IDU) driven HIV/AIDS epidemic with the highest reported incidence rate and prevalence (1.3%) of HIV in the European region. To evaluate the feasibility of IDU prevalence estimations based on routine nationwide data sources using capture-recapture methodology, and provide estimates of IDU prevalence. IDUs were identified from the Police, Health insurance fund, State HIV reference laboratory data so…
Glossary of terms relating to capture–recapture methods
This glossary provides basic definitions for terms that have a specific meaning in the application of the capture–recapture methodology, particularly with respect to standard techniques for the application of log linear models to multiple lists. In epidemiology, capture–recapture is used for prevalence estimation. It is intended that, as well as being a central point of reference for terms used in the capture–recapture methodology, this glossary …
Missing targets on drugs-related deaths, and a Scottish paradox
Injecting drug users in Scotland, 2006
Using Bayesian capture-recapture analysis, we estimated the number of current injecting drug users (IDUs) in Scotland in 2006 from the cross-counts of 5670 IDUs listed on four data-sources: social enquiry reports (901 IDUs listed), hospital records (953), drug treatment agencies (3504), and recent Hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnoses (827 listed as IDU-risk). Further, we accessed exact numbers of opiate-related drugs-related deaths (DRDs) in 2006 an…
Benefits and Employment
Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed countries, particularly in relation to some groups who may be perceived as undeserving of state support. Problem drug users (PDUs) are one such group, and in the UK most PDUs do not work and a high proportion claim benefits. Facilitating the movement of these individuals into employment is a policy aim, because it is believed to improve the circumstances of dru…
Pathways back to work for problem alcohol users
The relationship between alcohol misuse, employment and unemployment is complex. Alcohol misuse is correlated with a range of other problems, including, for example, drug misuse, mental health problems and social deprivation. Together these can be a barrier to accessing and sustaining employment. The aim of this study was to explore these issues with a sample of adults in the UK who were currently accessing treatment for an alcohol problem. The s…
Bereavement through substance use
Background: Deaths associated with alcohol and/or drugs belong to a category of ‘special’ deaths due to three characteristics: traumatic circumstances of the death, stigma directed to both the bereaved and the deceased, and resulting disenfranchised grief experienced by the bereaved. These factors can impede those who are bereaved in this way from both grieving and accessing support. In response to a lack of research in this area this paper repor…
Medicine (12 obras) · Census and Population Estimation (9 obras) · Population (9 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (8 obras) · Demography (7 obras) · Psychiatry (6 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras) · Mark and recapture (5 obras) · Confidence interval (4 obras)