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Peer reviewed papers
Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Watson, J., Haddow, C., Brown, A., Parkes, T., & Hunt, K. (2026). Health service contacts for mental health and substance use on release from prison: A retrospective population-based data linkage study. BMJ Open, 16(2), e107586. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107586
Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Leyland, A., Tweed, E., Watson, J., Hunt, K., & Connell, C. (2025). Access to services for mental ill-health and substance use among people released from prison in Scotland (RELEASE): Retrospective observational cohort study protocol. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v10i1.2971
Conference abstracts
Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., & Savinc, J. (2023). Novel linkage of health and prison data in Scotland: Investigating access to services for mental health and substance use following release from prison. International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i2.2314
Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Leyland, A., Watson, J., & Hunt, K. (2025). Post-imprisonment healthcare contacts for mental health and substance use: A Scottish cohort study. European Journal of Public Health, 35(Supplement_4), ckaf161.078. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.078
Savinc, J., Kjellgren, R., Connell, C., & Hunt, K. (2024). RELEASE: Preliminary results from a novel data-linkage study into mental health and substance use service utilisation by people released from Scottish prisons. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2739
Savinc, J., Kjellgren, R., Connell, C., & Hunt, K. (2025). RELEASE: Identifying post-release service use disparities from a novel data-linkage study into mental health and substance use service utilisation by people released from Scottish prisons. International Journal of Population Data Science, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v10i4.3251