{"id":24,"date":"2026-07-15T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:49:32","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peer reviewed papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #f9ede1;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Watson, J., Haddow, C., Brown, A., Parkes, T., &amp; Hunt, K. (2026). Health service contacts for mental health and substance use on release from prison: A retrospective population-based data linkage study. <em>BMJ Open<\/em>, <em>16<\/em>(2), e107586. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjopen-2025-107586\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjopen-2025-107586<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-1, #F9EDE1);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Leyland, A., Tweed, E., Watson, J., Hunt, K., &amp; 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. <em>International Journal of Population Data Science<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>(1). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v10i1.2971\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v10i1.2971<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference abstracts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #f9ede1;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., &amp; 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. <em>International Journal of Population Data Science<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>(2). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v8i2.2314\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v8i2.2314<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #f9ede1;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Leyland, A., Watson, J., &amp; Hunt, K. (2025). Post-imprisonment healthcare contacts for mental health and substance use: A Scottish cohort study. <em>European Journal of Public Health<\/em>, <em>35<\/em>(Supplement_4), ckaf161.078. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurpub\/ckaf161.078\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurpub\/ckaf161.078<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #f9ede1;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Savinc, J., Kjellgren, R., Connell, C., &amp; 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. <em>International Journal of Population Data Science<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>(5). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v9i5.2739\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v9i5.2739<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-1, #F9EDE1);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Savinc, J., Kjellgren, R., Connell, C., &amp; 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. <em>International Journal of Population Data Science<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>(4). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v10i4.3251\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23889\/ijpds.v10i4.3251<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peer reviewed papers Connell, C., Kjellgren, R., Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Kurdi, A., Watson, J., Haddow, C., Brown, A., Parkes, T., &amp; Hunt, K. (2026). Health service contacts for mental health and substance use on release from prison: A retrospective population-based data linkage study. 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