Journal article

Van Hout MC, Kaima R, Magwejani C, Kasunda V, Nyson K, Khoviwa P, Phiri M, Mhango V, Kewley S. 2024. “Prison life can make you go crazy”: Insights into the situation for people with a mental illness in the Malawi prison system International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, :1-13 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Akugizibwe M, Shayo EH, Namulundu M, Kasujja FX, Namakoola I, Birungi J, Okebe J, Murdoch J, Mfinanga SG, Jaffar S. 2024. Decentralising chronic disease management in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol for the qualitative process evaluation of community-based integrated management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension in Tanzania and Uganda BMJ Open, 14 :1-12 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Stadniciuc DI, Van Hout MC, Kewley S, Mathlin G. 2024. Invisible: An exploratory study of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people who use heroin Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, 26 Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Klankwarth U-B, Fleißner S, Pont J, Stöver H. 2024. State of transition to Ministry of Health governance of prison healthcare in the Council of Europe region Public Health, 229 :151-159 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Cocco N, Alves da Costa F, Esposito F, Van Hout M, de Cordova F, Tavoschi L, Borsellino P, Montaldo C, Ponti C. 2024. Doctors should not declare anyone fit to be held in immigration detention centres British Medical Journal, 384 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bőthe B, Nagy L, Koós M, Demetrovics Z, Potenza MN, International Sex Survey Consortium , Kraus SW, Van Hout MC. 2024. Problematic pornography use across countries, genders, andsexual orientations: Insights from the International Sex Surveyand comparison of different assessment tools Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gewirtz-Meydan A, Koós M, Nagy L, Kraus SW, Demetrovics Z, Potenza MN, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako R, Fernandez DP, Fujiwara H, Fernandez EF, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gjoneska B, Gola M, Grubbs JB, Hashim HT, Islam MS, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez MC, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költő A, Lee S-K, Lewczuk K, Lin C-Y, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Tristán P, Miller DJ, Orosz G, Orosová O, Sungkyunkwan University's research team NA , Ponce FP, Quintana GR, Quintero Garzola GC, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, De Tubino Scanavino M, Schulmeyer MK, Sharan P, Shibata G, Shoib S, Sigre-Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein DJ, Strong C, Ünsal BC, Vaillancourt-Morel M-P, Van Hout M-C, Bőthe B, International Sex Study Consortium , Kewley S. 2024. Global Cross-Cultural Validation of a Brief Measure for Identifying Potential Suicide Risk in 42 Countries Public Health, 229 :13-23 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Quintana GR, Ponce FP, Escudero-Pastén JI, Santibáñe-Palma JF, Nagy L, Koós M, Kraus SW, Demetrovics Z, International Sex Survey consortium , Kewley S, Potenza M, Van Hout M, Bőthe B. 2024. Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 Countries Journal of Affective Disorders, 350 :991-1006 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Moyo RC, Sigwadhi LN, Carries S, Mkhwanazi Z, Bhana A, Bruno D, Davids EL, Van Hout MC, Govindasamy D. 2024. Health-related quality of life among people living with HIV in the era of universal test and treat: results from a cross-sectional study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 25 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lewczuk K, Marcowski P, Wizla M, Gola M, Nagy L, Koós M, Kraus S, Demetrovics Z, Potenza MN, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Briken P, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako R, Fernandez DP, Fujiwara H, Fernandez EF, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gewirtz-Meydan A, Gjoneska B, Grubbs JB, Hashim HT, Islam MDS, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez MC, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költő A, Lee S-K, Lin C-Y, Lin Y-C, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Tristán P, Miller DJ, Orosová O, Orosz G, Sungkyunkwan University’s Research Team , Ponce FP, Quintana GR, Quintero Garzola GC, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, De Tubino Scanavino M, Schulmeyer MK, Sharan P, Shibata M, Shoib S, Sigre-Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein DJ, Ünsal BC, Vaillancourt-Morel M-P, Van Hout MC, Bőthe B. 2024. Cross-cultural Adult ADHD assessment in 42 countries using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Screener Journal of Attention Disorders, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Fleißner S, Klankwarth UB, Stöver H. 2024. Children living with incarcerated mothers: invisible, undocumented, and neglected The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Gavi A, Plugge E, Van Hout M. 2023. Cardiovascular disease in prisons in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Otanga H, Jeneby F, Handulle M, Busz M, Sumnall H, Van Hout M. 2023. Drug Use, Gender-Based Violence, Sex Work and (Il)Legality: Intersecting Vulnerabilities among Women who use Drugs. Kenyatta University Women’s Economic Empowerment Journal, 1 :35-44 Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Madroumi R, Hoey W, Uhaa S, Severin P, Calder I. 2023. What is optimal integrated multi-agency Throughcare? A global e-Delphi consensus study defining core components of effective rehabilitation and reintegration programming Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Naidoo L, Rasool S, Van Hout M. 2023. Non-offending caregivers reflections on the use of a film encompassing child sexual abuse perpetrator’s testimonies for potential child protection initiatives in South Africa Child Abuse and Neglect, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Kaima R, Mhango V, Kewley S, Mariniello T. 2023. Judiciarisation of the mentally ill and/or mentally incapacitated in the Malawi criminal justice system: Gaps and flaws of human rights protection Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 4 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Kivuyo S, Birungi J, Okebe J, Wang D, Ramaiya K, Ainan S, Tumuhairwe F, Ouma S, Namakoola I, Garrib A, van Widenfeldt E, Mutungi G, Jaoude GA, Batura N, Musinguzi J, Ssali MN, Etukoit BM, Mugisha K, Shimwela M, Ubuguyu OS, Makubi A, Jeffery C, Watiti S, Skordis J, Cuevas L, Sewankambo NK, Gill G, Katahoire A, Smith PG, Bachmann M, Lazarus J, Mfinanga S, Nyirenda MJ, RESPOND-AFRICA , Picchio C, Cullen W, Combe G, Snell H, Moyo F, Willitts J, Bates K, Van Hout MC, Baptista E, Hinderaker SG, Shayo E. 2023. Integrated management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension in sub Saharan Africa: a pragmatic multi-country cluster-randomised trial The Lancet, 402 :1241-1250 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bigland C, Leavey C, Khatri RJ, Opoku N, Van Hout M. 2023. Scoping review of women's navigation of co-morbid HIV and non-communicable disease (NCD) Health Conditions and integrated HIV/NCD health services in subsaharan Africa Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 25 Publisher Url Public Url

Horváth Z, Nagy L, Koós M, Kraus SW, Demetrovics Z, Potenza MN, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Briken P, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako R, Fernandez DP, Fujiwara H, Fernandez EF, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gewirtz-Meydan A, Gjoneska B, Gola M, Grubbs JB, Hashim HT, Islam S, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez MC, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költő A, Lee S-K, Lewczuk K, Lin C-Y, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Tristán P, Miller DJ, Orosová O, Orosz G, Sungkyunkwan University’s research team , Ponce FD, Quintana GR, Garzola GCQ, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, Scanavino MDT, Schulmeyer MK, Sharan P, Shibata M, Shoib S, Sigre-Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein DJ, Strizek J, Tsai MC, Ünsal BC, Vaillancourt-Morel M-P, Van Hout M-C, Bőthe B. 2023. Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS) Comprehensive Psychiatry, 127 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Elsayed H, Elgamil R, Rabie M, Aly R, Sonnan MT. 2023. ‘Secrecy, Trust, Safety’: A multi-stakeholder situation assessment of gendered and contextual vulnerabilities and service level responsiveness to the needs of women who use drugs in Egypt International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Fleißner S, Klankwarth U-B, Stöver H. 2023. Children living in prison with a primary caregiver: a global mapping of age restrictions and duration of stay The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Amaya A, Medina I, Mazzilli S, D'Arcy J, Cocco N, Van Hout M, Stover H, Moazen B. 2023. Oral health services in prison settings: A global scoping review of availability, accessibility and model of delivery Journal of Community Psychology, :1-30 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lee CT, Lin CY, Bőthe B, Koós M, Nagy L, Kraus M, Demetrovics Z, Potenza MN, Ballester-Arnal R, Batthyány D, Bergeron S, Billieux J, Burkauskas J, Cárdenas-López G, Carvalho J, Castro-Calvo J, Chen L, Ciocca G, Corazza O, Csako RI, Fernandez DP, Fernandez EF, Fujiwara H, Fuss J, Gabrhelík R, Gewirtz-Meydan A, Gjoneska B, Gola M, Grubbs JB, Hashim HT, Islam MS, Ismail M, Jiménez-Martínez M, Jurin T, Kalina O, Klein V, Költő A, Lee S-K, Lewczuk K, Lochner C, López-Alvarado S, Lukavská K, Mayta-Trist´an P, Milea I, Miller DJ, Orosová O, Sungkyunkwan University’s Research Team , Ponce FP, Quintana GR, Garzola GCQ, Ramos-Diaz J, Rigaud K, Rousseau A, Scanavino MDT, Schulmeyer MK, Sharan P, Shibata M, Shoib S, Sigre-Leirós V, Sniewski L, Spasovski O, Steibliene V, Stein DJ, Strizek J, Ünsal BC, Vaillancourt-Morel M-P, Van Hout MC, Bőthe B. 2023. The eleven-item Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-11): Cross-cultural psychiatric evaluation across 43 countries Journal of Psychiatric Research, 165 :16-27 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bőthe B, Koós M, Nagy L, Kraus S, Demetrovics, Z, Potenza M, Van Hout M, Vaillancourt-Morel M. 2023. Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools Journal of Behavioral Addictions, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Potts J, Stevens M, Cronshaw S, Wilson H, Van Hout M. 2023. Highflyers navigating potential turbulence ahead: a phenomenological study about airline pilot experiences of the menopause Maturitas, 173 :119-120 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout M, Zalwango F, Akugizibwe M, Namulundu Chaka M, Birungi J, Okebe J, Jaffar S, Bachmann M, Murdoch J. 2023. Implementing integrated care clinics for HIV-infection, diabetes and hypertension in Uganda (INTE-AFRICA): process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 23 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Scheibein F, Van Hout M, Henriques S, Wells J. 2023. Virtually Hidden: A Theoretical Framework for understanding and conceptualising Online Drug Related Pornography Contemporary Drug Problems, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Kaima R, Mangwana Mhango A, Mhango V, Thakwalakwa C, Kewley S. 2023. ‘Shamba’: Understanding and responding to the drivers and dynamics of same-sex sexual activity, sexual violence and HIV risk in the Malawi prison system. Journal of Sexual Aggression: an international, interdisciplinary forum for research, theory and practice, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Yasmeen A, Syed M, Alqahtani, S, Kashan Syed N, Wazaify M, Van Hout M. 2023. Suspected inappropriate use of prescription and non-prescription drugs among requesting customers: A Saudi community pharmacists’ perspective Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 31 :1254-1264 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Southalan L, Kinner S, Mhango V, Mhlanga-Gunda R. 2023. COVID-19, conflict, climate change, and the human rights of people living in African prisons The Lancet Planetary Health, 7 :e352-e353 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Asif M, Khoso A, Husain A, Shazad S, Van Hout M, Rafiq N, Lane S, Chaudry I, Husain N. 2023. Culturally Adapted Motivational Interviewing with Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention for Substance Use Disorder in Pakistan (CAMAIB): Protocol of a feasibility factorial randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wessels J. 2023. “#ForeignersMustGo versus ‘in favorem libertatis’”: Human rights violations and procedural irregularities in South African immigration detention law. Journal of Human Rights, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Loh D, Plugge E, Van Hout MC. 2023. Continuity of opioid substitution treatment between prison and community in Southeast Asia: A scoping review. International Journal of Drug Policy, 112 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Akugizibwe M, Zalwango F, Namulundu Chaka M, Namakoola I, Birungi J, Okebe J, Bachmann M, Murdoch J, Jaffar S, Van Hout MC. 2023. “After all, we are all sick”: Multi-stakeholder understandings of stigma associated with integrated management of HIV, Diabetes and Hypertension at selected government clinics in Uganda. BMC Health Services Research, 23 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hillis A, Germain J, Whitfield M, Halsall D, McVeigh J, Abbasi Y, Van Hout MC. 2022. Internet sourcing and unsafe use of controlled medicines (opioids, sedatives and GABA drugs) in the UK: An in-depth case study of consumer dynamics during COVID-19 Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 3 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Zalwango F, Akugizibwe M, Namulundu Chaka M, Bigland C, Birungi J, Jaffar S, Bachmann M, Murdoch J. 2022. Women living with HIV, diabetes and/or hypertension multimorbidity in Uganda: A qualitative exploration of experiences accessing a ‘one stop’ integrated care service. Journal of Integrated Care, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2022. Using COVID-19 to address environmental threats to health and leverage for prison reform in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Journal of Human Rights Practice, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Fleißner S, Stöver H. 2022. “Women’s right to health in detention”: United Nations Committee observations since the adoption of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (‘Bangkok Rules’). Journal of Human Rights Practice, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Lazarus J, Van Hout MC, Fuster Ruiz de Apodaca M, Brown G, Guaraldi G. 2022. A call for health systems to monitor the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV. HIV Medicine, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2022. Ensuring oversight and protection of life, health and well-being of all detained by the Russian Federation and Russian controlled territories of Ukraine. Public Health, 213 :68-70 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hearne E, Atkinson AM, Boardley I, McVeigh J, Van Hout MC. 2022. ‘Sustaining Masculinity’: A Scoping Review of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use by Older Males. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Moodley JK, Parry BR, Van Hout MC. 2022. Incarceration, menstruation and COVID-19: a viewpoint of the exacerbated inequalities and health disparities in South African correctional facilities International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Fleißner S, Klankwarth U, Stöver H. 2022. “Children in the prison nursery”: Global progress in adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child in alignment with United Nations minimum standards of care in prisons. Child Abuse and Neglect, 134 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Srisuwan L, Plugge E. 2022. A human rights assessment of menopausal women’s access to age- and gender-sensitive nondiscriminatory healthcare in prison Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bonghaseh T, Bigland C, Van Hout MC. 2022. Knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices towards cardiovascular disease risk prevention and management in patients living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of qualitative literature Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 24 Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Kaima R, Mhango V, Mariniello T. 2022. Moving beyond the politization of same sex sexuality and leveraging right to health to counter inter-personal sexual violence and HIV in Malawi’s prisons. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 3 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Bates G, Ralphs R, Bond VW, Boardley I, Hope V, Van Hout MC, McVeigh J. 2022. Systems mapping to understand complexity in the association between image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) and harm International Journal of Drug Policy, 107 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2022. Navigating the complexities of (trans) gender expression, right to reasonable accommodation and security tensions in South African prisons: The judgement of September v Subramoney. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 3 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Abbasi Y, Van Hout MC, Fargalla M, Itani L. 2022. Knowledge and use of electronic cigarettes in young adults in the United Arab Emirates, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Shayo E, Kivuyo S, Seeley J, Bukenya D, Karoli P, Mfinanga S, Jaffar S, Van Hout MC. 2022. The acceptability of integrated healthcare services for HIV and non-communicable diseases: Experiences from patients and healthcare workers in Tanzania BMC Health Services Research, 22 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hope VD, Bond VW, Boardley I, Smith J, Campbell J, Bates G, Ralphs R, Van Hout MC, McVeigh J. 2022. Anabolic androgenic steroid use population size estimation: a first stage study utilising a Delphi exercise Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Bigland C, Mariniello T. 2022. A legal-realist assessment of the Zimbabwean correctional system response to COVID-19 during state disaster measures International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Mhango V, Kaima R, Bigland C, Mariniello T. 2022. A legal-realist assessment of human rights, right to health and standards of healthcare in the Malawian prison system during COVID-19 state disaster measures. International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jumbe V, Mhango V, Muula A, Kaima R, Chimbwete L, Mangwana A, Msutu B, Tembo L, Bigland C, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2022. A multi-stakeholder situation assessment of COVID-19 disease preparedness and mitigation measures in a large prison complex in Malawi. International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Bukenya D, Van Hout MC, Shayo E, Kitabye I, Musenze B, Kasidi JR, Jaffar S, Seeley J. 2022. Integrated healthcare services for HIV, diabetes mellitus and hypertension in selected health facilities in Kampala and Wakiso districts, Uganda: A qualitative methods study PLOS Global Public Health, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Mlhanga-Gunda R, Rusakaniko S, Chinyuku A, Pswarayi V, Robinson C, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2022. “We sleep 10cm apart so there is no social distancing”: COVID-19 preparedness in a Zimbabwean prison complex. International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

McCombe G, Lim J, Van Hout MC, Lazarus J, Bachmann M, Jaffar S, Garrib A, Ramaiya K, Sewankambo N, Mfinanga S, Cullen W. 2022. Integrating care for diabetes and hypertension with HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. International Journal of Integrated Care, 22 :1-22 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Scarth M, Havnes IA, Jørstad ML, McVeigh J, Van Hout MC, Westlye LT, Torgersen S, Bjørnebekk A. 2022. Severity of anabolic steroid dependence, executive function, and personality traits in substance use disorder patients in Norway. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 231 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Fleißner S, Van Hout MC, Stöver H. 2021. Jahre Bangkok Rules: Ein Meilenstein in der weltweiten Bekämpfung von Gewalt gegen Frauen in Haft Forum Strafvollzug, 5 :332-334 Public Url

Aaraj E, Haddad P, Khalife S, Fawaz M, Van Hout MC. 2021. Understanding and responding to substance use and abuse in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon prior to and during COVID-19 times. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Murtagh S, McCombe G, Bachmann M, Garrib A, Jaffar S, Lazarus J, Mfinanga S, Ramaiya K, Sewankamo N, Van Hout MC, Cullen W. 2021. Integrating diabetes, hypertension and HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa: a Delphi consensus study on international best practice. BMC Health Services Research, 21 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Kewley S, Mhlanga-Gunda R, Van Hout MC. 2021. Preventing child sexual abuse before it occurs: Examining the scale and nature of secondary public health prevention approaches Journal of Sexual Aggression, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Whitfield M, Germain J, Hillis A, Halsall D, McVeigh J, Abbasi Y, Van Hout MC. 2021. Internet sourcing and UK end consumer trend interest in the controlled medicines (opioids, sedatives and GABA drugs) in pre and post COVID-19 timeframes. Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 1 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

McVeigh J, Hearne E, Boardley I, Bates G, Hope V, Ralphs R, Van Hout MC. 2021. Generating evidence on the use of Image and performance enhancing drugs in the UK: Results from a scoping review and expert consultation by the Anabolic Steroid UK network. Harm Reduction Journal, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Mfinanga SG, Nyirenda MJ, Mutungi G, Mghamba J, Maongezi S, Musinguzi J, Okebe J, Kivuyo S, Birungi J, van Widenfelt E, Van Hout MC, Bachmann M, Garrib A, Bukenya D, Cullen W, Lazarus JV, Niessen LW, Katahoire A, Shayo EH, Namakoola I, Ramaiya K, Wang D, Cuevas L, Etukoit BM, Lutale J, Meshack S, Mugisha K, Gill G, Sewankambo N, Smith P, Jaffar S. 2021. Integrating HIV, Diabetes, and Hypertension services in Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial in Tanzania and Uganda. BMJ Open, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Syed M, Yasmeen A, Van Hout MC. 2021. Physician perspectives on codeine accessibility, patterns of use and dependence in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wessels J. 2021. “Ubuntu” I am because we are: COVID-19 and the legal framework for addressing communicable disease in the South African prison system. International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Crowley D. 2021. The ‘double punishment’ of transgender prisoners: a human rights based commentary on placement and conditions of detention. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 17 :439-451 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wessels J. 2021. Human rights and the invisible nature of incarcerated women in post-apartheid South Africa: Prison system progress in adopting the Bangkok Rules. International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Jaffar S, Ramaiya K, Karekezi C, Sewankambo N, Van Hout MC, RESPOND A. 2021. Controlling diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from HIV programmes. The Lancet, 398 :1111-1113 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wessels J. 2021. Navigating the complexities of the mentally ill and mentally incapacitated in the criminal justice system in South Africa. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 2 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Hillis A, Leavey C, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2021. Sex tourism in an era of globalisation, harm reduction and disease migration: a new conceptual model Tourism Review, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Fleißner S, Stöver H. 2021. # Me Too: Global progress in tackling continued custodial violence against women. The 10 year anniversary of the Bangkok Rules. Trauma, Violence and Abuse: a review journal, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Al-Khalaileh W, Abu-Farha R, Van Hout MC, Wazaify M. 2021. Ophthalmic Drug Abuse: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Ophthalmologists in Jordan International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19 :1149-1161 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Brennan R, Shawabkeh H, Wazaify M, Boardley I, McVeigh J, Van Hout MC. 2021. A scoping review of non-medical and extra-medical use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Drug Safety, 44 :917-928 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Cullen W, Van Hout M. 2021. Transgender healthcare in primary care British Journal of General Practice, 71 :377-378 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Haddad P, Aaraj E. 2021. The Impact of COVID-19 on Drug Use and Harm Reduction Programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: a Regional Consultation of Stakeholders and People Who Use Drugs International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2021. Human rights violations, detention conditions and the invisible nature of women in European immigration detention: A legal realist account. International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Bigland C, Murray N. 2021. Scoping the impact of COVID-19 on the nexus of statelessness and health in Council of Europe member states. Journal of Migration and Health, 4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Naidoo L, Van Hout MC. 2021. Understanding Child Sex Offending Trajectories in South Africa: From Victimisation to Perpetration. Journal of Sexual Aggression, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Pillay N, Chimbga D, Van Hout MC. 2021. Gender inequality, health rights, and hiv/aids among women prisoners in Zimbabwe Health and Human Rights, 23 :225-236 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Naidoo L, Van Hout M. 2021. Child sex offender mindset and grooming strategies: A discourse analysis of sex offender narratives from South Africa Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: research, treatment and program innovations for victims, survivors and offenders, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wells JSG. 2021. The right to health, public health and COVID-19: a discourse on the importance of the enforcement of humanitarian and human rights law in conflict settings for the future management of zoonotic pandemic diseases Public Health, 192 :3-7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wazaify M. 2021. Parallel discourses: Leveraging the Black Lives Matter movement to fight colorism and skin bleaching practices. Public Health, 192 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hibbert MP, Germain J, Brett CE, Van Hout MC, Hope V, Porcellato LA. 2021. Service provision and barriers to care for men who have sex with men engaging in chemsex and sexualised drug use in the North and West Midlands of England. International Journal of Drug Policy, 92 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hillis A, Germain J, Hibbert M, Hope V, Van Hout M. 2021. “Belt and braces approach; added benefit and…extra reassurance”: A Multi-Stakeholder Examination of the Challenges to Effective Provision of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Northern and Central England. AIDS Care, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brennan R, Marie O, Van Hout MC, James M. 2021. “A slippery slope”: a scoping review of the self- injection of unlicensed oils and fillers as body enhancement. Performance Enhancement and Health, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Matthews E, Van Hout MC, Scheibein F, Cowman M. 2021. A qualitative study of physical activity and dietary practices of people accessing opioid agonist treatment in Ireland Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, Publisher Url Public Url

Scheibein F, Wells J, Henriques S, Van Hout MC. 2021. “Slam Sex” - Sexualized Injecting Drug Use (“SIDU”) Amongst Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)—A Scoping Review Journal of Homosexuality, 68 :2344-2358 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Igyuse S, Van Hout MC, Khatri RJ. 2020. Factors influencing maternal health services utilization in a semi-urban community in North-Central part of Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 22 :32-44 Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Chimbga D. 2020. Tackling the intersectionality of drug offences, gender based violence and victimisation in the South African criminal justice system: Leveraging for greater implementation of the Tokyo Rules within a sustainable development agenda. Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa, 22 :157-165 Publisher Url Public Url

Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2020. “I’d probably be dead now”: Evaluating the impact of theatre practitioners working on a recovery-based community drama project. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Stöver H, Benamara K, Bauer P, Salah E. 2020. Catalysing the response to HIV by enhancing prison visibility in the UNAIDS Strategy beyond 2021. Public Health,

Chivandikwa N, Mhlanga-Gunda R, Mahaso S, Chinokwetu C, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2020. Empowering Zimbabwean women prisoners’ right to health and equivalence of care in the prison system, using Forum Theatre. Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 22 :53-66 Publisher Url Public Url

Germain J, Leavey C, Van Hout MC, McVeigh J. 2020. 2,4 dinitrophenol: it’s not just for men International Journal of Drug Policy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Bachmann M, Lazarus J, Piccio C, Nyirenda M, Mfinanga S, Birungi J, Shayo E, Bukenya D, Okebe J, Jaffar S. 2020. Strengthening integration of chronic care in Africa: protocol for the qualitative process evaluation of the integrating and decentralising HIV, diabetes and hypertension trial in Uganda and Tanzania. BMJ Open, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lungu-Byrne C, Germain J, Plugge E, Van Hout MC. 2020. Contemporary migrant health experience and unique health care needs in European prisons and immigration detention settings. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 20 :80-99 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Aaraj E, Maalouf W. 2020. Public health imperatives in countering drug related health threats and vulnerabilities in contemporary Palestinian refugee camps. International Journal of Drug Policy, 85 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hillis A, Leavey C, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2020. Sex tourism, disease migration and COVID-19: Lessons learnt and best practices going forward. Journal of Travel Medicine, 27 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ako T, Plugge E, Mhlanga-Gunda R, Van Hout MC. 2020. Ethical guidance for health research in prisons in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review Public Health, 186 :217-227 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Chivandikwa N, Gadama L, Thakwalakwa C, Mula C, Mhango V, Banda C, Rosemary M-G, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. 2020. ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’: Advancing a human rights based approach to upholding health rights in a Malawian women’s prison. Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 22 Publisher Url Public Url

Henriques S, Van Hout MC, Teixeira A. 2020. Virtual 'experiential expert' communities of practice in sharing evidence-based prevention of novel psychoactive substance (NPS)use: The Portuguese Experience International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Shayo E, Van Hout MC, Birungi J, Garrib A, Kivuyo S, Mfinanga S, Nyirenda M, Namakoola I, Okebe J, Ramiya K, Bachmann M, Cullen W, Lazarus J, Gill G, Shiri T, Bukenya D, Snell H, Nanfuka M, Cuevas L, Shimwela M, Mutungi G, Musinguzi J, Mghamba J, Mugisha K, Jaffar S, Smith P, Sewankambo N. 2020. Ethical issues in intervention studies on the management of treatment of diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Global Health, 5 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Kewley S, Hillis A. 2020. Contemporary Transgender Health Experience and Health Situation in Prisons: A Scoping Review of Extant Published Literature (2000-2019) International Journal of Transgenderism, 21 :258-306 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Wazaify, M, Abushams, L, Al-Afifi M, Kewley S, Whitfield M, Quigg Z, McVeigh J, Van Hout MC. 2020. Perspectives of frontline professionals on Palestinian children living with sibling and parental drug use in the UNRWA camps, Jordan International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18 :1620-1637 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Lungu-Byrne C, Germain J. 2020. Migrant health situation when detained in European immigration detention centres: a synthesis of extant qualitative literature International Journal of Prisoner Health, 16 :221-236 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Aaraj E. 2020. Pandemic Stresses the Human Rights Imperatives of Tackling HIV and Hepatitis in Middle East and North African Prisons. Health and Human Rights: an international journal, Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2020. Leaving No-one Behind: The Human Tragedy of Children in African Prisons during COVID-19 Health and Human Rights: an international journal, Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2020. Prison staff exposure to pathogenic disease and occupational health research in African prisons: A neglected area. Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 22 Publisher Url Public Url

Mhlanga-Gunda R, Kewley S, Chivandikwa N, Van Hout MC. 2020. Prison conditions and standards of health care for women and their children incarcerated in Zimbabwean prisons International Journal of Prisoner Health, 16 :319-336 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Gadama L, Thakwalakwa C, Mula C, Mhango V, Banda C, Kewley S, Hillis A, Van Hout M-C. 2020. Prison facilities were not built with a woman in mind’: An exploratory multi-stakeholder study on women’s situation in Malawi prisons International Journal of Prisoner Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hillis A, Germain J, Hope V, McVeigh J, Van Hout MC. 2020. Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM): A scoping review on PrEP service delivery and programming. AIDS and Behavior, 24 :3056-3070 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2020. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 19 :171-173 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Horan JA, Van Hout MC. 2020. Mapping service user needs to inform a supervised injecting room location in Cork, Ireland, EU Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 22 :5-14 Publisher Url Public Url

Carney T, Van Hout MC, Norman I, Dada S, Siegfried N, Parry CDH. 2020. Dihydrocodeine for detoxification and maintenance treatment in individuals with opiate use disorders Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Benschop A, Urbán R, Kapitány-Fövény M, Van Hout MC, Dąbrowska, K, Felvinczi, , K, Hearne E, Henriques, S, Kaló Z, Kamphausen G, Silva J, Wieczorek L, Werse B, Bujalski M, Korf D, Demetrovics Z. 2020. Why do people use new psychoactive substances? Development of a new measurement tool in six European countries. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34 :600-611 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Mhlanga-Gunda R, Kewley S. 2020. Using performance and theatre arts in HIV interventions and HIV programming in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review of extant literature Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 21 :178-213 Publisher Url Public Url

Hearne E, Wazaify M, Van Hout MC, Atkinson AM, McVeigh J. 2020. Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a Scoping Review of Extant Empirical Literature International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brennan R, Van Hout MC. 2020. “Bursting the Lyrica bubble”: experiences of pregabalin use in individuals accessing opioid substitution treatment in Dublin. Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, Publisher Url Public Url

Mhlanga Gunda R, Motsomi N, Plugge E, Van Hout MC. 2020. Challenges in ensuring robust and ethical health research and the reporting of health outcomes and standards in sub-Saharan African prisons. The Lancet Global Health, 8 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Henriques S, Teixiera A. 2019. Virtual community of researchers and prevention experts: approximating drug research and practice fields. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 63 :11-20 Publisher Url Public Url

Bates G, Van Hout M, Tay J, McVeigh J. 2019. Treatments for people who use anabolic androgenic steroids: a scoping review. Harm Reduction Journal, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Scheibein F, Wells JSG, Henriques S, Van Hout MC. 2019. The impacts and service responses to Injecting Synthetic Cathinones and Novel Synthetic Opioids amongst marginalised drug using populations – a scoping review Journal of Substance Use, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Mhlanga-Gunda R. 2019. ‘Mankind owes to the child the best that it has to give’: Prison conditions and the health situation and rights of circumstantial children incarcerated in Sub Saharan African prisons. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Felvinczi K, Benschop A, Urbán R, Van Hout MC, Dąbrowska K, Hearne E, Henriques S, Kaló Z, Kamphausen G, Silva JP, Wieczorek Ł, Werse B, Bujalski M, Demetrovics Z, Korf D. 2019. Discriminative characteristics of marginalised novel psychoactive users: A transnational study International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Werse B, Benschop A, Kamphausen G, Van Hout MC, Henriques S, Silva J, Dabrowksa K, Wieczorek L, Bujalski M, Felvinczi K, Korf D. 2019. Sharing, group-buying, social supply, offline and online dealers: how users in a sample from six European countries procure new psychoactive substances (NPS). International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 17 :1237-1251 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Harrison R, Eckley L, Timpson H, Blickem C, Van Hout MC. 2019. Exploring Charity Worker Perceptions of the Social Value and Sustainability of Solar Lighting in Malawi, Kenya and Zambia: A Scoping Study Journal of Sustainable Development Africa, 21 Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Cullen W, Lambert JS, Van Hout MC. 2019. Competing priorities and second chances - A qualitative exploration of prisoners’ journeys through the Hepatitis C continuum of care. PLoS One, 14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Al-Afifi M, Abushams L, Sakka M, Shehada M, Afifi R, Alloush M, Rabee A, Kewley S, Quigg Z, Whitfield M, McVeigh J, Wazaify M, Van Hout MC. 2019. Perspectives of frontline professionals on Palestinian children's experiences of parental and sibling drug abuse in the West Bank and Gaza. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Chem ED, Van Hout MC, Hope V. 2019. Treatment outcomes and antiretroviral uptake in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infected patients in Sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Murtagh R, Cullen W, Lambert JS, McHugh T, Van Hout MC. 2019. Hepatitis C Virus infection in Irish drug users and prisoners : a scoping review BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Murtagh R, Cullen W, Keevans M, Laird E, McHugh T, McKiernan S, Miggin SJ, O'Connor E, O'Reilly D, Betts-Symonds G, Tobin C, Van Hout MC, Lambert JS. 2019. Evaluating peer-supported screening as a hepatitis C case-finding model in prisoners Harm Reduction Journal, 16 :42-42 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Van Hout MC, Murphy C, Kelly E, Lambert JS, Cullen W. 2019. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Screening and Treatment in Irish Prisons from a Nurse Managers’ Perspective - A Qualitative Exploration. BMC Nursing, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M-C, Mhlanga-Gunda R. 2019. Prison health situation and health rights of young people incarcerated in sub-Saharan African prisons and detention centres: A scoping review of extant literature BMC International Health and Human Rights, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Horan A, Van Hout MC. 2019. Mapping Service User Needs to inform location of a Supervised Injecting Room. Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Al-Afifi MF, Abushams L, Kewley S, Quigg Z, Whitfield M, McVeigh J, Wazaify M. 2019. Palestinian children's experiences of drug abuse in the home in the Occupied Territories of Palestine: A scoping review of extant literature International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Lambert JS, Betts-Symonds G, Cullen W, Keevans M, Kelly E, Laird E, McHugh T, McKiernan S, Miggin SJ, Murphy C, Murtagh R, O'Reilly D, Tobin C, Van Hout MC. 2019. The seroprevalence of untreated chronic hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection and associated risk factors in Irish prisoners: A cross sectional study. Eurosurveillance, 24 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Cullen W, Lambert JS, Hout MCV. 2019. Hepatitis c treatment and prevention in people who inject drugs (PWID) and prisoners: A narrative review of the extant literature Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 21 :5-19 Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Lambert JS, Cullen W, Van Hout MC. 2019. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) screening in people who inject drugs (PWID) and prisoners - a narrative review of extant literature Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, 21 :35-45 Publisher Url Public Url

Lambert JS, Murtagh R, Menezes D, O Carroll A, Murphy C, O Connor E, Cullen W, McHugh T, McCombe G, Van Hout MC. 2019. 'HepCheck Dublin': An Intensified Hepatitis C Screening Programme in a Homeless Population Demonstrates the Need for Alternative Models of Care BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Wazaify M, Abushams L, Van Hout MC. 2019. Abuse of sulfonylureas: Is factitious hypoglycemia a cause for concern? International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 41 :3-5 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Al-Khalaileh W, Abu Farha R, Wazaify M, Van Hout MC. 2019. Ophthalmic drug abuse: An observational study from community pharmacies Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Delargy I, Crowley D, Van Hout MC. 2019. Twenty years on, the Methadone Treatment Protocol in Ireland: Reflections on General Practice Harm Reduction Journal, 16 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Korf D, Benschop A, Werse B, Kamphausen G, Felvinczi K, Dabrowska K, Henriques S, Nabben T, Wieczorek L, Bujalski M, Kalo Z, Hearne E, Van Hout MC. 2019. How and where to find NPS users: A comparison of methods in a cross-national survey amongst three groups of current users of new psychoactive substances in Europe International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Crowley D, O’Dea S, Clarke S. 2019. Chasing the rainbow: pleasure, sex-based sociality and consumerism in navigating and exiting the Irish Chemsex scene Culture, Health and Sexuality, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Van Hout MC, Murphy C, Kelly E, Lambert JS, Cullen W. 2018. Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from a governor and prison officer perspective - A qualitative exploration Health and Justice, 6 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Van Hout MC, Lambert J, Cullen W, Kelly E, Murphy C. 2018. Barriers and facilitators to Hepatitis C (HCV) Screening and Treatment – A Prisoners’ Perspective Harm Reduction Journal, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Wazaify M, Abu Farha R, Al-Husseini A. 2018. Community Pharmacists Experience of Pregabalin Abuse and Misuse: A Quantitative Study from Jordan Journal of Substance Use, 24 :273-279 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2018. The Controversies, Challenges and Complexities of Lyme Disease: A Narrative Review. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 21 :429-436 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2018. Medicinal products detected as Novel Psychoactive Substances: the case of intravenous use of Tropicamide. Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, 20 :51-53 Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Kassai S, Rácz J, Kaló Z. 2018. Synthetic Cannabinoids (SCs) in metaphors: A metaphorical analysis of user experiences of synthetic cannabinoids in two countries. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Gunda R. 2018. Contemporary women prisoners health experiences, unique prison health care needs and health care outcomes in Sub Saharan Africa: A scoping review of extant literature. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Harrison R, Van Hout MC, Cochrane MA, Eckley L, Noonan RJ, Timpson H, Sumnall H. 2018. Experiences of Sustainable Abstinence-Based Recovery: an Exploratory Study of Three Recovery Communities (RC) in England International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Wells JSG, Bergin M, Van Hout MC, Mc Guinness P, De Pleissis J, Rich E, Dada S, Wells R, Gooney M. 2018. Purchasing Over The Counter (OTC) Medicinal Products Containing Codeine - Easy Access, Advertising, Misuse and Perceptions of Medicinal Risk Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 21 :286-295 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Al-Husseini A, Van Hout MC, Wazaify M. 2018. Pregabalin Misuse and Abuse: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature Journal of Drug Issues, 48 :356-376 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Crowley D, McBride A, Delargy I. 2018. Optimizing Treatment in Opiate Dependency: results from a national key stakeholder and expert focus group in Ireland BMC Family Practice, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brennan R, Wells JSG, Van Hout M. 2018. “Saving Face”: An Online Study of the Injecting Use of DIY Botox and Dermal Filler Kits Plastic Surgery, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Carney T, Wells J, Parry CDH, McGuinness P, Harris R, Van Hout MC. 2018. A comparative analysis of pharmacists' perspectives on codeine use and misuse - a three country survey Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 13 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Brennan R, Wells J. 2018. “Blood Letting” – Self-phlebotomy in injecting anabolic-androgenic steroids within Performance and Image Enhancing Drug (PIED) culture International Journal of Drug Policy, 55 :47-50 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Brennan R, Wells J, Van Hout MC. 2018. “Raw juicing” – an online study of the home manufacture of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) for injection in contemporary performance and image Performance Enhancement and Health, 6 :21-27 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2018. A narrative review of the naturally occurring inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) called phenibut in dietary supplements. Performance Enhancement and Health, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Al-Husseini A, Wazaify M, Abu-Farha R, Van Hout MC. 2018. Pregabalin Dispensing Patterns in Amman-Jordan: an Observational Study from Community Pharmacies Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Al-Khalaileh W, Wazaify M, Van Hout MC. 2018. The Misuse and Abuse of Ophthalmic Preparations:a Scoping Review of Clinical Case Presentations and Extant Literature International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Claffey C, Crowley D, MacLachlan M, Van Hout MC. 2017. Exploring Irish Travellers’ experiences of Opioid Substitute Treatment: A Phenomenological Study Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, 19 Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Benschop A, Bujalski M, Dabrowska K, Demetrovics Z, Felvinczi K, Hearne E, Henriques S, Kaló Z, Kamphausen G, Korf D, Silva JP, Wieczorek L, Werse B. 2017. Health and social problems associated with recent Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use amongst marginalised, nightlife and online users in six European countries. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 16 :480-495 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2017. Pregabalin Misuse and Abuse in Jordan: a Qualitative Study of User Experiences International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Foley M, Carney T, Harris R, Fitzpatrick E, Rapca-Veillet A, van Hout MC. 2017. Medicines containing codeine: perspectives of medical professionals in the Republic of Ireland Irish Journal of Medical Science, 186 :555-563 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2017. Shake ‘N Bake: the Migration of ‘Pervitin’ to Ireland International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 :919-927 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Hearne E, Alves EA, Van Hout MC, Grund JPC. 2017. Home Manufacture of Drugs: An Online Investigation and a Toxicological Reality Check of Online Discussions on Drug Chemistry Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, :1-10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Crowley D, Lambert J, Murphy C, Laird E. 2017. Exploring patient characteristics and barriers to Hepatitis C treatment in patients on opioid substitution treatment (OST) attending a community based fibro-scanning clinic. Journal of Translational Internal Medicine, 2 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2017. User Experiences of Development of Dependence on the Synthetic Cannabinoids, 5f-AKB48 and 5F-PB-22, and Subsequent Withdrawal Syndromes International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 :565-579 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Collins C, Delargy I, Crowley D. 2017. Irish General Practitioner (GP) Perspectives Toward Decriminalisation, Legalisation and Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes (CTP) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 :670-683 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Crowley D, Collins C, Barry A, Delargy I. 2017. Characteristics of methadone related overdose deaths and comparisons between those dying on and off methadone substitution treatment: a national cohort study. Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, Public Url

Van Hout MC, Norman I, Rich E, Bergin M. 2017. Experiences of Codeine Use, Misuse and Dependence: Application of Liese and Franz's Cognitive Developmental Model of Substance Abuse Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 45 :238-252 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Parry CDH, Rich E, Van Hout MC, Deluca P. 2017. Codeine misuse and dependence in South Africa: Perspectives of addiction treatment providers South African Medical Journal, 107 :451-456 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Van Hout MC. 2017. Effectiveness of pharmacotherapies in increasing treatment retention and reducing opioid overdose death in individuals recently released from prison: A systematic review Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 19 :25-42 Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2017. The changing landscape of Irish Traveller alcohol and drug use Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 24 :220-222 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E, Bergin M. 2017. Buprenorphine-Naloxone in the Treatment of Codeine Dependence: a Scoping Review of Clinical Case Presentations International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 :224-237 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2017. New psychoactive substances (NPS) on cryptomarket fora: An exploratory study of characteristics of forum activity between NPS buyers and vendors International Journal of Drug Policy, 40 :102-110 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Keegan D, Crowley D, Laird E, Van Hout MC. 2017. Prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis C viral infection amongst a cohort of irish drug users attending a drug treatment centre for agonist opioid treatment (AOT) Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 19 :47-56 Public Url

Van Hout MC, Rich E, Dada S, Bergin M. 2017. "codeine Is My Helper": Misuse of and Dependence on Codeine-Containing Medicines in South Africa Qualitative Health Research, 27 :341-350 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Collins C, Delargy I, Laird E, Van Hout MC. 2017. Irish general practitioner attitudes toward decriminalisation and medical use of cannabis: results from a national survey. Harm Reduction Journal, 14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

van Hout MC. 2016. The Dynamic Landscape of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Use in Ireland: Results from an Expert Consultation International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 :985-992 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Norman IJ, Bergin M, Parry CD, Van Hout MC. 2016. Best practices and innovations for managing codeine misuse and dependence Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 19 :367-381 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

McVeigh J, Hearne E, Bates G, Van Hout MC. 2016. Community pharmacist experiences of providing needle and syringe programmes in Ireland Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Carney T, Wells J, Bergin M, Dada S, Foley M, McGuiness P, Rapca A, Rich E, Van Hout MC. 2016. A Comparative Exploration of Community Pharmacists' Views on the Nature and Management of Over-the-Counter (OTC) and Prescription Codeine Misuse in Three Regulatory Regimes: Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, 14 :351-369 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Delargy I, O'Shea MT, Van Hout MC, Collins C. 2016. General Practitioner perspectives on and attitudes toward the Methadone Treatment Programme in Ireland HEROIN ADDICTION AND RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS, 18 :43-50 Author Url Public Url

Nielsen S, Van Hout MC. 2016. What is known about community pharmacy supply of naloxone? A scoping review INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 32 :24-33 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Foley M, Carney T, Rich E, Parry C, DeLuca P. 2016. Medical Professionals' Perspectives on Prescribed and Over-The-Counter Medicines Containing Codeine: A Cross-Sectional Study British Medical Journal, 7 :e011725-e011725 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Carney T, Van Hout MC, Norman I, Dada S, Parry CDH. 2016. Dihydrocodeine for detoxification and maintenance treatment in illicit opiate-dependent individuals Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

McVeigh J, Germain J, Van Hout MC. 2016. 2,4-Dinitrophenol, the inferno drug: a netnographic study of user experiences in the quest for leanness. Journal of Substance Use, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hearne E, Grund JPC, Van Hout MC, McVeigh J. 2016. A Scoping Review of Home Produced Heroin and Amphetamine Type Stimulant Substitutes: Implications for Prevention, Treatment and Policy Harm Reduction Journal, 13 :1-11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Horan JA, Gooney M, Van Hout MC. 2016. Safe storage of methadone in the home. An Irish audit of the effectiveness of information provision in pharmacies. Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, 18 :31-39 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2016. Confessions of contemporary English opium-eaters: a netnographic study of consumer negotiation of over-the-counter morphine for misuse Journal of Substance Use, 21 :141-152 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2016. Netnography of Female Use of the Synthetic Growth Hormone CJC-1295: Pulses and Potions SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, 51 :73-84 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Hearne E, Van Hout MC. 2016. "Trip-Sitting" in the Black Hole: A Netnographic Study of Dissociation and Indigenous Harm Reduction JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS, 48 :233-242 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brennan R, Wells JSG, Van Hout MC. 2016. The injecting use of image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPED) in the general population: A systematic review Health and Social Care in the Community, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout M-C, Norman I. 2016. Misuse of non-prescription codeine containing products: Recommendations for detection and reduction of risk in community pharmacies INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 27 :17-22 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Bergin M, Norman I, Foley M, Harris R, Rapca A, Rich E, Van Hout MC. 2015. Practice implications and recommendations for managing codeine misuse and dependence Acta Pharmaceutica, 65 :351-364 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Delargy I, Ryan G, Flanagan S, Gallagher H. 2015. Dependence on Over the Counter (OTC) Codeine Containing Analgesics: Treatment and Recovery with Buprenorphine Naloxone INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, 14 :873-883 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Horan A, Santlal K, Rich E, Bergin M. 2015. ‘Codeine is my companion’: misuse and dependence on codeine containing medicines in Ireland Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, :1-14 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2015. "Plant or poison": A netnographic study of recreational use of 1,3-dimethylamylamine (DMAA) International Journal of Drug Policy, 26 :1279-1281 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Foley M, Harris R, Rich E, Rapca A, Bergin M, Norman I, Van Hout MC. 2015. The availability of over-the-counter codeine medicines across the European Union PUBLIC HEALTH, 129 :1465-1470 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Parry CDH, Deluca P, Cooper R, van Hout MC. 2015. Do we have sufficient information to optimally inform regulatory or other policy decisions about medications containing codeine? ADDICTION, 110 :1690-1691 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Horan JA, Deasy C, Hemy K, O'Brien D, Van Hout MC. 2015. Overdose risk perceptions and experience of overdose among heroin users in Cork, Ireland. Preliminary results from a pilot overdose prevention study HEROIN ADDICTION AND RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS, 17 :19-26 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Dada S, Burnhams NH, van Hout MC, Parry CDH. 2015. Codeine misuse and dependence in South Africa – learning from substance abuse treatment admissions South African Medical Journal, 105 :776-779 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Kean J. 2015. An exploratory study of image and performance enhancement drug use in a male British South Asian community International Journal of Drug Policy, 26 :860-867 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Jackman P, Van Hout MC, Lane A, Fitzpatrick G. 2015. Experiences of flow in jockeys during flat-race conditions International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 13 :205-223 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2015. Drugs on the Dark Net: How Cryptomarkets Are Transforming the Global Trade in Illicit Drugs (Martin, J, 2014). Global Crime, 3 :262-264 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2015. "Vintage Meds": A Netnographic Study of User Decision-Making, Home Preparation, and Consumptive Patterns of Laudanum SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE, 50 :598-608 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2015. "Word of Mouse": Indigenous Harm Reduction and Online Consumerism of the Synthetic Compound Methoxphenidine JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS, 47 :30-41 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2015. Nod and wave: An Internet study of the codeine intoxication phenomenon INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 26 :67-77 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2014. “Doctor shopping and pharmacy hopping”: Practice innovations relating to codeine Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14 :219-234 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2014. An Internet Study of User's Experiences of the Synthetic Cathinone 4-Methylethcathinone (4-MEC) JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS, 46 :273-286 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2014. Kitchen chemistry: A scoping review of the diversionary use of pharmaceuticals for non-medicinal use and home production of drug solutions DRUG TESTING AND ANALYSIS, 6 :778-787 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brennan R, Van Hout MC. 2014. Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB): A Scoping Review of Pharmacology, Toxicology, Motives for Use, and User Groups JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS, 46 :243-251 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2014. A Qualitative Study of Prescribing Doctor Experiences of Methadone Maintenance Treatment INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, 12 :227-242 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Brennan R, Wells JG, Van Hout MC. 2014. An unhealthy glow? A review of melanotan use and associated clinical outcomes Performance Enhancement and Health, 3 :78-92 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Brennan R. 2014. An in-depth case examination of an exotic dancer's experience of melanotan INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 25 :444-450 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Phelan D. 2014. A Grounded Theory of Fitness Training and Sports Participation in Young Adult Male Offenders JOURNAL OF SPORT & SOCIAL ISSUES, 38 :124-147 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2014. Service stakeholders' perspectives on methadone maintenance treatment, Special Community Employment schemes and client recovery pathways Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 40 :49-58 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2014. Responsible vendors, intelligent consumers: Silk Road, the online revolution in drug trading INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 25 :183-189 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2014. SMART: An Internet study of users experiences of synthetic tanning Performance Enhancement and Health, 3 :3-14 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2014. Oral health behaviours amongst homeless people attending rehabilitation services in Ireland. Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 60 :144-149 Author Url

Foley M, Thorley K, Van Hout M-C. 2013. Assessing fitness for work: GPs judgment making EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE, 19 :230-236 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2013. ‘Surfing the Silk Road’: A study of users’ experiences. International Journal of Drug Policy, 24 :524-529 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Petersen Z, Myers B, van Hout M-C, Plueddemann A, Parry C. 2013. Availability of HIV prevention and treatment services for people who inject drugs: findings from 21 countries HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Culleton LR, Van Hout MC, Foley M. 2013. A social norms approach to drug prevention in schools in Ireland: Results from a pre development study Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 57 :27-46

Brennan R, Van Hout MC, Wells J. 2013. Heuristics of human enhancement risk: A little chemical help? International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 51 :212-227 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2013. Open drug scenes and drug-related public nuisance: A visual rapid assessment research study in Dublin, Ireland Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 12 :154-178 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, McCormack A, Foley M. 2013. A question of shared responsibility: Results from a pilot study Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 57 :7-15

Van Hout MC, Foley M. 2013. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults attending addiction treatment in Ireland: Preliminary international ADHD in substance-use disorders prevalence study (IASP) results Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 30 :171-177 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Foley M, McCormack A, Tardif E. 2012. Teachers' perspectives on their role in school-based alcohol and cannabis prevention International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 50 :328-341 DOI Publisher Url

Brennan R, van Hout MC. 2012. Miaow miaow: A review of the new psychoactive drug mephedrone Drugs and Alcohol Today, 12 :241-253 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. Methadone maintenance and Special Community Employment schemes: A study of Irish participants' views Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 37 :63-73 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Foley M, Tarrant H. 2012. Development of a user friendly Social Capital scale in Volunteering International Journal of Volunteer Administration, 1 :35-41

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. Mothers' experiences of their children's detoxification in the home: Results from a pilot study Community Practitioner, 85 :30-33 Author Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. "A Costly Turn On": Patterns of use and perceived consequences of mephedrone based head shop products amongst Irish injectors INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 23 :188-197 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout M-C, Staniewicz T. 2012. Roma and Irish Traveller housing and health - a public health concern CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 22 :193-207 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, McElrath K. 2012. Service user involvement in drug treatment programmes: Barriers to implementation and potential benefits for client recovery DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 19 :474-483 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Brennan R. 2012. Curiosity killed M-Cat: A post-legislative study on mephedrone use in Ireland DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 19 :156-162 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Condron H. 2011. Mé féin nó an Pobal: Social Processes and Connectivity in Irish Volunteering. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 1 :39-55

Van Hout MC, McDonnell A. 2011. Heroin Detoxification-Seeking, a Grounded Theory of Process and Practicalities. The Grounded Theory Review-An International Journal, 1 :17-41

McElrath K, Van Hout MC. 2011. A PREFERENCE FOR MEPHEDRONE: DRUG MARKETS, DRUGS OF CHOICE, AND THE EMERGING "LEGAL HIGH" SCENE JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUES, 41 :487-507 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2011. Peer and universal drug prevention in irish schools: Food for thought Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 55 :8-16

Van Hout MC, Brennan R. 2011. 'Heads held high': An exploratory study of legal highs in pre-legislation Ireland Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 10 :256-272 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Claire Van Hout M, Brennan R. 2011. “Bump and grind”: An exploratory study of Mephedrone users' perceptions of sexuality and sexual risk Drugs and Alcohol Today, 11 :93-103 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2011. Gateway transitions in rural Irish youth: Implications for culturally appropriate and targeted drug prevention Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 55 :7-14

Van Hout MC. 2011. Differentiated normalization and drug transitions among rural youth in Ireland DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 18 :124-131 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2011. Travellers and substance use in Ireland - Recommendations for drug and alcohol policy DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 18 :53-59 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

van Hout M-C. 2011. Assimilation, habitus and drug use among Irish Travellers CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 21 :203-220 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Brennan R. 2011. Plant food for thought: A qualitative study of mephedrone use in Ireland DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY, 18 :371-381 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2010. Fifteen Year Olds’ Alcohol, Cigarette and Drug use in Ireland: Results from a Pilot Study Youth Studies Ireland, 2 :55-65

Van Hout MC. 2010. The Roma Community in Ireland. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations,, 1 :129-140

Van Hout MC. 2010. The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 3 :186-205 DOI

Van Hout MC. 2010. Traveller drug use and the school setting: Friend or foe? Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 54 :7-16

Hout MCV. 2010. The Irish traveller community: Social capital and drug use Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 9 :186-205 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2010. Asperger syndrome and alcohol-drinking to cope, by Matthew Tinsley and Sarah Hendrickx Critical Public Health, 20 :259-261 DOI Publisher Url

Mcdonnell A, Van Hout M. 2010. Maze and minefield — a grounded theory of opiate self-detoxification in rural Ireland Drugs and Alcohol Today, 10 :24-31 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2010. Traveller health and primary care in Ireland: a consultative forum. Community practitioner : the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association, 83 :27-30 Author Url

Van Hout MC. 2010. Alcohol use and the Traveller community in the west of Ireland DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 29 :59-63 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2010. Travellers and substance use - Implications for service provision International Journal of Health Promotion and Education, 48 :36-41 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2010. The Roma Community in Ireland The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations: Annual Review, 10 :129-140 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2009. Perception of social context and activity following participation in a physical fitness intervention during residential adolescent addiction treatment American Journal of Recreation Therapy, 4 :129-140

Van Hout MCA. 2009. Youth alcohol and drug use in rural Ireland - parents' views RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH, 9 Author Url

Van Hout M. 2009. Irish travellers and drug use — an exploratory study Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 2 :42-49 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout M. 2009. Drug use among rural Irish adolescents - a brief exploratory study Drugs and Alcohol Today, 9 :20-26 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2009. An illustrative picture of irish youth substance use Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 53 :7-15

Claire Van Hout M. 2009. An exploratory study of substance use among Irish youth: A service providers perspective Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 8 :99-111 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Connor S. 2008. The normalisation of substance abuse among young travellers in ireland Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 7 :5-21 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Connor S. 2008. A qualitative study of Irish teachers' perspective of student substance use Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 52 :80-91

Van Hout M, Connor S. 2008. Solvent use among young Irish adolescents — a growing concern for youth workers, teachers and parents? Drugs and Alcohol Today, 8 :27-36 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2007. Attitude to physical activity of adolescent substance users. American Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 4 :40-49

Van Hout MC. 2007. A Community Perspective of Cocaine Use in Ireland: A Brief Exploratory Study Contemporary Drug Problems, 34 :103-110 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. ‘Silk Road’, The virtual drug marketplace: A single case study of user experiences. International Journal of Drug Policy, 5 :385-391 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Thorley K, Foley M. Difficulties encountered in sickness certification: A GP focus group study Journal of Occupational Medicine, 5 :369-372 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Crowley D, McBride A, Delargy I. Piloting online self-audit of methadone treatment in Irish general practice: results, reflections and educational outcomes BMC Medical Education, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Havnes I, Lindvik Jørstad M, McVeigh J, Van Hout MC, Bjørnebekk A. The Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Treatment Gap: A National Study of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 14 :1-9 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Cullen W, O'Donnell P, Van Hout M. Prison and opportunities for the management of COVID-19. British Journal of General Practice, DOI Publisher Url

Otanga H, Jeneby F, Hundalle M, Busz M, Sumnall H, Van Hout MC. Gender based violence against women who use drugs (WWUD) in Kenya: Experiences and Policy Directions. Kenya Policy Briefs, Public Url

van Hout MC. The controversies, challenges and complexities of Lyme disease: implications for medical education, clinical practice and research. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Url

Van Hout M. Moving beyond the politization of same sex sexuality and leveraging right to health to counter inter-personal sexual violence and HIV in Malawi’s prisons. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, DOI

Van Hout MC. Environmental health rights and concepts of vulnerability of immigration detainees in Europe before and beyond COVID-19 Journal of Human Rights Practice, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC, Southalan L, Kinner S, Mhango V, Rosemary M-G. COVID-19, conflict, climate change, and the human rights of people living in African prisons The Lancet Planetary Health, Public Url

Shayo E, Murdoch J, Kiwale Z, Bachmann M, Bakari M, Mbata D, Kivuyo S, Jaffar S, Van Hout M. Management of Chronic Conditions in Resource Limited Settings: Multi stakeholders’ perception and experiences with receiving and providing integrated HIV, Diabetes and Hypertension services in Tanzania BMC Health Services Research, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Aikaeli F, Mfinanga, S, Nyirenda M, Okebe J, Kasujja F, Lesikari S, Garrib A, Birungi J, Ramaiya K, Namakoola I, Moyo F, Van Hout M, Jaffar S. Integrated community-based management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension in Tanzania and Uganda: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. NIHR Open Research,

El-Zoghby SM, Madroumi R, Kewley S, Van Hout MC. Insights into primary care physicians’ detection, intervention and management of patients with substance use disorders in Egypt Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, :1-19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Internet publication

Van Hout M, Wessels J. 2023. Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol: Crossing the Rubicon toward expansion of rights assurances of (invisible) women deprived of their liberty in African prisons DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2015. EuroDurg Bulletin www.pharmacoepi.org/eurodurg Newsletter of the European Chapter of the Special Interest Group of Drug Utilisation Research (SIG-DUR) OF THE International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE).

Thesis/Dissertation

Van Hout M. 2023. Right to health, thresholds of vulnerability and humane standards of detention in prisons and other detention settings. Pentassuglia G, Mariniello T, Philips T. Public Url

Other

Van Hout MC, Wessels J. 2022. Corrigendum to “Navigating the complexities of the mentally ill and mentally incapacitated in the criminal justice system in South Africa” [Forensic Science International: Mind and Law 2 (2021) 100068] (Forensic Science International: Mind and Law (2021) 2, (S2666353821000254), (10.1016/j.fsiml.2021.100068)) Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 3 DOI Publisher Url

Hout MCV, Bigland C, Murray N. 2021. Erratum to “Scoping the impact of COVID-19 on the nexus of statelessness and health in Council of Europe member states” [Journal of Migration and Health (2021) 100053](S2666623521000209)(10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100053) Journal of Migration and Health, 4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout M. 2020. COVID-19: Urgent need to find alternatives to prison sentences in Malawi Health and Human Rights: an international journal, Publisher Url

Chem E, Hope V, Van Hout MC. 2018. Treatment outcomes in multidrug resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Sub Saharan Africa. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Report

Van Hout M, Brennan R. 2021. Brennan, R. & Van Hout, M.C. (2021) ‘An Evaluation of the Drug Related Intimidation Initiative (DRII) in North East Inner City Dublin (NEIC)’. Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project

Van Hout M, Bigland C. 2021. Scoping research on the nexus between health rights and statelessness in the context of COVID-19.

Otanga H, Jeneby F, Handulle M, Busz M, Sumnall H, Van Hout M. 2021. Understanding experiences of gender base violence among women who use drugs (WWUD) and developing prevention and response framework in the coast of Kenya. Understanding experiences of gender base violence among women who use drugs (WWUD) and developing prevention and response framework in the coast of Kenya.

Van Hout M, Haddad P. 2021. Impact of COVID-19 on drug use and harm reduction in the Middle East and North Africa.

Van Hout M, Haddad P. 2020. Harm Reduction Advocacy Briefs on the Effectiveness of Harm Reduction Services in the Middle East and North Africa.

Van Hout MC, Haddad P, Aaraj E. 2020. Harm reduction and key populations in the Middle East and North Africa: Situation Assessment of harms and the harm reduction response.

Van Hout MC. 2019. Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of Hiv in Prisons Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout MC. 2019. Independent Evaluation of PSEY13. Supporting the establishment of evidence-based drug dependence treatment and rehabilitation system for the Palestine National Rehabilitation Centre. Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M. 2017. Supporting the establishment of evidence-based drug dependence treatment and rehabilitation system for the Palestine National Rehabilitation Centre.

Van Hout MC, Gunda R, Ruskaniko S. 2017. Independent Evaluation of Project XSS V02 HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support in Prison Settings in Sub Saharan Africa. Publisher Url Public Url

Van Hout M, Mhlanga Gunda R. 2017. Support Project for the SADC-UNODC Regional Programme on Making the SADC Region Safer from Drugs and Crime, with the specific focus on Violence against Women and Children.

Hearne E, Wells J, Van Hout MC. 2016. Novel Psychoactive Substances Country Report: Ireland. Novel Psychoactive Substances Country Report: Ireland.

Van Hout MC. 2016. Expert stakeholder consultation around Novel Psychoactive Substances in Ireland. Expert stakeholder consultation around Novel Psychoactive Substances in Ireland.

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2016. Evaluation of Family Support Project in the Dublin North Traveller Community.

Van Hout MC, Bergin M, Foley M, Rich R, Rapca A, Harris R, Norman I. 2015. A Scoping Review of Codeine Use, Misuse and Dependence. A Scoping Review of Codeine Use, Misuse and Dependence, final report.

Van Hout MC, Foley M, Rich E, Norman I. 2015. Codeine consumption through prescribing in the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom. Codeine consumption through prescribing in the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Van Hout MC. 2015. CODEMISUSED

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2015. An exploratory community based study of use of ‘Spice’ in North East Ireland.

Bates G, Van Hout MC, Hearne E, Mackridge A, McVeigh J. 2015. Evaluation of the pilot stage of the Pharmacy Needle Exchange Programme

Van Hout MC. 2015. Independent Evaluation of Project XAFK 45: Response to the Social and Livelihood Needs for HIV/AIDS Prevention in East Africa Independent Evaluation of Project XAFK 45: Response to the Social and Livelihood Needs for HIV/AIDS Prevention in East Africa Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2014. A Pharmacy Process Audit of compliance to the regulatory guidelines for safe supply of non-prescription codeine containing products in Ireland, South Africa and the UK, and audit of training of pharmacy staff in how to comply with these guidelines A Pharmacy Process Audit of compliance to the regulatory guidelines for safe supply of non-prescription codeine containing products in Ireland, South Africa and the UK, and audit of training of pharmacy staff in how to comply with these guidelines

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. A Rapid Assessment Research (RAR) and a mapping exercise to estimate levels of drug and alcohol related public nuisance during business and out of hours in the area between Christchurch and the IFSC and Parnell Square to St Stephens Green.

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. Family Experiences of Home and Self Detoxification Processes.

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. General Practitioner (GP) attitudes, experiences and perspectives on the provision of methadone maintenance treatment. (2012).

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2012. Review of a Youth Residential Detoxification Service.

Van Hout MC. 2012. EMCDDA Pilot Focus Group Training Initiative

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2011. An exploratory study of injecting mephedrone use in Ireland.

Van Hout MC, Bingham T. 2011. Holding Pattern: An exploratory study of the lived experiences of those on methadone maintenance in Dublin North East.

Van Hout MC. 2011. An Independent review of drug & alcohol service users needs in the area of treatment & rehabilitation within the western region.

Van Hout MC. 2011. ‘Times they are a Changing’: Traveller Conversations on Alcohol.

Van Hout MC, Petersen Z, Pluddeman A, Dada S, Myers B. 2011. The prevalence of HIV among people who inject drugs and availability of prevention and treatment services: findings from 21 countries. The prevalence of HIV among people who inject drugs and availability of prevention and treatment services: findings from 21 countries.

Van Hout MC. 2010. An Evaluation of a Primary School based Drug Educational Intervention.

Van Hout MC. 2010. A Grounded Theory of Detoxification-Seeking Among Heroin Users in South East Ireland.

Van Hout MC, McElrath K. 2010. Experiences of Young People of Substance Use & Peer Education in the North East Region.

Van Hout MC. 2009. The Roma Community in Ireland - A Needs Framework for hidden populations.

Van Hout MC. 2009. Traveller Women and Domestic Violence, Policy Brief 2

Van Hout MC. 2009. The Traveller Family. Policy Brief 1.

Van Hout MC. 2009. Housing and the Traveller Community, Policy Brief 3.

Van Hout MC. 2009. Voices of young people in Co. Cavan (Ireland) on Service Provision, Drugs and Alcohol Issues.

Van Hout MC. 2009. Substance Misuse in the Traveller Community - Regional Needs Assessment

Van Hout MC. 2009. Traveller Health and Primary Health Care Frameworks

Van Hout MC. 2007. Drug and Alcohol Use among 15-17 year olds in County Carlow, Ireland.

Van Hout MC. 2007. Substance Misuse in the South East.

Van Hout MC. 2006. Exploratory Research to assess the extent of Cocaine Use in the Cabra Area of Dublin, Ireland.

Editorial/letter to the editor

Van Hout MC, Stoever H, Benamara K, Bauer P, Salah E. 2021. 90-90-90: catalysing the response to HIV by enhancing prison visibility in the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) strategy beyond 2021 PUBLIC HEALTH, 190 :E5-E6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2021. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 20 :507-507 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2021. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 20 :1-2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2020. Editors foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 19 :1-2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2019. Editor’s foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 18 :509-510 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2019. Editor’s foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 18 :343-344 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2017. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 16 :261-262 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2017. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 16 :1-2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E, Wells J. 2016. Economic and conflict based rapid mass population movement into Europe: The security and public health implications for future EU drugs policy International Journal of Drug Policy, 38 :13-15 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2016. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 15 :327-328 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Wells J. 2016. Is Captagon (fenethylline) helping to fuel the Syrian conflict? ADDICTION, 111 :748-749 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2016. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 15 :1-2 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2016. Foreword JOURNAL OF ETHNICITY IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE, 15 :221-222 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2015. Foreword Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 14 :323-324 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Claire Van Hout M. 2015. Editorial Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 14 :221-222 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC. 2015. Note from the incoming editor Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 14 :111-112 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Crowley D, Van Hout M. The complexities of monitoring and responding to illegal GHB use and overdose-are we sufficiently equipped? Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems,

Van Hout M. COVID-19, health rights of prison staff and the bridge between prison and public health in Africa. Public Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Bigland C, Marsden A, Bangura A, Ngcobo F, Masiya Mponela L, McMahon G. Precarious migrants and COVID-19 responses: Leave no one behind. Public Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout M, Kaima R, Mangwana Mhango A, Mhango V, Kewley S. HIV agendas and upholding the rights of transgender people living in African prisons. Public Health, DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout M, Fleißner S, Klankwarth U-B, Stöver H. Children living with incarcerated mothers are invisible and neglected in the global prison population The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health,

Conference publication

Lambert J, McHugh T, Perry N, Murphy L, Walsh J, Mantoy-Meade P, Van Hout MC, Cullen W. 2018. Development of Hepfriend; a Dublin community hepatitis c peer support model. International Journal of Integrated Care, 18 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Crowley D, Cullen W, Keevans M, Kelly E, Laird E, McKiernan S, Miggin SJ, McHugh T, Murphy C, Murtagh R, O'Reilly D, Betts-Symonds G, Tobin C, Van Hout MC, Lambert J. 2018. The prevalence of chronic untreated hepatitis C virus infection and associated risk factors within a prison population: a cross sectional study JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS, 16th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases (ISVHLD) 25 :207-207 Author Url

Chapters

Van Hout MC, McVeigh J. 2018. The use of skin tanning products Van De Ven K, Mulrooney K, McVeigh J. Routledge

Brennan R, Wells J, Van Hout MC. 2018. “Beauty through the eye of a needle” – An online study of the injecting practices of people who inject performance and image enhancing drugs (PIED). Van De Ven K, Mulrooney K, McVeigh J. Routledge

Van Hout MC, McVeigh J. 2018. The use of sunless synthetic tanning products Van De Ven K, Mulrooney K, McVeigh J. Human enhancement drugs

Wilkins C, Rychert M, Byrska B, Van Hout MC, Corazza O, Roman-Urrestarazu A. 2017. Exploring innovative policy responses to NPS and 'legal highs' in New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Ireland and the UK Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation :57-74 9783319605999 DOI Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Nielsen S. 2015. Over-the-Counter Codeine—from Therapeutic Use to Dependence, and the Grey Areas in Between Ellenbroek B, Geyer M, Marsden C. The Misuse of Licit and Illicit Drugs in Psychopharmacology DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Van Hout MC, Hearne E. 2014. Perspectives of former ecstasy users: A qualitative study of recollections and feelings about past use. Stogner J, Miller B, Khey D. Novel and Synthetic Drugs: Emerging Issues, Legal Policy, and Public Health. CRC Press (Taylor and Francis). 9781482232615

Van Hout MC, McElrath K. 2014. A Preference for Mephedrone: Drug Markets, Drugs of Choice, and the Emerging Legal High Scene. Inciardi J, McElrath K. The American Drug Scene: Readings in a Global Context. Oxford University Press 9780199362080

Van Hout MC. 2013. A respectable addiction: Over the counter codeine use, misuse and dependence Drug Use and Abuse: Signs/Symptoms, Physical and Psychological Effects and Intervention Approaches :107-118 9781626182325

Staniewicz TA, Van Hout MC. 2013. "The lost road": Traveller housing in contemporary Ireland, and its interplay with cultural erosion and health Ireland: Economic, Political and Social Issues :63-76 9781622579242

Van Hout MC. 2013. Designer psycho-active drugs, the "headshop" phenomenon and legislative controls in Ireland Ireland: Economic, Political and Social Issues :93-102 9781622579242

Van Hout MC. The contemporary complexities of Irish Traveller navigation of drug risk environments. McGregor S, Thom B. Alcohol and Drugs: Framing Dangerous Classes and Dangerous Spaces. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives Routledge Public Url

Books (authored)

Van Hout MC. 2013. Preface 9781626182325

Hout MCV. 2012. Social Capital and the Irish Drug Scene Rural Youth, Cocaine and Irish Travellers LAP Lambert Academic Publishing 9783847301882

Professional activities

Conference presentation:

Understanding and Responding to Substance Use and Abuse in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon Prior to and During COVID 19 Times, Lisbon Addictions, Lisbon EMCDDA, Oral presentation. 2022

COVID-19 and tackling environmental health threats within African prison reform. A socio-legal assessment of situation in Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa., Third European Conference on Healthcare in Prison., Lisbon EMCDDA, Oral presentation. 2022

External PGR examinations performed:

University of Hertfordshire, PhD, Perceptions and embodiments of masculinities amongst people who use IPEDs during Covid-19: A mixed-methods approach. 2022

University of Hertfordshire, PhD, Perceptions and embodiments of masculinities amongst people who use IPEDs during Covid-19: A mixed-methods approach. 2022

University of Queensland, PhD, Still a burning issue: Sociocultural Factors influencing the appeal of sun tanning. 2022

University of Tasmania, PhD, An Exploration of Over-the-Counter Codeine Misuse in Regional Tasmania.. 2022

Liverpool John Moores University, PhD, Spiritual Pathfinders: Identity and transformation in contemporary alternatives to institutionalised religion. 2022

University of Hertfordshire, PhD, Skin lightening as an image enhancing phenomenon: investigating risks, motivations, and underlying psychological factors.. 2021

University of Hertfordshire, PhD, Skin lightening as an image enhancing phenomenon: investigating risks, motivations, and underlying psychological factors. 2021

LJMU, PhD, The use of smartphone dating apps by LGBTQ people and methods they use to reduce potential health impacts: a mixed methods study in the UK and the USA.. 2020

Dublin City University, PhD, An exploration of workers expeirences in delivering a drug service within the Special Drugs Rehabilitation Community Employment Programme.. 2020

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, PhD, Epidemiology of alcohol misuse and licit drug use among young people in occupational groups at risk of HIV.. 2019

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, PhD, Epidemiology of alcohol misuse and licit drug use among young people in occupational groups at risk of HIV. 2019

University of Sheffield, PhD, Young people's beliefs about new psychoactive substances known as 'legal highs.. 2019

Trinity College Dublin, PhD, Stigma and Identity: An Exploration of Drug Use in West Dublin.. 2017

University of Hertfordshire, Transfer, An epidemiological and psychopathological profile of novel psychoactive substance users in clinical settings.. 2016

University of Hertfordshire, Transfer, The impact of novel psychoactive substances on acute mental health services.. 2016

Waterford Institute of Technology, PhD, The evaluation of carotenoids and antioxidants in human plasma: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA).. 2016

Regents University, PhD, Chasing the MCAT: A phenomenological investigation into meaning and the relationship with Mephedrone in the UK. 2016

Queens University Belfast, PhD, Recreational drug use: A Risky business? An ethnographic account of perceived and experienced risk.. 2012

Other Professional Activity:

Provision of consultancy services in the areas of prison management, rehabilitation of offenders, probation, provision of health care (including mental healthcare) in prisons and treatment of patients in psychiatric institutions (including forensic patients). Criminal Law Cooperation Unit. Council of Europe.. 2021

Drug trafficking , manufacture and drug consumptive profile of Israel and Palestinian Territories for the North Africa and Sahel Observatory of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.. 2021

The Lancet Voice interview on Prison health and COVID-19 based on my human rights and health work in African prisons during COVID-19. We hear from Prof. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein and Alexandria Macmadu on how COVID-19 has affected the prison system in the USA, and Prof. Marie Claire Van Hout talks about the health problems faced by prisoners in sub-Saharan Africa. The podcast link is here https://www.buzzsprout.com/861868/9414223. 2021

Evaluation of the MedNET programme: Mediterranean network for co-operation on drugs and addictions of the Pompidou Group. It promotes co-operation, exchange and mutual transfer of knowledge between countries from both sides of the Mediterranean, respecting human rights and gender equality. Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs. Council of Europe.. 2021

Implementing a gender approach in different drug policy areas: from prevention, care and treatment services to law enforcement & the criminal justice system. Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs. Council of Europe. Pompidou Group.. 2021

UNODC Expert: Cluster Evaluation of UNODC Work on Drug Dependence and Treatment. Projects: UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care (GLOK32), Prevention of illicit drug use and treatment of drug use disorders for children/adolescents at risk (GLOK42), Treating drug dependence and its health consequences / OFID-UNODC Joint Programme to prevent HIV/AIDS through Treatnet Phase II (GLOJ71). Global – with geographical focus in Africa, Latin America, Asia and South and East Europe regions. 2021

Criminal Justice responses to gender based violence during COVID-19 UNODC Global meeting. 2020

UNODC Consultation exercise for resolution Res 26/2, “Ensuring access to measures for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in prisons”.. 2020

Reviewer Evidence review on what health systems can do to prevent and respond to human trafficking. WHO Health Evidence Network (HEN) Synthesis Report. 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on drug use and harm reduction in the Middle East and North African region 2020. MENAHRA Consultations. 2020

GBV Pillar 3: Justice, Safety and Protection. Justice in Conversation on the GBV Bills in South Africa. A victim centric justice system, now and not later.. 2020

Legal, policy, and practical gaps and obstacles for using alternatives to imprisonment with a specific focus on women arrested for drug offences in South Africa. UNODC ROSAF. 2020

Crime prevention and criminal justice responses to gender-based violence against women in the context of COVID-19. UNODC Advisor. 2020

The Mombasa County Sexual and Gender Based Violence Management and Control Bill, 2020 Expert. 2020

Assessing knowledge and use of novel tobacco products in young adults particularly during the COVID 19 pandemic. Team member WHO Europe. 2020

Harm Reduction Advocacy Tools in the Middle East and North Africa 2020 Expert MENAHRA. 2020

COVID19 rapid assessment – strengthening public health response to violence against women and children LJMU WHO Europe team member. 2020

HIV in prison in the upcoming UNAIDS Strategy 2021-2026: Fast Track to end HIV/AIDS Expert consultation. 2020

UNODC Consultation UNAIDS Strategy beyond 2021. HIV among people in prisons and other closed settings.. 2020

UNODC Consultation HIV and AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support in Prison Settings in the Middle East and North Africa.. 2020

EMCDDA Scientific Risk Assessment Expert. 2020

2014 Chair and Expert Reviewer of the accreditation of a harm reduction course for the Irish Institute of Pharmacy (IIOP), established by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI, the pharmacy regulator) to oversee the development and management of the continuing professional development system for the pharmacy profession in Ireland..

2016-date Vice Chair. Life Sciences Evaluation Panel. Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016/2017/2018 European Commission Research Executive Agency (REA). Brussels, Belgium..

2017 Expert Reviewer. Medical Research Council. United Kingdom..

2017 Expert Reviewer. Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO), Belgium..

2017 Expert Validation Panel Reviewer. BA(Hons) in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Addiction. Institute of Technology Tralee. Tralee, Ireland..

2018 to date Rapporteur. Life Sciences Evaluation Panel. Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships programme (H2020-MSCA-IF). European Commission Research Executive Agency (REA). Brussels, Belgium..

Additional Grants Awarded in the past. National Research Grants Awarded 2012 Van Hout, MC Recipient of an FP7 Proposal Preparation Coordinator Support CS/2012/536- Marie Curie Actions- Therapeutic and non therapeutic codeine use, misuse and dependence. Funded by the Enterprise Ireland Industrial Research and Commercialisation Committee (IRCC). Valued at €12,800. 2013. Brennan, R. Irish Research Council Postgraduate Funding Award. IDUHED’: An Ethno Pharmacological Study of the injecting use of Human Enhancement Drugs. GOIPG/2013/326. Supervisors. Van Hout, MC and Wells, J. 3 year Phd funding valued at €72,000. 2013. Van Hout, MC. COMMERCIALISATION FUND PROGRAMME 2013.Commercial Case Feasibility Support. Funded by the Enterprise Ireland Industrial Research and Commercialisation Committee (IRCC). Valued at €14,000. 2015 Bates, G., Hearne, E; Van Hout, MC., McVeigh, J. Evaluation of the National Pharmacy Needle Exchange in Ireland. In collaboration with the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Funded by the Health Service Executive. Valued at €10, 135. 2015 Prevalence of Problematic Opiate Drug Use in Ireland using Indirect Statistical Methods. In collaboration with the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom (Hay, G., Jaddoa, A., Cyston, J., Webster, J., Van Hout, MC, Rael dos Santos, A. Funded by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA). Valued at €77,496. 2017. Van Hout, MC, Henriques, S., Wells, J. Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) injecting in Ireland: an in depth study of injecting groups, practices, health implications and service utilization. WIT President’s PhD Scholarship Programme 2016. Valued at €66,000. Regional Research Grants Awarded 2006 Van Hout, MC Exploratory Research to assess the extent of Cocaine Use in the Cabra Area of Dublin, Ireland. Funded by the Cabra Resource Centre, Dublin, Ireland. This participatory action research project involved a large scale survey and qualitative thematic analysis of interviews with relevant agencies, primary care and community drug service providers, schools, nightclubs, parents, youth groups etc and a small scale ethnographic study of known drug users accessing a treatment centre. Focus groups were also conducted with a large sample of young people (12-18 years) including young Travellers, accessing schools, sporting clubs and youth training centres, in addition to a group of young people in prison aftercare (18-25 years). Valued at €16,000. 2007 Van Hout, MC Drug and Alcohol Use among 15-17 year olds in County Carlow, Ireland. Funded by the Carlow Community Partnership. This participatory action research project involved a large scale survey and qualitative thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups with relevant agencies, primary care and health service providers, schools, youth services, community drugs initiatives, parents, teachers, sporting clubs etc and a series of interviews and focus groups with young people (15-17 years) in a variety of locations both rural and urban in County Carlow, Ireland. This study included a small subset of young Irish Travellers. Valued at €11,000. 2009 Van Hout, MC Substance Misuse in the Traveller Community - Regional Needs Assessment Funded by the Western Regional Drugs Task Force (WRDTF), Ireland. This participatory action research project focused on a regional needs assessment amongst Traveller relating to substance misuse and aimed to achieve a greater understanding into; the perceived prevalence and reasons behind substance misuse in the Traveller community in the Western Region of Ireland; impact of substance misuse on the Traveller community and Traveller needs surrounding existing primary care and new community drug services relating to prevention and treatment of substance misuse in the Western Region of Ireland. A qualitative thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups with Travellers and community/health stakeholders was conducted in order to illustrate, compare and contrast the varied perspectives of Traveller substance use. Valued at €32,000. 2009 Van Hout, MC Voices of young people in Co. Cavan (Ireland) on Service Provision, Drugs and Alcohol Issues. Funded by the North Eastern Region Drugs Task Force (NERDTF), and Co. Cavan VEC. A descriptive statistical analysis and thematic analysis of workshops and posters garnered by the Co. Cavan VEC, in conjunction with the North Eastern Region Drugs Task Force (NEDRTF) and Youth Service Providers following a regional youth event. Valued at €5,000. 2009 Van Hout, MC Traveller Health and Primary Health Care Frameworks. Funded by Pavee Point, National Travellers Centre, Dublin, Ireland. This participatory action research project involved a literature review on Traveller health and factors impacting on Primary Care service utilisation, and a focus group with 12 national stakeholders representing the Traveller community and Primary Care Coordinators. The research document was used as lobby document for improved Traveller health equity in the design of Primary Care Teams. Valued at €6,000. 2010 Van Hout, MC, McElrath, K & McGee, L Experiences of Young People of Substance Use & Peer Education in the North East Region. Funded by the North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force (NERDTF), Ireland. This project involved a large scale regional prevalence survey administered to a random sample of single sex, mixed, VEC and private schools in the North Eastern Region of Ireland, and involved a comparative analysis of schools partaking in a peer education programme and those receiving SHPE. Valued at €5,000. 2010 Van Hout, MC An Evaluation of a Primary School based Drug Educational Intervention. Funded by the Health Service Executive- South East, Ireland. A mixed method evaluation based on triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data from focus groups with teachers, trainers, parents, students and principals involved in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Valued at €5,000. 2010 McDonnell, A & Van Hout, MC A Grounded Theory of Detoxification-Seeking Among Heroin Users in South East Ireland. Funded by the South East Region Drugs Task Force (SERDTF). A large scale participatory action research study of opiate dependency and needs analysis around heroin detoxification using interviews and focus groups with users and primary care, and community drug stakeholders in the South Eastern region. Valued at €34,000. 2011 Van Hout, MC & McElrath, K An Independent review of drug & alcohol service users needs in the area of treatment & rehabilitation within the western region. Funded by the Service Users Support Team (SUST)/Western Region Drugs Task Force (WRDTF). A participatory action research project involving a large scale regional survey of service users in counties Mayo, Roscommon and Galway, in depth interviews and focus groups with addiction counselors, key mental health, community drug and primary care staff, and a small series of case studies with service users. This research involved cross border collaboration between Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Valued at €12,900. 2011 Van Hout, MC & Bingham, T Holding Pattern: An exploratory study of the lived experiences of those on methadone maintenance in Dublin North East. Funded by the Dublin North East Drugs Task Force (DNEDTF). This participatory action research project involved a series of focus groups with a Client Forum and semi structured interviews with participants in four Special Community Employment schemes in the Dublin North East Drugs Task Force area, with specific focus on issues relating to Methadone, primary care methadone treatment and community detoxification, as part of the Special Community Employment Scheme. Valued at €5,000. 2011 Van Hout, MC & Bingham, T An exploratory study of injecting mephedrone use in Ireland. Part funded by the Irish Needle Exchange Forum (INEF). This qualitative study using in depth interviewing, which explored IDU practices amongst Mephedrone users in Dublin, with a specific focus on perceived injecting outcomes, harms and harm reducing practices. Valued at €1,200. 2012 Van Hout, MC & Bingham, T A Rapid Assessment Research (RAR) and a mapping exercise to estimate levels of drug and alcohol related public nuisance during business and out of hours in the area between Christchurch and the IFSC and Parnell Square to St Stephens Green. Funded by the Dublin City Strategic Response Group. This RAR using brief surveying, interviews, and focus groups with drug users and key community, health and business stakeholders, environmental mapping and photographical analysis of drug related littering and public nuisance in order to assemble an evidence base around perceived anti-social behaviour associated with the provision of drug treatment in Dublin’s city centre, upon which to build a strategic response incorporating short/medium/long term goals and targeted health related actions within the area. Valued at €10,000. 2012 Van Hout, MC & Bingham, T Family Experiences of Home and Self Detoxification Processes. Funded by the Mid-Western Region Drugs Task Force (MWRDTF). Participatory action research project using focus groups with families and interviews with homeless individuals with experience of home/self-detoxification in order to inform regional strategy around primary care and community based supports. Valued at €6,000. 2012 Van Hout, MC & Bingham, T General Practitioner (GP) attitudes, experiences and perspectives on the provision of methadone maintenance treatment. Funded by the Dublin North East Drugs Task Force (DNEDTF). Qualitative study investigating primary care perspectives on provision of methadone treatment in the community using interviews and focus groups with GPs Valued at €6000. 2012 Van Hout, MC & Bingham, T Review of a Youth Residential Detoxification Service. Funded by Aiseiri Treatment Group. A participatory action research project involving a telephone interviewer administered survey with clients, family members and primary care referral agencies in the South East of Ireland. Valued at €3,000. 2015 Van Hout, MC & Hearne, E An exploratory community based study of use of ‘Spice’ in North East Ireland. Funded by the Co. Monaghan HSE and Teach na nDaoine. A participatory action research project using qualitative interviewing and focus groups with key primary care, addiction psychiatry and community stakeholders and users in order to inform community, mental health and addiction supports. Valued at €4,500. 2016 Van Hout, MC Evaluation of Family Support Project in the Dublin North Traveller Community. Funded by the Dublin North Drugs Task Force. A participatory action research project using qualitative interviewing and focus groups with Travellers, key primary care, mental health, addiction psychiatry and community stakeholders in order to enhance primary care and drug service pathways and Traveller engagement. Valued at €3,500..

Expert Reviewer. Joint Call Secretariat: European Research Area on Network on Illicit Drugs (ERANID)..

Independent Evaluation Consultant United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna International Centre, 1400 Vienna, Austria..

Policy Advisor. Pavee Point National Travellers Centre, 46 North Great Charles Street, Dublin 1, Dublin, Ireland. http://paveepoint.ie/. Responsible for the compiling of Traveller Policy and Briefing documents on behalf of Pavee Point National Travellers Centre for government bodies, state departments and regional agencies. Management of research initiatives in the area of Travellers and other ethnic migrant minorities (Roma) in terms of accessing primary care, health, accommodation, education, substance misuse and legal status..

Van Hout, MC (2015). Independent Evaluation of Project XAFK 45: Response to the Social and Livelihood Needs for HIV/AIDS Prevention in East Africa. The UNODC project aimed to support the provision of basic social assistance services within the framework of sustainable livelihood services to individuals affected by drug use and HIV/ADS, current and former prisoners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia. OPEC Fund for International Development. United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna, Austria..

Van Hout, MC., Mhlunga, R., & Rusakaniko, S (2017). Independent Evaluation of Project XSS V02 HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support in Prison Settings in Sub Saharan Africa. The UNODC project aimed to support responses to HIV in prisons in Angola, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania (+Zanzibar), Zambia & Zimbabwe. United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna, Austria..

External PGR Supervision - completed students:

University of Jordan, Master of Science Pharmacy, Gabapentin abuse and misuse in Jordan: An observational study from community pharmacies.. 2021

University College Dublin, PhD, Optimising Hepatitis C Treatment for Prisoners: A Mixed Methods Investigation.. 2019

Stellenbosch University, PhD, Misuse of codeine in South Africa: A multifaceted study of the nature and extent of the problem.. 2018

University of Jordan, MsC., Opthlamic drug abuse and misuse in Jordan: An observational study from community pharmacies and a survey of ophthalmologists. 2018

University of Jordan, MSc, Pregabalin abuse and misuse in Jordan: An observational study from community pharmacies and user experiences.. 2018

Liverpool John Moore's University, PhD, An exploration of the female use of unlicensed weight loss drugs.. 2017

Liverpool John Moore's University, PhD, Exploration of the female use of human enhancement drugs. 2017

Waterford Institute of Technology, PhD, IDUHED’: An Ethno Pharmacological Study of the injecting use of Human Enhancement Drugs.. 2017

University of Jordan, MPhil, Pregabalin abuse and misuse in Jordan: An observational study from community pharmacies and user experiences.. 2017

University of Jordan, MPhil, Opthlamic drug abuse and misuse in Jordan: An observational study from community pharmacies and a survey of ophthalmologists.. 2017

Liverpool John Moores University, MSC, ‘Trip-sitting’ in the Black Hole: A netnographic study of dissociation and indigenous harm reduction.. 2015

University of Manchester, PhD, The Sick Note An Exploratory study of General Practitioners working in the Republic of Ireland.. 2015

Waterford Institute of Technology, MPhil, Teachers’ perspectives on their role in school based alcohol and cannabis prevention.. 2013

Waterford Institute of Technology, MPhil, Social Processes and Connectivity in Irish Volunteering.. 2012

Waterford Institute of Technology, MPhil, A Social Norms Approach to Drug Prevention in the Irish Context.. 2011

Waterford Institute of Technology, MPhil, A Grounded Theory of Detoxification-Seeking Among Heroin Users in South East Ireland.. 2011

Research Grants Awarded:

NIHR Public Health Research Programme, Application Development Award – Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs): Assessment of available intelligence and research gaps to inform intervention evaluation (NIHR132730) https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/phr/NIHR132730/#/, Grant value (£): 39,647, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2021

LJMU GCRF, A situation assessment of multi-stakeholder experiences, prison system preparedness and health, penal and judicial measures taken to mitigate COVID-19 in Malawian and Zimbabwean prisons., Kewley, S., Mariniello, T., Gunda, R., Rusakaniko, S., Mhango, V., Kaima, R, Grant value (£): £24,458, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2020

LJMU PVC PhD Scholarship, ‘A mixed method exploratory study on vulnerable population experiences of accessing new integrated HIV/Non-Communicable Disease services in Uganda’, Bigland, C (PhD Candidate), LSTM, Makarere University., Grant value (£): 60000, Duration of research project: 36 months. 2020

HRB, A scoping review for evaluation of drug rehabilitation outcomes and impacts in Ireland, Lead Applicant Dr Gordon Hay, PHI., Grant value (£): 45000. 2020

Statelessness EU, Scoping research on the nexus between health rights and statelessness in the context of COVID-19., Grant value (£): 10651, Duration of research project: 6 MONTHS. 2020

NIHR, Controlling chronic disease in Africa: development and evaluation of an integrated community based mnagement for HIV infection, diabetes and hypertension in Tanzania and Uganda., LSTM is the Lead/PI, Grant value (£): 3.9 million, Duration of research project: 48 months. 2020

LJMU GCRF, Understanding and responding to substance use and abuse in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during the COVID-19 crisis., McVeigh, J., Quigg, Z., Whitfield, M., Leavey, C., Bigland, C., Kewley, S., with Mr Elie Araj (Executive Director), (Researcher).Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association (MENAHRA)/Middle East and North Africa Network of/for People who use Drugs (MENANPUD), Grant value (£): 20468, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2019

Grunenthal, Internet sourcing and unsafe use of controlled drugs (opioids, sedatives and GABA drugs) in the UK ., McVeigh, J., Halsall, D., Abbasi, Y., Grant value (£): 30000, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2019

Mainline, Gender based violence among women who use drugs in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, Sumnall H, Grant value (£): 0, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2019

GCRF, . Palestinian children's experiences of sibling and parental drug abuse in the Occupied Territories of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) and the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, Jim McVeigh, Stephanie Kewley, Zara Quigg, Mayyada Wazaify, Grant value (£): 7500, Duration of research project: 6 monthd. 2018

Horizon 2020. H2020-SC1-2018-Single-Stage-RTD, Integrating and decentralising diabetes and hypertension services in Africa, Shabbar, J (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK) (PI); Van Hout, MC (Co Applicant/ Work Package Lead)(Liverpool John Moores Universtiy) (Co Applicant, Work Package Lead); Cullen, W (University College Dublin, Ireland); Lazarus, J (ISGLOBAL, Spain); Bachmann, M (University of East Anglia, UK); Hinderaker, S (University of Bergen, Norway); Birungi, J (Medical Research Council, Uganda); Mghamba, J (National institute of Medical Research, Tanzania)., Grant value (£): €4,196,686.25., Duration of research project: 48 months. 2018

DTA CO FUND, Adverse physiological and psychological consequences and decision-making processes amongst older anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) users., Van Hout, MC., Atkinson, A., Boardley, I., McVeigh, J., Grant value (£): 72,141, Duration of research project: 3 year PhD scholarship. 2018

DTA Alliance DTA programmes in Applied Biosciences for Health, Energy and Social Policy., Adverse physiological and psychological consequences and decision-making processes amongst older anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) users., Dr Amanda Atkinson, Mr Jim McVeigh, Dr Ian Boardley, Grant value (£): 72,141, Duration of research project: 3 years.. 2018

Global Challenge Research Fund, Infant HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support, prison health standards and their unique health rights in Zimbabwean prisons., Dr Pillay and Prof Burke, LJMU Law, Grant value (£): 9,000, Duration of research project: 2 months. 2018

Global Challenge Research Fund, Investigation into complex childhood traumas and associations with health harming behaviours, health and well-being, amongst youth and young adults in the West Bank and Gaza (and other vulnerable populations)., Quigg, Z (PI), Leavey, C., Van Hout, MC., (Co-Applicant), Whitfield, M., McVeigh, J., Isralowitz, R, Grant value (£): 6397, Duration of research project: 2 months. 2018

Harm Reduction International, Consultancy to research the state of harm reduction funding., Hope, V., Davies, C., Cook, C & Van Hout, MC, Grant value (£): £22,376, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2018

European Commission DG Justice, NPS: transnational project on different user groups, user characteristics, extent and patterns of use, market dynamics, and best practices in prevention., Lead Applicant University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; Goethe University, Germany; ISCTE-IUL Portugal; Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Poland; Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary., Grant value (£): 500,000, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2015

European Commission DG Justice, CASSANDRA (Computer Assisted Solutions for Studying the Availability and Distribution of novel psychoActive substances), Lead Applicant Kings College London., Grant value (£): 500,000, Duration of research project: 36 months. 2014

FP7. Marie Curie Industry and Academia Partnerships and Pathways, CODEMISUSED Funded under the Life Science Division of the Marie Curie Industry and Academia Partnerships and Pathways. €2.04 million. 27 researchers in three partner countries (Ireland, UK and South Africa), Kings College London, Weldricks Pharmacy, Cara Pharmacy, South African Medical Council, Local Choice Pharmacy, Grant value (£): 2,040,000, Duration of research project: 48 months. 2013

Society for the Study of Addictions, Recipient of the Society for the Study of Addictions Bursary, United Kingdom., Grant value (£): 1000. 2009

National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Travel Bursary for Early Career Investigators, United States of America., Grant value (£): 2000. 2009

Award:

LJMU VC PhD Scholarship award Charlotte Bigland ‘A mixed method exploratory study on vulnerable population experiences of accessing new integrated HIV/Non-Communicable Disease services in Uganda’, LJMU VC PhD Scholarship award. 2020

Clinical Strategy and Programme. Delargy, I., Crowley, D., & Van Hout, MC (2019). Twenty years on, the Methadone Treatment Protocol in Ireland: Reflections on General Practice Harm Reduction 16(1), pp5. ., Health Service Executive Open Access Research Awards 2019., https://www.lenus.ie/. 2019

Crowley D, Murtagh R, Cullen W, Keevans M, Laird E, Mc Hugh T, Mc Kiernan S, Miggin S, O’Connor E, O’Reilly D, Symonds, G, Tobin C, Van Hout M.C., Lambert JS (2019). Evaluating the impact of peer supported mass Hepatitis C screening initiative in prisoners. Harm Reduction. 16(1):42., Health Service Executive Open Access Research Awards 2019., https://www.lenus.ie/. 2019

Short listed. Crowley, D., Lambert, J., Betts-Symonds, G., Cullen, W., Keevans, M., Kelly, E., Laird, E., McHugh, T., McKiernan, S., Miggin, SJ., Murphy, C., Murtagh, R., O’Reilly, D., Tobin, C., Van Hout, MC (2019). The sero prevalence of chronic untreated Hepatitis C Virus infection and associated risk factors in Irish prisoners: A cross sectional study. Eurosurveillance. 24(14):pii=1800369., Irish Health Care Awards: Research paper of the year, https://www.irishhealthcareawards.ie/2019/en/page/2019-winners. 2019

Crowley D, Murtagh R, Cullen W, Keevans M, Laird E, Mc Hugh T, Mc Kiernan S, Miggin S, O’Connor E, O’Reilly D, Symonds, G, Tobin C, Van Hout M.C., Lambert JS (2019). Evaluating the impact of peer supported mass Hepatitis C screening initiative in prisoners. Harm Reduction. 16(1):42., Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland for General Practice research paper of the Year 2019, https://www.rami.ie/event/rami-research-awards-wednesday-6th-november-2019/. 2019

Nominated. Vice Chancellor Awards for Research, Scholarship and Knowledge Transfer 2019.. 2019

Shortlisted. Irish Pharmacy Awards. MSD Innovation and Service Development (Chain) Award, 2016., Irish Pharmacy Awards.. 2016

Irish Health Care Awards. Healthcare Department Initiative Patient Safety Community Care Services. Safe storage of Methadone in the home: results from an Irish audit of service users and pharmacists., Irish Health Care Awards.. 2016

Shortlisted. Shortlisted. My 2013 paper ‘Surfing the Silk Road’: A study of users’ experiences’ in the International Journal of Drug Policy was shortlisted for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Scientific Paper Award for its contribution to understanding of the EU drugs problem in November 2014., EMCDDA. 2014

External collaboration:

UNODC Occupied Territories of Palestine. 'Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation in the West Bank.', UNODC Project Office. 2018

Institute of Psychiatry, Poland. Assemblages of Risk: New Psychoactive Substances and Risk Amplification., Dr Michal Bujalski. 2018

Oslo University Hospital. Steroid dependence rate among patients in substance use disorder treatment, Prof. Astrid Bjørnebekk. 2018

Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary Contextual motivation and additional factors contributing to being a marginalised NPS user., Prof Zolt Demetrovics, Dr Kati Felvinczi. 2018

Irish College of General Practitioners and the Health Service Executive, Dublin Ireland National Study on Hepatitis C in the methadone treatment cohort., Dr Des Crowley, Dr Ide Delargy Aoife Mcbride. 2018

Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford Ireland. Injecting drug use of novel psychoactive substances within chemsex and problem drug users., Prof. John Wells Florian Scheibein.. 2017

University College Dublin. Recovery from Substance Dependence Associated with Trauma: A Phenomenological Study of Christian Spirituality Pathways in the Healing Process, Dr Sarah Morton. Leah Newcombe. 2017

University of Zimbabwe. College of Community Medicine. Health rights of prisoners: women, children, juveniles, migrants and drug users., Dr Rosemary Gunda. 2017

HepCARE Europe., University College Dublin.. 2016

University College Dublin, School of Medicine. Hepatitis C: Hepfriend in the Community, Prof Jack lambert. 2016

University College Dublin, School of Medicine. Hepatitis C screening, detection, and treatment in the Irish prison population., Prof Walter Cullen Prof Jack Lambert Dr Des Crowley. 2016

University of Hertfordshire. Novel Psychoactive substances, medicines and human enhancement drugs., Dr Ornella Corazza.. 2015

South African Medical Research Council. Dihydrocodeine vs other pharmacological interventions for detoxification and substitution treatment in opiate dependent individuals., Prof Charles Parry Dr Tara Carney Prof Ian Norman. 2015

Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin, Ireland. National Audit Review Committee on Methadone Treatment in Ireland, Dr Ide Delargy Dr Des Crowley. 2015

University College Cork. Use and misuse of pregabalin in Tallaght, Dublin, implications for harm reduction., Dr Rebekah Brennan. 2015

University of Jordan. Prescription Medicine Abuse in the Middle East, Professor Mayyda Wazaify. 2015

University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-IUL) Novel Psychoactive Substances: Prevention and Drug Worker Education. [NPS Transnational], Professor Susana Henriques. 2014

Goethe University, Germany. Sharing, group-buying, social supply, offline and online dealers: how users in a sample from six European countries procure new psychoactive substances (NPS)., Prof Bernd Werse.. 2013

South African Medical Research Council., The prevalence of HIV among people who inject drugs and availability of prevention and treatment services: findings from 21 countries. Brief Report for the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) using data collected from 21 countries and systematic review of published literature as systematic global review on ARV’s and IDU.. 2011

http://www.mrc.co.za/, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit (ATODRU) South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa., Associate Member of Staff.. 2010

External committees:

UNODC Experts Development of a technical guide on the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Prisons., UNODC, Expert. 2018

Vice-Chair., South East Regional Drug Task Force. Waterford, Ireland., Vice Chair. 2017

External Examiner., Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine. School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK., External Examiner.. 2016

Expert Advisory Panel of the NIHR funded grant entitled ‘Variation and Determinants of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Use: Potential Implications for Policy and Practice’., Queens University Belfast. Principal Investigators: Dr Kathryn Higgins, Co-Investigators: Dr Anne Campbell; Dr Leeanne O’Hara; Dr Tara O’Neill; Dr Nina O’Neill; Dr Mark McCann; Dr Tony O’Neill; Professor Mike Clarke. Funder: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)., Expert Advisory Panel Member.. 2015

The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Data Scientific Review Committee (SRC)., Cegedim Strategic Data Medical Research Ltd, London, United Kingdom. CSD Medical Research group supply international primary healthcare data and conduct epidemiological, health, economic and clinical studies worldwide. http://csdmruk.cegedim.com/index.html, Scientific Reviewer. Responsible for scientific review of submitted research projects using primary healthcare data.. 2015

Expert Advisory Panel of the Australian NDARC funded project entitled ‘Expanding the Capacity of Community Pharmacy to respond to Pharmaceutical Opioid Problems’, University of New South Wales. Principal Investigator: Dr Suzanne Nielsen, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University New South Wales., Expert Advisory Panel Member.. 2015

H2020 MSCA-ITN, European Commission Research Executive Agency (REA). Brussels, Belgium., Vice Chair.. 2015

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions "RISE" (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange) panel., European Commission Research Executive Agency. Brussels, Belgium., Expert Reviewer REA Expert Evaluator. 2014

Expert Reviewer., Health Research Board, Dublin., Member of Expert Review Panel. 2014

Midland Regional Drugs Task Force (MRDTF) Committee, Midland Regional Drugs Task Force (MRDTF), c/o Health Service Executive, Block 4, Central Business Park, Clonminch, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland,, Chair, http://www.mrdtf.ie./. 2009

Fellowships:

Visiting Research Professor., Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies (IDAS). Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA.. 2017

Visiting Professor., Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-IUL), Portugal.. 2016

Visiting Research Fellow., Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moore’s University, United Kingdom.. 2014

Visiting Research Fellow., Institute for Health, Medical Sciences and Society, Glyndŵr University, Wales, United Kingdom.. 2010

Editorial boards:

Journal of Addiction and Mental Health, Associate Editor. 2016

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, Editor in Chief. 2015

AIMS Public Health, Associate Editor. 2014

Performance Enhancement and Health, Assistant Editor. 2014

Membership of professional bodies:

International Society of Pharmacovigilence (ISOP)., International Society of Pharmacovigilence (ISOP).. 2016

South African Addiction Medicine Society (SAAMS)., South African Addiction Medicine Society (SAAMS).. 2013

Member, Focus Ireland Research Advisory Board. 2013

International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA)., International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Abuse (ICASA).. 2011

National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Virtual Collaboratory (By Invitation in October 2009). http://www.drugabuse.gov/College of Drugs and Drug Dependence (CPDD) International Committee; International Program in Addiction Studies (IPAS); International Addiction Research Ethics Working Group; International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender Group., NIDA. 2009