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      Dr Rachel Herring

      ROLE: Senior Research Fellow
      SCHOOL: Health & Education
      DEPARTMENT: Mental Health Social Work & Interprofessional Learning
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5281
      EMAIL: R.Herring@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        BSc MSc PhD RGN PG Cert in Research Methods

        Dr. Rachel Herring is a Senior Research Fellow with a particular interest in social and policy aspects of alcohol use. Prior to joining Middlesex University she has worked as a researcher at a a number of insitutions including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College (at the Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour).


        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Dr Herring was involved in the development of the European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies, which funded by an Erasmus Lifelong Learning Curriculum Development Grant Oct 2007-Sept 2010 and led by Prof. Betsy Thom.  Dr Herring supervises MSc and PhD students.

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Dr Herring is a social scientist with a particular interest in the social and policy aspects of alcohol use, including alcohol consumption across the life course, licensing and the implementation of alcohol policy at the local level.

        Publications

        Thom, B., Beccaria, F., Bjerge, B., Duke, K., Eisenbach-Stangl, I.,Herring, R., Holmila, M., Houborg, E., Asmussen Frank, V., Moskalewicz, J., Rolando, S., Thickett, A., Warpenius, K. and Welbel, M. (2015). Stakeholder ownership: a theoretical framework for cross national understanding and analyses of stakeholder involvement in issues of substance use, problem use and addiction. Addiction and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe: Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP).

        Herring, R., Bayley, M. and Hurcombe, R. (2014) "But no one told me it's okay to not drink": a qualitative study of young people who drink little or no alcohol, Journal of Substance Use: 19(1-2), 95-102.

        Thom, B., Herring, R., Luger, L. and Annand, F. (2014) Delivering Alcohol IBA broadening the base from health to non-health contexts: Review of the literature and scoping. Report submitted to Alcohol Research UK.

        Toner, P., Lloyd, C, Thom, B., MacGregor, S., Godfrey, C, Herring, R. and Tchilingirian, J. (2014) Perceptions on the role of evidence: an English policy case study, Evidence and Policy, 10(1), 93-112.

        Duke, K., Herring, R., Thickett, A. and Thom, B. (2013) Substitution Treatment in the Era of "Recovery": An Analysis of Stakeholder Roles and Policy Windows in Britain, Substance Use and Misuse, Aug 2013, 48 (11), 966-976.

        Thom, B. ,Herring, R., Bayley, M, Waller, S. and Berridge, V. (2013) Partnerships: survey respondents' perceptions of inter-professional collaboration to address alcohol-related harms in England, Critical Public Health,  23 (1), March 2013, 62-76

        Thom, B., MacGregor, S., Godfrey, C., Herring, R. , Lloyd, C., Tchilingirian, J. and Toner, P. (2013) The Alcohol Improvement Programme: Evaluation of an Initiative to Address Alcohol-Related Health Harm in England, Alcohol and Alcoholism,  48 (5), 585–591.

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        Hummingbirds Team: working with birth mothers who have had children permanently removed from their care to rebuild lives and prevent successive removals

        Lewis-Brooke, Sarah and Bell, Linda and Herring, Rachel and Lehane, Lynne and O'Farrell-Pearce, Siobhan and Quinn, Karen and So, Theresa (2016) Hummingbirds Team: working with birth mothers who have had children permanently removed from their care to rebuild lives and prevent successive removals. In: 6th European Conference for Social Work Research: Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies, 30 Mar - 01 Apr 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

        Community based care for older people with alcohol-related harm: findings from a consultation workshop with practitioners in social work and social care: Report to Alcohol Research UK

        Hafford-Letchfield, Trish and Thom, Betsy and Herring, Rachel (2018) Community based care for older people with alcohol-related harm: findings from a consultation workshop with practitioners in social work and social care: Report to Alcohol Research UK. Project Report. Alcohol Research UK, London.

        Workforce development: is there a paradigm shift?

        Thom, Betsy and Duke, Karen L. and Herring, Rachel (2017) Workforce development: is there a paradigm shift? Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 24 (6). pp. 427-429. ISSN 0968-7637

        Mothers apart: an action research project based on partnership between a local authority and a university in London, England

        Lewis-Brooke, Sarah and Bell, Linda and Herring, Rachel and Lehane, Lynne and O'Farrell-Pearce, Siobhan and Quinn, Karen and So, Theresa (2017) Mothers apart: an action research project based on partnership between a local authority and a university in London, England. Revista de Asistentã Socialã (3). pp. 5-15. ISSN 1583-0608

        Delivering information and brief advice on alcohol (IBA) in social work and social care settings: an exploratory study

        Hafford-Letchfield, Trish and Thom, Betsy and Herring, Rachel and Bayley, Mariana (2017) Delivering information and brief advice on alcohol (IBA) in social work and social care settings: an exploratory study. Drugs Education Prevention and Policy . ISSN 0968-7637 (Published online first)

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        'The role of IBA training in non-medical settings', Thom, B. and Herring, R. Alcohol Research UK, July 2013 – June 2015 (£54,500)

        'Evaluation of The Healthy Drinking Choices Online Tool', Thom B. and Herring R. Funded by Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals, 2013-4 (£14,997)

        'Asses the feasibility and potential effectiveness of IBA in a range of workplaces', Thom,B. and Herring, R.  Alcohol Education and Research Council  Academy,  2012 (£8,000).

        'Identifying promising approaches and initiatives for developing multi-component programme', Herring, R. Bayley. M and Alcohol Concern, Alcohol Education and Research Council  and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, June 2010-Dec 2010 (£35,223)

        'Being young and 'dry' in a drinking culture' (project on young adults who drink little/not all): Herring R. and Bayley, M., Joseph Rowntree Foundation May 2010-Sept 2011 (£67,374).

        ' Evaluation of the Alcohol Improvement Programme', Thom B., Herring R., MacGregor S. (LSHTM), Godfrey C., Lloyd C. (York), Department of Health, March 2010- Sept 2011 (£297,506).'Evaluating the impact of Regional Alcohol Managers/Offices', Lloyd C. (York), Thom B., MacGregor S., Herring R. Hurcombe R. Funded by the Department of Health. March 2010-Sept 2010, (£30,000).

        Herring, R. and Bayley, M.' Being young and 'dry' in a drinking culture', Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £67,374, May 2010-Aug 2011.

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        One of the Editors-in-Chief of the peer reviewed journal Drugs: education, prevention and policy.

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