For over 20 years, Professor Baldacchino has undertaken and led work to profile the characteristics of people experiencing drug-related deaths in NHS Tayside, NHS Fife, and across Scotland in a series of reports designed to inform policy, service, and patient-level responses.
Since an initial analysis on drug deaths occurring in 2003 for the Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government), these reports have explored a range of personal, health, social, and substance-related characteristics across several domains relevant to understanding and preventing drug-related deaths including:
This data-driven work was amongst the first in Scotland to explore the personal, clinical, social, and substance-related drivers for drug-related mortality to inform systemic and whole-person responses.
Outputs
Baldacchino, A.M., Iqbal, S., Cameron, K., Paterson, M., 2009. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2008 Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Davey, F., Hyslop, M., Baldacchino, A.M., 2016. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2015 Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Davey, F., Hyslop, M., Baldacchino, A.M., 2015. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2013-14 Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Paterson, M., Young, M., Steer, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2009. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2008. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Baldacchino, A.M., Cameron, K., Boyce, F., 2013. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2012. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Baldacchino, A.M., Cameron, K., Boyce, F., 2012. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2011. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Snowdon, C., Licence, K., Leith, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2012. Drug deaths in Tayside, Scotland 2009-2011. Angus, Dundee City, and Perth and Kinross Alcohol and Drug Partnerships.
Neufeind, J., Snowdon, C., Licence, K., Leith, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2011. Drug deaths in Tayside, Scotland 2010. Angus, Dundee City, and Perth and Kinross Alcohol and Drug Partnerships.
Neufeind, J., Snowdon, C., Licence, K., Leith, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2010. Drug deaths in Tayside, Scotland 2009. Angus, Dundee City, and Perth and Kinross Alcohol and Drug Partnerships.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Dufton, A., Lawlor, E., Mitchell, C., Baldacchino, A.M., McIntosh, C., 2011. Drug deaths in Forth Valley, Scotland 2010. Forth Valley Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Dufton, A., Lawlor, E., Mitchell, C., McIntosh, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2012. Drug deaths in Forth Valley, Scotland 2011. Forth Valley Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Paterson, M., Young, M., Steer, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2012. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2009-2011. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Paterson, M., Young, M., Steer, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2011. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2008-2010. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Paterson, M., Young, M., Steer, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2010. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2009. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Neufeind, J., Stephenson, A., Paterson, M., Young, M., Steer, C., Baldacchino, A.M., 2009. Drug deaths in Fife, Scotland 2008. Fife Alcohol and Drugs Partnership.
Wall, S. and Baldacchino, A.M. 2010 The psychological autopsy of suicide cases in Fife 2007. Choose Life Project (Fife).
Zador, D., Kidd, B., Hutchinson, S., Taylor, A., Hickman, M., Fahey, T., Rome, A., Baldacchino, A.M., 2005. National Investigation into Drug Related Deaths in Scotland, 2003. Scottish Executive.