Article

Hillis, A, Germain, J, Whitfield, M, Halsall, D, McVeigh, J, Abbasi, Y and 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. ISSN 2667-1182

Hearne, E, Atkinson, AM, Boardley, I, McVeigh, J and Van Hout, MC (2022) ‘Sustaining Masculinity’: A Scoping Review of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use by Older Males. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. ISSN 0968-7637

Bates, G, Ralphs, R, Bond, VW, Boardley, I, Hope, V, Van Hout, MC and 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. ISSN 0955-3959

Hope, VD, Bond, VW, Boardley, I, Smith, J, Campbell, J, Bates, G, Ralphs, R, Van Hout, MC and McVeigh, J (2022) Anabolic androgenic steroid use population size estimation: a first stage study utilising a Delphi exercise. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. ISSN 0968-7637

Scarth, M, Havnes, IA, Jørstad, ML, McVeigh, J, Van Hout, MC, Westlye, LT, Torgersen, S and 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. ISSN 0376-8716

Whitfield, M, Germain, J, Hillis, A, Halsall, D, McVeigh, J, Abbasi, Y and 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. ISSN 2667-1182

McVeigh, J, Hearne, E, Boardley, I, Bates, G, Hope, V, Ralphs, R and 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. ISSN 1477-7517

Brennan, R, Shawabkeh, H, Wazaify, M, Boardley, I, McVeigh, J and Van Hout, MC (2021) A scoping review of non-medical and extra-medical use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Drug Safety, 44. pp. 917-928. ISSN 0114-5916

Bates, G, McVeigh, J and Leavey, C (2021) Looking Beyond the Provision of Injecting Equipment to People Who Use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids: Harm Reduction and Behavior Change Goals for UK Policy. Contemporary Drug Problems, 48 (2). pp. 135-150. ISSN 0091-4509

McCullough, D, Webb, R, Enright, KJ, Lane, KE, McVeigh, J, Stewart, CE and Davies, IG (2020) How the love of muscle can break a heart: Impact of anabolic androgenic steroids on skeletal muscle hypertrophy, metabolic and cardiovascular health. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. ISSN 1389-9155

Hope, VD, McVeigh, J, Begley, E, Glass, R, Edmundson, C, Heinsbroek, E, Kean, J, Campbell, J, Whitfield, M, Morgan, G, Acreman, D and Smith, J (2020) Factors associated with hepatitis C and HIV testing uptake among men who inject image and performance enhancing drugs. Drug and Alcohol Review. ISSN 1465-3362

Germain, J, Leavey, C, Van Hout, MC and McVeigh, J (2020) 2,4 dinitrophenol: it’s not just for men. International Journal of Drug Policy. ISSN 0955-3959

Wazaify,, M, Abushams,, L, Al-Afifi, M, Kewley, S, Whitfield, M, Quigg, Z, McVeigh, J and 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. pp. 1620-1637. ISSN 1557-1874

Hillis, A, Germain, J, Hope, V, McVeigh, J and 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. pp. 3056-3070. ISSN 1090-7165

Havnes, I, Lindvik Jørstad, M, McVeigh, J, Van Hout, MC and Bjørnebekk, A (2020) The Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Treatment Gap: A National Study of Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 14. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1178-2218

Hearne, E, Wazaify, M, Van Hout, MC, Atkinson, AM and 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. ISSN 1557-1874

Bates, G, Van Hout, MC, Teck, JTW and McVeigh, J (2019) Treatments for people who use anabolic androgenic steroids: a scoping review. Harm Reduction Journal, 16 (1). ISSN 1477-7517

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 and 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. ISSN 1557-1874

McVeigh, J (2019) Engaging with people who use image and performance enhancing drugs: one size does not fit all. International Journal of Drug Policy, 71. pp. 1-2. ISSN 0955-3959

Mulrooney, K, Van De Ven, K, McVeigh, J and Collins, R (2019) Steroid Madness- Has the dark side of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) been over-stated? Performance Enhancement and Health, 6 (3-4). pp. 98-102. ISSN 2211-2669

Van De Ven, K, Zahnow, R, McVeigh, J and Winstock, A (2019) The modes of administration of anabolic-androgenic steroid users (AAS): Are non-injecting people who use steroids overlooked? Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy. ISSN 0968-7637

Van Hout, MC, Al-Afifi, MF, Abushams, L, Kewley, S, Quigg, Z, Whitfield, M, McVeigh, J and 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. ISSN 1557-1874

Glass, R, Hope, VD, Njoroge, J, Edmundson, C, Smith, J, McVeigh, J, Parry, J and Desai, M (2018) Secondary distribution of injecting equipment obtained from needle and syringe programmes by people injecting image and performance enhancing drugs: England and Wales, 2012-15. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. ISSN 0376-8716

Bates, G, Tod, D, Leavey, C and McVeigh, J (2018) An evidence-based socioecological framework to understand men’s use of anabolic androgenic steroids and inform interventions in this area. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy. ISSN 0968-7637

Zahnow, R, McVeigh, J, Bates, G, Hope, V, Kean, J, Campbell, J and Smith, J (2018) Identifying a typology of men who use Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS). International Journal of Drug Policy, 55. pp. 105-112. ISSN 0955-3959

Bates, G, Begley, E, Tod, D, Jones, L, Leavey, C and McVeigh, J (2017) A systematic review investigating the behaviour change strategies in interventions to prevent misuse of anabolic steroids. Journal of Health Psychology, 24 (11). pp. 1595-1612. ISSN 1359-1053

Hope, VD, McVeigh, J, Smith, J, Glass, R, Njoroge, J, Tanner, C, Parry, JV, Ncube, F and Desai, M (2017) Low levels of hepatitis C diagnosis and testing uptake among people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs in England and Wales, 2012-15. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 179. ISSN 0376-8716

Bates, G, Hope, V and McVeigh, J (2017) HIV among people using anabolic steroid in the United Kingdom: an overview. HIV Nursing, 17 (1). ISSN 1474-7359

Zahnow, R, McVeigh, J, Ferris, J and Winstock, A (2017) Adverse effects, health service engagement, and service satisfaction among anabolic androgenic steroid users. Contemporary Drug Problems, 44 (1). pp. 69-83. ISSN 2163-1808

McVeigh, J and Begley, EK (2016) Anabolic steroids in the UK: an increasing issue for public health. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 24 (3). pp. 278-285. ISSN 0968-7637

McVeigh, J, Hearne, E, Bates, G and Van Hout, MC (2016) Community pharmacist experiences of providing needle and pharmacy programmes in Ireland. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy. ISSN 1551-7411

McVeigh, J, Hearne, E, Bates, G and Van Hout, MC (2016) Community pharmacist experiences of providing needle and syringe programmes in Ireland. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. ISSN 1551-7411

McVeigh, J, Germain, J and 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. ISSN 1465-9891

Hearne, E, Grund, JPC, Van Hout, MC and 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 (14). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1477-7517

Iversen, J, Hope, VD and McVeigh, J (2016) Access to needle and syringe programs by people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy. ISSN 1873-4758

Hope, VD, Harris, R, McVeigh, J, Cullen, KJ, Smith, J, Parry, JV, DeAngelis, D and Ncube, F (2015) Risk of HIV and hepatitis B and C over time among men who inject image and performance enhancing drugs in England and Wales: results from cross-sectional prevalence surveys, 1992-2013. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 71 (3). pp. 331-337. ISSN 1525-4135

Abbate, V, Kicman, AT, Evans-Brown, M, McVeigh, J, Cowan, DA, Wilson, C, Coles, SJ and Walker, CJ (2015) Anabolic steroids detected in bodybuilding dietary supplements - a significant risk to public health. DRUG TESTING AND ANALYSIS, 7 (7). pp. 609-618. ISSN 1942-7603

Sagoe, D, Andreassen, CS, Pallesen, S, McVeigh, J, Bjørnebekk, A and Essilfie, M-S (2015) Polypharmacy among anabolic-androgenic steroid users: A descriptive metasynthesis. Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 10 (1). ISSN 1747-597X

Kimergård, A and McVeigh, J (2014) Variability and dilemmas in harm reduction for anabolic steroid users in the UK: a multi-area interview study. HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL, 11 (19). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1477-7517

Kimergård, A, Breindahl, T, Hindersson, P and McVeigh, J (2014) The composition of anabolic steroids from the illicit market is largely unknown: implications for clinical case reports (Commentary). QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 107 (7). pp. 597-598. ISSN 1460-2725

Jones, L, Atkinson, A, Bates, G, McCoy, E, Porcellato, LA, Beynon, C, McVeigh, J and Bellis, MA (2014) Views and experiences of hepatitis C testing and diagnosis among people who inject drugs: Systematic review of qualitative research. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, 25 (2). pp. 204-211. ISSN 0955-3959

Jones, L, Bates, G, McCoy, E, Beynon, C, McVeigh, J and Bellis, MA (2013) Effectiveness of interventions to increase hepatitis C testing uptake among high-risk groups: a systematic review. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 24 (5). pp. 781-788. ISSN 1101-1262

Hope, VD, McVeigh, J, Marongiu, A, Evans-Brown, M, Smith, J, Kimergård, A, Croxford, S, Beynon, CM, Parry, JV, Bellis, MA and Ncube, F (2013) Prevalence of, and risk factors for, HIV, hepatitis B and C infections among men who inject image and performance enhancing drugs: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 3 (9). ISSN 2044-6055

Monograph

Reed, H, Whitfield, M and McVeigh, J (2019) Integrated Monitoring System Annual Report - Cheshire and Merseyside, 2017-18. Project Report. Public Health Institute, LJMU.

Whitfield, M, McVeigh, J, Reed, H, Harrison, R and Leech, C (2017) Integrated Monitoring System Annual Report - Cheshire and Merseyside, 2016-17. Technical Report. Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University.

Critchley, K, Collins, P, Cuddy, K, Whitfield, M and McVeigh, J (2016) Merseyside Annual DIP Report: DIP Activity (April 2014 – March 2015). Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

Cuddy, K, Collins, P, Whitfield, M and McVeigh, J (2015) DIP Merseyside Demographic Report 2013/14: An evaluation of DIP’s Impact on Offending. Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

Collins, P, Cuddy, K, Whitfield, M and McVeigh, J (2015) DIP Merseyside Drug Testing Report (April 2013 - March 2014). Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

Collins, P, Cuddy, K, Whitfield, M and McVeigh, J (2014) Powder Cocaine & Opiate/Crack Users: A comparative study of the characteristics of DIP clients in Merseyside (April 12 - March 13). Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

Collins, P, Marr, A, Cuddy, K, Hay, G, McVeigh, J and Whitfield, M (2013) Treatment Outcomes for DIP Clients in Liverpool (July 11 - June 12). Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

Cuddy, K, Collins, P and McVeigh, J (2013) An Evaluation of DIP's impact on offending in Merseyside. Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool.

Sumnall, H, McGrath, Y, McVeigh, J, Burrell, K, Wilkinson, L and Bellis, MA (2006) Drug use prevention among young people Evidence into practice briefing. Project Report. Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University.

Thesis

McVeigh, J (2019) Public health impact and implications of the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) and associated drugs amongst the male general population. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.