Review of Drug Related Deaths of Younger People in Highland age 16-25
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Review of Drug Related Deaths of Younger People in Highland age 16-25
IRAS ID
269356
Contact name
Stephanie Govenden
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Highland
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 14 days
Research summary
Building on the work of the Highland Drug Death Review Group and NHS Highland’s Director of Public Health Annual Report (2018) into adversity, trauma and resilience, the proposed study is a review into the specific vulnerabilities related to drug-related deaths of young people in Highland. This study includes young people aged 16 to 25 years, whose death occurred between January 2012 and March 2019, and where the classification was of a drug-related death.
The principal aim of this study is to critically examine these inter-related issues from a social ecological perspective (i.e. the dynamic interrelations among various personal and environmental factors) of understanding child wellbeing so as to maximise learning for child and adult services, as well as public health and integrated health and social care services. The study will include a focus on potential protective factors and ways of not only minimising risks and/or harms but strengthening capital and resources (individual/family/social/economic etc.) that could improve the wellbeing of vulnerable young people and disadvantaged families and communities. It aims to describe some of the broader socio-economic determinants of children who are most likely to die in these circumstances. It is hoped that the results will lead to discussions of innovative ways to prevent drug-related deaths in young people; that in the longer term will support an overall reduction in deaths and improvement in the prevention of drug related deaths.REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/NW/0736
Date of REC Opinion
11 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion