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Self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: A study in four Scottish towns (1979)
Journal Article
Pirie, F., & Plant, M. (1979). Self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: A study in four Scottish towns. Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale, 14(2), 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00582085

Self-reports of alcohol consumption among representative random samples of respondents in four Scottish towns were collected on two occasions by means of identical surveys. The towns were Ayr and Glasgow in the South and Aberdeen and Inverness in the... Read More about Self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: A study in four Scottish towns.

Evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Unit's 1976 campaign on alcoholism (1979)
Journal Article
Pirie, F., Kreitman, N., & Plant, M. (1979). Evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Unit's 1976 campaign on alcoholism. Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale, 14(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583569

During 1976 the Scottish Health Education Unit (SHEU) mounted a national campaign on alcoholism. This campaign used television films and newspaper advertisements intended to persuade alcoholics to seek treatment and to educate the public about alcoho... Read More about Evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Unit's 1976 campaign on alcoholism.

Smoking and pregnancy (1979)
Journal Article
King, J., & Orme, J. (1979). Smoking and pregnancy. Parents magazine (New York, N.Y. : 1985),

Drinking careers (1979)
Journal Article
Plant, M. (1979). Drinking careers. Occupational Health -London then Sutton-, 31, 184-189

Occupations, Drinking Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Problems: Conclusions from a Follow‐up Study (1979)
Journal Article
Plant, M. (1979). Occupations, Drinking Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Problems: Conclusions from a Follow‐up Study. Addiction, 74(3), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb01347.x

The high rate of alcoholism in certain occupations is discussed and eight ‘risk factors’ are suggested. In order to explore the effects of occupation on drinking patterns and alcohol‐related problems 150 new recruits to a ‘high risk’ industry, alcoho... Read More about Occupations, Drinking Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Problems: Conclusions from a Follow‐up Study.

The origins and use of theory in urban geography: Household mobility and filtering theory (1979)
Journal Article
Gray, F., & Boddy, M. (1979). The origins and use of theory in urban geography: Household mobility and filtering theory. Geoforum, 10(1), 117-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7185%2879%2990017-4

The paper looks in detail at one particular interpenetration of academic theory and state policy making - filtering theory in urban geography. While household mobility and turnover are important processes in the housing system, they are extended in f... Read More about The origins and use of theory in urban geography: Household mobility and filtering theory.

Community land scheme (1979)
Journal Article
Barrett, S., & Boddy, M. (1979). Community land scheme. Planner, 65(2), 44-45

The article addresses the problems to be resolved for land use planning in the United Kingdom with reference to research carried out at the School for Advanced Urban Studies for the Department of Environment to monitor the implementation of the Land... Read More about Community land scheme.

Community action: Token radicalism? (1978)
Journal Article
Miller, C. (1978). Community action: Token radicalism?. Community Care -London- Ipc Building and Contract Journals then Reed Business Information-,

Occupation and alcoholism: Cause or effect? a controlled study of recruits to the drink trade (1978)
Journal Article
Plant, M. (1978). Occupation and alcoholism: Cause or effect? a controlled study of recruits to the drink trade. Substance Use and Misuse, 13(4), 605-626. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826087809039289

Some occupations have higher alcoholism rates than others. It is unknown whether "high risk" occupations attract problem drinkers or create them through job pressures. One hundred and fifty male manual recruits to Scottish breweries and distilleries... Read More about Occupation and alcoholism: Cause or effect? a controlled study of recruits to the drink trade.

Observing public drinking (1977)
Journal Article
Duffy, J., Kreitman, N., Miller, T. I., & Plant, M. (1977). Observing public drinking. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 38(5), 867-880

Alcohol Consumption and Self‐disclosure (1977)
Journal Article
Ingham, J. G., Miller, P. M. C., Miller, T. I., & Plant, M. (1977). Alcohol Consumption and Self‐disclosure. Addiction, 72(4), 296-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1977.tb00694.x

The relationship between self‐disclosure and alcohol consumption was investigated in two samples (total N=344) drawn from an Edinburgh general practice. For the abstainer up to moderate drinker categories, self‐disclosure increases with consumption f... Read More about Alcohol Consumption and Self‐disclosure.