Patterson, S. P. , Hilton, S. , Flowers, P. and McDaid, L. M. (2019) What are the barriers and challenges faced by adolescents when searching for sexual health information on the internet? Implications for policy and practice from a qualitative study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 95(6), pp. 462-467. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053710) (PMID:31040251) (PMCID:PMC6706277)

Fergie, G. , Hunt, K. and Hilton, S. (2016) Social media as a space for support: Young adults' perspectives on producing and consuming user-generated content about diabetes and mental health. Social Science and Medicine, 170, pp. 46-54. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.006) (PMID:27750067) (PMCID:PMC5115652)

Patterson, C. , Emslie, C., Mason, O., Fergie, G. and Hilton, S. (2016) A content analysis of UK newspaper and online news representations of women’s and men’s ‘binge’ drinking: a challenge for communicating evidence-based messages about single-episodic drinking? BMJ Open, 6(12), e013124. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013124) (PMID:28028047) (PMCID:PMC5223657)

Fergie, G. , Hilton, S. and Hunt, K. (2016) Young adults experiences of seeking online information about diabetes and mental health in the age of social media. Health Expectations, 19(6), pp. 1324-1335. (doi: 10.1111/hex.12430) (PMID:26647109) (PMCID:PMC5139057)

Hilton, S. , Weishaar, H., Sweeting, H. , Trevisan, F. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2016) E-cigarettes, a safer alternative for teenagers? A UK focus group study of teenagers' views. BMJ Open, 6(11), e013271. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013271) (PMID:27852721) (PMCID:PMC5128897)

Katikireddi, S. , Hilton, S. and Bond, L. (2016) The role of the Sheffield model on the minimum unit pricing of alcohol debate: the importance of a rhetorical perspective. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 12(4), pp. 521-539. (doi: 10.1332/174426415X14430986392944) (PMID:28111593) (PMCID:PMC5242374)

Van Bekkum, J. E., Fergie, G. and Hilton, S. (2016) Health and medical research funding agencies' promotion of public engagement within research: a qualitative interview study exploring the UK context. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14(23), (doi: 10.1186/s12961-016-0093-4) (PMID:27009326) (PMCID:PMC4806422)

Weishaar, H., Amos, A. and Collin, J. (2016) Unpacking commercial sector opposition to European smoke-free policy: lack of unity, 'fear of association' and harm reduction debates. Tobacco Control, 25, pp. 422-429. (doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052007) (PMID:26055268) (PMCID:PMC4606975)

Boydell, N. , Fergie, G. M. , McDaid, L. M. and Hilton, S. (2015) Understandings of participation in behavioural research: a qualitative study of gay and bisexual men in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0135001. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135001) (PMID:26252480) (PMCID:PMC4529083)

Boydell, N. , Fergie, G. , Hilton, S. and McDaid, L. (2015) “… Giving Something back to the Gay Community by Taking Part”: Gay and Bisexual Men’s Understandings of Participation in Behavioural Research. BASHH Spring Conference 2015, Glasgow, UK, 1-3 June 2015. A79. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.233)

Patterson, C. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Wood, K. and Hilton, S. (2015) Representations of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in UK newspapers: a case study of a public health policy debate. Journal of Public Health, 37(1), pp. 10-49. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu078) (PMID:25312002) (PMCID:PMC4340327)

Katikireddi, S. and Hilton, S. (2015) How did policy actors use mass media to influence the Scottish alcohol minimum unit pricing debate? Comparative analysis of newspapers, evidence submissions and interviews. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 22(2), pp. 125-134. (doi: 10.3109/09687637.2014.977228) (PMID:26045639) (PMCID:PMC4438355)

Patterson, C. , McDaid, L. M. and Hilton, S. (2015) Gay and bisexual men’s perceptions of the donation and use of human biological samples for research: a qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0129924. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129924) (PMID:26053741) (PMCID:PMC4459996)

Patterson, C. , Semple, S., Wood, K., Duffy, S. and Hilton, S. (2015) A quantitative content analysis of UK newsprint coverage of proposed legislation to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children. BMC Public Health, 15, 760. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2110-x) (PMID:26253515) (PMCID:PMC4529703)

Katikireddi, S. V., Bond, L. and Hilton, S. (2014) Perspectives on econometric modelling to inform policy: a UK qualitative case study of minimum unit pricing of alcohol. European Journal of Public Health, 24(3), pp. 490-495. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt206)

Wood, K., Patterson, C. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Hilton, S. (2014) Harms to ‘others’ from alcohol consumption in the minimum unit pricing policy debate: A qualitative content analysis of UK newspapers (2005-2012). Addiction, 109(4), pp. 578-584. (doi: 10.1111/add.12427)

Katikireddi, S. V. , Hilton, S. , Bonell, C. and Bond, L. (2014) Understanding the development of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: a qualitative study of the policy process. PLoS ONE, 9(3), e91185. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091185) (PMID:24670519) (PMCID:PMC3966757)

Purcell, C. , Hilton, S. and McDaid, L. (2014) The stigmatisation of abortion: a qualitative analysis of print media in Great Britain in 2010. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 16(9), pp. 1141-1155. (doi: 10.1080/13691058.2014.937463)

Van Bekkum, J. E. and Hilton, S. (2014) UK research funding bodies’ views towards public participation in health-related research decisions: an exploratory study. BMC Health Services Research, 14(318), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-318)

Hilton, S. , Wood, K., Bain, J., Patterson, C. , Duffy, S. and Semple, S. (2014) Newsprint coverage of smoking in cars carrying children: a case study of public and scientific opinion driving the policy debate. BMC Public Health, 14(1116), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1116)

Boydell, N. , Fergie, G. , McDaid, L. and Hilton, S. (2014) Avoiding pitfalls and realising opportunities: reflecting on issues of sampling and recruitment for online focus groups. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 13, pp. 206-223. (doi: 10.1177/160940691401300109)

Fergie, G. , Boydell-Wright, N. , McDaid, L. and Hilton, S. (2013) Reflecting on the Opportunities and Pitfalls of Online Focus Groups for Qualitative Health Research. 12th Annual Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 21-23 Jun 2013.