Professor Deborah Cairns

Professor of Health and Neurodevelopmental conditions (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

telephone: 0141 211 0688
email: Deborah.Cairns@glasgow.ac.uk

School of Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Room 254, Clarice Pears Building, University of Glasgow, 90 Byres Road, G12 8TB

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-1554

Biography

Deborah is Director of the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory and Professor of Health and Neurodevelopmental Conditions, in the School of Health and Wellbeing, at the University of Glasgow. Deborah is passionate about her research which aims to improve the health of people with learning disabilities and their families. She has worked on many different projects about people with learning disabilities including: cancer incidence, cancer screening, multi-morbidity (having two or more health conditions), oral health and COVID-19, to name a few. She has also worked on projects about the physical and mental health of family members who support someone with a learning disability. Deborah is committed to conducting research that has impact and works closely with self-advocates with learning disabilities, family carers and third sector organisations who are pivotal in all of her work and who have a shared vision of ensuring the human rights of all people with learning disabilities are recognised, supported and upheld.

Recent and current projects have been funded by the MRC, ESRC, The Wellcome Trust, CSO, CRUK and Baily Thomas Charitable Organisation.

Research interests

Professor Cairns' interests include intellectual disabilities, mental health, physical health, multi-morbidity, COVID-19, mortality, cancer screening, ageing, family carers, oral health, data linkage, secondary data analysis, qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Publications

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Number of items: 80.

2024

Pacitti, C. , Cairns, D. , Ward, L. and Nicholl, B. I. (2024) Investigating pain-related medication use and contribution to polypharmacy in adults with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review. BMC Medicine, 22, 565. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03770-9)

Ward, L. M. et al. (2024) Population-based cancer incidence and mortality rates and ratios among adults with intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study with record linkage. BMJ Open, 14(8), e084421. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084421) (PMID:39142671) (PMCID:PMC11331995)

Cuypers, M., Cairns, D. and Robb, K. (2024) Identifying the deficits in cancer care for people with intellectual disabilities. BMJ Oncology, 3(1), e000171. (doi: 10.1136/bmjonc-2023-000171)

Armstrong, S. , Barkas, B. , Allan, L., Allan, S. and Cairns, D. (2024) Nothing to See Here? Deaths in Custody and FAIs in Scotland 2023. Technical Report. SCCJR, Glasgow.

Ward, L.A. et al. (2024) Population-based cancer incidence and mortality rates and ratios among adults with intellectual disabilities in Scotland. medRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.01.18.23300433)

2023

Alghamdi, N. A., Dunn, K., Cairns, D. and Melville, C. (2023) Utilising quantitative methods to study the intersectionality of multiple social disadvantages in women with common mental disorders: a systematic review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22(1), 264. (doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-02061-8) (PMID:38110942) (PMCID:PMC10729432)

Sosenko, F. et al. (2023) Understanding covid-19 outcomes among people with intellectual disabilities in England. BMC Public Health, 23, 2099. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16993-x) (PMID:37880687) (PMCID:PMC10601171)

Alghamdi, N. A., Dunn, K., Cairns, D. and Melville, C. A. (2023) A review of policy analysis: gender equality in Saudi Arabia’s mental health policy. International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, 20(3), pp. 21-34. (doi: 10.9734/indj/2023/v20i3397)

Sherriff, A. , Stewart, R., Macpherson, L. M.D. , Kidd, J. B.R., Henderson, A. , Cairns, D. and Conway, D. I. (2023) Child oral health and preventive dental service access among children with intellectual disabilities, autism and other educational additional support needs: a population-based record linkage cohort study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(3), pp. 494-502. (doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12805) (PMID:36354158)

Maenhout, L., Verloigne, M., Cairns, D. , Cardon, G., Crombez, G., Melville, C. , Van Hove, G. and Compernolle, S. (2023) Co-creating an intervention to promote physical activity in adolescents with intellectual disabilities: lessons learned within the Move it, Move ID!-project. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9, 10. (doi: 10.1186/s40900-023-00420-x) (PMID:36935503) (PMCID:PMC10024913)

2022

Armstrong, S. , Allan, L., Cairns, D., Allan, S. and Barkas, B. (2022) Still nothing to see here? One year update on prison deaths and FAI outcomes in Scotland. Discussion Paper. SCCJR.

Ward, L. , Cooper, S.-A. , Henderson, A. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N. , Pacitti, C. and Cairns, D. (2022) A study on prescriptions contributing to the risk of high anticholinergic burden in adults with intellectual disabilities: retrospective record linkage study. Annals of General Psychiatry, 21, 41. (doi: 10.1186/s12991-022-00418-x) (PMID:36309752) (PMCID:PMC9617313)

Henderson, A. , Fleming, M. , Cooper, S.-A. , Pell, J. P. , Melville, C. , Mackay, D. F. , Hatton, C. and Kinnear, D. (2022) COVID-19 infection and outcomes in a population-based cohort of 17 203 adults with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76, pp. 550-555. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-218192) (PMID:35232778) (PMCID:PMC8914402)

Cooper, S.-A. et al. (2022) Cohort profile: Scotland’s record-linkage e-cohorts of people with intellectual disabilities, and autistic people (SCIDA). BMJ Open, 12, e057230. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057230) (PMID:35568493) (PMCID:PMC9109103)

Hughes-Mccormack, L. et al. (2022) Rates, causes and predictors of all-cause and avoidable mortality in 163,686 children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities: A record linkage national cohort study. BMJ Open, 12, e061636. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061636) (PMID:36113944) (PMCID:PMC9486341)

2021

Ward, L. M. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N. , Cooper, S.-A. , Pacitti, C., Henderson, A. , Gibson, J. and Kinnear, D. (2021) Risk of anticholinergic burden in adults with intellectual disabilities: a Scottish retrospective cohort study of n = 17 220. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65(9), pp. 813-830. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12861) (PMID:34169610)

Ward, L. , Cooper, S.-A. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N. , Pacitti, C., Henderson, A. , Pell, J. and Kinnear, D. (2021) Dental Experiences of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: a Record Linkage Study of n=17,220. 6th IASSIDD Europe Congress, 06-08 Jul 2021.

Fulton, L., Kinnear, D. and Jahoda, A. (2021) Belonging and reciprocity amongst people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic methodological review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(4), pp. 1008-1025. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12881) (PMID:33723903)

Truesdale, M. et al. (2021) Respiratory-associated deaths in people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(7), e043658. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043658) (PMID:34261677)

Rydzewska, E. , Dunn, K., Cooper, S.-A. and Kinnear, D. (2021) Mental ill-health in mothers of people with intellectual disabilities compared with mothers of typically developing people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65(6), pp. 501-534. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12827) (PMID:33738865)

Dunn, K., Jahoda, A. and Kinnear, D. (2021) The experience of being a father of a son or daughter with an intellectual disability: older fathers’ perspectives. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(1), pp. 118-128. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12791) (PMID:32794330)

Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Fleming, M. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N. , Young-Southward, G., Pell, J. P. and Cooper, S.-A. (2021) Antipsychotic and antidepressant prescribing for 704 297 children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities: record linkage study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(1), pp. 58-62. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.232) (PMID:33541472)

Smith, G. S., Fleming, M. , Kinnear, D. , Henderson, A. , Pell, J. P. , Melville, C. and Cooper, S.-A. (2021) Mortality in 787,666 school pupils with and without autism: a cohort study. Autism, 25(1), pp. 300-304. (doi: 10.1177/1362361320944037) (PMID:32830516) (PMCID:PMC7812511)

2020

Ward, L.M. , Cooper, S.-A. , McSkimming, P., Greenlaw, N. , Pacitti, C., Gibson, J., Henderson, A. , Pell, J. and Kinnear, D. (2020) Dental attendance, restoration and extractions in adults with intellectual disabilities compared with the general population: a record linkage study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 64(12), pp. 980-986. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12786) (PMID:32996662)

Henderson, A. , McSkimming, P., Kinnear, D., McCowan, C. , McIntosh, A., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2020) Changes over a decade in psychotropic prescribing for people with intellectual disabilities: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(9), e036862. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036862) (PMID:32912946)

Kinnear, D., Rydzewska, E. , Dunn, K., Hughes-McCormack, L., Melville, C. , Henderson, A. and Cooper, S.-A. (2020) The relative influence of intellectual disabilities and autism on sensory impairments and physical disability: a whole‐country cohort of 5.3 million children and adults. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(5), pp. 1059-1068. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12728) (PMID:32187783)

Smith, G. S., Fleming, M. , Kinnear, D., Henderson, A. , Pell, J. P. , Melville, C. and Cooper, S.-A. (2020) Rates and causes of mortality among children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a record linkage cohort study of 796,190 schoolchildren. BMJ Open, 10, e034077. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034077) (PMID:32773385)

Alslamah, T., Nicholl, B. , AlslailI, F. Y., Harris, L., Melville, C. A. and Kinnear, D. (2020) Cultural adaptation of self-management of type 2 diabetes in Saudi Arabia (qualitative study). PLoS ONE, 15(7), e0232904. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232904) (PMID:32722666) (PMCID:PMC7386581)

Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., Greenlaw, N. , McSkimming, P., Jasilek, A., Henderson, A. , McCowan, C. , Kinnear, D. and Melville, C. (2020) Rates, causes, place, and predictors of mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome: cohort study with record linkage. BMJ Open, 10, e03646. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036465) (PMID:32423940) (PMCID:PMC7239521)

Al Slamah, T., Nicholl, B. I. , Alslail, F. Y., Harris, L., Kinnear, D. and Melville, C. A. (2020) Correlates of type 2 diabetes and glycaemic control in adults in Saudi Arabia a secondary data analysis of the Saudi health interview survey. BMC Public Health, 20, 515. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08597-6) (PMID:32303201) (PMCID:PMC7164173)

2019

Kinnear, D. , Allan, L., Morrison, J. , Finlayson, J., Sherriff, A. , Macpherson, L. , Henderson, A. , Ward, L. , Muir, M. and Cooper, S.A. (2019) Prevalence of and factors associated with edentulousness (no natural teeth) in adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63(12), pp. 1475-1481. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12628) (PMID:31062460)

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. , Jahoda, A. and McConnachie, A. (2019) Mental health and well-being of fathers of children with intellectual disabilities: systematic review and meta-analysis. BJPsych Open, 5(6), e96. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2019.75) (PMID:31694727) (PMCID:PMC6854361)

Salim, E., Fleming, M. , Mackay, D.F. , Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Clark, D., King, A., McLay, J.S., Cooper, S.A. and Pell, J.P. (2019) Neurodevelopmental Multimorbidity and Educational Outcomes of 766,244 Scottish Schoolchildren. European Journal of Public Health 29(Supplement_4): 66. 12th European Public Health Conference: Building Bridges for Solidarity and Public Health, Marseille, France, 20-23 Nov 2019. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.164)

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. and Jahoda, A. (2019) Older Fathers’ Perspectives on Caring for a Son or Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities. IASSIDD 2019, Glasgow, UK, 6-9 Aug 2019.

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. , Jahoda, A. and McConnachie, A. (2019) A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis on the Mental Health of Fathers of a Son/Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities. IASSIDD 2019, Glasgow, UK, 6-9 Aug 2019.

Rydzewska, E. , Dunn, K., Cooper, S.-A. and Kinnear, D. (2019) Indicators of Mental Ill‐health in Mothers of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review. IASSIDD 2019, Glasgow, UK, 6-9 Aug 2019. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12663)

Kinnear, D. , Rydzewska, E. , Dunn, K., Hughes-McCormack, L. A., Melville, C. , Henderson, A. and Cooper, S.-A. (2019) The relative influence of intellectual disabilities and autism on mental and general health in Scotland: a cross-sectional study of a whole country of 5.3 million children and adults. BMJ Open, 9(8), e029040. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029040) (PMID:31462474)

Ward, L. M. , Cooper, S.-A. , Hughes-Mccormack, L., Macpherson, L. and Kinnear, D. (2019) Oral health of adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63(11), pp. 1359-1378. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12632) (PMID:31119825)

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. and Jahoda, A. (2019) The Experience of Caring for a Son or Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities: Older Father Carers Perspectives. 2019 Gatlinburg Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 03-05 Apr 2019.

Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N. , Fleming, M. , Pell, J. , McCowan, C. and Cooper, S.-A. (2019) Antipsychotic, Antidepressant and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Drug Prescribing in Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and with Autism in Scottish Schools Compared with Other Children and Young People. 2019 Gatlinburg Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 03-05 Apr 2019.

Kinnear, D. , Rydzewska, E. , Dunn, K., Hughes-Mccormack, L., Melville, C. , Henderson, A. and Cooper, S.-A. (2019) The Relative Influence Of Intellectual Disabilities and Autism on Mental and General Health: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Whole Country of 5.3 Million Children and Adults. 2019 Gatlinburg Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 03-05 Apr 2019.

Rydzewska, E. , Dunn, K., Cooper, S.-A. and Kinnear, D. (2019) Indicators of Mental Ill-health in Mothers of People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review. 2019 Gatlinburg Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 03-05 Apr 2019.

2018

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. , Jahoda, A. and McConnachie, A. (2018) A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis on the Mental Health of Fathers of a Son/Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities. Seattle Club Conference, Shrewsbury, UK, 03-04 Dec 2018.

Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., McSkimming, P. and Okon, M. (2018) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2010-2013. Faculty of Public Health in Scotland Annual Conference 2018, Peebles, UK, 1-2 Nov 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Prevalence of Physical Conditions and Multi-morbidity in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities With and Without Down Syndrome: Cross-sectional Study. Faculty of Public Health in Scotland Annual Conference 2018, Peebles, UK, 1-2 Nov 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Multi-Morbidity in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, with and without Down Syndrome. 13th World Down Syndrome Congress, Glasgow, UK, 25-27 July 2018.

Victor, C., Williams, V., Kinnear, D. and Ryan, S. (2018) Ageing with a Learning Disability: A Critical Literature Review. 19th ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018.

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. , Jahoda, A. and McConnachie, A. (2018) The Mental Health of Fathers of a Son or Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities: A Meta-analysis. IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 Jul 2018.

Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., Mcskimming, P. and Okon, M. (2018) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2010-2013. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J. , Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Macpherson, L. , Sherriff, A. , Finlayson, J. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Poor Oral Health in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and its Determinants. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Multi-Morbidity in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, with and without Down Syndrome. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Osugo, M., Morrison, J., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Prevalence and Types of Unexplained Symptoms in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.

Okon, M., Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Trends and variations in per capita expenditure on adult intellectual disabilities health and social care across Scotland, and by urban/rural class. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(1), pp. 121-130. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12514) (PMID:29993166)

Victor, C., Williams, V., Kinnear, D. and Ryan, S. (2018) Ageing with a Learning Disability: A Critical Literature Review. 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Manchester, UK, 4-6 July 2018.

Gilhooly, M., Kinnear, D. , Davies, M., Gilhooly, K. and Harries, P. (2018) Financial elder abuse. In: Walker, A. (ed.) The New Dynamics of Ageing. Volume 2. Policy Press: Bristol, pp. 51-70. ISBN 9781447314783

Dunham, A., Kinnear, D. , Allan, L., Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) The relationship between physical ill-health and mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(5), pp. 444-453. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12483) (PMID:29532540)

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. , Jahoda, A. and McConnachie, A. (2018) The Mental Health of Fathers Caring for their Son or Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis. 2018 Gatlinburg Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 11-13 Apr 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J. , Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Prevalence of physical conditions and multimorbidity in a cohort of adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome: cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 8(2), e018292. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018292) (PMID:29431619) (PMCID:PMC5829598)

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Multi-morbidity in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, with and without Down Syndrome. 2017 IASSIDD 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 Nov 2017.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Prevalence of Physical Conditions and Multi-morbidity in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. The Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Intellectual Disability Conference 2018, Glasgow, UK, 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Prevalence of Physical Ill-health and Multi-morbidity in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Institute of Health and Wellbeing Away Day, Glasgow, UK, 2018.

2017

Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., Mcskimming, P. and Okon, M. (2017) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2009-2015. 2017 IASSIDD 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 Nov 2017.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Macpherson, L. , Sherriff, A. , Finlayson, A. and Cooper, S.-A. (2017) Poor Oral Health in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and its Determinants. 2017 IASSIDD 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 Nov 2017.

Kinnear, D. , Osugo, M., Morrison, J., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2017) Prevalence and Types of Unexplained Symptoms in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. 2017 IASSIDD 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 Nov 2017.

Harries, P., Gilhooly, K.J., Gilhooly, M.L., Davies, M. and Kinnear, D. C. (2017) Elder Financial Abuse: An RCT for the Development of an Online Training Tool for Professionals. 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, USA, 23-27 July 2017.

Osugo, M., Morrison, J. , Allan, L., Kinnear, D. and Cooper, S.-A. (2017) Prevalence, types and associations of medically unexplained symptoms and signs. A cross-sectional study of 1023 adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61(7), pp. 637-642. (doi: 10.1111/jir.12372) (PMID:28295826)

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. , Jahoda, A. and McConnachie, A. (2017) The Mental Health of Fathers Caring for their Son or Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review. 2017 IASSIDD Health SIRG Conference, Belfast, UK, 19-20 Jun 2017.

2016

Kinnear, D. , Victor, C. and Williams, V. (2016) What facilitates the delivery of dignified care to older people? A survey of health care professionals. BMC Research Notes, 8(1), 826. (doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1801-9) (PMID:26710882) (PMCID:PMC4693419)

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2016) Common Physical Health Conditions and Multi-morbidity in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. 2016 IASSIDD World Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 14-19 Aug 2016.

Williams, V., Kinnear, D. and Victor, C. (2016) ‘It's the little things that count’: healthcare professionals’ views on delivering dignified care: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(4), pp. 782-790. (doi: 10.1111/jan.12878) (PMID:26931275)

Gilhooly, M. M., Dalley, G., Gilhooly, K. J., Sullivan, M. P., Harries, P., Levi, M., Kinnear, D. C. and Davies, M. S. (2016) Financial elder abuse through the lens of the bystander intervention model: table 1. Public Policy and Aging Report, 26(1), pp. 5-11. (doi: 10.1093/ppar/prv028)

2015

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2015) Prevalence of Physical Ill-health in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Scotland. The Seattle Club Conference, Cardiff, Wales, 2015.

2014

Kinnear, D. , Williams, V. and Victor, C. (2014) The meaning of dignified care: an exploration of health and social care professionals’ perspectives working with older people. BMC Research Notes, 7, p. 854. (doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-854)

Cairns, D. , Brown, J., Tolson, D. and Darbyshire, C. (2014) Caring for a child with learning disabilities over a prolonged period of time: an exploratory survey on the experiences and health of older parent carers living in Scotland. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27(5), pp. 471-480. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12071)

2013

Davies, M. L., Gilhooly, M. L.M., Gilhooly, K. J., Harries, P. A. and Cairns, D. (2013) Factors influencing decision-making by social care and health sector professionals in cases of elder financial abuse. European Journal of Ageing, 10(4), pp. 313-323. (doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0279-3) (PMID:24319405) (PMCID:PMC3851704)

Cairns, D. , Tolson, D., Brown, J. and Darbyshire, C. (2013) The need for future alternatives: an investigation of the experiences and future of older parents caring for offspring with learning disabilities over a prolonged period of time. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(1), pp. 73-82. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2012.00729.x)

Cairns, D. , Williams, V., Victor, C., Richards, S., Le May, A., Martin, W. and Oliver, D. (2013) The meaning and importance of dignified care: findings from a survey of health and social care professionals. BMC Geriatrics, 13, 28. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-28) (PMID:25428168) (PMCID:PMC4289061)

Gilhooly, M. L.M., Cairns, D. , Davies, M., Harries, P., Gilhooly, K. J. and Notley, E. (2013) Framing the detection of financial elder abuse as bystander intervention: decision cues, pathways to detection and barriers to action. Journal of Adult Protection, 15(2), pp. 54-68. (doi: 10.1108/14668201311313578)

Harries, P. A., Davies, M. L., Gilhooly, K. J., Gilhooly, M. L.M. and Cairns, D. (2013) Detection and prevention of financial abuse against elders. Journal of Financial Crime, 21(1), pp. 84-99. (doi: 10.1108/JFC-05-2013-0040)

2011

Davies, M., Harries, P., Cairns, D. , Stanley, D., Gilhooly, M., Gilhooly, K., Notley, E., Gilbert, A., Penhale, B. and Hennessy, C. (2011) Factors used in the detection of elder financial abuse: a judgement and decision-making study of social workers and their managers. International Social Work, 54(3), pp. 404-420. (doi: 10.1177/0020872810396256)

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Cuypers, M., Cairns, D. and Robb, K. (2024) Identifying the deficits in cancer care for people with intellectual disabilities. BMJ Oncology, 3(1), e000171. (doi: 10.1136/bmjonc-2023-000171)

Ward, L.A. et al. (2024) Population-based cancer incidence and mortality rates and ratios among adults with intellectual disabilities in Scotland. medRxiv, (doi: 10.1101/2024.01.18.23300433)

Book Sections

Research Reports or Papers

Armstrong, S. , Barkas, B. , Allan, L., Allan, S. and Cairns, D. (2024) Nothing to See Here? Deaths in Custody and FAIs in Scotland 2023. Technical Report. SCCJR, Glasgow.

Armstrong, S. , Allan, L., Cairns, D., Allan, S. and Barkas, B. (2022) Still nothing to see here? One year update on prison deaths and FAI outcomes in Scotland. Discussion Paper. SCCJR.

Conference or Workshop Item

Dunn, K., Kinnear, D. and Jahoda, A. (2019) Older Fathers’ Perspectives on Caring for a Son or Daughter with Intellectual Disabilities. IASSIDD 2019, Glasgow, UK, 6-9 Aug 2019.

Victor, C., Williams, V., Kinnear, D. and Ryan, S. (2018) Ageing with a Learning Disability: A Critical Literature Review. 19th ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, 15-21 July 2018.

Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Smiley, E. and Cooper, S.-A. (2018) Multi-Morbidity in a Cohort of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, with and without Down Syndrome. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Infant Movement Assessment for Identifying Neurological Conditions from Videos using Cloudbased AI
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
2024 - 2025
Infant Movement Assessment for Identifying Neurological Conditions from Videos using Cloud-based AI
Medical Research Council
2024 - 2025
A Scotland-Australia collaboration to improve access to cancer screening among people with intellectual disabilities: Developing a shared research agenda
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
2023 - 2025
Improving learning disability research
National Institute for Health Research
2023 - 2024
Suicide Attempts and Deaths in People with Autism in Scotland: Secondary Data Analysis and Data Linkage of Administrative and Health Records
Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
2023 - 2024
Examining potential factors underlying the increased risk of severe COVID-19 experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2022 - 2023
Improving access to cancer screening among people with intellectual disabilities: development phase of a complex intervention.
Cancer Research UK
2021 - 2022
Improving access to cancer screening among people with intellectual disabilities: development phase of a complex intervention.
Cancer Research UK
2021 - 2023
Health, mortality and health-care in people with learning disabilities
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2021 - 2022
The mental health of father carers of a son or daughter with learning disabilities.
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2021 - 2022
Neurodiversity Leadership & Engagement 2021-22
Scottish Government
2021 - 2023
Having a voice in health research: working in partnership with people with intellectual disabilities
Wellcome Trust
2018 - 2020
Dental health of children with additional support needs / learning (intellectual) disabilities in Scotland: population data linkage studies.
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2018 - 2020
Older parent carers health and its reciprocal effect on their ageing offspring with intellectual disabilities: a record linkage study
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2018 - 2019
Mental Health Data Pathfinder
Medical Research Council
2018 - 2020
Predictors of mental ill-health in mothers caring for a son or daughter with intellectual disabilities
Economic and Social Research Council
2017 - 2019
Poor oral health in adults with intellectual disabilities and its determinants: Secondary analysis of linked administrative and health records
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2017 - 2018
Ageing and later life for people with a learning disability: exploring current evidence, experiences of health, well-being and care; setting priorities for future research
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2016 - 2016
Learning disabilities - The Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory
Scottish Government
2012 - 2020
Learning disabilities - The Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory
Scottish Government
2012 - 2025

Supervision

PhD Student: Kirsty Dunn

Title of thesis: The mental health of fathers of a son or daughter with a learning disability: A mixed methods approach.

PhD Student: Thamer Alslamah

Title of thesis: Culture adaptation of self-management of type 2 diabetes in Saudi Arabia.

PhD Student: Lauren Fulton

Title of thesis: Taking an asset-based approach to the community participation and inclusion of adults with learning disabilities.

PhD Student: Wattana Tejakum

Title of thesis: Resilience in parents of children with intellectual disabilities in Thailand

PhD Student: Lin Cheng

Title of thesis: Metastatic breast cancer: Developing early palliative care services in China

PhD Student: Christine Pacitti

Title of thesis: Investigating pain medication in adults with intellectual disabilities: relationship with polypharmacy and impact on health-related outcomes

PhD Student: Emma Ettinger

Title of thesis: Staging neurodiverse sibling relationships

Ettinger, Emma
Staging Neurodiverse Sibling Relationships
Njanike, Shylet
Exploring the lived experiences and needs of Black African families of adults with learning disabilities living at home in the United Kingdom.
Pacitti, Christine
Investigating pain in adults with learning disabilities

Dr Ewelina Rydzewska

Dr Laura Ward

Teaching

Masters in Brain Sciences supervisor

Masters in Global Mental Health supervisor

Masters in Primary Care

Intercalated B.Sc. (Med.Sci) in Psychological Medicine supervisor

Masters in Sociology, Equality & Human Rights lecturer

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology lecturer

Post-Graduate Certificate in Positive Behaviour Support supervisor

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