{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,17]],"date-time":"2026-06-17T21:48:18Z","timestamp":1781732898991,"version":"3.54.5"},"reference-count":54,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]],"date-time":"2022-09-28T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1664323200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/100014589","name":"Chief Scientist Office","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["HIPS\/18\/43"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["HIPS\/18\/43"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/100014589","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Drug and Alcohol Review"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Minimum unit pricing (MUP) may reduce harmful drinking in the general population, but there is little evidence regarding its impact on marginalised groups. Our study is the first to explore the perceptions of MUP among stakeholders working with people experiencing homelessness following its introduction in Scotland in May 2018.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Qualitative semi\u2010structured interviews were conducted with 41 professional stakeholders from statutory and third sector organisations across Scotland. We explored their views on MUP and its impact on people experiencing homelessness, service provision and implications for policy. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants suggested that the introduction of MUP in Scotland had negligible if any discernible impact on people experiencing homelessness and services that support them. Most service providers felt insufficiently informed about MUP prior to its implementation. Participants reported that where consequences for these populations were evident, they were primarily anticipated although some groups were negatively affected. People experiencing homelessness have complex needs in addition to alcohol addiction, and changes in the way services work need to be considered in future MUP\u2010related discussions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion and Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study suggests that despite initial concerns about potential unintended consequences of MUP, many of these did not materialise to the levels anticipated. As a population\u2010level health policy, MUP is likely to have little beneficial impact on people experiencing homelessness without the provision of support to address their alcohol use and complex needs. The additional needs of certain groups (e.g., people with no recourse to public funds) need to be considered.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/dar.13548","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]],"date-time":"2022-09-28T14:02:57Z","timestamp":1664373777000},"page":"81-93","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Alcohol minimum unit pricing and people experiencing homelessness: A qualitative study of stakeholders' perspectives and experiences"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"42","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3256-7170","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elena D.","family":"Dimova","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Glasgow Caledonian University  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2232-5634","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heather","family":"Strachan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Glasgow Caledonian University  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3307-6111","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarah","family":"Johnsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heriot\u2010Watt University  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2170-2039","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carol","family":"Emslie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Glasgow Caledonian University  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1182-0309","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martin","family":"Whiteford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Glasgow Caledonian University  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9314-8925","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Robert","family":"Rush","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Consultant  Edinburgh UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iain","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NHS Forth Valley  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5696-6803","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tim","family":"Stockwell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research University of Victoria  Victoria Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8960-5070","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anne","family":"Whittaker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport University of Stirling  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7727-231X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lawrie","family":"Elliott","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Glasgow Caledonian University  Scotland UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2016-013497"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1360-0443.2008.02438.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","volume-title":"Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2010"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","volume-title":"Global alcohol action plan 2022\u20132030 to strengthen implementation of the Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol. First draft","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2021"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/add.12139"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","unstructured":"Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.Social Reference Pricing for Alcohol FAQs. 2017. Available from:https:\/\/www.ccsa.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-04\/CCSA-Social-Reference-Pricing-Alcohol-FAQs-2017-en.pdf. Accessed 5 May 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","volume-title":"Monitoring and evaluating Scotland's alcohol strategy. Final Report","author":"Beeston C","year":"2016"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","unstructured":"Public Health Scotland.Evaluation of minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol. 2021. Available fromhttps:\/\/www.publichealthscotland.scot\/media\/8786\/mup\u2010letter\u2010to\u2010convenor\u2010of\u2010scottish\u2010parliaments\u2010health\u2010social\u2010care\u2010and\u2010sport\u2010committee\u20102021.pdf. Accessed 24 January 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_10_1","unstructured":"Public Health Scotland.Outcome areas and studies of evaluation of MUP. 2021. Available fromhttp:\/\/www.healthscotland.scot\/health\u2010topics\/alcohol\/evaluation\u2010of\u2010minimum\u2010unit\u2010pricing\u2010mup\/outcome\u2010areas\u2010and\u2010studies\u2010of\u2010evaluation\u2010of\u2010mup. Accessed 28 January 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/19460171.2013.766023"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0952076712452290"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/add.12380"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1057\/s41271-016-0051-y"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_15_1","volume-title":"Alcohol policy impact case study the effects of alcohol control measures on mortality and life expectancy in The Russian Federation","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2019"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/dar.13204"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/1753-6405.13055"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_18_1","unstructured":"Welsh Government.Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol: summary guidance. 2020. Available from:https:\/\/gov.wales\/minimum-unit-pricing-alcohol-summary-guidance. Accessed 8 June 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_19_1","unstructured":"Health Service Executive.Minimum Unit Pricing on Alcohol \u2013 what is it and what will it mean for me? 2021. Available from:https:\/\/www2.hse.ie\/healthy\u2010you\/alcohol\u2010blogs\/minimum\u2010unit\u2010pricing\u2010on\u2010alcohol\u2010what\u2010is\u2010it\u2010and\u2010what\u2010will\u2010it\u2010mean\u2010for\u2010me\u2010html. Accessed 8 June 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2021-052879"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)62417-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/add.13902"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_23_1","volume-title":"Model\u2010based appraisal of the comparative impact of minimum unit pricing and taxation policies in Scotland an adaptation of the Sheffield alcohol policy model version 3","author":"Angus C","year":"2016"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_24_1","volume-title":"Homelessness projections: Core homelessness in Great Britain","author":"Bramley G","year":"2017"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0042098009356128"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_26_1","volume-title":"White cider and street drinkers. Recommendations to reduce harm","author":"Goodall T","year":"2011"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_27_1","volume-title":"Hard edges: mapping severe and multiple disadvantage","author":"Bramley G","year":"2015"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_28_1","first-page":"83","article-title":"Associations between socioeconomic factors and alcohol outcomes","volume":"38","author":"Collins S","year":"2016","journal-title":"Alcohol Res"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(14)61132-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_30_1","first-page":"531","article-title":"The health diagnoses of homeless adolescents: a systematic review of the literature","volume":"37","author":"Medlow S","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Adolesc Health"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_31_1","unstructured":"The Scottish Government.Homelessness in Scotland: 2020 to 2021. 2021. Available from:https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/homelessness-scotland-2020-2021\/. Accessed 24 August 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/dar.12649"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2015-010759"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_34_1","unstructured":"ElliottL EmslieC DimovaE WhitefordM O'BrienR StrachanH. et al.Minimum Unit Pricing: Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Homeless Drinkers Street Drinkers and Service Providers. 2021. Available from:https:\/\/www.cso.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/HIPS1843-1.pdf. Accessed 24 August 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2013.06.005"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_36_1","volume-title":"Social constructionism","author":"Burr V","year":"2003"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_37_1","volume-title":"An invitation to social constructionism","author":"Gergen K","year":"1999"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1191\/1478088706qp063oa"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_39_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/17439760.2016.1262613"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_40_1","unstructured":"NHS Health Scotland.MUP evaluation theory of change. 2019. Available from:http:\/\/www.healthscotland.scot\/media\/2579\/mupevaulation-theoryofchange-english-june2019.pdf. Accessed 5 May 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_41_1","unstructured":"HolmesJ.et al.Public Health Scotland.Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels. 2022. Available from:https:\/\/www.publichealthscotland.scot\/publications\/evaluating-the-impact-of-minimum-unit-pricing-in-scotland-on-people-who-are-drinking-at-harmful-levels. Accessed 10 June 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_42_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1515\/nsad-2016-0034"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_43_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1525-1497.2006.00490.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2150132720910568"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_45_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0075133"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_46_1","unstructured":"BramleyG FitzpatrickS SosenkoF.Hard edges Scotland: Developing a profile of severe and multiple disadvantage in Scotland. 2019. Available from:https:\/\/lankellychase.org.uk\/publication\/hard-edges-scotland\/. Accessed 10 June 2022."},{"key":"e_1_2_11_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(17)31869-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02673037.2020.1769036"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_49_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/14036096.2020.1867236"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_50_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-0009.2009.00565.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/02673037.2015.1080816"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12954-019-0332-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09687637.2020.1764500"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09687637.2021.1945536"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_55_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-022-12873-y"}],"container-title":["Drug and Alcohol Review"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/dar.13548","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1111\/dar.13548","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/dar.13548","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,20]],"date-time":"2023-08-20T12:07:41Z","timestamp":1692533261000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/dar.13548"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]]},"references-count":54,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/dar.13548"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/dar.13548","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0959-5236","1465-3362"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0959-5236","type":"print"},{"value":"1465-3362","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2022-06-13","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2022-08-29","order":1,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2022-09-28","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}