Parental transmission of substance use: exploring mechanisms and informing intervention

Project Code

MRCPHS25Ba Hines

Research Theme

Population Health Sciences

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Summary

Reducing substance use is a key goal within public health. Recent work has shown that a strong predictor of adolescent substance use is the substance use of their parents. The student will use longitudinal data to answer the question of whether – and how – substance use behaviours passed from parents to their children. In doing so they will develop skills including population and genetic epidemiology, data analysis, and qualitative interviewing and analysis.

Lead Supervisor

Dr Lindsey Hines

Lead Supervisor Email

lh2461@bath.ac.uk

University Affiliation

Bath