Publications
2025
Economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated children in foster care (BeST? Services Trial). Journal of Public Health, fdaf038. Manuela Deidda, Helen Minnis, Karen Crawford, Robin Young, Gary Kainth, Julia Donaldson, Matt Forde, Alex McConnachie, Christopher Gillberg, Marion Henderson, Philip Wilson, Kathleen Boyd, Emma McIntosh. http://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf038
2022
The Best Services Trial (BeST?): a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of New Orleans Intervention Model with Services As Usual (SAU) for infants and young children entering care. Trials 243 122. Karen Crawford, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Lynn McMahon, Matt Forde, Susanne Millar, Alex McConnachie, Martina Messow, Marion Henderson, Emma McIntosh, Kathleen Boyd, Dennis Ougrin, Phil Wilson, Nicholas Watson, Helen Minnis. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06007-3
2018
Protocol for the economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated infants and children in foster care in the UK (The BeST? services trial). BMJ Open (2018, 8:e020066), Health economics protocol. Manuela Deidda, Kathleen Anne Boyd, Helen Minnis, Julia Donaldson, Kevin Brown, Nicole RS Boyer, Emma McIntosh, BeST Study Team
Partnership approaches to the evaluation of complex policy initiatives: Qualitative research as key to building effective relationships. International Journal of Social Welfare, vol 27 (2018), 381-387. Fiona Turner-Halliday, Vicki Welch, Graham Bryce, Matt Forde, Richard Cotmore, Phil Wilson, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Watson, Helen Minnis
2017
Protocol 15PRT/6090: The Best Services Trial (BeST?): effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health - NCT02653716. Lancet Protocols. August 2017. Helen Minnis, Kathleen Boyd, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Matt Forde, Christopher Gillberg, Marion Henderson, Lynn McMahon, Emma McIntosh, Alex McConnachie, Martina Messow, Susanne Miller, Laurence Moore, Dennis Ougrin, Nicholas Watson, Philip Wilson. http://thelancet.com/protocol-reviews/15PRT-6090
Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, vol 72 (2017), 184-195. Fiona Turner-Halliday, Gary Kainth, Genevieve Young-Southward, Richard Cotmore, Nicholas Watson, Lynn McMahon, Helen Minnis
2016
Randomisation before consent: avoiding delay to time-critical intervention and ensuring informed consent. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: 1-15. On line http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13645579.2016.1176751 Vicki Welch, Fiona Turner-Halliday, Nicholas Watson, Philip Wilson, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Richard Cotmore, Helen Minnis
Challenges of assessing maltreated children coming into foster care. The Scientific World Journal, vol 2016, article ID 5986835. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5986835 Rachel Pritchett, Harriet Hockaday, Beatrice Anderson, Claire Davidson, Christopher Gillberg, Helen Minnis
Does Quantitative Research in Child Maltreatment Tell the Whole Story? The need for mixed-methods approaches to explore the effects of maltreatment in infancy. The Scientific World Journal, 1869673. Samuel Glass, Ruchika Gajwani, Fiona Turner-Halliday. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1869673
Development of a radical foster care intervention in Glasgow, Scotland. Health Promotion International, 31(3), 665-673. Kathleen Anne Boyd, Mayowa Oluwatosin Balogun, Helen Minnis. http://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dav041
2013
A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans Intervention for Infant Mental Health: A Study Protocol. The Scientific World Journal, volume 2013 (article ID 838042, 6 pages) – online http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/838042. Rachel Pritchett, Bridie Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Watson, Richard Cotmore, Philip Wilson, Graham Bryce, Julia Donaldson, Kathleen Boyd, Charles Zeanah, John Norrie, Julie Taylor, Julie Larrieu, Martina Messow, Matt Forde, Fiona Turner, Susan Irving, Helen Minnis
2010
The "Spirit of New Orleans": Translating a model of intervention with maltreated children and their families for the Glasgow context. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 15(4), 497-509. DOI 10.1177/1359104510376124 Helen Minnis, Graham Bryce, Louise Phin, Philip Wilson