Staff Member Biography

Katie Buston

position: Senior Investigator Scientistprogramme: Sexual Health and Families

Contact Details

email:
phone: 0141 357 7524

Address

MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ

Biography and Interests

Katie graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 1991 with a BA (Hons) in Politics. She went on to do a PhD in the Department of Government there. She took up her first research post in 1994 at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Glasgow University where she led a project on chronic illness in young people. She has worked at the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit since 1996, initially on the SHARE project, evaluating a specially designed teacher-led sex education package. More recently, Katie has undertaken a study exploring the sexual and reproductive health needs of young offenders. Currently, she is undertaking a review of parenting interventions for incarcerated male young offenders, with a view to developing and evaluating a promising programme in the longer term. Katie's interests include parenting, contraceptive use, young people and qualitative methods.

Publications

Buston K, Parkes A, Thomson H, Wight D, Fenton C. Parenting interventions for male young offenders: a review of evidence on what works. Journal of Adolescence (in press).

Buston K, Wight D. Young fathers in prison: helping them parent. In: Simpson C, ed. Scotland: the best place in the world to bring up children? A collection of essays about parenting in Scotland. Edinburgh: Parenting across Scotland, 2012:128-30.

Parkes A, Strange V, Wight D, Bonell C, Copas A, Henderson M, Buston K, Stephenson J, Johnson A, Allen E, Hart G. Comparison of teenagers' early same-sex and heterosexual behavior: UK data from the SHARE and RIPPLE studies. Journal of Adolescent Health 2011; 48:27-35.

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Sadler K, Wellings K, Glasier A, Mercer C, McDaid L, Brima N, Stephenson J, Buston K, Stevens M, Parker R, Copas A, McManus S. Contessa: a longitudinal study of contraception discontinuation. Technical report. London: NatCen, 2011.

Buston K, Wight D. Self-reported STI testing behaviour amongst incarcerated young male offenders: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2010; 36:7-11.

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Buston KM. Experiences of, and attitudes towards, pregnancy and fatherhood amongst incarcerated young male offenders: Findings from a qualitative study. Social Science & Medicine 2010; 71:2212-18.

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McDaid LM, Sweeting H, Buston K. Contraception among girls who have had more than one partner by age 16 years: method use and pregnancy risk-taking behaviour. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2010; 36:141-6.

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Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women and limits to the normalisation of condom use: a qualitative study. AIDS Care 2009; 21:561-6.

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Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s continued use of oral contraceptives over other hormonal methods: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2009; 35:167-72.

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Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s perceptions of pregnancy risk and use of emergency contraception: findings from a qualitative study – Authors’ Reply. Contraception 2009; 80:591-2.

Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s perceptions of pregnancy risk and use of emergency contraception: findings from a qualitative study. Contraception 2009; 79:310-5.

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Buston K. Behind and beyond the prison bars; young offenders talk about sex and relationships. Glasgow: Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Occasional Paper 18, 2008.
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Buston K, Williamson L, Hart G. Young women under 16 with experience of sexual intercourse: who becomes pregnant? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007; 61:221-225.

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Buston K, Wight D. The salience and utility of school sex education to young men. Sex Education 2006; 6:135-150.

Williamson L, Hart G, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women's dislike of condom use: implications for HIV prevention. 7th International AIDS IMPACT 2005: Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection. Cape Town, South Africa, 2005.

Buston K, Wight D. Pupils' participation in sex education lessons: Understanding variation across classes'. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning 2004; 4:285-301.

Williamson L, Buston K, Sweeting H. Consistency, complexity or chaos: a qualitative study of young women's patterns of contraceptive use. European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 2004; 9:175.

Buston K. Addressing the sexual health needs of young lesbian, gay and bisexual people. In: Duffy M, Burtney E, eds. Young People and Sexual Health: social, political and individual contexts. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004:114-127.

Wight D, Buston K. Meeting needs but not changing goals: evaluation of inservice teacher training for sex education. Oxford Review of Education 2003; 29:521-543.

Quirk A, Lelliott P, Audini B, Buston K. Non-clinical and extra-legal influences on decisions about compulsory admission to psyciatric hospital. Journal of Mental Health 2003; 12:119-130.

Abraham C, Buston K, Hart G, Henderson M, Wight D, Raab G, Scott S. Overview from SHARE sex education project: Health Education Board for Scotland, 2002.

Buston K, Wight D, Hart G, Scott S. Implementation of a teacher-delivered sex education programme: obstacles and facilitating factors. Health Education Research Theory and Practice 2002; 17:59-72.

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Buston K, Wight D, Hart G. Inside the sex education classroom: the importance of context in engaging pupils. Culture, Health and Sexuality 2002; 4:317-335.

Buston K, Wight D. The salience and utility of school sex education to young women. Sex Education 2002; 2:233-250.

Henderson M, Wight D, Raab G, Abraham C, Buston K, Hart G, Scott S. Heterosexual risk behaviour among young teenagers in Scotland. Journal of Adolescence 2002; 25:483-494.

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Wight D, Raab G, Henderson M, Abraham C, Buston K, Hart G, Scott S. The limits of teacher-delivered sex education: interim behavioural outcomes from a randomised trial. British Medical Journal 2002; 324:1430-1433.

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Buston K. Adolescents with mental health problems: what do they say about health services? Journal of Adolescence 2002; 25:231-242.
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Buston K, Hart G. Heterosexism and homophobia in Scottish school sex education: exploring the nature of the problem. Journal of Adolescence 2001; 24:95-109.

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Buston K, Wight D, Scott S. Difficulty and diversity: the context and practice of sex education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 2001; 22:353-368.

Flowers P, Buston K. "I was terrified of being different": exploring gay men's accounts of growing-up in a heterosexist society. Journal of Adolescence 2001; 24:51-65.

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Wight D, Henderson M, Raab G, Abraham C, Buston K, Scott S, Hart G. Regretted sexual intercourse among young teenagers in Scotland: a cross-sectional survey. British Medical Journal 2000; 320:1243-1244.

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Buston K, Wood SF. Non-compliance amongst adolescents with asthma: listening to what they tell us about self-management. Family Practice 2000; 17:134-138.
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Buston K. Gay and lesbian issues in the classroom: good practice in sex education. Tayside Health Promotion Centre, 2000:3-5.

Buston K. NUD*IST in action: its use and usefulness in a study of chronic illness in young people. In: Bryman A, Burgess RG, eds. Qualitative Research Volume 3. London: Sage, 1999:183-202.

Quirk A, Lelliott O, Audini B, Buston K. Performing the Act: a qualitative study of the process of Mental Health Act assessments: Department of Health, 1999.

Buston KM, Parry-Jones WL, Livingston MG, Bogan AM, Wood SF. Qualitative research. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1998; 172:197-199.
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Wight D, Buston K, Henderson M. The SHARE Project: A rigorous evaluation of teacher-led sex education. Sex Education Matters, 1998; 16:10-11.

Bogan AM, Livingston MG, Parry-Jones WL, Buston KM, Wood SF. The experiential impact of head injury on adolescents: individual perspectives on long-term outcome. Brain Injury 1997; 11:431-443.
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Buston KM. NUDIST in action: its use and its usefulness in a study of chronic illness in young people. Sociological Research Online 1997; 2.
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