On January 27th, SCPHRP Director John Frank was invited to present to the staff of Public Health Ontario — the main provincial agency for applied public health research, in Canada’s most populous province, and also John’s original home. The content of his presentation was “Seven Best Investments for Health Equity: …
SCPHRP’s Jane Hartley is collaborating with Vicki Cooke at TRE Scotland and medical professionals in Brazil to design and evaluate a community primary health care initiative in Brasilia using the novel stress-reduction technique Tension Release Exercises – TRE. TRE® (Tension, Stress & Trauma Release Exercise) is an innovative series of exercises that assist the …
Thursday 18th February 2016 James R Dunn, Ph.D. (Jim) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University and a Scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He is the Director of the McMaster Institute for …
Take 5 Minutes to read about recent developments at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP). NEWS & EVENTS Working group changes Jane Hartley (jane.hartley@ed.ac.uk) has taken over the role of Adolescence and Young Adulthood Working Group Research Fellow. Jane joined us at the beginning of last …
Message from SCPHRP’s Director; On behalf of the entire team here at SCPHRP, I’d like to thank all of our colleagues and collaborators — throughout the far-flung Scottish public health research, practice, and policy communities — for all the helpful joint-working you have done with us in 2015. As we look …
We have recently started using Storify to produce a summary of our tweets and retweets on the topic of Social Determinants of Health. This includes #SDoH, #inequalities, #poverty, #WelfareReform, #unemployment and #work, among others. You can find these monthly summaries at SCPHRP’s Storify page https://storify.com/SCPHRP (no login needed to view posts) and …
NEWS & EVENTS UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Conference 2015 We were delighted to host the 6th annual UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Conference on 19th & 20th November 2015 in Edinburgh. This year’s conference centered around the theme “collaborating for better public health and wellbeing”. Here’s a …
News & Events SCPHRP EVENT – People’s Health Movement (Scotland) – Tackling Inequalities and Fighting For the Right to Health: Global Connections and Local Actions DATE: Saturday 31st October 2015, Edinburgh THEME: A space to hear about and discuss the fight against health inequalities in Scotland, using knowledge and power at the local, national and global …
As the name suggests, here at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) we undertake research relevant to the health of the public. We hope, and believe, that the research we undertake is in the public interest. Our success as researchers and as a research organisation relies …
