Statistical and biological methods are available to probe why the prevalence of obesity has risen more in some countries than in others, says John Frank. What started the obesity pandemic? We remain unsure. And although we do not need to know the answer to tackle the symptoms, a clearer picture …
[slideshow_deploy id=’3160′] Welcome to this year’s spring edition of the SCPHRP magazine. As usual, there has been plenty of interesting work going on at SCPHRP within the last few months, and there is sure to be something to interest all our readers in this latest Magazine issue. Apr 22, …
Welcome to the latest edition of the SCPHRP magazine. This time, we’ve taken the opportunity to look back over the last 12 months, reflecting on what we’ve achieved, as well as looking to the future as we reach the halfway point in our current funding. Hope you enjoy.. Dec …
In early 2015, SCPHRP’s previous Working Age/Adult Life Fellow Tony Robertson was approached by the Scottish Community Development Centre / Community Health Exchange (SCDC/CHEX) to assist them in starting the process of evaluating their Health Issues in the Community (HIIC) programme. HIIC is a community educational training programme delivered across …
SCPHRP’s Active Travel magazine. Inside ‘How do we encourage more active travel in Edinburgh & the Lothians’. A workshop report by Dr Mhairi Aitken, Dr Ruth Jepson & Dr Andrew J Williams. Facilitating Active Travel for the people with visual impairment The Bike Station And much much more. Aug 19, …
A new research article from the SCPHRP team, led by Prof. John Frank, has explored the evidence supporting seven potential societal investments (aimed at different stages of the lifecourse) that could help improve health and reduce health inequalities. The research team used hard-to-find comparable analyses of routinely collected data to gauge the relative extent to which …
This is a visual and written summary of an Open Space event on Health Inequalities that took place on 31st March 2015 at The Melting Pot in Edinburgh. The event was organised and facilitated by the Working Age/Adult Life Working Group of the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and …
Inside… Evaluating Edinburgh’s first outdoor gym in Wester Hailes SCPHRP meets Professor Richard Wiseman And much more. Mar 27, 2015
Inside… Creating Better Health & Wellbeing event Q & A with Professor Annie Anderson Housing Homelessness, Health & Wellbeing from Shelter Scotland And much more. Jan 9, 2015
At the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) our role is to use the research evidence to improve the health of the Scottish population. Our jobs are all about improving health! However, we have found that as a workforce we also feel under pressure and stressed at times of the day and year. We have put in place several strategies to try and manage our stressful working lives and below are some that you might like to try out. None of them take much time out of our working day, but makes us happier; most are evidence based, or based on our ethos and approach to team working and wellbeing in the workplace.
