“The Evidence Exercise” is a nine-part series focusing on the research and evidence for including physical activity in our lives. We discuss the science and bust some myths! On Wednesday of each week a new video will go up covering topics such as “What Happens to Our Heart When We …
Read all about our recent developments at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP). NEWS & EVENTS New starts at SCPHRP We are really excited to introduce our two new ‘SCPHRPers’ Dr Louise Marryat & Dr Greig Inglis. Both will be joining us from the end …
SCPHRPs Later Life Working Group lead Daryll, is currently leading a wide-ranging scoping review project with colleagues in the Primary Palliative Care Research Group (University of Edinburgh), The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, St Columba’s Hospice and NHS Lothian. The scoping review aims to map the Progress and Impacts of …
Take 5 Minutes to read about recent developments at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP). EVENTS Development of an intervention for parents/carers with teenage children, Thursday 26th May, 9.30am-1.30pm, COSLA Conference Centre This event – a partnership between SCPHRP and the Robertson Trust – presents a …
There is increasing concern about the rising prevalence of e-cigarette use among children and young people in particular, that e-cigarette use is increasing among young people who have never smoked (never smokers). Although e-cigarettes are substantially less harmful than smoking, the long term health impact of e-cigarette use by never smokers and the long term consequences of dual use (e-cigarette and tobacco smoking) are uncertain. In this context, it is important that we understand what factors predispose adolescents to initiate e-cigarette use.
Poor diet and lack of physical activity are major public health problems and are associated with adverse socio-economic position in Scotland. Women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are at increased risk of a range of associated health problems, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Despite this, many women from deprived areas are excluded from settings used for the delivery of targeted public health interventions, for example schools and workplaces. Consequently, there is a need to explore how to develop novel interventions with sufficient reach to meaningfully access and engage this group.
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 …
Our latest workplace#physicalactivity strategy. Apr 25, 2016
[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, …
We would like to thank everyone who attended this SCPHRP/Robertson Trust event on the 26th May. Jane Hartley and John McAteer presented their work developing an intervention for parents/carers with teenage children. The intervention is for kinship carers in the first instance, and we would like to extend a …
