Isabelle Goldie Director of Development and Delivery at the Mental Health Foundation opened the day by stating that it’s now imperative that we start connecting up mind and body, and that we start addressing mental health promotion in young people. This was echoed by Geraldine Strathdee, National Clinical Director Mental Health in NHS England, stating …
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SCPHRP Jane Hartley will be attending a mental health conference which is looking at NHS England’s new five year mental health plan: A new era for mental health care is on the horizon… Mental Health: Moving Forwards – The Five Year Plan will explore how the new national strategy for mental health …
SCPHRPs Jane Hartley is attending an interdisciplinary symposium, organised by the Centre for Medical Humanities and Anthropology Department at Durham University as part of the Life of Breath project to ‘explore, discuss and gain insight into the perception and experience of breath and breathing practices both historically and cross-culturally’. “I’m …
Take 5 Minutes to read about recent developments at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP). NEWS & EVENTS ‘CONGRATULATIONS’ to Dr Catherine Bromley who successfully defended her PhD thesis ‘Beyond a Boundary – Conceptualising and Measuring Multiple Health Conditions in the Scottish Population’. Well done Catherine!!! We would …
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 …
