CHANGES was established in 1996 to “promote positive wellbeing and provide opportunities for people in East Lothian, Scotland to find ways towards healthier and less stressful living” and one of the activities that CHANGES provides is a six week course called ‘Eat Well – Keep Active’ henceforth referred to as …
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Inside… Growing up in Scotland The STAND Awards The Well!Bingo project Working Group Updates Reducing health inequalities in the early years — what should Scotland do next? And much more. Aug 20, 2014
Integration of health and social care is the Scottish Government’s ambitious programme of reform to improve services for people who use health and social care services. This will require the integration of data sources to support effective work practices and evaluation both locally and nationally. Furthermore, there is increasing recognition inside and outside academia that integrated health and social care data are required to inform service delivery and policy in order to improve public health and wellbeing.
A number of groups around Scotland have started to link health and social care data for academic or analytical purposes.
Preventing and reducing childhood and adolescent obesity is a growing priority in many countries. Recent UK data suggest that children in more deprived areas have higher rates of obesity and poorer diet quality than those in less deprived areas.
Video from The University of Michigan’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program symposium entitled Population Health: Past, Present, & Future. John Frank’s talk “Pros and Cons of Routinely Collected Health Outcomes for Monitoring Socio-Economic Disparities in Health: Lessons from Scotland” was presented during the session called What …
Tobacco advertising and product promotions have been largely banned in the UK but point of sale (POS) tobacco advertising is one of the few places where tobacco products may be legitimately advertised. POS displays have been shown to increase susceptibility to smoking, experimentation and initiation into smoking.
Early childhood is recognised as a key developmental phase with implications for social, academic, health and wellbeing outcomes in later childhood and indeed throughout the adult lifespan. Community level data on inequalities in early child development are therefore required to establish the impact of government early years’ policies and programmes on children’s strengths and vulnerabilities at local and national level.
Synthesising Qualitative Studies: There is growing consensus that the needs, preferences and experiences of patients and the public should be taken into account in developing and evaluating new interventions.
SCPHRP Bulletin No 6 Take Five Minutes to read about recent developments at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP): News & Events If you would like to make suggestions regarding a SCPHRP event – including potential collaborations or speakers, would like to share articles and …
