Inside… Straight talk with fast food vendors An interview with Donald Henderson, Head of Public Health Division, Scottish Government Take 5 minutes… with Data Linkage Health warnings from ‘Thatcherism’ in a time of ‘Austerity’ by Kat Smith May 28, 2014
The Young STAND Awards (Young Scots Tackling Alcohol and Drugs Awards) is an awards scheme co-hosted by Mentor Scotland and SCPHRP, aimed at young people who, through their schools or communities, are involved in projects which address alcohol and substance misuse. Winner of the Community category: Aberdeen City Council – …
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Inside… UK Welfare Reform Act and the potential impact in Scotland Take 5 minutes… to better understand how our social circumstances can influence our health SCPHRP’s Working Groups Parkinson’s UK by Catherine Bromley Apr 3, 2014
Geddes R, Knight S, Reid S, Giddy J, Esterhuizen T, Roberts C. Low vertical transmission in the first 18 months of a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV programme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2008; 98: 458-462. Mar 21, 2014
Background: Whiplash injuries are an important public health problem that is associated with significant disability and high health care utilization. Recent cohort studies suggest that physician care may be the most effective treatment for patients with whiplash-associated disorders. However, these findings have not been tested in a randomized controlled trial. The purpose of …
The ’hardening hypothesis’ suggests that as smoking prevalence decreases, lighter smokers will quit first, leaving more ’hardcore’ smokers in the population. At a population level, however, the weight of evidence suggests that no hardening is occurring. By understanding the lessons from Geoffrey Rose’s model of population-level risk factor change, we …
