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SCPHRP Has Moved!

By Stewart Cromar 16th July 2018 10th November 2021

Many of you may know that SCPHRP was funded for ten years until June 2018 by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO). After five years based within the Usher Institute, we are delighted to announce that SCPHRP will continue to operate as a research centre within The University of …

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Cathy’s Relaxation Story

By Stewart Cromar 29th June 2018 10th November 2021

SCPHRPs Jane Hartley, John McAteer and Sam Bain have recently designed a support resource for kinship carers. Kinship carers are family members (often grandparents) who take care of children when the birth-parents are no longer able to care for them due to circumstances such as ill-health, addiction, abuse or bereavement. …

Blog, General News, Research & Project Updates

Our Outdoors Project

By Stewart Cromar 26th June 2018 10th November 2021

Our Outdoors’ is a citizen science project which aims to contribute to public understanding of how shared outdoor spaces can affect our health and wellbeing. The project will also explore whether specific spaces affect people’s health and wellbeing differently and if so, why? In this project, we need people like …

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SCPHRP Privacy Statement

By Stewart Cromar 6th June 2018 10th November 2021

Information about you: how we use it The information you provide will be used by the University to keep you up to date with news and progress regarding The Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP) at the University of Edinburgh. We will not share your data with …

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May Bulletin 2018

By Stewart Cromar 31st May 2018 10th November 2021

Hello and welcome to our May bulletin. Bringing you our usual mix of news, publications, project updates and more. Cathy’s Relaxation Story SCPHRPs Jane Hartley, Sam Bain and John McAteer have developed a support resource for kinship carers: ‘Cathy’s Relaxation Story‘. Kinship carers are family members (often grandparents or aunts and uncles) …

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Evaluation of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

By Stewart Cromar 3rd May 2018 10th November 2021

**FREE SEMINAR** Tuesday 29 May 2pm to 3pm Dr Sarah Cotterill, Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester The NHS and Diabetes UK are introducing a new scheme called Healthier You: the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP). We will introduce the DIPLOMA research programme, based …

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April Bulletin 2018

By Stewart Cromar 30th April 2018 10th November 2021

Hello and welcome to our April bulletin. Bringing you our usual mix of news, publications, project updates and much much more. Our Outdoors drop-in event Thank you to everyone who took in our Experimentarium event at the Edinburgh International Science Festival (EISF) between 9th to 13th April at Summerhall. Hundreds of people took …

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A systematic review of adolescent physiological development and its relationship with health related behaviour

By Stewart Cromar 13th April 2018 10th November 2021

Adolescence is a time when major changes take place in the body. As such, it is a unique time of change offering the chance to influence young people’s health choices. The aim of this review is to understand the relationship between bodily changes and health-related behaviours in adolescence.
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Apr 13, 2018

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Experimentarium: Our Outdoors – How Healthy are Public Outdoor Spaces?

By Stewart Cromar 8th April 2018 10th November 2021

Summerhall (Mainhall) 9th – 13th April 11am-4pm Come and see us at Summerhall this Easter as we take part in the 30th Edinburgh International Science Festival (EISF). We are running a drop-in event as part of the festival’s Experimentarium about how the outdoor environments we spend time in can impact …

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Adolescents and health-related behaviour: using a framework to develop interventions to support positive behaviours

By Stewart Cromar 7th April 2018 10th November 2021

Adolescents and health-related behaviour: using a framework to develop interventions to support positive behaviours Jan Pringle, Lawrence Doi, Divya Jindal-Snape, Ruth Jepson and John McAteer Abstract Background: Experimentation is a natural part of adolescent maturation. In conjunction with increased exposure tobehaviours such as alcohol or substance use, and the potentially …

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