Welcome
Welcome to the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) website. We are a research centre at the University of Edinburgh, which focuses on all things public health. May 21, 2020
Brown Bag Series: Episode 4
The true cost of concussion: What we know, what we don’t know, and what we’re doing about it Guest Speaker: Stephanie Adams WED 18th March 12:30 – 13:30 Every year millions of people in the UK suffer from concussion, yet it is estimated that 50% of cases still go unreported. …
HiSS Winter Fair for Research Policy & Practice 2019
We will be hosting an event to bring third sector, industry, government and healthcare organisations together with staff and students in the School of Health in Social Science. Join us for a fun and interactive fair, which aims to connect organisations doing work that may be of interest to staff …
Promoting Transportation Safety in Adolescence
Summary The application will address the leading cause of death for adolescents, motor vehicle crashes. Evidence is emerging that comprehensive parenting programs and on-road driver assessment and feedback can optimize the learner’s permit period and possibly reduce crashes. The current best-practice policy approach to teen driver MVC prevention are state-level …
A Report on key outcomes following the implementation of 20mph speed limits in the City of Edinburgh
REPORT: A Report on key outcomes following the implementation of 20mph speed limits in the City of Edinburgh Dr. Glenna Nightingale and Professor Ruth Jepson on behalf of the NIHR 20mph evaluation project team October 28th , 2019 This report is prepared by the “Is twenty plenty for health?” project …
October bulletin 2019
Catch up on all our latest news in our October bulletin Featuring Episode 2 in our Brown Bag series Project updates – including an interview on twitter with SCPHRPs Ruth Jepson Our new feature ‘Student Spotlight’ – this month we’re chatting to Audrey Buelo And much more… Click on …
Brown Bag Series: Episode 2
Participation levels and media representation of girls & women in physical activity in Scotland Wednesday 13 November 2019 Guest speakers: Audrey Buelo and Jillian Manner Regular physical activity is important for long-term physical and mental health. However, girls and women are consistently identified as less active than boys and men. …
HiSS research methods community
These sessions are open to students and staff across the School of Health in Social Science. They will focus on learning and supporting each other in regards to research methods. The aim is to learn about methods, share ideas of research, and help each other with methodological methods and encourage the …
September Bulletin 2019
Catch up on all our latest news in our September bulletin Featuring Hard to Swallow: who is really influencing what we eat? Eco-friendly and artistic interventions: creating more physically active and healthy lifestyles Challenges and opportunities for intervening with young novice drivers Our Outdoors Click on the link below …
Eco-friendly and artistic interventions: creating more physically active and healthy lifestyles
First of all, thank you for this great opportunity to let us talk about our ‘idea’. I’m Hojat Mohseni, with a Master of Research degree in change management from Iran. I and my colleagues were working on an interdisciplinary research proposal which was basically about using Eco-friendly and artistic interventions …
