Welcome to our SCPHRP monthly update – September Bulletin 2017 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Welcome to our new PhD students Mary Allison is co-supervised by Ailsa Niven (PAHRC) and SCPHRPs Ruth Jepson and will be undertaking a PhD on Workplace Step Count Challenges. Mary’s on twitter @MaryWestview Gosaye Fida is co-supervised by Ruth …
SCPHRP at Children in Scotland’s Networking Event (September 19, 2017) SCPHRP’s Hannah Biggs and Alexandra Blair attended Children in Scotland’s (CIS) Networking Event on September 19, 2017 at Dovecot Studios (Edinburgh). Over the course of the evening, CIS unveiled their new branding and premiered a short film outlining their vision. …
SCPHRP is going for the Autumn Step Count challenge for the first time! The Step Count Challenge aims to get people more active through walking more in our day-to-day lives. We’ll give an update once we get going! Exercise & Physical Activity Research has shown that exercise not only provides a …
Introduction to Closer: Longitudinal resources for teaching & research **PLEASE NOTE THE DATE HAS NOW CHANGED FROM 10 OCTOBER TO 9 OCTOBER at Practice Suite (1.15), 1st Floor, Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD. This workshop will introduce delegates to CLOSER’s range of longitudinal resources and …
What we did: Spending time in Forest Schools may have an influence the health of teenagers and how they feel. This study aimed to find out girls experiences of the Nature Unlimited programme. The primary researcher (Jillian Manner) interviewed Forest School participants this past fall in order to understand their …
IN 2015 SCPHRP members Ruth Jepson, Michelle Estrade, Stephen Malden and Daryll Archibald carried out a landscape review of current and ongoing obesity research that has been conducted on Scottish populations in the last decade, on behalf of NHS Health Scotland. This research was intended to supplement revisions that were …
Welcome to the Summer edition of the SCPHRP magazine, our second edition of 2017 We have had a busy 2017 so far at SCPHRP, we’ve said hello to a whole load of new people and said goodbye to a few. In this edition of the magazine we are sharing updates …
SCPHRPs Audrey Buelo will be attending the European Respiratory Society Conference in Milan from 9 – 12th September, where she will be giving an oral presentation on her research conducted last fall with the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research. The conference is the largest meeting of respiratory professionals in …
Welcome to our SCPHRP monthly update – August Bulletin 2017 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… CONGRATULATIONS! To SCPHRPs Michelle Estrade who has just had a baby boy, Felipe Alfredo Estrade was born precisely on his due date, with a few minutes to spare before midnight – just as organised as Michelle. …
WELCOME TO STAND UP FOR HEALTH The Stand Up for Health intervention has been developed and tested within the Ipsos MORI call centre in Leith. The researchers conducted qualitative focus groups and facilitated a workshop to understand the needs and context of the call centre. Based on the qualitative data, …
