Latest Projects
HiSS Winter Fair for Research Policy & Practice 2019 (November 13, 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 and students. Attendees will have […]
Brown Bag Series: Episode 2 (October 30, 2019)
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. The reasons for this are […]
HiSS research methods community (October 22, 2019)
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 sharing of best practice from […]
Recent Projects
Early Years Projects
- Early Years Working Group – Continuity and transition of care event
- Seven Key Investments for Health Equity across the Lifecourse: Scotland versus the rest of the UK
- Continuity and Transition of Care: How Can we take the Evidence to Practice?
- Childhood obesity analysis using the Growing Up in Scotland study
- Adaptation and Piloting of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in Scottish School Enterers
Adolescence and Young Adulthood Projects
- Evaluation of TRE (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) among university students
- School-based stress-reduction skills
- Parenting support for kinship carers looking after teenagers
- Mental Health: Moving Forwards – The Five Year Plan programme
- Life of Breath
Working Age/Adult Life Projects
- Seven Key Investments for Health Equity across the Lifecourse: Scotland versus the rest of the UK
- Open Space on Health Inequalities in Scotland (Report)
- Creating Better Health & Wellbeing – Final Report & Video
- Self-Management and Social Prescribing Advisory Group (NHS Scotland / Scottish Government)
- Inequalities in risk marker acquisition in the Scottish population
Later Life Projects
Other Projects
- The Community Alcohol Campaign
- Seven Key Investments for Health Equity across the Lifecourse: Scotland versus the rest of the UK
- Calling all obesity researchers: Scottish Landscape Obesity Review
- Farr Institute @ Scotland/Natural Experiments
- Training materials on developing public health interventions