Informing Healthy Public Policy
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
Public health decision makers and the public are exposed to a wide range of research evidence, that can often conflict or be uncertain. The way this evidence is presented, in scientific journals, political debates and in the news, influences how people understand, use, and act on it. We shall explore how information about health is communicated, and what people know and think about issues and policies, to better understand how we can communicate research findings into policy debates.
There has also been much debate in recent years about how research evidence can be made more useful and relevant to decision makers. We shall investigate ways in which we can improve the reliability and usefulness of studies that bring together large quantities of complex evidence.
Decision makers can also face difficulties with the quality of evidence available to them. Even large-scale evaluations of public health interventions are often inconclusive or hard to apply to real-life decisions. The elements of a more ‘fit for purpose’ approach to evaluation are well known, but rarely combined into a coherent package. These include stakeholder involvement, careful priority setting, research designs that can withstand external shocks, best use of routinely collected data, and the reporting of findings in ways that policy-makers and practitioners can readily apply to their own decisions. We will combine these elements into robust approaches to evaluating public health policies and programmes
There has also been much debate in recent years about how research evidence can be made more useful and relevant to decision makers. We shall investigate ways in which we can improve the reliability and usefulness of studies that bring together large quantities of complex evidence.
Decision makers can also face difficulties with the quality of evidence available to them. Even large-scale evaluations of public health interventions are often inconclusive or hard to apply to real-life decisions. The elements of a more ‘fit for purpose’ approach to evaluation are well known, but rarely combined into a coherent package. These include stakeholder involvement, careful priority setting, research designs that can withstand external shocks, best use of routinely collected data, and the reporting of findings in ways that policy-makers and practitioners can readily apply to their own decisions. We will combine these elements into robust approaches to evaluating public health policies and programmes
Technical Summary
Aims and objectives
We seek to understand how new policies and interventions are publicly debated and influenced; how research evidence is best synthesised and presented for use in the policy making process; and what approaches work best for generating high quality, relevant, timely evidence. Our aims are to better understand and influence emerging social and public health debates, to improve the way research evidence is reported, synthesised and then used in the policy-making process, and to apply robust approaches to evaluating policy interventions.
We address these questions through three overlapping workstreams focused on: understanding emerging health debates; understanding policy and using evidence; and evaluating health and social policies. Our aim in the next five years is to combine high quality, translational public health science with an in-depth understanding of the political context of the policy process. In the longer term, our vision is to become a leader in the field of improving the timely translation of scientific knowledge into policies and interventions to improve population health and reduce inequalities.
Research plan and methodology
We have identified a series of guiding questions to address our objectives.
To study how health issues, risks and evidence are understood and presented in major emerging public health and policy debates, we will ask questions such as ‘How can we better examine emerging public health debates by combining research on actors, processes and contexts?’
To improve the reporting, synthesis and translation of public health evidence into policy and practice, we will ask questions such as ‘How can we best combine high quality, translational public health science with an in-depth understanding of the democratic and political nature of policy-making?’ and ‘How can we improve the synthesis of the complex, heterogeneous evidence typical of population health intervention research?’
To identify, develop and apply robust approaches to evaluating major policy interventions and strategies, we will ask questions such as ‘What methods work best in the evaluation of complex policy interventions’ and ‘Are there novel approaches to evaluation in disciplines such as political science and economics that can be applied to public health evaluations?
We seek to understand how new policies and interventions are publicly debated and influenced; how research evidence is best synthesised and presented for use in the policy making process; and what approaches work best for generating high quality, relevant, timely evidence. Our aims are to better understand and influence emerging social and public health debates, to improve the way research evidence is reported, synthesised and then used in the policy-making process, and to apply robust approaches to evaluating policy interventions.
We address these questions through three overlapping workstreams focused on: understanding emerging health debates; understanding policy and using evidence; and evaluating health and social policies. Our aim in the next five years is to combine high quality, translational public health science with an in-depth understanding of the political context of the policy process. In the longer term, our vision is to become a leader in the field of improving the timely translation of scientific knowledge into policies and interventions to improve population health and reduce inequalities.
Research plan and methodology
We have identified a series of guiding questions to address our objectives.
To study how health issues, risks and evidence are understood and presented in major emerging public health and policy debates, we will ask questions such as ‘How can we better examine emerging public health debates by combining research on actors, processes and contexts?’
To improve the reporting, synthesis and translation of public health evidence into policy and practice, we will ask questions such as ‘How can we best combine high quality, translational public health science with an in-depth understanding of the democratic and political nature of policy-making?’ and ‘How can we improve the synthesis of the complex, heterogeneous evidence typical of population health intervention research?’
To identify, develop and apply robust approaches to evaluating major policy interventions and strategies, we will ask questions such as ‘What methods work best in the evaluation of complex policy interventions’ and ‘Are there novel approaches to evaluation in disciplines such as political science and economics that can be applied to public health evaluations?
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of California (Collaboration)
- McGill University (Collaboration)
- University of Calgary (Collaboration)
- Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Collaboration)
- Karolinska Institute (Collaboration)
- City University of New York (CUNY) (Collaboration)
- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- The Cochrane Collaboration (Collaboration)
- University of Melbourne (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Bugando Medical Centre (Collaboration)
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Collaboration)
- Bielefeld University (Collaboration)
- University of Bremen (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- AnDigestion (Collaboration)
- University of Stirling (Collaboration)
- Monash University (Collaboration)
- Sense about Science (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Peter Craig (Principal Investigator) | |
Shona Hilton (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Akl EA
(2017)
GRADE equity guidelines 2: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: equity extension of the guideline development checklist.
in Journal of clinical epidemiology
Aldridge RW
(2018)
Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
in Lancet (London, England)
Anyanwu PE
(2020)
Impact of UK Tobacco Control Policies on Inequalities in Youth Smoking Uptake: A Natural Experiment Study.
in Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Baddour L
(2019)
Fluoroquinolone use and associated adverse drug events in England
in Journal of Infection
Bain J
(2017)
Vulnerable children, stigmatised smokers: The social construction of target audiences in media debates on policies regulating smoking in vehicles.
in Health (London, England : 1997)
Baxter AJ
(2021)
How effective was England's teenage pregnancy strategy? A comparative analysis of high-income countries.
in Social science & medicine (1982)
Baxter AJ
(2019)
Effects of Housing First approaches on health and well-being of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
in Journal of epidemiology and community health
Beaton M
(2015)
Evaluability assessment of free school meals
Boon MH
(2021)
The effect direction plot revisited: Application of the 2019 Cochrane Handbook guidance on alternative synthesis methods.
in Research synthesis methods
Bouttell J
(2018)
Synthetic control methodology as a tool for evaluating population-level health interventions.
in Journal of epidemiology and community health
Boydell N
(2015)
P189 " giving something back to the gay community by taking part": gay and bisexual men's understandings of participation in behavioural research
in Sexually Transmitted Infections
Boydell N
(2015)
Understandings of Participation in Behavioural Research: A Qualitative Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Scotland.
in PloS one
Brunner R
(2019)
Evaluability assessment: An application in a complex community improvement setting.
in Evaluation (London, England : 1995)
Buckton CH
(2018)
The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate.
in PloS one
Related Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
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MC_UU_12017/10 | 31/03/2015 | 29/03/2020 | £2,234,000 | ||
MC_UU_12017/11 | Transfer | MC_UU_12017/10 | 31/03/2015 | 29/03/2020 | £2,887,000 |
MC_UU_12017/12 | Transfer | MC_UU_12017/11 | 31/03/2015 | 29/03/2020 | £2,689,000 |
MC_UU_12017/13 | Transfer | MC_UU_12017/12 | 31/03/2015 | 29/03/2020 | £3,788,000 |
MC_UU_12017/14 | Transfer | MC_UU_12017/13 | 31/03/2015 | 29/03/2020 | £2,489,000 |
MC_UU_12017/15 | Transfer | MC_UU_12017/14 | 31/03/2015 | 30/03/2020 | £4,441,000 |
Title | Health in the City |
Description | board game |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2011 |
Impact | raise awareness |
Title | Impact in 60 seconds video-Hilllary Collins |
Description | Film produced to enter University of Glasgow's "Impact in 60 Seconds" competition. Film is a 60 second long animation, which explains PhD project work and initial findings. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Film was finalist in competition and shown to public audience at Glasgow Film Theatre in September 2019. Film has been posted to Researcher Development University of Glasgow YouTube channel, and my own Twitter account, where it has been viewed 441 times. |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykrCiBZXXk&list=PLZkhW2q1EWPyx2s2N_PgkXOglLObXdN75&index=9 |
Title | Interactive web-based tool (CP 2016) |
Description | Interactive web-based tool designed to assist people who do not have scientific background in understanding and appraising health research. Soft-launched on 1/12/2015. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | "Increased confidence and ability in the critical appraisal of health evidence within the public and professional evidence-users from non-scientific backgrounds." |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org/ |
Title | Obesity pod |
Description | An exhibition created for the public to assess increasing levels of obesity |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2012 |
Impact | public awareness |
Title | Production of pack of cards to explore ideal support design |
Description | Visual prompts are often used as part of coproduction approaches and where one of the research questions sought to explore participants ideas on support gaps it made sense to provide a set of visual prompt cards to help break the question down. Rebecca Phipps designed a pack of 30 cards; the content of which was informed by a review of existing support services. Each card featured an image on the front, and a few words on the reverse side. Content is purposely ambiguous in order to allow participants the freedom to assign their own meanings and use them how they wish. |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Impact | The tool has had a positive impact on the richness of collected data. |
Title | Science in the Dock pod |
Description | To help people assess research evidence |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2009 |
Impact | public awareness |
Description | Advisor to Anthony Nolan on the creation of resource for young people |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Advisor to Royal Society for Public Health for a policy paper on the effects of social media on young people's health and wellbeing |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Advisory role in evaluating impact of Scottish Government's current antimicrobial resistance awareness campaign. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Appointed member of Cross Whitehall Trials Advisory Panel 2015 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-trial-advice-panel-role-and-membership |
Description | Attendance at Cross Whitehall Trials Advice Panel workshop |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Attendance at Scottish Government Cross Party Group on Tobacco or Health (HW) |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Impact on political debate; awareness raised among policymakers of tobacco as a public health issue; committee wrote a report |
Description | Attending advisory meeting on new rough sleeping data system for Scotland commissioned by Scottish Government |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Chairmanship of MUP Consumption and Harm Evaluation Advisory Group |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Chartered Institute of Housing invited plenary |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Citation in a systematic review |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621000496#sec5 |
Guideline Title | Managing the supportive care needs of those affected by COVID-19 |
Description | Citation in clinical guidelines |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical guidelines |
Impact | The output (ERS chronic cough guidelines, 2020) is cited in the guideline "Managing the supportive care needs of those affected by COVID-19" to support recommendations on the treatment of cough in COVID-19 patients. |
URL | https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/55/4/2000815.short |
Description | Citation in report by Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7611... |
Description | Citation in report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland and accompanying expert review |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Description | Citation in systematic review |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Description | Co-developed a half-day workshop focused on Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange for MSc and PhD students |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Co-developed a half-day workshop focused on Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange for MSc and PhD students |
Description | Co-developed a half-day workshop focused on critical appraisal for PhD students |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | n/a |
Description | Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Consultation on E-cigarettes: health claims and public health advertisements |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Consultation: Food and soft drink advertising to children. Introducing new restrictions on the advertising of food and soft drink products to children |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.asa.org.uk/asset/98337008-FA03-481B-92392CB3487720A8/ |
Description | Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) consulation "E-cigarettes: health claims and public health advertisements" |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | A consultation response was submitted to the consultation "E-cigarettes: health claims and public health advertisements" on 16th October 2017. This provided policy makers with evidence on which to base development of future policies. |
URL | http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/university-files/reports/MRC%20CSO%20Social%20and%20Public%20Health%20Sci... |
Description | Commonwealth Civil Society Policy Forum 2022 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Conributed to Royal Society for Public Health #StatusofMind report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/campaigns/status-of-mind.html |
Description | Consultation event on 'Public Health Reform - Commission for Leadership for Public Health Research, Innovation and Applied Evidence' |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Consultation response to Scottish Conservative Healthy Lifestyle Strategy: Setting out a long term alternative strategy for Health, Wellbeing and Sport |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Consultation response to Scottish Government All Together Now strategy document (Kathryn Skivington) |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Services/Alcohol/Strategy |
Description | Consultation submission to Department of Health consultation on nicotine containing products (HW) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Development of English and Welsh policy on e-cigarettes |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nicotine-inhaling-products-introducing-a-minimum-age-of-... |
Description | Consultation submission to Department of Health's consultation on the implementation of the European Tobacco Products Directive (HW) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Development of national policy on e-cigarettes |
URL | http://www.acs.org.uk/download/department-of-health-consultation-on-implementation-of-the-revised-to... |
Description | Consultation submission to Scottish Consultation on Electronic Cigarettes and Strengthening Tobacco Control in Scotland (HW) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Scottish policy on e-cigarettes was developed |
URL | http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/10/5471 |
Description | Contribution to consultation: Evidence-based Early Years Intervention Inquiry: Written evidence submitted by MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Digital Health and Social Care Institute diabetes project 2015 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Disability work and health consultation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthscience... |
Description | E-cigarettes inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee: Science and Technology Committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | A consultation response was submitted on 8th December 2017. This provided policy makers with evidence on which to base development of future policies. |
URL | http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/university-files/reports/MRC%20CSO%20Social%20and%20Public%20Health%20Sci... |
Guideline Title | Effectiveness matters: housing improvement and home safety |
Description | Effectiveness matters (HT) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical guidelines |
URL | http://www.york.ac.uk/crd/publications/effectiveness-matters/housing-home-safety/ |
Description | Evaluation Advisory Group for the Scottish Government Community Link Worker Programme |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Evidence Submission to the Science and Technology Committee's Science Communication Inquiry |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Evidence submission to HoC Work & Pensions Committee Inquiry on Closing the disability employment gap |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Evidence submission to HoC Work & Pensions Committee Inquiry on Closing the disability employment gap; cited and quoted in W+P Comm report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Description | Evidence submission to HoC Work & Pensions Committee Inquiry on In-work conditionality; cited and quoted our evidence on reporting of DWP trials in W+P Comm report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | n/a |
Description | Evidence submission to HoC Work & Pensions Committee Inquiry on In-work conditionality; govt response to report acknowledged need for more information on DWP trials and pledged to create website with trial information. Website created Sept 2016 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | n/a |
Description | Evidence submission to HoL Inquiry |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Evidence submission to Scottish Government Consultation on Social Security in Scotland |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Evidence submission to Work and Pensions Select Committee Benefit Sanctions inquiry |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Cited twice in Work and Pensions Committee report on Benefits Sanctions. One citation referred to evidence that sanctions lead to entry into low quality employment, and the other to the DWP's failure to conduct an appropriate evaluation of the impacts of sanctions. Along with evidence submitted by ourselves and many others to this and other W+P inquiries, has arguably led to a shift in attitudes towards welfare reform among many MPs, and the potential for changes in policy around sanctions. |
URL | http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/university-files/reports/MRC-CSO%20SPHSU%20response%20to%20Work%20and%20P... |
Description | Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) |
Geographic Reach | North America |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | Will feed immediately into quarantine response to covid19 pandemic |
Description | Family Nurse Partnership: evaluation and research advsory group |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | First Project Advisory Board Meeting - CRUK-funded research project on commercial sector engagement in Scottish e-cigarette policy |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | HIA commissioned by Scottish Government on Affordable housing supply- invited expert input |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on Science communication and engagement |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmsctech/162/162.pdf |
Description | IEA input on multiple benefits of energy efficiency (HT) 2015 |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | http://www.iea.org/topics/energyefficiency/energyefficiencyiea/multiplebenefitsofenergyefficiency/ |
Description | Industry Response to Marketing Restrictions Steering Group Member (Lauren White) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Informing Investment to reduce health Inequalities (Triple I): Project Advisory Group |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | The Triple I model enables decision-makers to estimate the impact on inequalities in life expectancy of alternative investments in public health policies. |
URL | http://www.scotpho.org.uk/comparative-health/health-inequalities-tools/informing-investment-to-reduc... |
Description | Invited advisory group member for Public Health Evidence South Asia systematic review |
Geographic Reach | Asia |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Invited advisory group member of DoH Reviews facility at EPPI centre UCL |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Invited attendance at DWP Areas of Research interest event |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Invited member (virtual steering group) for the 2013 UK Tobacco Control Strategy, contributor to the report 'Tobacco control policy in Scotland: A qualitative study of expert views on successes, challenges and future actions' published in 2017 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Report has been produced by Public Health Evidence Network (PHEN) and Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP), both have had a lot of media interest following publication of the report. |
URL | http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/1627/tobacco-control-policy-in-scotland-a-qualitative-study.pdf |
Description | Invited member of the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group 'Improving Scotland's Health: 2021 and Beyond', representing MRC/CSO SPHSU and IHW, University of Glasgow |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Invited participant at workshop with Scottish Government officials to discuss evaluation of devolved social security benefits |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Invited to take part in further planning meeting. |
Description | Invited presentation to Cochrane Co-ordinating Editor board |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Joint meeting with WHO and Cochrane Nutrition Field |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Lone parent review policy brief |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Policy brief synthesisng and contextualising findings of 2 systematic reviews circulated to 100+ politicians and stakeholders. Church of Scotland considering using findings to inform their training strategy for disadvantaged groups. |
URL | http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/154200 |
Description | Member, Cross-Whitehall Trials Advisory Panel |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Provided advice on evaluation methodology that has influenced the design of evaluation studies commissioned by central government departments. |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-trial-advice-panel-role-and-membership |
Description | Member, SPICe Social Security Committee Expert Network |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | NHMRC natural experiment seminar (HT) 2015 |
Geographic Reach | Australia |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | NICE- Evidence Synthesis Network Invited GRADE workshop |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | PHE housingevidence guidance (HT) 2015 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | http://www.hact.org.uk/standards-evidence-housing |
Description | Paper entitled: How did policy actors use mass media to influence the Scottish alcohol minimum unit pricing debate? Comparative analysis of newspapers, evidence submissions and interviews. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/handbook-of-public-policy-agenda-setting |
Description | Paper entitled: Tobacco, alcohol, and processed food industries: why do public health practitioners view them so differently? |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322666230_Public_health_and_the_food_and_drinks_industry_Th... |
Description | Paper entitled: Who thinks what about e-cigarette regulation? A content analysis of UK newspapers. |
Geographic Reach | North America |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Description | Paper entitled: Why media representations of corporations matter for public health policy: A scoping review. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Contributes to a growing body of evidence on e-cigarette regulation. |
URL | http://www.ias.org.uk/Blog/The-power-of-the-media-in-shaping-perceptions-of-alcohol-issues.aspx |
Description | Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology- invited consultant for briefing paper on housing |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Participation in Scottish Government's Reducing Health Harms of Foods High in Fat, Sugar and Salt Consultation (Lauren White) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Not known |
URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/reducing-health-harms-foods-high-fat-sugar-salt/ |
Description | Participation in advisory group |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Membership of advisory group for Hard Edges Scotland project, which aims to quantify the extent of experiences such as homelessness, offending, substance use, mental health problems, and domestic abuse in the Scottish population, and their overlap. This is likely to influence policy in these areas, as well as practice within the NHS. Final report to be released later in 2019. |
Description | Presentation at Tobacco Free Futures and Greater Manchester PHE e-cigarette workshop (HW) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Health professionals (e.g. smoking cessation service staff) and practitioners were trained on e-cigarettes, their harms, benefits and regulation |
Description | Providing research and clinical input into the drug deaths task force MAT subgroup |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Provision of briefing on housing and health to MSP's researcher |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Description | Provision of briefing on housing and health to MSP's researcher |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | This activity involved submission of two briefings to an MSP's researcher for the Scottish Greens currently working on developing a strategy for housing in Scotland. These briefings covered general housing and health issues, and a summary of recent unpublished research in the Unit on Housing First. It is too early to tell whether this engagement has had impact on policy or practice. |
Description | ROBINS Controlled Before & After working group (invited member) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Response to Proposed Restricted Roads (20mph Limit) (Scotland) Bill - Consultation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/university-files/reports/MRC%20CSO%20Social%20and%20Public%20Health%20Sci... |
Description | Response to Scottish Government Consultation A Healthier Future - Action and Ambitions on Diet, Activity and Healthy Weight |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Response to Scottish Government Consultation on the Socio-Economic Duty |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/university-files/reports/MRC%20CSO%20Social%20and%20Public%20Health%20Sci... |
Description | Right Here Right Now findings on discrimination cited in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde staff briefing 2015 |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Right Here Right Now responses submitted to Scottish Parliament call for evidence on Work, Wages and Wellbeing in the Scottish Labour Market. 2015 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | SWiM network, webinars, website & discussion list |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.l6890/article-info |
Description | ScotPHN invited expert input housing and health project |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Submission to Scottish Parliament Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee Consultation on Restricted Roads (20mph limit) (Scotland) Bill |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | The Inquiry report has not yet been published. |
URL | http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/109191.aspx |
Description | Submission to Work and Pensions Committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Submission to Work and Pensions Committee In-work Progression Inquiry |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-commit... |
Description | Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | Citations in a number of systematic and other types of review: A mixed methods systematic review of studies examining the relationship between housing and health for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds. Understanding the contextual influences of the health outcomes of residential energy efficiency interventions: realist review. Regeneration and health: a structured, rapid literature review. The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review. The Social Determinants of Refugee Mental Health in the Post-Migration Context: A Critical Review. Scoping review: Social determinants of young children's participation in the United States. The effects of community pharmacy public health interventions on population health and health inequalities: a systematic review of reviews protocol. Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: an umbrella review |
Description | Towards a tobacco end-game for Scotland: a review of progress so far and discussion on next steps - Farr Frontiers meeting. |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Two day workshop with WHO and national decision-makers |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | The workshop brought together health and veterinary experts, researchers and decision makers from 11 countries to develop plans for scaling up rabies prevention programmes in Bangladesh, Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania. |
URL | https://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/news/visionary-plans-to-scale-up-rabies-control/en/ |
Description | Universal Basic Income: A scoping review of evidence on impacts and study characteristics |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | Findings of basic income scoping review of UBI study design influenced decison re: research to be commissioned by Scottish Basic income Steering Group during the feasibilty stage of their work. The findings are being used by the group to populate a theory of change for the planned pilot study, and they have also decided not to commission further research on the behavioural impacts of basic income, as the review provides a comprehensive synthesis of the existing evidence. |
URL | http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/publications/universal-basic-income-scoping-review-of-evidence-on-imp... |
Description | Use & citation of effect direction plot (HT) 2015 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | Improved educational and skill level of workforce |
Description | WHO Nutritional Guidelines Group meeting |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | WHO/UN HABITAT report on urban health (HT) 2015 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | Effective solutions to societal problems. WHO & UN HABITAT second global report on urban health. |
Description | Work and Pensions Committee inquiry on in-work progression MG 2016 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
Description | Written evidence submitted by the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow to the HoC Work and Pensions Committee inquiry on in-work progression. MG 2016 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/work-and-pensions-c... |
Description | Written submission to Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Consultation: food and soft drink advertising to children. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Impact | There has been regulatory change to further protect children from food and drink advertising online as result of the consultation. The Unit work was cited in the CAP response as an example of new evidence in this area. |
Description | Written submission to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee inquiry on Science communication on how Government, scientists, the media and others encourage and facilitate public awareness of - and engagement in - science" |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | A systematic review of mass media interventions |
Amount | £225,100 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | AMR in a Global Context Development Award - Supporting the National Action Plan on AMR in Tanzania (SNAP-AMR) |
Amount | £98,445 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/R015066/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Description | Adaptation of evidence-informed complex population health interventions for implementation and/or re-evaluation in new contexts: New guidance |
Amount | £320,261 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/R013357/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2018 |
End | 08/2021 |
Description | Advancing cancer prevention pricing interventions across the UK and US: Optimising message framing |
Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | A25644 |
Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 09/2018 |
Description | An exploration of the media representation of cancer and its impact on older adults' understanding of cancer risk and help-seeking behaviour |
Amount | £98,382 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 18606 |
Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | Chief Scientist Office Research Grant: A systems approach to exploring syndemic health and social condition clustering among individuals who experience a drug-related death: developmental work for co-produced intervention(s). |
Amount | £344,130 (GBP) |
Funding ID | HIPS/19/32 |
Organisation | Chief Scientist Office |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 07/2022 |
Description | Clinical Studies |
Amount | £202,753 (GBP) |
Funding ID | Arthritis Research UK - Clinical Studies Application 21395 |
Organisation | Versus Arthritis |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 12/2018 |
Description | Commercial sector engagement in emerging policy debates on e-cigarettes (HW) |
Amount | £82,257 (GBP) |
Funding ID | C54625/A20494 |
Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2015 |
End | 09/2017 |
Description | Complex Reviews Support Unit |
Amount | £1,396,466 (GBP) |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2015 |
End | 06/2020 |
Description | Developing a participatory approach for exploring young people's perspectives on health inequalities |
Amount | £236,649 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/S001913/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2019 |
End | 11/2022 |
Description | ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative |
Amount | £103,233 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/P010326/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | Early Career Mobility Principal's Fund Award |
Amount | £1,725 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2015 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | Evaluability Assessment of Realistic Medicine |
Amount | £9,949 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (SGHSC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 04/2019 |
Description | FORTE: (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare): Programme grants for research on ageing, demogarphy and health (SEK 268000; 2017-2020) |
Amount | 9,000,000 kr (SEK) |
Organisation | FORTE: (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | Sweden |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | Food security review (HT) |
Amount | $72,900 (CAD) |
Organisation | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | Canada |
Start | 01/2015 |
End | 07/2016 |
Description | Funding Scheme: International Partnership Development Fund; Project Name: Partnership between the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit and the Institute of Health and Social Policy at McGill University, Canada |
Amount | £4,363 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2017 |
End | 09/2017 |
Description | Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund; Maximising the impact of the Understanding Health Research tool |
Amount | £11,392 (GBP) |
Funding ID | GKE126 |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | Impact Acceleration Account: Empowering stakeholders in Early Learning in Childcare to evaluate and implement outdoor childcare (Anne Martin) |
Amount | £14,700 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/T501918/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | Improving the Conduct & reporting Of Narrative Synthesis of QUANTitative data (ICONS-Quant) |
Amount | £169,930 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Cochrane Collaboration |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | Global |
Start | 04/2017 |
End | 05/2019 |
Description | Informing Healthy Public Policy |
Amount | £2,981,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MC_UU_12017/15 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | International Partnership Development Fund |
Amount | £1,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2016 |
End | 11/2016 |
Description | LMIC Transport Cochrane review (HT) |
Amount | £6,317 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Department for International Development (DfID) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2015 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | MRC Methodology Research Panel |
Amount | £246,955 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/N015843/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2016 |
End | 04/2018 |
Description | MRC Methodology Research Panel |
Amount | £316,368 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/R013357/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2018 |
End | 05/2020 |
Description | MUP N-of-1 Study |
Amount | £6,350 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 2017 SG/1081 |
Organisation | Alcohol Research UK |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 10/2018 |
Description | MVLS College PhD Studentship |
Amount | £82,915 (GBP) |
Funding ID | Application Ref: 00395520 |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 02/2021 |
Description | NCRM Bursary for training |
Amount | £750 (GBP) |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2019 |
End | 02/2019 |
Description | NIHR Evaluating possible intended and unintended consequences of the implementation of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in Scotland: a natural experiment |
Amount | £1,136,613 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 11/3005/40 |
Organisation | Public Heath Research (PHR) Progrmame |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | NIHR Public Health Research Programme |
Amount | £853,046 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 15/55/44 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2016 |
End | 08/2019 |
Description | NIHR Public Health Research Programme |
Amount | £432,389 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 13/164/10 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2015 |
End | 11/2017 |
Description | National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research 2016 - Groups |
Amount | £1,999,754 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 16/137/99 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2017 |
End | 05/2020 |
Description | Of Fish and Men: Public Health Risks Posed by Group B Streptococcus in Aquaculture |
Amount | £24,280 (GBP) |
Funding ID | GCRFNG\100205 |
Organisation | Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 02/2019 |
Description | Participatory budgeting: scoping review of evaluations and outcomes |
Amount | £12,208 (GBP) |
Organisation | What Works Scotland |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 03/2017 |
Description | Postdoctoral Development Fund for visit to Suddansk University Esbjerg, Denmark (HW) |
Amount | £500 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2015 |
End | 02/2016 |
Description | Principal's Early Career Mobility Fund |
Amount | £1,725 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | Principal's Early Career Mobility Fund; Visiting Scholarship to the Institute of Health and Social Policy at McGill University, Canada |
Amount | £1,725 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 05/2016 |
Description | Principals Early Career Mobility Scheme |
Amount | £3,415 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2017 |
End | 05/2018 |
Description | Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team: PHIRST Fusion |
Amount | £2,611,291 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NIHR131566 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2020 |
End | 08/2025 |
Description | Qualitative Study: How has the industry responded to restrictions on marketing of discretionary or unhealthy commodities? |
Amount | £27,419 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 2019/20 RE004 |
Organisation | NHS Health Scotland |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | RSE Systematic Review of interventions to improve mental health of adolescents |
Amount | £42,923 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | SPEEDIER - Surveillance integrating Phylogenetics and Epidemiology for Elimination of Disease: Evaluation of Rabies Control in the Philippines |
Amount | £404,648 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/R025649/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Social marketing to increase HIV testing for gay and bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Greater Glasgow & Clyde: Proposal development work |
Amount | £31,958 (GBP) |
Funding ID | CGA/17/27 |
Organisation | Chief Scientist Office |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2017 |
End | 05/2018 |
Description | Strategic planning for national scale up of rabies control programmes |
Amount | £37,539 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of Scotland |
Department | Scottish Funding Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | Support to develop and deploy UAV technology for health commodity delivery |
Amount | £195,176 (GBP) |
Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United States |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 08/2017 |
Description | Support to develop and deploy UAV technology for health commodity delivery |
Amount | £195,176 (GBP) |
Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United States |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 08/2017 |
Description | Supporting the National Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance (SNAP-AMR) in Tanzania |
Amount | £3,189,370 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/S004815/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2018 |
End | 04/2023 |
Description | Sustrans: Evaluability Assessment of IBike Communities |
Amount | £6,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Sustrans |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2019 |
End | 08/2019 |
Description | Systematic review of interventions to improve happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood |
Amount | £42,933 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | Systematic review of interventions to improve health, happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood |
Amount | £42,923 (GBP) |
Organisation | Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | Universal basic income: scoping review of evaluations and outcomes |
Amount | £11,800 (GBP) |
Organisation | What Works Scotland |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 08/2017 |
Description | University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund |
Amount | £1,140 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 08/2016 |
Description | Updating the MRC guidance on complex interventions (Laurence Moore) |
Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2017 |
End | 06/2018 |
Title | Course in Developing and Evaluating Social and Public Health Interventions |
Description | A small team from Glasgow University, Danny Wight, Cindy Gray, Andy Baxter and Jo Halliday, delivered a nine day workshop in Moshi, Tanzania, to strengthen East African capacity to develop and evaluate complex interventions. The workshop presented, reviewed and adapted the GU Master's module 'Improving Health and Society' and trained the ten experienced researchers from Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya to further deliver it in their own contexts. The module trains researchers and intervention developers in the Six Steps for Quality Intervention Development (6SQuID) model, an evidence-based approach to the process of developing programmes to improve health and society, and the key principles of evaluation. Participants of the workshop are planning to build this into courses for postgraduate students, research staff, and government and NGO researchers and programmers to promote better development, evaluation and scale-up of effective projects and policies. Additionally, this first trial of the workshop will result in reproducible materials to run similar training sessions for other academics to further develop courses in new international contexts. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | All 10 participants plan to deliver the course to their own colleagues, students or researchers and programmers in NGOs and government organisations. |
URL | https://jech.bmj.com/content/70/5/520 |
Title | SWiM reporting guideline |
Description | reporting guideline to support transparent implementation and reporting of synthesis of complex data when meta-analyiss is not appropriate |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | cited in US Academy report, and invited to provide expert review of "Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Grounding the Field in What Works, Where, Why, And For Whom" for the Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (USA). |
Title | Synthesis Without Meta-Analysis reporting guideline |
Description | Reporting guideline for systematic review authors to support synthesis of intervention effect data when meta-analysis of standardised effect sizes is not possible or appropriate. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Published in BMJ, with over 9000 downloads in first 2 weeks, accompanied by commentary piece and webinars, and establishment of virtual discussion network. |
URL | https://swim.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/ |
Title | TIDieR-PHP: a reporting guideline for population health and policy interventions, explanation and elaboration |
Description | TIDieR-PHP provides clear reporting guidance for population health and policy interventions. Population health and policy interventions are legal, fiscal, structural, organisational, environmental, and policy interventions such as the regulation of unhealthy commodities, health service reorganisation, changes in welfare policy and neighbourhood improvement schemes. The checklist items comprise: the materials used; what processes were involved and how the intervention was planned and delivered; who was involved in the provision of the intervention; the location and scope; planned and unplanned variation; how fidelity was measured; and the extent to which the intervention was delivered as intended. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Use of TIDieR-PHP should help authors of population health and policy intervention studies to provide more complete and consistent reports of the intervention, thereby reducing research waste and supporting replication, evidence synthesis and implementation. |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthscience... |
Title | Aberdeen Birth Cohort |
Description | We are using the Aberdeen Birth Cohort linked to modern health records to study the long-term impact of selective schooling on health. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Our use has lead to initial acceptance of our Registered Report by BMC Medicine |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/birth-cohorts/1950s/?action=subpage |
Title | Additional file 3: of A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the â sugar taxâ debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy |
Description | Network matrix data for the full time period May 2015-Nov 2016. Network data exported from DNA software used in analysis for Figs. 1 and 2. (CSV 285 kb) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_3_of_A_discourse_network_analysis_of_UK... |
Title | Additional file 3: of A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the â sugar taxâ debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy |
Description | Network matrix data for the full time period May 2015-Nov 2016. Network data exported from DNA software used in analysis for Figs. 1 and 2. (CSV 285 kb) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_3_of_A_discourse_network_analysis_of_UK... |
Title | Additional file 4: of A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the â sugar taxâ debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy |
Description | Network matrix data for the time period prior to Jan 2016. Network data exported from DNA software used in analysis for Fig. 3. (CSV 113 kb) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_4_of_A_discourse_network_analysis_of_UK... |
Title | Additional file 4: of A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the â sugar taxâ debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy |
Description | Network matrix data for the time period prior to Jan 2016. Network data exported from DNA software used in analysis for Fig. 3. (CSV 113 kb) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_4_of_A_discourse_network_analysis_of_UK... |
Title | Additional file 5: of A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the â sugar taxâ debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy |
Description | Network matrix data for the time period post Jan 2016. Network data exported from DNA software used in analysis for Fig. 4. (CSV 141 kb) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_5_of_A_discourse_network_analysis_of_UK... |
Title | Additional file 5: of A discourse network analysis of UK newspaper coverage of the â sugar taxâ debate before and after the announcement of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy |
Description | Network matrix data for the time period post Jan 2016. Network data exported from DNA software used in analysis for Fig. 4. (CSV 141 kb) |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/Additional_file_5_of_A_discourse_network_analysis_of_UK... |
Title | Discourse network analysis data for fiscal policy debates ie: Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) and Minimum Unit Price for alcohol (MUP) |
Description | Discourse Network Analyzer (DNA) is a software package developed by Philip Leifeld of the School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. We used this software to create data sets that capture the public discourse in relation to fiscal policies intended to improve population health, as they appeared in the UK media, ie: the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol. These data sets have subsequently been used to create visualisations of the network of stakeholders and coalitions evident in the debates and to draw comparisons between debates. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Use of these data sets to visualise and compare the complex network of stakeholders involved in public debates on fiscal policies designed to improve population health, provides important lessons for policy advocates seeking to gain public and political support for such policies. |
URL | https://github.com/leifeld/dna/releases |
Title | MUP ED data |
Description | This database contains research data collected in Emergency Departments in February 2018, October 2018 and February 2019 for the evaluation of MUP in Scotland. The emergency depts are in Glasgow Royal, Edinburgh Royal, Sheffield Northern General and Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen hospitals. The data include both interviewees and brief detials of non-approached attendees or those where the approach or interview was terminated. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Will test whether the proportion of alcohol-related attendance changes following MUP, and other outcomes around alcohol consumption using difference in difference analysis within a natural experiment design. |
Title | MUP Sexual Health Clinic database |
Description | This is the second database for the evaluation of MUP in Scotland (the other is the Emergency depts interview data). The data are anonymous and come from patietn completed surveys in sexual health clinics. There are three clinics in Scotland and three in England. This supports the natural experiment design. Data cover alcohol consumption, source of alcohol, spend on alcohol, and illegal drug consumption by individually named drugs. Data were collected for 3 week periods in Feb 2018, October 2018 and February 2019. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Will contribute to the evaluation of unintended and intended impacts from the implementation of MUP in Scotland in May 2018. |
Title | Qualitative data parents' and stakeholders' views of online advertising of HFSS products (Lauren Elsie White) |
Description | 8 focus group transcripts and 11 individual interview transcripts |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | PhD thesis |
Title | Supplemental Material2 - Supplemental material for Correcting for non-participation bias in health surveys using record-linkage, synthetic observations and pattern mixture modelling |
Description | Supplemental material, Supplemental Material2 for Correcting for non-participation bias in health surveys using record-linkage, synthetic observations and pattern mixture modelling by Linsay Gray, Emma Gorman, Ian R White, S Vittal Katikireddi, Gerry McCartney, Lisa Rutherford and Alastair H Leyland in Statistical Methods in Medical Research |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://sage.figshare.com/articles/Supplemental_Material2_-_Supplemental_material_for_Correcting_for... |
Title | Supplemental Material2 - Supplemental material for Correcting for non-participation bias in health surveys using record-linkage, synthetic observations and pattern mixture modelling |
Description | Supplemental material, Supplemental Material2 for Correcting for non-participation bias in health surveys using record-linkage, synthetic observations and pattern mixture modelling by Linsay Gray, Emma Gorman, Ian R White, S Vittal Katikireddi, Gerry McCartney, Lisa Rutherford and Alastair H Leyland in Statistical Methods in Medical Research |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | https://sage.figshare.com/articles/Supplemental_Material2_-_Supplemental_material_for_Correcting_for... |
Description | Analysis of the debate around sugar-sweetened beverage tax |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Leading on research design and data collection in consultation with external collaborators. |
Collaborator Contribution | Second-coding data; collaborating on developing research design; attending meetings (Skype and in person); collaborating on conference abstracts. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | BMC |
Organisation | Bugando Medical Centre |
Country | Tanzania, United Republic of |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | We initiated collaboration with Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania. We visited BMC and met with key administrative contacts. We have since set up an MoU with BMC and involved BMC as a partner on an MRC grant application. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Stephen Mshana from Bugando Medical Centre participated in several workshops on AMR, hosted a visit by delegates from the University of Glasgow, facilitated the signing of an MoU and contributed to the writing of a grant proposal that is under consideration by MRC. His team will also contribute Klebsiella isolates to the MRC funded SpARK project, funded as JPI-AMR project and led by Prof. Ed Feil at the University of Bath. |
Impact | This collaboration is multi-disciplinary and involves one or more representatives of the following disciplines: anthropology, epidemiology, genomics, health economics, human geography, mathematics, medical science, microbiology, pharmacology, sociology, veterinary medicine |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Basic Income Scoping Review |
Organisation | Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Marcia Gibson developed concept of basic income scoping review and approached RSA Scotland to pitch. MG wrote proposal and protocol with input from Peter Craig. Candida Fenton conducted searches. MG screened searches, extracted data and is conducting synthesis and writng the report. Peter Craig is co-author and advisor. |
Collaborator Contribution | Jamie Cooke (RSA) provided input to protocol and at development stage. Wendy Hearty (Health Scotland) screened searches, extracted data and is conducting synthesis and contributing to writing the report. |
Impact | Review protocol The impact of Universal Basic Income: A scoping review of evaluations and outcomes\ Marcia Gibson, Wendy Hearty, Peter Craig and Nicholas Watson |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Calgary |
Organisation | University of Calgary |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We approached the partner, engaged in discussions, and invited them to contribute to a grant application. |
Collaborator Contribution | The University of Calgary shared expertise and ideas with us to inform the writing of a grant application, on which a member of their staff is a co-investigator. |
Impact | Interdisciplinary grant application involving one or more representatives of the following disciplines: anthropology, epidemiology, genomics, health economics, human geography, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, pharmacology, sociology, veterinary medicine |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Cochrane Public Health Group |
Organisation | The Cochrane Collaboration |
Country | Global |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Lead reviewer in joint Cochrane/Campbell systematic review Editor member of international group of methods experts |
Collaborator Contribution | Developed useful network within Cochrane public health review group |
Impact | Peer reviewed joint protocol for systematic review (Cochrane Public Health Revewi group and Campbell Social Welfare group) Now editorial member of Public Health Review Group (2011) Steering group member to explore funding options for UK satellite for the group (2013) |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Cochrane Public Health Group |
Organisation | University of Melbourne |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Lead reviewer in joint Cochrane/Campbell systematic review Editor member of international group of methods experts |
Collaborator Contribution | Developed useful network within Cochrane public health review group |
Impact | Peer reviewed joint protocol for systematic review (Cochrane Public Health Revewi group and Campbell Social Welfare group) Now editorial member of Public Health Review Group (2011) Steering group member to explore funding options for UK satellite for the group (2013) |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Cochrane Public Health UK base |
Organisation | University of Melbourne |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-ordinating editor of Cochrane Public Health to establish UK base for same, with joint Co-ordinating Editor based at University of Melbourne- Memorandum of Understanding being negotiated |
Collaborator Contribution | Share responsibilities of Co-ordinating Editor with Melbourne base, provide support to Cochrane Public Health Europe satellite, and to UK based authors and review consumers |
Impact | Memorandum of Understanding being negotiated |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Cochrane systematic review. Welfare to work interventions and their effects on health and well-being of lone parents and their children |
Organisation | Durham University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Wrote project proposal and funding application. Responsible for majority of substantive work on project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Topic and methods expertise. Input into funding application, review protocol and review. |
Impact | Gibson M, Thomson H, Banas K, Bambra C, Fenton C, Bond L. Welfare to work interventions and their effects on health and well-being of lone parents and their children [protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012:Issue 5 Gibson M, Banas K, Thomson H, Bambra C, Bond L, McKee MJ, Lutje V, Fenton C. Welfare to work interventions and their effects on the health and well-being of lone parents and their children. Chief Scientist's Office, Edinburgh, 2011 Gibson M, Banas K, Thomson H, Bambra C, Bond L, McKee M, Lutje V, Fenton C: Welfare to work interventions and their effects on the health and well-being of lone parents and their children [abstract]. In: European Public Health (EUPHA) Conference Public Health and Welfare - Welfare Development and Health November 2011; Copenhagen, Denmark: Published in, European Journal of Public Health 2011; 21 Suppl.1; 2011: A200. |
Start Year | 2009 |
Description | Collaboration with CHESS |
Organisation | Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have contributed expertise in epidemiology and public health policy, including in the development of a joint programme grant application. |
Collaborator Contribution | My partners have hosted me on multiple research visits and provided access to Swedish registry data. |
Impact | Successful FORTE programme grant |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Collaboration with Stirling University to evaluate the Understanding Health Research Tool |
Organisation | University of Stirling |
Department | Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise and intellectual contributions by Chris Patterson, Amy Nimegeer and in the design of this study\ Time and expertise in carrying out the study. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to students and materials, expertise and intellectual contributions towards the design of the study by Tony Robertson and Claire Eades of Stirling University. |
Impact | Design of an MRC/CSO core funded evaluation of the Understanding Health Research Tool |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with the Institute of Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
Organisation | McGill University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | contribution of time in organising and hosting a joint symposium in Montreal on the topic of healthy policy in September 2017 contributions towards a joint publication with IHSP staff including our methodological and subject expertise (media content analysis and childhood obesity) |
Collaborator Contribution | Hosted symposium and reception in Montreal in September 2017\ Funded travel fellowship for Dr Shona Hilton in September 2017\ Contributions towards a joint publication with IHSP staff including subject expertise (public policy) |
Impact | Grant of Ã'£4,363 from the University of Glasgow's International Partnership Development Fund. Jointly hosted two panels at the International Public Policy Conference in Singapore in June 2017 http://www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/icpp-3-singap |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Collaboration with the Karolinska Institutet on International Media Representations of Childhood Obesity |
Organisation | Karolinska Institute |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Expertise and intellectual contributions of Shona Hilton, Chris Patterson and Amy Nimegeer into the design and implementation of a media analysis project |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise and intellectual contributions of Marie Lof, Christina Alexandrou and Jutta van Hooft from the Karolinska Institutet in the design and implementation of a media analysis project |
Impact | This collaboration is multidisciplinary between the obesity specialists at Karolinska Institutet and the media specialists at SPHSU, University of Glasgow. Outputs which are detailed elsewhere include: - Invited seminar presented by Marie Lof at SPHSU in Glasgow - Invited seminar presented by Shona Hilton at Karlolinska Institutet in Stockholm - Published paper doi 10.1002/osp4.150 - Additional joint paper forthcoming on International Comparative analysis of Media Representation of Childhood Obesity in three countries (Sweden, UK and Canada) |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Comparative Media Representations of Childhood Obesity |
Organisation | Karolinska Institute |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-ordinating data collection and analysis across the three countries, collecting data, coding, co-authoring academic papers |
Collaborator Contribution | Coding data, co-authoring academic papers |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Comparative Media Representations of Childhood Obesity |
Organisation | McGill University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-ordinating data collection and analysis across the three countries, collecting data, coding, co-authoring academic papers |
Collaborator Contribution | Coding data, co-authoring academic papers |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Evaluating Alcohol MUP in Ireland |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Statistical expertise, topic expertise, writing data requests and funding applications |
Collaborator Contribution | Liaising with data custodians, writing data requests and fudning applications, analysing data |
Impact | £10k Enabling research award from NI Public Health Agency Research and development directorate |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Global Burden of Disease study |
Organisation | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Providing input on epidemiology and public health for the GBD study, and critically revising manuscripts for publication. |
Collaborator Contribution | Leading the conduct of the GBD study, including collation of epidemiological inputs, conduct of modelling and drafting of papers. |
Impact | GBD data have been harmonised and new estimates produced. Papers are in preparation or under review. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Invited presentation at Wellcome Trust Funded Conference and Workshop: "Analysing the involvement of unhealthy commodity industries in public health policy" |
Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presentation; contribution to discussion on future research in this area |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding secured; organisation of workshop |
Impact | In the process of writing joint journal articles |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Joint E-SRNT workshop: "Preventing tobacco industry interference in health policymaking: challenges, successes, and missed opportunities" HW 2016 |
Organisation | Andigestion |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Presentation and panel discussion |
Collaborator Contribution | Organisation of workshop |
Impact | Publication of workshop on conference website, animated discussion among conference participants about current challenges in terms of tobacco industry interference in health policymaking |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Joint EPH conference workshop: "Corporate portrayals and perceptions in public health debates" and working meeting |
Organisation | Bielefeld University |
Department | School of Public Health |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presentation; contribution to panel discussion |
Collaborator Contribution | Presentation at conference workshop and working meeting; sought co-funding |
Impact | Two media blogs published; one joint article about to be submitted; grant proposal being developed |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Joint EPH conference workshop: "Corporate portrayals and perceptions in public health debates" and working meeting |
Organisation | City University of New York (CUNY) |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presentation; contribution to panel discussion |
Collaborator Contribution | Presentation at conference workshop and working meeting; sought co-funding |
Impact | Two media blogs published; one joint article about to be submitted; grant proposal being developed |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Joint EPH conference workshop: "Corporate portrayals and perceptions in public health debates" and working meeting |
Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presentation; contribution to panel discussion |
Collaborator Contribution | Presentation at conference workshop and working meeting; sought co-funding |
Impact | Two media blogs published; one joint article about to be submitted; grant proposal being developed |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Joint EPH conference workshop: "Corporate portrayals and perceptions in public health debates" and working meeting |
Organisation | University of California |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presentation; contribution to panel discussion |
Collaborator Contribution | Presentation at conference workshop and working meeting; sought co-funding |
Impact | Two media blogs published; one joint article about to be submitted; grant proposal being developed |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Joint EPH conference workshop: "Corporate portrayals and perceptions in public health debates" and working meeting |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Department | Global Public Health Unit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Presentation; contribution to panel discussion |
Collaborator Contribution | Presentation at conference workshop and working meeting; sought co-funding |
Impact | Two media blogs published; one joint article about to be submitted; grant proposal being developed |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Joint EPH conference workshop: "Evaluating Whole of Society Approaches" |
Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited panel member |
Collaborator Contribution | Organisation of workshop |
Impact | Invitation to Workshop on unhealthy commodities industry at LSHTM |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Media representations of the zika virus in Australia |
Organisation | Monash University |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-authoring journal article |
Collaborator Contribution | Leading project, data collection and analysis |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Promotion and dissemination of the 'Understanding Health Research' web tool |
Organisation | Sense about Science |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Attended meetings; drafted and approved written outputs; and developed and delivered workshops. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attending meetings (skype), collaborating on written outputs, convening workshops |
Impact | Media promotion campaign and other media and social media coverage; traffic driven to UHR website; ran two public workshops. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Sugar-sweetened beverage tax media analysis: Collaboration with University of Liverpool |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This collaboration arose due to a shared interest in the media debate surrounding the development of the sugar-sweetened beverage tax policy as part of the UK Government's strategy to deal with the escalating problem of obesity and associated non-communicable diseases. The SPHSU team initiated the concept for the study, led the development of the protocol and methodology, data collection and analysis, visualisation, interpretation and write up of the results. |
Collaborator Contribution | The University of Liverpool team provided intellectual input to the development of the methodology based on their previous experience of conducting a media content analysis on this subject at an earlier time point. They also provided additional resources for the data analysis phase. Simon Capewell provided particularly insight to the policy debate based on his extensive experience as a professor of Public Health. |
Impact | Two articles have been written and submitted to PLOS One for peer review, titles: Paper 1: The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate. Paper 2: How proponents and opponents of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy used the news media to influence the policy debate: a critical discourse analysis. Researchers presented abstracts for both these articles at conferences during 2017: Paper 1: Society Social Medicine - Manchester 6-8 September. Poster presentation by Christina Buckton. Lancet Public Health Science Science - London November 24th. Poster presentation by Christina Buckton Paper 2: Society Social Medicine - Manchester 6-8 September. Oral presentation by Shona Hilton Lancet Public Health Science Science - London November 24th. Poster presentation by Chris Patterson |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Suite of three Cochrane systematic reviews on food taxation: Sugar sweetened beverages, high fat foods and high sugar foods (2016) |
Organisation | University of Bremen |
Department | Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | SVK reviewed and contributed to the development of the draft protocol and search strategy, and CF developed and executed search strategy. |
Collaborator Contribution | Conceived and initiated the review and contributed to all stages of the protocol development and others reviewed the draft protocol. |
Impact | Outputs not yet produced. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | ASH Scotland Policy Platform on e-cigarette regulation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Policy Platform event hosted at ASH Scotland. Presented "Who thinks what about e-cigarette regulation? A content analysis of UK newspapers" to an audience of tobacco control researchers and policymakers, followed by a discussion about the research and its implications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | An introduction to narrative synthesis of quantitative data: a participatory workshop using a worked example from public health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Delivered workshop to promote improved transparency in syntehsis of complex evidence |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Article in Guardian in November covering the publication of a systematic review of morbidity and mortality among people with experience of homelessness, imprisionment, sex work, or drug use (ET and VK) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Vittal Katikireddi and Emily Tweed co-authored an Article in Guardian in November covering the publication of a systematic review of morbidity and mortality among people with experience of homelessness, imprisonment, sex work, or drug use. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/12/uk-poverty-inequality-prisons-sex-workers-drug-users |
Description | Attendance at DWP Areas of Research Interest Workshop organised by Policy Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A workshop convened by Policy Scotland on behalf of the DWP to discuss how university-based researchers in Scotland can address the DWP's areas of research interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Attended public meeting of Citizen's Basic Income Scotland (CBINS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Attended public meeting of Citizen's Basic Income Scotland (CBINS), a charity which exists to advocate for basic income. Engaged with charity volunteers, agreed to maintain contact and share relevant scoping review. Also had lively debate with members of public, disseminated findings of review. A charity volunteer is very keen to pursue a PhD around basic incoem, arranged to chare details of Unit opportunities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthscience... |
Description | Blog on YoungMinds website - social media and long-term health conditions 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog on YoungMinds (UK charity for young people's mental health and wellbeing) website based on GF's PhD research on social media and long-term health conditions, highlighting key findings and implications from paper published in Health Expectations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.youngminds.org.uk/news/blog/3128_young_people_using_social_media_to_help_with_long-lastin... |
Description | Blog post in The Conversation: We're unsure if e-cigarettes are harmful, but it still makes sense to restrict them |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog post was read by 25,000 readers of The Conversation, mainly from the UK and the US. The blog was re-blogged on The Independent website (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/e-cigarettes-is-vaping-safe-and-should-they-be-more-strictly-regulated-a6916631.html) and commented on in the ASH Scotland March 2016 bulletin (http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dc81ab32d4a3f657256b494d7&id=960c9565b8&e=da919009e9). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/were-unsure-if-e-cigarettes-are-harmful-but-it-still-makes-sense-to-rest... |
Description | Blog: Talking public health HW 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Blog on the role of corporations in public health policy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://policyandpoliticsblog.com/category/health-and-well-being/ |
Description | Booth of Confusion |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interactive booth run at Glasgow Science Centre to promote the Understanding Health Research Tool |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org |
Description | Building an Alliance to Tackle Overweight and Obesity in Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.vhscotland.org.uk/erics-blog-building-an-alliance-to-tackle-overweight-and-obesity-in-sco... |
Description | Built environment change blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Laura McDonald created a blog which detailed the background, methodology and findings of the built environment change (BEC) project, while promoting the BEC atlas and interactive mapping tool. The Built Environment Forum (BEF) and the Scottish Policy Research Exchange (SPRE) requested use of the blog on their websites also. The BEF informed us that the blog would feature on their website and in their news bulletin, which goes out to over 600 people working across the built environment sector in Scotland, and that they would promote it via Twitter and LinkedIN. SPRE provides a curated blog of research-based content of interest to the policy community, so allowed publication on their website allowed our blog to reach a wider audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthscience... |
Description | CRUK funded message framing project - Dissemination event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Event title: Changing price, preventing cancer in the UK and US: optimisation of message framing Dissemination event for a project part funded by CRUK, examining the impact of optimising message framing to advance cancer prevention pricing interventions in the UK and US. The project was conducted in collaboration with the MVLS Dental School and other universities in the UK (University College London) and USA (Florida International University, University of North Carolina - Gillings School of Global Public Health and East Carolina University), all of whom were represented at the event which was held in London on 14th November 2019. The event was introduced by policy representatives from CRUK and the keynote was given by Professor Shona Hilton. Almost 30 people attended representing organisations with an interest in public health policy, including NGOs, policy makers, advocates and academics. The event included an interactive discussion with audience members calling on their own experiences of framing cancer prevention pricing interventions. Key outputs included influencing policy makers and advocates thinking on the framing pricing interventions and learning from their experiences. The Scottish Government Head of Public Health Policy Team, Health Protection Division, has requested that we organise a follow up event with her team. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Chair of the Scottish Obesity Alliance Network Event: How COVID-19 has impacted on achieving healthy weight in Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Chair of the Scottish Obesity Alliance Network Event: How COVID-19 has impacted on achieving healthy weight in Scotland. March 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Co-presenter at a workshop at EUPHA Conference, Section of Public Health Policy and Politics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The workshop titled "Alcohol policy reforms in European countries - challenges and solutions" was set up to explore the views on why alcohol policy questions are an important issue when Public Health in Europe. Presentations from academics from Finland, Estonia and Scotland. Further comments heard from French National Association for prevention in Alcohology and Addictology (ANPAA) - Christophe Cutarella and the representative from WHO - Carina Ferreira-Borges. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Cochrane Colloquium presentation of regression discontinuity systematic review |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation at Cochrane Colloquium, an international conference aimed at systematic reviewers and patients/public. The presentation consisted of the results of a PhD chapter and prompted an invitation from the session chair to join a working group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD201801/full |
Description | Cochrane Training Webinar (1): Narrative synthesis of quantitative effect data in Cochrane reviews: current issues and ways forward |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The first of two webinars about improving transparent reporting of synthesis without meta-analysis of effect sizes in systematic reviews. The webinar provides an overview of current use of, and reasons for using, narrative approaches to synthesis. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://training.cochrane.org/narrative-synthesis-quantitative-effect-data-cochrane-reviews-current-... |
Description | Cochrane Training webinar (2): Reporting guideline for synthesis without meta-analysis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The second of two webinars . The webinar introduces the Synthesis Without Meta-analysis (SWiM) reporting guideline accompanied by illustrative examples, to promote best practice in synthesis without meta-analysis in systematic reviews. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://training.cochrane.org/reporting-guidelines-synthesis-without-meta-analysis |
Description | Cross Party Parliamentary Working Group on Basic Income |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | membership of Scottish Cross Party Group on basic income. Purpose: To examine the options for a basic income as a policy for reform of the current social security system in Scotland, including, where appropriate, its potential sources of funding. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Discussion around how my PhD research can inform implementation of the Young People and Pregnancy and Parenthood strategy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Meeting with Scottish government offocials to discuss how research can influence practice in implementing the strategy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Discussion around how my PhD research can shed light on issues around condom use patterns |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting with NHS professional practirioners to discuss how my PhD research can shed light on issues around condom use patterns |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | E-cigarettes and public health: reasons for optimism |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog on E-cigarettes and public health: reasons for optimism |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/235771/ |
Description | ESRC Festival of Science community taster event - basic income |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Stalls at ESRC FoS 'taster' events in Calton and Castlemilk community centres over 2 days. Explained and discussed concept of basic income with members of the public, community staff and volunteers, other researchers with stalls. Members of the public were interested in topic, povided pro/con arguments, and requested leaflets for further info. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://esrc.ukri.org/public-engagement/festival-of-social-science/festival-events/events-in-scotlan... |
Description | End of study knowledge exchange event for the Mass Media for Public Health Messages project |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Approx. 50 practitioners, policy makers and researchers attended event to hear presentations on findings of mass media project. This was followed by discussion sessions. Took part in discussions with practitioners and academic researchers about the implications of the findings of the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Evaluability Assessment of Scotland's Baby Box |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A series of three workshops with policy makers and practitioners to develop recommendations for the design of an evaluation of a national policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
Description | Evaluability assessment of Fair Start Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Three workshops with policy makers and practitioners have been conducted as part of an evaluability assessment of Fair Start Scotland, a new Scottish Government programme of support to help long term benefit recipients return to work. The workshops were used to develop an evaluation plan that will inform the commission of research in 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Event: Right Here Right Now Report Launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Gillian Fergie and Shona Hilton co-hosted the Right Here Right Now final report Launch Event, which included researchers, participants and local and national government and third sector stakeholders. Key findings were presented, and potential impacts and future plans discussed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.gcph.co.uk/publications/645_right_here_right_now_study_final_report |
Description | Evidence for the Future - What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Planning? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | One day event 'Evidence for the Future - What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Planning?' hosted by the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences on 9th June 2016.The event brought together researchers, policy developers and decision makers with an interest in health to look at what is needed for evidence-based policymaking; a forum to exchange ideas, explore health and healthcare challenges ahead and collaborative approaches to address these. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Expert Panel at the Researching Youth and Inequalities in the Digital Age mini-symposium held at the University of Glasgow |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Prof Shona Hilton joined an expert panel for a mini-symposium (Researching Youth and Inequality in the Digital Age) on the 27th July 2018 at the University of Glasgow. This mini-symposium was part of a workshop series aimed to develop research collaboration within Glasgow University and beyond, especially on incorporating data science and network analysis methods to understand young people's lived experiences and inequalities in the "digital age". The mini-symposium offered an opportunity for the workshop participants to present their initial ideas for a funding bid/research project on these themes, along with some pilot data and results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | First Project Advisory Board Meeting - CRUK-funded research project on commercial sector engagement in Scottish e-cigarette policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | First Project Advisory Board Meeting - CRUK-funded research project on commercial sector engagement in Scottish e-cigarette policy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GRADE Public Health Conceptual Paper |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The purpose of this presentation was to secure the agreement of the GRADE Working Group, an international group which leads the global development of methodology for evidence-based guidelines, with an approach to the implementation of GRADE in public health guidelines. The approach will be published as a GRADE Conceptual Paper following a formal approval process. International partners who would like to contribute case studies to the paper now include the CDC, the Public Health Agency of Canada, two Cochrane centres, and the Czech Republic Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/ |
Description | Glasgow herald article on impact of new lone parent employment requirements |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Brokered piece in national newspaper on changes in employment requirements for lone parents, and provided quote |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Group for Research on Inequalities and Tobacco (GRIT) meeting, University of Edinburgh - Theresa Ikegwuonu |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation given by Theresa Ikegwuonu to the group followed up by a discussion among senior academics involved in inequalities and tobacco control research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Guest blog post: Tobacco control: from public to private HW 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Blog post on recent tobacco control developments |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://ijph.blogs.springer.com/current-debate |
Description | Guidelines International Network poster on public health guidelines |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The poster, "Committee Discussions in NICE Public Health Guidelines and the GRADE Evidence to Decision Framework", involved co-authors from NICE and presented findings on the use of evidence to support public health guideline recommendations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Health and the City at the Try Science days, Glasgow Science Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Facilitation of our interactive activity for children and young people entitled "Health and the City", which introduces some of the key concepts of population health and how policy impacts health. The game was played by groups of children aged between 7 and 13, who engaged with the key messages of the activity and were introduced to social science as applied in a health context. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Health in the media: Fact of fiction? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A public debate on the role of the media in understanding health issues. This was a question time style panel discussion with invited guests from the worlds of journalism, academia and public health advocacy. Members of the public were invited to put their questions to the panel and explore a range of opinions on the impact of health issues and related research as reported by the media. Panel members were: Clint Witchalls (Health Editor of The Conversation) Helen Puttick (Health Editor of The Times), Kevin McKenna (former Deputy Editor of the Herald and Executive Editor of the Daily Mail in Scotland), Dr Shona Hilton (Deputy Director of the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit) and Professor Linda Bauld (Professor of Health Policy University of Stirling and Chair of Behavioural Research for Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research UK). The discussion was moderated by Pennie Taylor, a freelance journalist and broadcaster who specialises in health matters. We had interest from 108 people, 93 confirmed and 48 people attended (38% general public and 20% health professionals) as well as the panel member and an additional 7 members of unit staff who were involved in organising and running the event. At the end of the debate 67% of people answered yes to the question "Will this debate change the way you interpret the next health story you read? The question "Health in the news: Fact or fiction?" was asked before and after the event with the following results: Before After Fact: 7% 21% Fiction: 53% 7% Unsure: 40% 72% The event also generated significant positive attention on twitter #HealthInHeadlines There was a specific project code allocated by the MRC for the additional £5k of their funding for this event. Project code is 145920-01. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://event.bookitbee.com/16823/health-in-the-news-fact-or-fiction |
Description | Incorporation of narrative synthesis into 'Summary of findings' tables |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Delivered workshop to assist in production of clear Summary of Findings tables and GRADE ratings in complex reviews |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | International Energy Authority expert input (HT) 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Expert editing and input into IEA report on health and social impacts of improved domestic energy efficiency |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Interview for national news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview for newspaper article - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/child-removal-fuels-female-drug-deaths-jcwdx332c |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/child-removal-fuels-female-drug-deaths-jcwdx332c |
Description | Introduction to Critical Appraisal for Peer Review |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Half-day workshop delivered as part of the IIQM conference in Glasgow, UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Introduction to critical appraisal for peer-review workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Invited meeting to New South Wales Cancer Council, Sydney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss our research - compare UK and Australia contexts. 4 people in meeting and future connection established. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited presentation of PhD at Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited academics and clinicians invited to 45 minute presentation on PhD - questions arose and networks established for future collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited presentation to Children's Hospital in Sydney, Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dietitians and clinicians invited me to present to their Obesity Interest Group - 13 people in attendance and made contact with Professor Linda Bauld. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited speaker at the December 2020 Food Thinkers Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 'The framing of food policies in the media: what next for improving population health in the Covid-19 world?' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psb7RwZzkgs |
Description | Invited speaker at the Seminar held at QMU following Parliament for Researchers event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The invitation to present a seminar at the Queen Margaret University followed from the Parliament for Researchers event held on 2 October at the University of Strathclyde. The invitation offered an opportunity to talk to other researchers and PG students about our work on mapping arguments in public discourse. Potential future collaborations have been discussed, a potential research network bringing colleagues from different disciplines whose work could help in developing a framework for what we call public interest communication in order to support a more systematic investigation into how different forms of communication around an issue (in a policy field) might interact with articulation of where public interest lies in relation to the issue, which is currently being developed by the seminar host, Dr Magda Pieczka, Division of Media, Communication & Performing Arts at the Queen Margaret University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Invited speaker at workshop on Peer Review hosted by Sense About Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Approximately 40 postgraduate students and new researchers attended a workshop with the purpose of improving their skills in peer review. This included presentations, a panel discussion, and group activities. The workshop sparked discussions about the importance and relevance of peer review, and the importance of being systematic in approach. At this workshop Dr Amy Nimegeer was an invited speaker who also took part in the panel discussion. Amy disseminated information to the group about the Understanding Health Research tool and its potential use as an aid in peer reviewing papers in a systematic manner. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://senseaboutscience.org/activities/peer-review-workshop/ |
Description | Invited to join expert network of basic income researchers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Invited to join Basic Income Research Network set up the Compass Basic Income Conversation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Invited to present a seminar on Framing Public Health messaging at NHS Health Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited by Laura Martin, Public Health Intelligence Principal at NHS Health Scotland, to discuss framing public health messaging, which is very relevant to the work NHS Health Scotland involved in on diet and obesity. It was useful to make this connection, share practical findings from our work on building a narrative, which was of relevance to all of the Public Health Intelligence team. They've appreciated having a discussion on how they might apply this to their work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Lancet Public Health Sciences Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presentations based on peer reviewed abstracts for our sugar-sweetened beverage tax media content analysis project at the Lancet Public Health Sciences conference in London, both of which were subsequently published by The Lancet . There was a mixed audience at this conference including public health practitioners as well as academics. Two posters were presented: Paper 1: \The palatability of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: A content analysis of newspaper coverage of the UK sugar debate\" by Christina Buckton\ Paper 2: \"How proponents and opponents of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy used the news media to influence the policy debate: a critical discourse analysis\" by Chris Patterson" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Lecture (jointly delivered with Robert Young, SPHSU) on social community influences on health HW 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lecture (jointly delivered with Robert Young, SPHSU) on social community influences on health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/globalhealth/ |
Description | Lone parent Cochrane review |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press release issued on publication of major Cochrane review, resulting in multiple articles in Scottish, UK and international media. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Looking Forward, Looking back, Evidence into Public Health Action: Learning together for wider NCD prevention. Workshop title |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | There was a key focus on prevention and the regulation of harmful commodities such as alcohol, tobacco, gambling and unhealthy food and drink, emerged from discussions. Recurring themes included whole systems approaches that consider environmental impacts, determinants of health and inequities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | M74: Community engagement workshops |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Held a series of workshops and ran a drop-in booth in public spaces to disseminated findings to community and gather their feedback on findings (inform interpretation of results) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | M74: Stakeholder Dissemination Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Held an interactive dissemination workshop with stakeholders, policymakers and local residents to feed back study results and gather feedback to inform interpretation of results |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MUP N of 1 Study Presentation to Scottish Government Alcohol Harm Prevention Team |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Mark McCann and Dominika Kwasnicka (Melbourne University) presented on the findings of the study to the Scottish Government alcohol harm prevention team, and Public Health Scotland staff. There was a discussion about how the findings relate to other studies in the MUP evaluation portfolio and how the results will feed into the overall reporting on the evaluation of MUP for consideration by the Scottish Parliament. We also made plans made to co-ordinate press releases and online statements give a response to the study findings at the time of their publication. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Media and Health Policy Panel @ IPPA International Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presented a paper for the Media and Health Policy panel at the International Public Policy Association's 3rd International Conference on Public Policy held at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore in June 2017. Mass media play an important role in policy processes by setting the public agenda and framing narratives. Evidence-based theory illustrates how media content influences which topics audiences are attentive to, and how they understand the problems, societal groups and potential solutions associated with those topics. Understanding media content is useful to policy advocates as they seek to both understand public and elite perceptions of issues and to influence debates by engaging with media narratives. My paper, titled \Using media content analysis to understand and influence health policy". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Media article in The Times |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Article in The Times: Call for ban on bus stop ads to protect young |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/call-for-ban-on-bus-stop-ads-to-protect-young-pczssdvxk |
Description | Media coverage - BBC Radio Scotland NewsDrive - social media and long-term health conditions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Radio Interview with GF broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland's NewsDrive programme based on GF's PhD research on social media and long-term health conditions, highlighting key findings and implications from paper published in Health Expectations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.pressdata.co.uk/viewbroadcast.asp?a_id=9393545 |
Description | Media coverage - Herald newspaper - social media and long-term health conditions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with journalist resulting in article published in Herald newspaper (both print and online editions) focused on GF's PhD research on social media and long-term health conditions, highlighting key findings and implications from paper published in Health Expectations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/14134513.Young_people_increasingly_using_social_medias_t... |
Description | Media coverage - Irish Times newspaper - social media and long-term health conditions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with journalist resulting in article published in Irish Times newspaper (both print and online editions) focused on GF's PhD research on social media and long-term health conditions, highlighting key findings and implications from paper published in Health Expectations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/many-young-get-health-advice-from-social-media-study-1.2460484 |
Description | Media coverage and quote related to research into media representations of gender and single-episodic drinking |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Chris Patterson was quoted in a Guardian column, commenting on Policy programme core-funded research on gendered UK media representations of single-episodic drinking. At the time of this submission, the column has been shared 28,827 times on Facebook. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/22/malia-obama-rose-shaming-is-the-latest-in-drin... |
Description | Media coverage of paper on media representions of women's and men's binge drinking. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | "Media covergae of BMJ Open paper about media representations of women's and men's binge drinking, including: - live radio interviews with Chris Patterson on BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, BBC London and Clyde1 (the Clyde1 interview was also syndicated to on other local radio stations) - Recorded TV interview with Chris Patterson on Reporting Scotland (BBC One Scotland). - Further TV coverage on Good Morning Britain (STV) - UK and international newspaper and online news coverage including: BBC News online; Guardian, Scotsman, Herald, Metro, The Sun and Newsweek. - Blog post authored by Carol Emslie, Chris Patterson and Shona Hilton on The Conversation (also syndicated in The independent)" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Media interview on Scottish Obesity Alliance Manifesto and what lies ahead for Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Media interview conducted by Henry Anderson of healthandcare.scot on Scottish Obesity Alliance Manifesto and what lies ahead for Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://healthandcare.scot/default.asp?page=story&story=2502 |
Description | Media promotion for Understanding Health Research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Media promotion campaign for the launch of understandinghealthresearch.org, including: BBC Scotland radio interview; blog posts on The Conversations, Which? Conversation and the Guardian Science Blog; news items in BMJ, UK and international news outlets and numerous health charity websites; link added to NHS Behind the Headlines website; high-profile Twitter discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org |
Description | Media stories about cancer |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shona Hilton co-hosted a Stakeholder Engagement Workshop "Media stories about cancer" with Sara MacDonald on CRUK funded grant to get views on new cancer campaigns on 2 March 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Membership of Cross-Whitehall Trials Advice panel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Provision of methodological advice to a number of Government Departments, including the Home Office, Department for Transport and Department for Work and Pensions, on the design of evaluation studies. None yet - panel only just set up |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018 |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-trial-advice-panel-role-and-membership |
Description | Natural experiments to support evidence informed public health NHMRC (HT) 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited talk to National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | News item on HealthCanal website - social media and long-term health conditions 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | News item on HealthCanal website based on GF's PhD research on social media and long-term health conditions, highlighting key findings and implications from paper published in Health Expectations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.healthcanal.com/public-health-safety/69241-young-people-turn-to-social-media-for-advice-o... |
Description | News item on Patient Information Forum website - social media and long-term health conditions 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | News item on UK Patient Information Forum website based on GF's PhD research on social media and long-term health conditions, highlighting key findings and implications from paper published in Health Expectations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.pifonline.org.uk/how-do-young-people-navigate-online-information-and-social-media-in-heal... |
Description | PPE discussion on baby box |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Conducted PPE to inform PhD study on Baby Box scheme. Met with mothers in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Paper presentation 'Parental perceptions of childhood immunisation in the context of the MMR controversy' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 20 to 40 academics attended presentation at BSA Medical Sociology Group 36th Annual Conference, York. September 24-28th, 2004. http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/medsoc-annual-conference.aspx Hilton S, Hunt K, Petticrew M. 'Parental perceptions of childhood immunisation in the context of the MMR controversy' To share research with wider academic community |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006 |
Description | Parliament for researchers: Scotland - Impact and engagement at the UK Parliament and Scottish Parliament |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | An opportunity to learn about UK Parliament, research use at Parliament and practical ways to engage; how the Scottish Parliament uses research, how Committees work, opportunities for researchers to engage with Scottish Parliament as a whole and with Committees. Useful discussions on communicating research at the UK and Scottish Parliaments and identifying how research relates to policy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Participation in Scottish Universities Insight Institute knowledge exchange event \An international and intersectional dialogue on how to reduce harm and promote wellbeing amongst people who have housing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | I attended the first of a series of three knowledge exchange events hosted by the Scottish Universities Insight Institute on the topics of homelessness, substance use, and mental health. The events aim to bring together academics, policymakers, third sector organisations, practitioners, and people with lived experience. Although there are three events I will just enter them once on RF! |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/Programmes/ViewProgramme/tabid/5828/pid/145/rdid/5827/Default.aspx |
Description | Policy Scotland website publication |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Wrote short piece on whether basic income would be the most effective response to the Covid-19 crisis. Intend to contribute to very live debate on the topic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/would-a-basic-income-be-the-best-response-to-the-covid-19-crisis/ |
Description | Policymakers and Stakeholders M74 Feedback Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A workshop was held at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health to feedback the results of the M74: Traffic and Health Study to policy makers and other key stakeholders. The purpose of the event was to embed the learning into key organisations, but also to hold a series of discussions about next steps for research, policy and practice in the field of transport planning and active travel. The event was attended by government planning representatives, third sector representatives, local activists, researchers and other key stakeholders, some of whom had taken part in the research as participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Postgraduate Lecture HW 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lecture (jointly delivered with Robert Young, SPHSU) on social community influences on health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/globalhealth/ |
Description | Presentation at Breakfast Launch of the Smokefree Partnership smoke-free map HW 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation on smoke-free policies at the breakfast launch of the smoke-free map; event titled: 'Smokefree policies in Europe. Are we there yet? organised by the Smokefree Partnership, Brussels, 14 April 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.smokefreepartnership.eu/sites/sfp.tttp.eu/files/Event%20Report |
Description | Presentation on evaluability assessment at Scottish School of Primary Care |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation on evaluability assessment at What Works Scotland National Retreat |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation on evaluability assessment to South West Peninsula Public Health Network |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation to Diet and Obesity Team in Health and Social Care Department at the Scottish Government |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation on parents' views regarding online advertising of unhealthy food and drink to children, and their thoughts on regulation and responsibility as part of my PhD findings. Members of Scottish Government attended. Presentation led to a lengthy question and answer discussion after. Influence on members knowledge about participants' views, as well as potential areas of future interest. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation to Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Homelessness Strategic Planning Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership Homelessness Strategic Planning Group to describe plans for research and emerging findings from systematic review |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation to Public Health Evidence Network |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presented findings of basic income scoping review to Public Health Evidence Network, a Scotland-wide initiative to bring researchers and policy makers closer together. Identified importance of collaborating with external stakeholders to pool resources, identify policy-makers' priorities, increase reach, and prevent duplication, as evidenced by output of collaboration with Health Scotland on BI review. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Presentation to Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Basic Income |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presented findings of basic income scoping review to Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Basic Income. Several attendees requested copy of the report, inc. Prof Guy Standing (global basic income expert). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/publications/universal-basic-income-scoping-review-of-evidence-on-imp... |
Description | Presented updates on the progress of developing approaches to improve survey-based alcohol consumption estimates for assessing the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) to Dr Mark Robinson, Senior Public Health Information Manager NHS-Health Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Mark from NHS- Health Scotland was impressed with the progress we have made so far in comparing different statistical approaches of improving alcohol consumption estimates in Scotland. This is because our research will be included in the review report to parliament when reviewing the impact of MUP after five years of its operation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presention on Right Here Right Now at Universitas21 Conference (Glasgow) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation and interactive workshop at U21 Summer School with international undergraduate students from the Universitas21 global network of research universities. Session focused on Cities and Citizens in a Digital Age and presentation explored using real time methods to capture lived experiences as part of the Right Here Right Now project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.universitas21.com/event/details/218/u21-summer-school-cities-and-citizen-engagement-in-th... |
Description | PubhD presentation to Glasgow Skeptics Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | PubhD is a series of events in which PhD students present a talk about their research to the general public in a pub. I gave a talk on natural experiments for an audience of approximately 40 people at the Admiral Bar, Glasgow, on 25 March 2019. My purpose was to introduce a wider audience to the concept of natural experiments and how they can be used to understand the health effects of policy changes. The talk was 10 minutes followed by 20 minutes of lively questions about public health policy. The PubhD event was hosted by Glasgow Skeptics, who describe themselves as "a grassroots, non-commercial organization committed to promoting science, critical thinking, and freedom of expression. We host regular free public understanding events, with speakers on science, pseudoscience, politics, and policy, and where these topics intersect." http://glasgowskeptics.com/about-glasgow-skeptics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://glasgowskeptics.com/event/pubhd-researchers-flipchart/ |
Description | Public Engagement Lunch: Social Media |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lunchtime panel discussion looked at how researchers at UofG can engage the public with research through the use of social media. An expert panel covered some of the key aspects of online engagement and discuss their own success strategies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Public Health Scotland Knowledge Sharing Session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited talk for Public Health Scotland on "Natural experiments and the synthesis of public health evidence" covering regression discontinuity methods and implications for systematic reviews (40 minutes followed by 20 minutes for questions and discussion). Questions covered best practices in natural experimental design and reporting (selection of falsification tests, triangulation methods) and implications for capacity building. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Public engagement activity \The Booth of Confusion\" at the public debate event \"Health in the news: Fact or fiction?\" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Chris Patterson and Dr Amy Nimegeer presented a public engagement activity entitled The Booth of Confusion. The activity is designed to promote the MRC website Understanding Health Research (UHR; www.understandinghealthresearch.org) by highlighting the range of competing health messages that are communicated across various forms of media, and identifying how the UHR website can help |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org |
Description | Public workshops to complement launch of Understanding Health Research entitled "Introduction to Understanding Health Research" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Two workshops |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org |
Description | Right Here Right Now summary findings dissemination |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Interim findings from each week of the Right Here Right Now study were collated and redesigned as a booklet which was distributed to all study participants and project stakeholders (including policymakers and representatives from third sector organisations). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Risk of Bias in Non-Randomised Studies (controlled Before & After studes) working group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Working group to develop and refine Risk of Bias tool to assess quality of Controlled Before & After studies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | STEM ambassador engagement at secondary school |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | This was a careers fair at a local secondary school. Myself and another PhD student attended as STEM ambassadors, where we discussed there the research undertaken at the unit and our own personal journeys that led us there. We used the opportunity to emphasise that scientific research is generally broader and interdisciplinary than traditionally conceived and used the SPHSU as an example of this. The event lasted a whole day and all year groups attended |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Scottish Tobacco Control Alliance meeting (now called Scottish Tobacco-free Alliance) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | STCA meeting held at SPHSU. Presented on "UK newspaper representations of children's exposure to second-hand smoke and the debate around legislation to prevent smoking in vehicles carrying children" to an audience of tobacco control researchers and activists, and policymakers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Seminar on Natural Experimental methods for NHS Health Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | An invited seminar to members of the evaluation team at NHS Health Scotland to help inform their future evaluation plans. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Seminar with comm education practitioners |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Basic income: overview of evidence and the current policy context - seminar and debate with mixed audience of community education practitioners, academics, and students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://twitter.com/UoDCommEd/status/1365334964447936518 |
Description | Social Network Analysis Group in Scotland (SNAS), University of Edinburgh - Theresa Ikegwuonu |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation given by Theresa Ikegwuonu followed up with a discussion among academics working on social netowork analysis |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Social Network Analysis Workshop HW 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop held by Andreas Herz on 30 March and 1 May 2015 on Mixed methods in SNA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk/research/research_groups/social_network_analysis |
Description | Social Network Analysis Workshop HW 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop held by Jodi Herrera on 28 May 2015 on SNA and Big data |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk/research/research_groups/social_network_analysis |
Description | Social Network Analysis in Scotland Seminar Series HW 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Monthly seminars on social network analysis to facilitate networking and debate on social network research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk/research/research_groups/social_network_analysis |
Description | Standards of evidence for housing PHE (HT) 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Advisory input to PHE commissioned "Standards of evidence" guidance for housing associations and other evidence users |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Student milestone event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Spoke for a 3 minute thesis (3MT) at the student led milestone event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Sunday Herald article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Provided interview to Sunday Herald on in-work conditionality and DWP reporting of RCTs. Front page/3 page total and leader based on this. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14242638.display/ |
Description | Symposium on natural experiments in public health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | This was a two day workshop for researchers policy-makers and practitioners. As well as academic researchers, attendees included participants from the Scottish Government, NHS Health Scotland and the Welsh Assembly Government. The workshop reviewed recent developments in the use of natural experimental methods for evaluating public health policies and programmes, and was designed to foster new research collaborations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/news/hawkeye2018onwards/january2020/headlin... |
Description | The Health and the City Game at Glasgow Science Centre's Meet the Experts Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Facilitated the Health and the City Game at the Meet the Experts event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Tobacco control: from public to private |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Blog post on IJPH blog entitled "Tobacco control: from public to private" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://ijph.blogs.springer.com/current-debate/tobacco-control/ |
Description | UK Electronic Cigarette Research Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | CRUK meeting to discuss current research on e-cigarettes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/ukecrf_-_january_21_meeting_-_final_agenda.pdf |
Description | Understanding Health Research website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The launch was made possible by a Knowledge Exchange Grant from Glasgow University for just over 11k. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org/ |
Description | Understanding Health Research workshop at College of Podiatry Annual Conference 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Chris Patterson and Amy Nimegeer delivered a workshop promoting Understanding Health Research (an MRC & University of Glasgow online critical appraisal tool) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada on 19th September 2017. The audience comprised professors engaged in teaching at McGill, and postgraduate research students at McGill. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org |
Description | Understanding Health Research workshop at McGill University, Canada |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Chris Patterson and Amy Nimegeer delivered a workshop promoting Understanding Health Research (an MRC & University of Glasgow online critical appraisal tool) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada on 19th September 2017. The audience comprised professors engaged in teaching at McGill, and postgraduate research students at McGill. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.understandinghealthresearch.org |
Description | Unveiling of 16 public information display panels on the Unit's work at the Glasgow Science Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Shona Hilton and Lisa McDaid have unveiled the updated public information display on the Unit's work at the Glasgow Science Centre on Friday 11 March 2016. 16 panels which are displayed along the side of the Clyde demonstrate the story of our new six programmes and what public health research is about. The unveiling marks the start of British Science Week (11th - 20th March). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Warmth improvements & health ESRC Seminar Series (HT) 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Warmth improvements & health: evidence of possible pathways to long term health impacts ESRC Seminar Series: The health impact of cold homes & fuel poverty (invited speaker). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | We're unsure if e-cigarettes are harmful, but it still makes sense to restrict them |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | n/a |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/were-unsure-if-e-cigarettes-are-harmful-but-it-still-makes-sense-to-rest... |
Description | Website for Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Created website to accompany Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) reporting guideline. Website collates information about the SWiM guideline: development of the guidance, the project team, training resources, discussion network, and publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://swim.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/ |
Description | What Works Scotland workshop on Research for Change - Beyond What Works |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on evaluability assessment methods at a workshop on the use of evidence for improving the delivery of public services, attended by practitioners and policy makers from public and third sector organisations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/events/research-for-change-beyond-what-works/ |
Description | When media use pictures of drunk girls in alcohol stories, we're being misled |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Conversation article by Carol Emslie, Chris and Shona This article ubsequently syndicated in The Independent |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/when-media-use-pictures-of-drunk-girls-in-alcohol-stories-were-being-mis... |
Description | Workshop on Synthesis Without Meta-analysis reporting guideline |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Workshop to engage potential users with new reporting guidance for synthesis without meta-analysis in systematic reviews. Aim was to explain reporting guideline and engage wokshop participants in discussion of how the tool could be used, and any issues they perceived with the tool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/2/e020064 |
Description | Workshop on evaluability assessment for Scottish Government policy makers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A workshop for Scottish Government policymakers delivered as part of the Scottish Government's 'Evidence and Policy' fortnight, a series of events at which researchers present recent policy related work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Workshop with Right Here Right Now stakeholders |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshop sharing initial findings from Right Here Right Now and discussing the potential of the project with stakeholders working in health policy, including reflections on project successes and 'visioning' exercises to share ideas for future iterations of the system and process. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Workshop with school children on health inequalities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Co-developed and co-facilitated a session on Health Inequalities at St Denis' Primary School in Dennistoun as part of a collaborative project between the Institute for Health and Wellbeing and Glasgow City Council called "Determined to Animate" which resulted in pupils producing a short film animation on the topic of health inequalities. The films were judged by a range of experts in animation and public health, and St Denis' were awarded the first prize. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2016 |
URL | https://twitter.com/GlasgowESPTeam/status/804830822759071744 |
Description | Workshop with school children on health inequalities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Developed and facilitated a session on Health Inequalities at St Denis' Primary School in Dennistoun as part of a collaborative project between the Institute for Health and Wellbeing and Glasgow City Council called "Determined to Animate" which resulted in pupils producing a short film animation on the topic of health inequalities. The films were judged by a range of experts in animation and public health, and St Denis' were awarded the first prize. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://twitter.com/GlasgowESPTeam/status/804830822759071744 |