UKPRPICA: SPECTRUM: Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce IneqUalities and harM
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Centre of Population Health Sciences
Abstract
The main causes of health conditions such as cancer, heart disease, respiratory diseases and diabetes (Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs) are things we consume such as tobacco, alcohol and foods high in salt, sugar and fat. These products are often manufactured by large companies, 'Unhealthy Commodity Producers' (UCPs), who make a lot of money from their sale and whose interests can conflict with health goals. UCPs try to increase their profits by using advertising to make their products more attractive, selling them in places where they are more likely to be bought, and pricing them in ways that increase consumption. We also know that UCPs target their products at people who may be more susceptible to these tactics. As a result, the health of poorer people and communities can be more affected. Because UCPs are powerful, their actions can have an impact on governments which can mean that policies to protect health (such as taxes on unhealthy products, or advertising bans) are less likely to be put in place, or can be delayed or changed.
SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harm) is an ambitious new programme that aims to reduce NCDs by doing research that will help inform policies and practices to promote health. SPECTRUM's work will support governments, local authorities, public health bodies and other organisations in dealing with the influence of UCPs. SPECTRUM will mainly focus on tobacco and alcohol, but will also consider unhealthy food and drinks.
Our research will be conducted in eight areas of research that will focus on:
1) how thinking about and studying NCD prevention at different levels (as part of a system) can lead to better evidence, policy and practice
2) understanding and finding ways to address the actions and influence of UCPs
3) using better information from surveys and other types of data about people's behaviour which could help inform policies and practices to prevent NCDs
4) analysing the impact of unhealthy products and policies on the economy
5) identifying how changing local communities, and the availability of unhealthy products in these communities, can reduce product use and harms
6) developing and evaluating new policies and practices to prevent NCDs
7) studying how to reduce stigma and mental ill-health related to unhealthy products
8) examining what new or improved regulations or ways of working could reduce (unfair) levels of harm in relation to unhealthy products.
SPECTRUM brings together world-leading researchers from 10 UK Universities with support from academics overseas. Our work will be developed with a range of partner organisations that includes health bodies, charities, and companies who provide data and whose staff have skills that can help our research. We will involve the public through regularly meeting with groups made up of members of the public, specific meetings called 'citizen's juries', and by interviewing people from communities across the country. We will work with our partners, politicians and civil servants, health and social care professionals and others to jointly design and deliver research so that it meets their needs. We expect SPECTRUM to speed up how evidence is used to inform new and existing policy and practices to improve the health of people in the UK, and to develop research that could also support progress in other countries.
SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harm) is an ambitious new programme that aims to reduce NCDs by doing research that will help inform policies and practices to promote health. SPECTRUM's work will support governments, local authorities, public health bodies and other organisations in dealing with the influence of UCPs. SPECTRUM will mainly focus on tobacco and alcohol, but will also consider unhealthy food and drinks.
Our research will be conducted in eight areas of research that will focus on:
1) how thinking about and studying NCD prevention at different levels (as part of a system) can lead to better evidence, policy and practice
2) understanding and finding ways to address the actions and influence of UCPs
3) using better information from surveys and other types of data about people's behaviour which could help inform policies and practices to prevent NCDs
4) analysing the impact of unhealthy products and policies on the economy
5) identifying how changing local communities, and the availability of unhealthy products in these communities, can reduce product use and harms
6) developing and evaluating new policies and practices to prevent NCDs
7) studying how to reduce stigma and mental ill-health related to unhealthy products
8) examining what new or improved regulations or ways of working could reduce (unfair) levels of harm in relation to unhealthy products.
SPECTRUM brings together world-leading researchers from 10 UK Universities with support from academics overseas. Our work will be developed with a range of partner organisations that includes health bodies, charities, and companies who provide data and whose staff have skills that can help our research. We will involve the public through regularly meeting with groups made up of members of the public, specific meetings called 'citizen's juries', and by interviewing people from communities across the country. We will work with our partners, politicians and civil servants, health and social care professionals and others to jointly design and deliver research so that it meets their needs. We expect SPECTRUM to speed up how evidence is used to inform new and existing policy and practices to improve the health of people in the UK, and to develop research that could also support progress in other countries.
Technical Summary
The main causes of NCDs include consumption of unhealthy commodities. These exposures are preventable, but the commodities involved are highly profitable. Their consumption and health and social impacts are also inequitable and driven by complex systems of production, distribution and promotion dominated by transnational companies -Unhealthy Commodity Producers (UCPs). UCPs' economic interests often conflict with health goals and their role in determining health has received insufficient attention.
SPECTRUM aims to generate new evidence to inform the prevention of NCDs caused by unhealthy commodities and to transform policy and practice to encourage the adoption of healthy environments and behaviours.
With a principal focus on tobacco and alcohol, our work will extend to foods high in salt, sugar and fat in key studies. Approaches we develop could in future be applied to other unhealthy commodities. We will conduct research in eight integrated Work Packages: 1.using systems science to understand and prevent behavioural drivers of disease and harm; 2.understanding and countering corporate conduct and influence; 3.using new data sources to inform action; 4.conducting economic analysis to inform policy and practice; 5.shaping the environment to change harmful behaviours; 6.evaluating the effectiveness of policies and natural experiments; 7.reducing mental health inequalities; and 8.building governance for health equity.
Along with an inter-disciplinary research team, SPECTRUM's work will be co-created with research users from civil society organisations, companies and the main public health agencies in Great Britain. The public will be involved through engagement panels, citizen's juries and qualitative research. This partnership will ensure that research findings will benefit from an accelerated pathway to inform new policies and practices and will provide valuable data to assess the extent and effectiveness of approaches to addressing NCDs in the UK and beyond.
This grant is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) which is administered by the Medical Research Council on behalf of the UKPRP's 12 funding partners: British Heart Foundation; Cancer Research UK; Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Economic and Social Research Council; Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Welsh Government; Health and Social Care Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland; Medical Research Council; Natural Environment Research Council; National Institute for Health Research; The Health Foundation; The Wellcome Trust.
SPECTRUM aims to generate new evidence to inform the prevention of NCDs caused by unhealthy commodities and to transform policy and practice to encourage the adoption of healthy environments and behaviours.
With a principal focus on tobacco and alcohol, our work will extend to foods high in salt, sugar and fat in key studies. Approaches we develop could in future be applied to other unhealthy commodities. We will conduct research in eight integrated Work Packages: 1.using systems science to understand and prevent behavioural drivers of disease and harm; 2.understanding and countering corporate conduct and influence; 3.using new data sources to inform action; 4.conducting economic analysis to inform policy and practice; 5.shaping the environment to change harmful behaviours; 6.evaluating the effectiveness of policies and natural experiments; 7.reducing mental health inequalities; and 8.building governance for health equity.
Along with an inter-disciplinary research team, SPECTRUM's work will be co-created with research users from civil society organisations, companies and the main public health agencies in Great Britain. The public will be involved through engagement panels, citizen's juries and qualitative research. This partnership will ensure that research findings will benefit from an accelerated pathway to inform new policies and practices and will provide valuable data to assess the extent and effectiveness of approaches to addressing NCDs in the UK and beyond.
This grant is funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) which is administered by the Medical Research Council on behalf of the UKPRP's 12 funding partners: British Heart Foundation; Cancer Research UK; Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Economic and Social Research Council; Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Welsh Government; Health and Social Care Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland; Medical Research Council; Natural Environment Research Council; National Institute for Health Research; The Health Foundation; The Wellcome Trust.
Planned Impact
OUR IMPACT GOALS ARE TO:
1) Co-produce evidence to underpin the development, enactment, evaluation & maintenance of large-scale, generalizable and cost-effective interventions to reduce consumption, harm and inequalities arising from unhealthy commodities.
2) Establish, enhance and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with policy & other partners to increase the visibility, credibility and impact of SPECTRUM evidence, and make the case for future investment in NCD prevention and commercial determinants of health research.
3) Embed sustainable and meaningful strategies for public involvement to ensure our research, outputs and activities are accessible and grounded in lived experience.
WHO WILL BE INTERESTED, AND HOW MIGHT THEY BENEFIT?
LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS & INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Building on our extensive experience of working with policymakers, our research will inform, influence, develop and evaluate novel policies and practices to prevent NCDs and reduce inequalities. This will be of interest to policymakers across different levels and policy spheres. We will continue to collaborate with and engage key stakeholders (LAs, licensing teams, civil servants, cross-party groups, WHO fora etc.) and develop new partnerships (e.g. in urban planning, community justice).
Within 3 years, we will co-produce and disseminate evidence on:
-the effectiveness of current regulation of marketing & potential new areas for intervention (WP1)
-case studies of UCP influence on the policy process, social norms and stigma, and current governance of conflicts of interest (WP2,7 & 8)
-links between unhealthy commodity availability locally and nationally, and economic, social, mental and physical health harms (WP4,5)
-the impact of policy and practice options to reduce UCP influence, harms and inequalities (all WPs esp. 3&6).
Within 5 years, we expect to influence diverse local and national policies and practices, including govnt strategies on tobacco, alcohol and overweight/obesity & international frameworks for NCD prevention.
ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY to reduce NCD harm and address inequalities (e.g. AHA, OHA, Poverty Alliance, Smokefree Action Coalition, NCD Alliance, Mental Health & Smoking Partnership, CRUK)
We will continue to work closely with civil society partners to ensure our research reflects agreed priorities, and builds the case for policy change via new and more accessible evidence. Robust intelligence regarding industry activity will help shape advocacy strategies, the development and implementation of cross-sectoral approaches will increase efficiencies through reducing duplication of effort, and both will help to limit UCP influence on policy. We will work with research councils, charities and other funders to further promote NCD prevention and strengthen research governance.
NATIONAL & DEVOLVED HEALTH ORGANISATIONS
We will co-produce evidence and outputs with PHE, Health Scotland, PH Wales and others to develop and communicate evidence to local and national governments, the NHS and community organisations so as to reduce environmental cues and marketing strategies that promote unhealthy commodity use. Knowledge brokers seconded from PHE, HS and PH Wales will ensure that SPECTRUM's research is policy relevant and that, in turn, the evidence rapidly feeds into their work, is channelled through their strong policy links, and enhances our trusted relationships with local, devolved and national policymakers.
GENERAL PUBLIC
We will use a variety of new and existing methods (Citizen's Juries, PPI panels) to engage the public in co-producing proposals, shaping interventions, and interpreting and communicating findings. Our findings will benefit the public via enactment of innovative, effective policies and practices to reduce pro-consumption influences, inequalities, and stigma, whilst reaching those directly experiencing harms with evidence-based tested messages.
1) Co-produce evidence to underpin the development, enactment, evaluation & maintenance of large-scale, generalizable and cost-effective interventions to reduce consumption, harm and inequalities arising from unhealthy commodities.
2) Establish, enhance and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with policy & other partners to increase the visibility, credibility and impact of SPECTRUM evidence, and make the case for future investment in NCD prevention and commercial determinants of health research.
3) Embed sustainable and meaningful strategies for public involvement to ensure our research, outputs and activities are accessible and grounded in lived experience.
WHO WILL BE INTERESTED, AND HOW MIGHT THEY BENEFIT?
LOCAL AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS & INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Building on our extensive experience of working with policymakers, our research will inform, influence, develop and evaluate novel policies and practices to prevent NCDs and reduce inequalities. This will be of interest to policymakers across different levels and policy spheres. We will continue to collaborate with and engage key stakeholders (LAs, licensing teams, civil servants, cross-party groups, WHO fora etc.) and develop new partnerships (e.g. in urban planning, community justice).
Within 3 years, we will co-produce and disseminate evidence on:
-the effectiveness of current regulation of marketing & potential new areas for intervention (WP1)
-case studies of UCP influence on the policy process, social norms and stigma, and current governance of conflicts of interest (WP2,7 & 8)
-links between unhealthy commodity availability locally and nationally, and economic, social, mental and physical health harms (WP4,5)
-the impact of policy and practice options to reduce UCP influence, harms and inequalities (all WPs esp. 3&6).
Within 5 years, we expect to influence diverse local and national policies and practices, including govnt strategies on tobacco, alcohol and overweight/obesity & international frameworks for NCD prevention.
ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY to reduce NCD harm and address inequalities (e.g. AHA, OHA, Poverty Alliance, Smokefree Action Coalition, NCD Alliance, Mental Health & Smoking Partnership, CRUK)
We will continue to work closely with civil society partners to ensure our research reflects agreed priorities, and builds the case for policy change via new and more accessible evidence. Robust intelligence regarding industry activity will help shape advocacy strategies, the development and implementation of cross-sectoral approaches will increase efficiencies through reducing duplication of effort, and both will help to limit UCP influence on policy. We will work with research councils, charities and other funders to further promote NCD prevention and strengthen research governance.
NATIONAL & DEVOLVED HEALTH ORGANISATIONS
We will co-produce evidence and outputs with PHE, Health Scotland, PH Wales and others to develop and communicate evidence to local and national governments, the NHS and community organisations so as to reduce environmental cues and marketing strategies that promote unhealthy commodity use. Knowledge brokers seconded from PHE, HS and PH Wales will ensure that SPECTRUM's research is policy relevant and that, in turn, the evidence rapidly feeds into their work, is channelled through their strong policy links, and enhances our trusted relationships with local, devolved and national policymakers.
GENERAL PUBLIC
We will use a variety of new and existing methods (Citizen's Juries, PPI panels) to engage the public in co-producing proposals, shaping interventions, and interpreting and communicating findings. Our findings will benefit the public via enactment of innovative, effective policies and practices to reduce pro-consumption influences, inequalities, and stigma, whilst reaching those directly experiencing harms with evidence-based tested messages.
Organisations
- University of Edinburgh (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNSW Sydney (Collaboration)
- WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCD (Collaboration)
- Sandtable Limited (Project Partner)
- NCD Alliance (Project Partner)
- The Retail Data Partnership (Project Partner)
- Alcohol Health Alliance (Project Partner)
- The Poverty Alliance (Project Partner)
- Obesity Health Alliance (Project Partner)
- Smokefree Action Coalition (Project Partner)
Publications
Dicken SJ
(2021)
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Weight and BMI among UK Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data from the HEBECO Study.
in Nutrients
Van Schalkwyk MC
(2021)
"When the Fun Stops, Stop": An analysis of the provenance, framing and evidence of a 'responsible gambling' campaign.
in PloS one
Van Schalkwyk MCI
(2022)
Distilling the curriculum: An analysis of alcohol industry-funded school-based youth education programmes.
in PloS one
Ralston R
(2023)
The many meanings of policy instruments: exploring individual and structural determinants in obesity policy
in Policy & Politics
Van Schalkwyk M
(2023)
Getting to the details: Understanding the commercial determinants of health by learning from local experiences and difference contexts
in Population Medicine
Hussain Z
(2023)
A qualitative framing analysis of how firearm manufacturers and related bodies communicate to the public on gun-related harms and solutions
in Preventive Medicine
Description | A consultation on the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tobacco-and-related-products-legislation-introduced-betw... |
Description | ASH and SPECTRUM Representation to HM Treasury Spending Review |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and SPECTRUM representation to HM Treasury's Budget 2021 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ASH_Budget_CSRSeptember-210930-FINAL.pdf |
Description | Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and SPECTRUM representation to HM Treasury's Comprehensive Spending Review 2020 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://ash.org.uk/information-and-resources/reports-submissions/submissions/ash-and-spectrum-joint-... |
Description | Alcohol Advisory Group - Public Health England |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Commercial Determinants of Health Training |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Consultation on the potential approach to duty- and tax-free goods arising from the UK's new relationship with the EU |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-consultation-on-duty-free-and-tax-free-goods-carried-b... |
Description | Consultation response by ASH and SPECTRUM to the UK Product Safety Review: Call for Evidence |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/UK-Product-Safety-Review_ASH_SPECTRUM_FINAL.pdf |
Description | Consultation response: Scottish Government National Planning Framework 4 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://consult.gov.scot/local-government-and-communities/draft-national-planning-framework-4/ |
Description | Consultation submission by ASH, the Royal College of Physicians and SPECTRUM to Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan: Discussion document. |
Geographic Reach | Australia |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://ash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ASH_RCP_SPECTRUM_SF2025_post-SPECTRUM_FINAL.pdf |
Description | Development of 2022 Tobacco Control Plan for England |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Evidence presented to Scottish Parliament Cross-party group on Improving Scotland's Health |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/cross-party-groups/improving-scotlands-health/ish_20210915... |
Description | Front-of-pack nutrition labelling in the UK: building on success |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/front-of-pack-nutrition-labelling-in-the-uk-building-on-... |
Description | Health, Social Care and Sport Committee: National Planning Framework 4 |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/sessio... |
Description | Informing the development of Smokefree England 2030: forthcoming national tobacco control plan |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Introduction to SPECTRUM for Members of the Scottish Parliament |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Letter to Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State re support for the inclusion of calorie and health information on alcohol product labels - coordinated by AHA, signed by SPECTRUM and others |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://ahauk.org/news/great-british-public-and-leading-health-experts-back-changes-to-alcohol-label... |
Description | Letter to the Prime Minister from health and children's organisations, academic experts and campaigners re HFSS Advertising |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | http://obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2021/04/05/letter-to-the-prime-minister-from-health-and-children... |
Description | Meeting with the Exchequer Secretary Simon Clarke, to discuss their recommendations for the forthcoming Budget, raising concerns about a new mentholated cigarillo brand launched by Japan Tobacco International which circumvents legislation prohibiting the sale of menthol flavoured cigarettes from May. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Membership of Alcohol Working Group of Scottish Government |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Open letter to the prime minister and secretary of state for health on the second anniversary of England's announcement that it would be smoke-free by 2030 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1839 |
Description | Participation in WHO process for development of technical report on alcohol marketing for the WHO Executive Board |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Policy Briefing on managing covid-19 risks in bars |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://www.stir.ac.uk/media/stirling/services/research/documents/policy-briefings/Briefing-for-poli... |
Description | Policy Briefing: Re-opening of hospitality - alcohol-specific risks and possible mitigation |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | We collaborated with Alcohol Focus Scotland to submit a briefing paper to Scottish Government outlining some of the risks of opening up bars and pubs after the initial UK lockdown in summer 2020. |
URL | https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/media/440041/re-opening-of-hospitality-and-alcohol-afs-sti... |
Description | Prohibiting smoking outside hospital buildings: Consultation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/prohobiting-smoking-outside-hospital-buidlings-consultation-paper/ |
Description | Public Involvement: Consultation with PHE, ASH and SPECTRUM PPI groups on no smoking messaging for public health campaign |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE CONSULTATION: Mental health and wellbeing plan: discussion paper and call for evidence |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/mental-health-and-wellbeing-plan-discussion-paper-and-ca... |
Description | RESPONSE TO THE NOTIFICATION OF DRAFT REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 12 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ALCOHOL) ACT 2018. |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tris/index.cfm/en/search/?trisaction=search.detail&year=... |
Description | RESPONSE TO THE UK GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT CONSULTATION ON THE ONLINE ADVERTISING PROGRAMME |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/online-advertising-programme-consultation/online-adverti... |
Description | RESPONSE TO THE WELSH GOVERNMENT CONSULATION: HEALTHY FOOD ENVIRONMENT. Exploring proposals to make the food environment in Wales healthier. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://gov.wales/healthy-food-environment |
Description | Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Restricting Promotions of Food and Drink High in Fat, Sugar or Salt. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
Description | Response to the Department of Health Northern Ireland Consultation on Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol in Northern Ireland |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/mup-consultation |
Description | Rethinking the Summit's Principles of Engagement: Managing conflict of interest and promoting inclusiveness, transparency and accountability (Food Summit 2021) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
Description | SAGE Membership: Harry Rutter attends main UK Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE), and co-chair of the SAGE Environment and Modelling Group (working to identify and steer the role that environmental modelling, data analysis and environmental sampling can play in understanding COVID-19 transmission, with a view to understanding transmission routes, factors that influence them, and the impact of environmental and behavioural interventions and mitigations) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies |
Description | SPECTRUM briefing on Commercial Determinants of Health, Adverse Policy Influence and Conflicts of Interest for members of the Sport Committee, Economy and Fair Work Committee, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee and the COVID-19 Recovery Committees within the Scottish Parliament. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Scottish Government Alcohol advertising and promotion |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://consult.gov.scot/alcohol-policy/alcohol-advertising-and-promotion/ |
Description | Stakeholder evidence session: Tackling Alcohol Harms in Scotland |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/sessio... |
Description | The Research and Evaluation Sub Group of the Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | The new alcohol duty system: consultation by UK Government (University of Sheffield Response) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-new-alcohol-duty-system-consultation |
Description | UK Government Consultation: Introducing a total online advertising restriction for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/total-restriction-of-online-advertising-for-products-hig... |
Description | joint letter and briefing to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from the Alcohol Health Alliance, Obesity Health Alliance, Smokefree Action Coalition and Spectrum. It calls on Government to meet with our alliances through a cross-departmental roundtable as part of developing a bold new prevention strategy in light of the impact of COVID-19 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Description | Change in alcohol and tobacco availability, population health and the lived experience |
Amount | £609,176 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/S016775/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2019 |
End | 09/2024 |
Description | Covid-19 and Tobacco Project |
Amount | £90,575 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 07/2020 |
Description | Cross-border Marketing: WHO Briefing Papers On Social Influencers/Product Placement And The Marketing Effects Of Corporate Social Responsibility |
Amount | $10,000 (USD) |
Organisation | World Health Organization (WHO) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Global |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | E-cigarettes and novel nicotine products for smoking cessation and harm reduction |
Amount | £76,589 (GBP) |
Funding ID | PhD2019/023 |
Organisation | Public Health England |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2020 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Evaluating the effectiveness of the alcohol reduction smartphone app Drink Less compared with the NHS alcohol advice webpage for the reduction of alcohol consumption among hazardous and harmful drinkers in the UK at six-month follow-up |
Amount | £1,002,756 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NIHR127651 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 02/2023 |
Description | Examining policy options to manage the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on licensed premises and ambulance-call outs in Scotland |
Amount | £60,008 (GBP) |
Funding ID | COV/STG/20/15 |
Organisation | Chief Scientist Office |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 10/2020 |
Description | Health Economic Analysis incorporating effects on Labour outcomes Households Environment and Inequalities (HEALTHEI) for food taxes |
Amount | £728,907 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NIHR133927 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | Lifecourse of Place: how environments throughout life can support healthy ageing |
Amount | £232,663 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/T003669/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2020 |
End | 05/2023 |
Description | Neighbourhood differentials in tobacco pricing across England, Wales and Scotland |
Amount | £108,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2021 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | What is the impact of vaping on smoking nicotine intake and toxin exposure among youth in England compared with youth in North America? |
Amount | £475,005 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NIHR130292 |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | Alcohol PoliMap |
Organisation | University of New South Wales |
Department | Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This newly established collaboration will map Covid-19 restrictions relating to alcohol internationally to enable future comparative research. |
Collaborator Contribution | We will provide evidence on Scottish policy and restrictions to the Alcohol Poli-Map project. |
Impact | Just started. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with WHO Regional Office for Europe on a study on industry interference with sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in European countries |
Organisation | WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCD |
Country | Russian Federation |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Research design, data collection, analysis (KL & AG) |
Collaborator Contribution | Funding and recruitment support |
Impact | Paper submitted to a scientific journal |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | A case study of commercial opposition to the ban on unhealthy food and drink advertising across the Transport for London estate |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The UK Society for Behavioural Medicine is a network of academic and clinical health researchers interested in applying knowledge, theory and evidence on health-related behaviours to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the United Kingdom and beyond. Kathrin Lauber (University of Bath) presented an overview of commercial opposition to the ban on unhealthy food and drink advertising across the Transport for London estate. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | AHA Seminar Sessions: Why and how to avoid collaborating with Big Alcohol |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Hosted by the Alcohol Health Alliance, this webinar included SPECTRUM member Professor Mark Petticrew. Prof Petticrew Mark explained some of the assumptions around what industry interference means, and the challenges in addressing this, given the normalisation of corporate involvement in public health more broadly. It took place on December 1st 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | APPG on Smoking & Health round table: Roadmap to a Smokefree 2030 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | A virtual round table event at which the APPG announced its endorsement of the Roadmap to a Smokefree 2030. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | ASH/SPECTRUM Webinar - Raising the age of sale to 21 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Chaired by Deborah Arnott, Chief Executive of ASH, and under Chatham House Rules, the presentations in this webinar set out the evidence that increasing the age of sale could help deliver a Smokefree 2030; addressed criticisms about the proportionality and ethics of such a policy; and explained the role it can play in the political context. Those in attendance included individuals from trading standards organisations, local tobacco control leads, public health bodies amongst others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Alcohol Availability Date and Evidence Workshop (1/2) |
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 | This workshop was the first of two developed by SPECTRUM in partnership with Alcohol Focus Scotland and Public Health Scotland, involving local public health stakeholders, SPECTRUM researchers, and members of Public Health Scotland to identify gaps in research and data on alcohol availability and collaborate on finding solutions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Alcohol Evidence in Policy |
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 | Aimed at professionals working within relevant organisations with an interest in public health and policy, this SPECTRUM & University of Stirling run knowledge exchange workshop enabled education through the sharing of knowledge and experiences around alcohol harm and how evidence of such harm is used in policy and practice. The workshop addressed the current policy stances, potential future changes, use of evidence to influence the knowledge of policymakers (and their associated policy decisions) in addition to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. Attendees included: Government Public Health bodies (Public Health Wales, Public Health Scotland and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities), NGO/Charities, Universities, NHS and Local government representatives in addition overseas participants from FORUT (Norway). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Alcohol Evidence into Policy & Practice Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This 3 day course provided a broad and detailed overview of the latest evidence across the alcohol policy field and explained to attendees how their work fits in the context of the policy landscape, and for policymakers, advocacy colleagues and practitioners. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Alcohol Focus Scotland Alcohol Data Workshop |
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 | A presentation on alcohol data to Alcohol Focus Scotland. Audience included those working on alcohol licensing. There were many questions about the data and a discussion of how the data could be used to support alcohol licensing decisions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Alcohol Related Harms in Night Life Settings on the Island of Ireland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A Knowledge Exchange Webinar hosted by the North South Alcohol Policy Advisory Group on Alcohol Related Harms in Night Life Settings on the Island of Ireland, hosted by a panel of public health researchers and consultants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | All Party Parliamentary Group on "Tobacco industry lobbying: an update". (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | invited talk to APPG. Provided an overview on how tobacco industry influence strategies have changed over time in the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Australia New Zealand Obesity Society - the Austral-Asia Obesity Research Update |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This talk was part of a series on Covid-19, with speakers highlighting what is known about obesity and Covid, both in the basic science space, and clinical/public health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | BBC Radio Scotland Interview |
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 | News bulletin and interview about the study on BBC Radio Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | BCbD Annual Lecture "Misinformation, pseudoscience and the unhealthy commodity industries" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Behaviour Change by Design Annual lecture, 1st Oct 2020 on "Misinformation, pseudoscience and the unhealthy commodity industries" by Mark Petticrew. There were 350 international attendees from acadelic and public health practice and NGOs. it lead to subsequent invitations to discuss the issues raised with community groups and NGOs in Ireland and the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.behaviourchangebydesign.iph.cam.ac.uk/bcbd-annual-lecture-2020/ |
Description | Blog - What does the new UK Government legislation on unhealthy food promotions mean for public health? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Blog post on the recent UK announcement on improved promotions regulations for HFSS products, as part of the SPECTRUM Research Consortium. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/spectrum/news-insights-events/insights/legislation-unhealthy-food-promotions |
Description | Blog Post - Parents' and Children's Views of Online Advertising of Unhealthy Food and Drink to Children |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Blog post titled Parents' and Children's Views of Online Advertising of Unhealthy Food and Drink to Children, as part of Obesity Health Alliance's campaigning for improved advertising regulations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2020/07/14/pervasive-and-inescapable-parents-and-childrens-views... |
Description | Broadcasts on multiple news outlets (radio, print & online) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Multiple broadcasts about the study on radio, including BBC Radio One, BBC Radio 1 Xtra, BBC Radio Five Live, Central FM and Heart Scotland. Study also featured in multiple UK print media outlets, UK international news websites, hospitality sector publications, and general websites. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Consortium Twitter Feed Launched |
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 | A twitter account was established for the programme to share updates on the progress of the programme. In March 2021, the account had 1238 followers rising to 1630 in March 2022 and 87,700 impressions in the period Oct-Dec 2021. The engagement rate has increased to 1.45% (up from 1.2% average in 2021). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://twitter.com/SPECTRUMRes |
Description | Contributing to OHID's rapid enquiry into future engagement with the food industry |
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 | Two meetings with policy makers leading OHID's rapid enquiry into future engagement with food industry. Prof Jeff Collin (University of Edinburgh), Prof Cecile Knai (LSHTM) and Dr Kathrin Lauber (University of Bath) participated. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Corporate monitoring roundtable (University of Bath) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Work package 2 organised a roundtable with 26 representatives from 21 different organisations involved in corporate monitoring, as well as 12 members of the Tobacco Control Research Group. It took place over three hours with presentations, breakout groups and then a plenary. The meeting was held under Chatham House rules. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Corporations in global health: an investigation of food industry political activity at the WHO |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presented at the World Congress on Public Health (virtual) where the theme was "Public health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action". There is also a publication associated with this poster which is reported in the appropriate section (https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1245) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://wcph2020.com/wcph-2020-in-rome-4 |
Description | Creating Healthier Communities: The Availability of Harmful Products |
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 | This workshop on 'Health Harming Products: Public Health Action Beyond COVID-19' was attended by around 120 participants primarily working in related policy areas, leading to questions and debate, and various invitations to subsequent events. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | European Respiratory Society, Executive Committee (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
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 | Professor Anna Gilmore was invited to join The Executive Committee of the European Respiratory Society which both manages and represents ERS by directing and conducting the general activities of the Society on behalf of the General Assembly. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Evidence into Public Health Action Learning together for wider NCD prevention workshop |
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 | This one-day event brought together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss what can be learned from across public health about the prevention of non-communicable diseases and what our future priorities should be in tobacco, alcohol and food policies in Scotland, the rest of the UK and further afield. In this session, Mark Petticrew (LSHTM) outlined a description of health inequalities and an interactive workshop commenced to discuss/identify the complexities of health inequalities which challenged individual groups to propose solutions and forward plans to address them. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Evidence into Public Health Action Learning together for wider NCD prevention workshop "Tobacco availability & pricing" |
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 | This one-day event brought together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss what can be learned from across public health about the prevention of non-communicable diseases and what our future priorities should be in tobacco, alcohol and food policies in Scotland, the rest of the UK and further afield. In this session, Professors Jamie Pearce and Niamh Shortt from Edinburgh University provided an overview of tobacco pricing and availability in was presented and the audience were challenged to interact and provide proposed solutions to enable healthier lifestyle choices whilst considering the societal impact of such changes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Evidence into Public Health Action Learning together for wider NCD prevention. "UKPRP Consortia" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This one-day event brought together researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss what can be learned from across public health about the prevention of non-communicable diseases and what our future priorities should be in tobacco, alcohol and food policies in Scotland, the rest of the UK and further afield. In this Session, Professor Linda Bauld provided an overview of recently funded UKPRP Consortia and Networks were presented to provide information about UKPRP |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Expert Panel Meeting - WHO Office on Commercial Determinants of Health |
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 | Dr Nason Manni contributed to an expert panel discussing the commercial determinants of health |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Framework Convention Alliance Strategy Development Group (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Professor Anna Gilmore (University of Bath) was invited to join this group where presented work and contributed to discussions about future of FCA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | HEALTHIER AND FAIRER FUTURES Building a Pro-Health Economy Summit |
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 | The aim of this event was to: • Bring together individuals working in related fields across the system to explain and raise awareness of the commercial determinants of health, the role of large corporations, and impact on disease, the environment and global health • Show how COVID-19 has created further opportunities for large unhealthy commodity industries • Present and discuss some options for action as part of the 'levelling up' agenda, and consider the consequences of inaction • Illustrate examples of actions so far • Provide opportunity for reflection, interaction and feedback • Invite involvement in this agenda going forward, and measure audience reaction and interest |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthier-and-fairer-futures-building-a-pro-health-economy-summit-tic... |
Description | Harm perceptions of nicotine-containing products, and associated sources of information, in UK adults with and without mental ill-health: a cross-sectional survey. A conference presentation. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a presentation at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Europe's (SRNT-E) annual conference. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Health Harming Products and Non-Communicable Disease Prevention in Scotland: Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This event brought representatives from Scotland's main political parties together with stakeholders working across the public and third sectors to consider the public health emergency and what needs to be done next. There were contributions from all five major parties, as well as experts from Obesity Action Scotland, Food Standards Scotland, Public Health Scotland, and others. Niamh Shortt delivered one of the presentations including data on alcohol and tobacco in Scotland and change over time. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Healthier and Fairer Futures UK Summit Talk: The Commercial Determinants Of Health: an overview and model (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation and discussion at National Summit. Generated significant interest in CDOH among the audience. Feedback was v positive. Follow up event anticipated. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Integrating sex and gender in research and policy: lessons from tobacco and cannabis regulation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Professor Lorraine Greaves from the University of British Columbia is an international expert on sex and gender studies and public health policies (particularly tobacco, alcohol and drugs). Prof Greaves described Canada's legalisation of cannabis and efforts to integrate a sex and gender perspective into that along with existing tobacco control regulations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Interview on The Naked Scientists Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Pre-recorded interview about the study on The Naked Scientists Podcast |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Introduction to the News Media - COVID-19 Edition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | An event designed specifically for scientists with little or no media experience which includes scientists, engineers and medics in academia or industry from any institution (postdoctoral level or professional equivalent and above; senior scientists are particularly welcome). The sessions are especially relevant for scientists working in areas that are controversial and receive a lot of media coverage. This event focused on Covid-19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Keynote Address: Alcohol Action Ireland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | This was a keynote address at an online event held by Alcohol Action Ireland to mark the implementation of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act in Ireland. The keynote addressed an audience of almost 200 people drawing people in from politics, third sector organisations and other researchers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://alcoholireland.ie/alcohol-action-ireland-marks-separation-alcohol-stores/ |
Description | Knowledge Broker presentation to Scottish Government Policy Leads |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | SPECTRUM Knowledge Broker provided breifing paper and presentation on SPECTRUM research across 8 work packages to Scottish Government policy leads on alcohol, tobacco and diet/healthy weight. Policy leads identified areas of research they were interested in and asked questions about shaping SPECTRUM research and access to published research and researchers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | LBauld keynote (17th Sept 2020) SRNT conference: "Covid-19 and tobacco control: Aligning communicable and non-communicable disease responses" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Linda delivered a keynote speech entitled "Covid-19 and tobacco control: Aligning communicable and non-communicable disease responses" to the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe 20th Conference which was held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This speech drew on evidence generated by the Covid-19 and Tobacco Project which is a spin-off project from the Tobacco Control Capacity Programme and from partners within SPECTRUM. It is estimated that over 200 people attended the conference and listened to the keynote speech. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://api.srnt-e.org/files/filePath//accordion_files/b89e6f4d8198448c9f4d22a0a4849614 |
Description | Lecture to the NENC ICS Alcohol Clinical Network 7th Jan 2021 |
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 | This was an invited talk the the NE England Clinical Alcohol Network on the activities of the alcohol industry and their surrogates. it was to public health practitioners so was an important opportunity to reach non-academic audiences. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Living Gratefully |
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 | In a time like no other we have known before; a time when we are living closely with some, distantly from most others, this podcast series examines human relationships, how we form them and what they mean to us, against a background of what it means to feel gratitude. This episode both speaks to public health researcher's role during the pandemic and research careers in general. Mona Siddiqui speaks to her colleague Professor Linda Bauld. Here, she speaks of growing up in Canada, her work on prevention of disease amongst other things |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://livinggratefully.buzzsprout.com/1126718/7626676-living-gratefully-linda-bauld-opens-up-to-mo... |
Description | Local Authority Healthier Food Advertising Policies webinar (Kathrin Lauber) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation at event on healthier advertising policies, primarily for local authority policymakers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Low and No Alcohol DHSC Roundtable |
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 | Niamh Fitzgerald participated in a roundtable discussion event organised by the Department of Health and Social Care to consult UK experts on government strategy regarding low and no alcohol products. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Media response to the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm Report (The BMJ) |
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 | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Article by Matthew Limb featuring quotes from Linda Bauld, Jeff Collin and Lucy Westerman in response to the Promoting Virtue, Signalling Harm report. Article in the Herald highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm Report |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3548 |
Description | Meeting between SPECTRUM researchers and Action on Smoking and Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Professors Jamie Pearce and Niamh Shortt (WP5) presented recent and upcoming research findings to ASH to discuss potential for this to inform discussion on future policy and advocacy work. Following the meeting, WP5's research was discussed in an ASH webinar. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Meeting with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Mexico representatives (Prof Jeff Collin) |
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 | A meeting with FCDO representatives in Mexico and Jeff Collin and Sarah Williams to discuss opportunities for engagement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Meeting with Javed Kahn to discuss his review on reaching the smoke-free England 2030 aim |
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 | Ann McNeill and Debbie Robson met with Javed Khan to discuss the forthcoming review on tobacco control (reaching the smokefree 2030 aim) in England, which he is leading. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-landmark-reviews-to-tackle-health-disparities |
Description | Meeting with Scottish Government Alcohol & Tobacco Policy Teams |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Representatives of Work Package 4 (Economic Analyses) and Work Package 5 (Shaping The Environment) attended a meeting with policy team members and leads within the Scottish Government. Research findings from both teams were presented and discussions of the implications of the findings and potential evidence gaps to be bridged in future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with Scottish Government Head of Healthy Living Unit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Introductory meeting between Laura Mahon, SPECTRUM Knowledge Broker, with Scottish Government Head of the Healthy Living Unit Jules Goodlet-Rowley, to make her aware of SPECTRUM, the research it will generate, the role of the Knowledge Broker and to identify particular areas of common interest. Jules asked that we send detailed information on each Work Package and set up a presentation for the team leaders in Scottish Government across alcohol, tobacco and diet/healthy weight. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Meetings with Scottish Government Healthy Living colleagues including Alcohol Policy Team and Licensing Team |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Niamh Fitzgerald presented on availability and licensing research to the Scottish Government alcohol policy team and the separate Scottish Government licensing team, to inform them about the emerging findings from the ExILEnS study and new ELEPHANT study. A separate meeting was held with Jules Goodlet-Rowley who leads on healthy living for Scottish government. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Newspaper article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report (El Pais) |
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 | "How multinationals use covid-19 to sell junk food" Article written which highlights the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report. This article helps to spread awareness and educate the general public regarding tactics large companies adopt in order to influence policy making |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/09/08/planeta_futuro/1599575186_749126.html?ssm=TW_CC |
Description | Newspaper article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report (Patrika.com) |
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 on the Hindi News website Patrika.com highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report. This article helps to spread awareness and educate the general public regarding tactics large companies adopt in order to influence policy making |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.patrika.com/new-delhi-news/alcohol-and-junk-food-companies-trying-to-present-themselves-... |
Description | Newspaper article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report (The Bangkok Post) |
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 | "Industry 'leveraging pandemic' to peddle unhealthy products: NGOs" News article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report. Article written which highlights the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report. This article helps to spread awareness and educate the general public regarding tactics large companies adopt in order to influence policy making |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/1982999/industry-leveraging-pandemic-to-peddle-unhealthy-products-... |
Description | Newspaper article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report (The Herald) |
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 | "Coronavirus: Burger King, Subway and Krispy Kreme among fast food giants accused of cashing in on pandemic" Article in the Herald highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm Report. This article helps to spread awareness and educate the general public regarding tactics large companies adopt in order to influence policy making |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18709286.coronavirus-headline/ |
Description | Newspaper article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report (The Telegraph) |
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 | "Revealed: how junk food and alcohol brands turned Covid-19 into the world's largest marketing campaign" Article written which highlights the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report. This article helps to spread awareness and educate the general public regarding tactics large companies adopt in order to influence policy making |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/revealed-junk-food-alcohol-brands-turn... |
Description | Nicotine & Tobacco: Current issues, policy & practice workshop |
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 | Aimed at professionals working within relevant organisations with an interest in public health and policy, this SPECTRUM & University of Stirling run knowledge exchange workshop enabled education through the sharing of knowledge and experiences around nicotine and tobacco harm and how evidence of such harm is used in policy and practice. The workshop addressed the current policy stances, potential future changes, use of evidence to influence the knowledge of policymakers (and their associated policy decisions) in addition to the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. Attendees included: Government/OHID, NGO/Charity inc CRUK, IPH, Universities, NHS and Local government representatives. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Northern Ireland Assembly Communities Committee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Oral evidence from several studies presented to the Northern Ireland Committee for Communities. We reviewed measures within the proposed bill to change alcohol premises licensing legislation in NI. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.niassembly.gov.uk%2FAssembly-Bu... |
Description | Obesity Health Alliance/SPECTRUM Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Joint OHA and SPECTRUM webinar held with Professor Dame Anne Johnson, Professor Linda Bauld and Dame Una O'Brien and attended by 60 researchers, government and NGO representatives |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Office for Health Improvement & Disparities Alcohol Advisory Board input |
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 | Advice to this group on the potential to introduce public health as a licensing objective for premises licensing in England. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Office for Health Improvement & Disparities Alcohol and Gambling Team learning event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on alcohol availability, licensing and alcohol policy post-COVID-19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Online newspaper article highlighting the findings of the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report (The Guardian) |
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 | "Food and drink producers are leveraging the coronavirus pandemic to push unhealthy products such as alcohol, sugar-laden soft drinks and fatty fast food on consumers" - 9th Sept 2020. This article was written in response to the Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm report and helps to spread awareness /educate the general public regarding tactics large companies adopt in order to influence policy making |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/sep/09/coronavirus-live-news-oxford-covid-19-vaccine-tri... |
Description | Policy Coherence Presentation to OHID (J Collin) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Jeff Collin presented to the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities on the principles and considerations of policy coherence. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Policy opportunities for reducing the density of tobacco retailers in Scotland |
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 | This workshop contribution was attended by around 100 policymakers, academics and practitioners across the United States examining policy opportunities to address tobacco availability led to questions and discussion afterwards, and new collaborative opportunities subsequently |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation by Sheffield University to OHID's Addictions and Inclusion Directorate |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The University of Sheffield provided a presentation to OHID on their economic modelling. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation on SPECTRUM research relevant to diet and obesity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation on SPECTRUM research relevant to diet and obesity (Laura Mahon and Lauren Carters-White) to Scottish Government Diet & Healthy Weight team, PHS Diet, Obesity and Physical Exercise Team, and Food Standards Scotland team. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation to OHID Addiction and Inclusion and Diet, Obesity and Healthy Behaviour Directorates (Prof Rachael Murray) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Rachael Murray presented findings on alcohol, HFSS food and tobacco imagery in the media to two OHID directorates |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation to Public Health Licensing Network (via Alcohol Focus Scotland) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Niamh Fitzgerald presented on licensing and availability research to about 20 representatives of local public health teams. The work led to further discussion of how data from the IMPAACT study could be used by public health teams in local licensing policy development. It also raised awareness of links between opening hours and alcohol-related harms. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Press release: tobacco footfall in the UK |
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 | A press release on our paper on tobacco footfall - sent out through University of Edinburgh press office |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2022/corner-shop-tobacco-sales-halved-in-three-years |
Description | Preventative Health Conference 2021 Public Health Association of Australia (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Key note address - Discussing Countering Tobacco Industry strategizing , 10 May 2021. Generated significant discussion. Feedback indicated that the presentation was well received and led to be being invited to give the presentation at another event and featured in discussions at the Framework Convention Alliance |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Principles of Engagement Discussion - Scottish Government Policy Teams |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | This meeting was held with Scottish Government Policy Team Leads and Members on November 17th 2022 to discuss guidance to consider when engaging with industry and was held under Chatham House rules. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Prinicples of Engagement with Industry: Industry influence on health policy |
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 | OHID is undertaking a review in order to identify best practise around future principles of engagement with industry. As part of the review, a desktop review is underway, which various SPECTRUM members have contributed to. SPECTRUM members and affiliated members have participated in seminars which outlined considerations in this area. SPECTRUM's Knowledge Broker who is seconded two days a week from OHID facilitated engagement and is a point of contact for future discussions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Public Involvement 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 | A public involvement website has been launched by King's College London, which has helped to recruit people to the Nicotine and Mental Health Involvement Group (that is supported by SPECTRUM). The website is a source of information about public involvement in research and a platform for involvement group activities. This activity was led by Dr Parvati Perman-Howe and others at KCL. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://www.nrgppi.org |
Description | Public health webinar: supporting recovery from Covid-19 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This webinar, jointly covering tobacco, obesity and alcohol, considered the impact of changes to the public health system, including the disbanding of Public Health England (PHE), and what the aims for the public health system should be looking forwards. There were 68 attendees from local authority councillors, Directors of Public Health, public health professionals, charity employees |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCWSo87sUak |
Description | Response to ONS-Data: Quarterly alcohol-specific deaths in England and Wales |
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 | Professor Linda Bauld responded to the figures from the ONS-Data which indicated that alcohol-related deaths have hit a record high during pandemic. The quote was reported in a number of newspapers both in print and online including the following: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/alcohol-deaths-covid-pandemic-2020-b1796266.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13932641/booze-deaths-soared- https://www.businessinsider.co.za/deaths-from-alcohol-spiked-during-covid-19-lockdown-2021-2 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-02/alcohol-deaths-in-england-and-wales-hit-a-record-under-lockdown https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13932641/booze-deaths-soared-lockdown-5460-killed/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/alcohol-deaths-covid-pandemic-2020-b1796266.html |
Description | Royal Society of Edinburgh: Data, Evidence & Science working group of the Post-Covid Futures Commission. |
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 | The RSE Post-Covid Futures Commission was established to discuss Scotland's recovery and renewal as the country emerges from the covid-19 pandemic. One of the focuses of the group was to find ways to identify and address inequalities to build a fairer society. Members of the Commission have a range of expertise, from across academia, business, public service and the creative arts which ensures a holistic approach to the inquiries and considerations. One of the outputs of this group is to hold a media workshop to help journalists and scientists understand how to communicate better to translate findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | SPECTRUM and ADPH: Commercial determinants of health webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | This webinar was organised in partnership with the Association of the Directors of Public Health and took place on October 10th, 2022. It began with an introduction to SPECTRUM before moving on to explain what the Commercial Determinants of Health are and how they affect individuals & wider society. The programme includes a review of industry behaviours and responses which may conflict with public health decision making and policy enactment. The feedback from this webinar was overwhelmingly positive with many expressing concerns that they had not previously realised the implications of CDoH, how industry behaves and requesting information on how they could address these issues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVu_GQvStfNYJoPZobrF9tQ |
Description | SRNT- Policy Research Network. Restricting the sale of menthol tobacco products (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | SRNT- Policy Research Network. Restricting the sale of menthol tobacco products: a policy evaluation webinar. 7 December 2020. Industry attempt to circumvent menthol flavouring bans in the UK. Gilmore, A. Invited talk to other academics. Appears to have increased awareness of the shortfalls of the EU/UK menthol regulation which may improve regulation elsewhere |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | STV News Interview |
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 | Pre-recorded interview about the study which was broadcasted on STV News at Six and One. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | STV Scotland Tonight (Live) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Appeared on live broadcast of Scotland Tonight answering questions about the study and potential risks of re-opening hospitality venues in relation to Covid. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Series of meetings & workshops on alcohol availability with Public Health Scotland, Alcohol Focus Scotland and local public health practitioners |
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 | Series of meetings with AFS and PHS to discuss alcohol availability data and research, and to plan and deliver a workshop with public health practitioners from around Scotland on the same topic. The outcome of the workshop is further activity to improve available data on licensing and to strengthen the role of public health practitioners in the licensing system. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | South West Public Health Trainees Training event. Talk: Practices of unhealthy industries Part 1:Tobacco (science, lobbying, litigation) (Prof Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation at training event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Spectrum Alcohol Workshop |
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 | This was a Spectrum Alcohol Knowledge Exchange workshop. I presented some results from our ESRC study and discussed the methods of measuring alcohol change through time. There was a general discussion about alcohol data and the changing nature of availability in Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Stakeholder engagement meeting for Brazil and Peru |
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 | We held a workshop with a diverse group of stakeholders in Brazil and Peru, with breakout rooms conducted in Portuguese and Spanish, in which we presented the study and sought out the views of stakeholders on next steps for alcohol policy development and advocacy in the two countries. We had hoped to do these workshops in person, and it was difficult to cover all that was needed in a shorter online session especially allowing enough time for in-depth discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Symposium - Lebe.Besser.Länger.Rauchfrei. (Translation: Live. Better. Longer. Smokefree) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | A symposium on the topic of smoking prevention organised by the Tirolean Social Health Insurance Fund (Austria). Tessa Langley delivered a presentation on tobacco control in the UK to a mixed audience of public health experts, clinicians, students and members of the general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Technical meeting on the draft report 'WHO Alcohol Control Playbook', September 2021 (Kathrin Lauber) |
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 WHO technical meeting on similarities in unhealthy commodity industry political activity. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | The Commercial Determinants of Health and Decolonisation (J Collin) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Jeff Collin of the University of Edinburgh: Presented on the commercial determinants of health and decolonisation as part of wider work in UKHSA on decolonising global health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The E-Cigarette Summit - Presentation Linda Bauld |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The E-Cigarette Summit facilitated dialogue and thoughtful analysis of the latest research and discussed how evidence should be interpreted/ communicated to deliver the most effective health strategies to reduce smoking related death and disease. This presentation was entitled "The UK approach to tobacco harm reduction - the pillars that guide regulation and policy" - Linda Bauld |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | The Health Foundation Round Table: Commercial determinants of health |
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 | This roundtable was convened to discuss and contribute to a Health Foundation briefing paper on the commercial determinants of health. A number of SPECTRUM researchers attended including Linda Bauld, Anna Gilmore, Mark Petticrew, Nason Manni and Consortium Manager Sancha Martin. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The Kellogg's judicial review: food for thought on the role of litigation in public health? |
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 | Breakfast cereal manufacturer, Kellogg's, recently lost a High Court legal challenge against new UK government regulations designed to tackle childhood obesity by restricting promotions of unhealthy food. SPECTRUM members, Keith Syrett and Cécile Knai, explored the case and its implications for public health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://spectrum.ed.ac.uk/news-insights-and-events/insights/kelloggs-judicial-review-food-for-though... |
Description | The alcohol industry: its playbook, partnerships and risks to public health. Webinar 27th jan 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was an invitation-only webinar for alcohol practitioners in Irealand and representatives of community groups |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | The tobacco retail environment as a lever for change |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | We were invited to speak with the Public health England tobacco team to present our research on tobacco availability and health-related outcomes, leading to questions and discussion, and an ongoing dialogue on this area of policy development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Tobacco availability |
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 | Around 30 policymakers and practitioners attending a 2 day knowledge exchange workshop focused on policies and practice related to nicotine and tobacco, leading to questions and discussion afterwards, and subsequently an invitation to join a newly formed Scottish Government-led tobacco strategy group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/spectrum/news-insights-events/events |
Description | Tobacco industry interference and new challenges in communication (tobacco industry and harm reduction) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Plenary talk: Tobacco industry's interest in harm reduction by Anna Gilmore (University of Bath) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Tobacco research update: recent work in Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | An event organised with Action of Smoking & Health in advance of teh tobacco strategy consultation in England to share recent research findings, and discuss policy implications |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Turning the Tide: A 10 year healthy weight 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 | Professor Linda Bauld was the academic lead on the Turning the Tide: A 10 year Healthy Weight Strategy along with Dr Lauren Carters-White. A core aim of 'Turning the Tide' was to identify a clear pathway for policy and interventions that have the backing of the NGO and public health community. Reaching consensus was a key part of the process to creating a strategy we believe can catalyse change. Dr Lauren Carters-White and others at the University of Edinburgh developed a series of rapid evidence reviews, which were supplemented by expert papers commissioned by the OHA. The role of the expert advisors was to analyse the evidence and identify areas for recommendations. These were then shaped by experts and OHA members into policy recommendations. Following the publication of the strategy, and the webinar, there have been 5 follow up meetings with MPs to discuss the report, 2 references to the report in UK parliamentary discussions and a Commission from Lancet Public Health to author a review article. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Turning-the-Tide-A-10-year-Healthy-We... |
Description | UKPRP Webinar: Commercial Determinants of Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | The aim of these webinars is to share some of the emerging findings from the work of the consortia and explore what the learning so far might mean for public health as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. We will discuss the importance of generating evidence on non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention challenges in the UK. The webinars will also examine the importance of the wider determinants of health and complex systems approaches to addressing these. This particular webinar focussed on 'Commercial determinants of health and health inequalities'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | UoE SPSS - Global NCD Alliance Forum Feb 2020 (Jeff Collin chairing session on conflicts of interest in public health policy) |
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 | The Forum was organised under the theme of "Bridging the Gap" with a view to accelerating global efforts to translate political commitments and rhetoric into action and implementation at national and local levels. Jeff chaired a session entitled: "David versus Goliath: Strategies for managing conflict of interest and countering industry interference in public health policy". Dr Monika Arora (TCCP co-investigator) was also a panel member. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://ncdalliance.org/what-we-do/convening/global-ncda-forum-2020/programme |
Description | WHO Action Network on Reducing Marketing Pressure, virtual meeting (Kathrin Lauber) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation to WHO Marketing Network, primarily for national policymakers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | WHO International Expert Group on the Commercial Determinants of Health (Prof Anna Gilmore) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Anna Gilmore was invited to join international expert group to advise new WHO unit on CDOH |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Webinar - Instrumental, Structural, & Discursive Power in the Regulation of Online Advertising of HFSS Products to Children |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | I was invited to present on my PhD findings at the Menzies Centre for Health Governance. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://regnet.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/8062/instrumental-structural-and-discursive-power-and-re... |
Description | Webinar - Regulation of Online Advertising of HFSS Products to Children for WHO Europe |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on the regulation of online advertising of HFSS products to children, which has since resulted in Dr Carters-White being contracted to develop series of research protocols for WHO Europe. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Webinar - Values based framing to advocate for improved diabetes care for the WHO |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | Presentation on employing values-based framing as a technique when advocating for improved diabetes (Type I and Type II) care. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Webinar - Women in the media and online representation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Webinar and also training event for students, staff and members of the public on Wikipedia and improving the representation of women online for international women's day |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/2021/international-women-s-day-2021 |
Description | Webinar by Alex Barker on www.philcain.com: Alcohol in the media |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This webinar was one of four hosted by Phil Cain with a panel of experts at a looking at how media is used to shape our relationship with alcohol. This particular webinar provided an insight into the way alcohol is marketed through the most established media channels, looking at the quantity of promotion, its regulation and how regulation could be improved. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPnEwikQgVw |
Description | Webinar for public health policymakers and practitioners in Ireland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar on commercial determinants of health and women's health, hosted by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and attended by over 100 practioners, advocates, policy-makers, community groups and postgraduate students. The presentation and subsequent discussion increased awareness and understanding of the influence of commercial determinants of health - particularly alcohol and tobacco companies - and how the public health community can respond. These issues are seen as particularly relevant in Ireland, including for the Women's Health Strategy currently being led by the Women's Health Taskforce (set up by the Department of Health in Dublin https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/-womens-health/). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Webinar for school pupils: Communicating during the covid-19 crises |
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 | Science Insights is an exciting work experience programme designed by the University of Edinburgh to give 5th year high school pupils a real insight into the work and life of research scientists. In this presentation, Linda Bauld outlined the key challenges when communicating with the public during the current covid-19 pandemic including explaining how to identify trusted sources and how to improve communication. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Webinar: Governance, Ethics, and Conflict of Interest Network: Corporations and Global Health. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar on corporations and global health governance, organised by the Governance, Ethics, and Conflict of Interest in Public Health network. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Who should we trust on science diplomacy and COVID-19 recovery? Not Big Tobacco |
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 | Blog piece written for Tobacco Control which concluded that the public health community must be vigilant to stop harmful industries influencing the debate around science and pandemic recovery and refuse to engage in events that could advance the tobacco industry's interests. Pandemic recovery must be an opportunity for society to build a healthier future without harmful industries setting and exploiting the agenda. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2021/04/17/who-should-we-trust-on-science-diplomacy-and-covid-recovery-not-... |
Description | Who should we trust on science diplomacy and COVID-19 recovery? Not Big Tobacco - Blog |
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 | The blog piece was written as a call for scientists, public health professionals & government representatives to avoid associating their names with the "Science Diplomacy" event and others that could advance the tobacco industry's interests. It was written by Alice Fabbri, Louis Laurence, Mateusz Zatonski, Anna B Gilmore |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2021/04/17/who-should-we-trust-on-science-diplomacy-and-covid-recovery-not-... |
Description | Workshop with ASH Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | a focused workshop with the ASH Scotland senior leadership team to discuss recent research and future research needs on tobacco availability |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Workshop with Tobacco and Alcohol Crime Regulation Forum |
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 | Around 80 practitioners and policymakers attended a workshop hosted by the Tobacco and Alcohol Crime Regulation Forum which sparked questions and discussion afterwards, and led to ongoing correspondence about future research needs subsequently |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Workshop: Commercial Determinants of Health |
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 | A workshop was organised during the World Conference of Public Health to discuss commercial determinants of health and was led by Anna Gilmore (University of Bath). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Workshop: Corporate influence on science: what is happening and what can be done |
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 | A workshop was organised during the World Conference of Public Health to discuss industry influence on science and was led by Anna Gilmore and Tess Legg amongst others (University of Bath) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Workshop: Microsimulation and Agent Based Modelling |
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 | Training event hosted by SPECTRUM for researchers, policymakers and public health bodies to understand the limitations and advantages of agent based modelling when considering policy changes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Workshop: SPECTRUM Stakeholder Engagement Session |
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 | 375 policymakers and practitioners attended a workshop on commercial determinants of health which sparked questions and discussion afterwards |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |