Places and health
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
We know that your health is affected by the environment you live in, both positively and negatively. The local, national and international governments and organisations who influence and control these environments really want to design and manage them so that they help everyone stay as healthy as possible. Surprisingly, there is little evidence about what to do, how long it might take to have effects, and how big those effects on health might be. Our research tries to help. We know that the place you live is made up of many interconnecting things including natural and man-made environments, people, economy, and culture. These all work together to influence health. Our research is focused on understanding where, when and how places change, because then we can study the effects of those changes on health. We also study how people use their towns and cities because we can’t assume everyone stays in their neighbourhood all the time. We need to understand how and why they move around, day to day, and how that affects their health too. Finally, we use new methods to test out our understanding of how places affect health and how we could improve their design and management. These methods include using computers to simulate what does, and might, go on in neighbourhoods and cities, and the likely impact on residents’ health. Such simulations are very new to health research and we want to know if and when they can be helpful.
Technical Summary
We know that our living environment affects our health. One implication is that environment could be a lever to improve population health and narrow inequalities, but there is currently little robust evidence about what the best interventions or investments for health would be, how long they might take to work, and the likely extent of benefits. Building on our past work, the programme aims to tackle that lack of evidence and the reasons for it, in the next five years and beyond. A distinguishing feature of the Places programme is its focus on connections between environment, people and health. As social as well as epidemiological scientists, we conceptualise and research places as social, economic and environmental systems which shape and are shaped by individuals. In practice, this means we focus on time as well as space; a longitudinal perspective is needed to see how people and places affect each other.
The programme’s long-term aim is to understand how urban environments do, or can be modified to, protect and improve population health and reduce health inequalities. The objectives are to i) lead a step-change in the availability and application of novel data and methods to improve understanding of how places affect health; and ii) utilise these new methods and data to identify and evaluate place-based interventions for improving population health and reducing health inequalities.
We will deliver these aims via 3 interconnected workstreams. Workstream 1 creates and uses longitudinal data to tell us how places change over time and the consequences for population health and related behaviour. Workstream 2 collects and uses GPS data and approaches developed from ecology to tell us how people use places; how the content and configuration of settlements affects where they go, what they do, and what this means for their health. Workstream 3 creates dynamic simulation models to explore both how people, place and health are linked in systems, and how places can be changed to improve health and reduce inequalities. The health and health-related outcomes of primary interest are mental health and wellbeing, exposure to alcohol and tobacco environments, contact with nature, physical activity, and population-level indicators of health such as mortality rate.
The programme’s long-term aim is to understand how urban environments do, or can be modified to, protect and improve population health and reduce health inequalities. The objectives are to i) lead a step-change in the availability and application of novel data and methods to improve understanding of how places affect health; and ii) utilise these new methods and data to identify and evaluate place-based interventions for improving population health and reducing health inequalities.
We will deliver these aims via 3 interconnected workstreams. Workstream 1 creates and uses longitudinal data to tell us how places change over time and the consequences for population health and related behaviour. Workstream 2 collects and uses GPS data and approaches developed from ecology to tell us how people use places; how the content and configuration of settlements affects where they go, what they do, and what this means for their health. Workstream 3 creates dynamic simulation models to explore both how people, place and health are linked in systems, and how places can be changed to improve health and reduce inequalities. The health and health-related outcomes of primary interest are mental health and wellbeing, exposure to alcohol and tobacco environments, contact with nature, physical activity, and population-level indicators of health such as mortality rate.
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Publications
Alkhatib AM
(2021)
Contextual influences on chronic illness: A multi-level analysis in the twin cities of Ramallah and Al Bireh in the occupied Palestinian Territory.
in Health & place
Almagor J
(2021)
How can an agent-based model explore the impact of interventions on children's physical activity in an urban environment?
in Health & Place
Almagor J
(2020)
Exploring the effectiveness of a COVID-19 contact tracing app using an agent-based model.
in Scientific reports
Angelopoulos K
(2021)
Pandemic-Induced Wealth and Health Inequality and Risk Exposure
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Angelopoulos K
(2023)
Local infectious disease experience influences vaccine refusal rates: a natural experiment.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Bardid F
(2022)
Results from Scotland's 2021 report card on physical activity and health for children and youth: Grades, secular trends, and socio-economic inequalities.
in Journal of exercise science and fitness
Caryl FM
(2022)
Inequalities in children's exposure to alcohol outlets in Scotland: a GPS study.
in BMC public health
Caryl FM
(2021)
Simulating the density reduction and equity impact of potential tobacco retail control policies.
in Tobacco control
Related Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MC_UU_00022/1 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £4,603,000 | ||
MC_UU_00022/2 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/1 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £5,774,000 |
MC_UU_00022/3 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/2 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £2,597,000 |
MC_UU_00022/4 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/3 | 01/04/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £3,437,000 |
MC_UU_00022/5 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/4 | 01/08/2020 | 31/03/2025 | £1,000,000 |
Title | Co-produced causal loop diagram of nature-based ELC implementation (Mccrorie Paul) |
Description | co-produced interactive online causal loop map demonstrating the relationships between factors involved in implementing outdoor nature-based ELC. |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Has been used by practitioners and managers of early learning and childcare settings and local/national government officials to consider how to implement nature-based ELC more widely in Scotland |
URL | https://embed.kumu.io/69bd92ed3125d3de2eeb0823fb1a72cc#practice-of-nature-based-elc |
Title | Digital content - video (Mccrorie Paul) |
Description | Video created to explain the co-production of a causal loop diagram exploring the factors and relationships involved in implementing nature-based ELC more widely in Scotland |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Used by practitioners to critically appraise their own service delivery. Used by local government and national government to consider key leverage points in the wider implementation of nature-based ELC in Scotland. |
Title | Urban Nature maps for Edinburgh and Glasgow |
Description | Maps were created showing the locations of local green and openspaces, and then facts, figures, advice and information on accessing nature are on the reverse. Maps will be distributed to schools, via third sector agencies etc. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Impact | Maps just completed - impacts to follow. |
Description | Chair of Research and Evidence group, and evaluation lead for Our Natural Health Service |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Invitation to join the Alcohol-free Childhood Action Network (ACAN) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Invited presentation to the Tobacco Control Research and Evaluation Sub-Group (A sub-group of the Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control). |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Paper (Ellaway, Macdonald, & Kearns (2016)) cited in UK Government policy document (Decision-Making in the UK Transport System, 2019) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7736... |
Description | Research (3 papers) cited in policy document (Cleaner Air for Scotland) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/cleaner-air-scotland-air-quality-public-attitudes-behaviour-review... |
Description | Research and evidence group for Our Natural Health Service, a Scottish environment & health intervention programme |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Substantial work culminated in an evaluation report and recommendations, highlighting differences in approach of local green health partnerships in terms of activity and effectiveness. At a local level this has led to better sharing of practices between groups. At the programme level is has led to a prioritisation of green prescriptions for some groups, and fostered on going funding for other groups. |
Description | Research cited in Dutch policy document (Beperken van het aantal verkooppunten tabak - Limit the number of tobacco outlets) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2020/07/31/beperken-van-het-aantal-verkooppunten-t... |
Description | Research cited in policy document (Future of mobility: decision making in the UK transport system) |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-mobility-decision-making-in-the-uk-transport-sy... |
Description | Assessing policy to address the medium-run impact of COVID-19 on income and health inequality with models informed by the history of disease outbreaks |
Amount | £237,788 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/V005898/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Better Parks, Healthier for All? |
Amount | £383,966 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/TO38721/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 09/2023 |
Description | Change in alcohol and tobacco availability, population health and the lived experience |
Amount | £609,175 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/S016775/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2019 |
End | 08/2022 |
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 | 09/2023 |
Description | Developing computational approaches to data extraction from European archives |
Amount | £9,951 (GBP) |
Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 02/2023 |
Description | Do gender-differences in access to urban landscapes lead to gender-inequalities in mental and physical health? |
Amount | £287,426 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/T027789/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy, and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLH) |
Amount | £7,105,262 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/P011020/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2017 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | GCRF Growing Research Capability |
Amount | £7,000,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/P011020/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2017 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Glasgow City Council - half funded PhD studentship |
Amount | £48,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Glasgow City Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Impact Acceleration Account 2019: Glasgow |
Amount | £1,184,699 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/T501918/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Impact Acceleration Account: Empowering stakeholders in Early Learning in Childcare to evaluate and implement outdoor childcare (Anne Martin) |
Amount | £14,700 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/T501918/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2020 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | Investigating the potential of outdoor nurseries for children, families and communities (PhD Studentship) |
Amount | £47,240 (GBP) |
Organisation | Glasgow City Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Investigating the potential of outdoor nurseries for children, families and communities (PhD Studentship) |
Amount | £47,240 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | MRC Skills Development Fellowship: Do gender-differences in access to urban landscapes lead to gender-inequalities in mental and physical health? |
Amount | £283,961 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/T027789/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2020 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Mental health and HIV among call centre employees in the Philippines: Co-producing a workplace intervention using a systems approach |
Amount | £140,700 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/V004093/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 08/2022 |
Description | Mental health and HIV among call centre employees in the Philippines: Co-producing a workplace intervention using a systems approach. |
Amount | £140,700 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/V004093/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 08/2022 |
Description | PHASE: The Population Health Agent based Simulation nEtwork |
Amount | £402,310 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/S037594/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2019 |
End | 05/2023 |
Description | Scottish Government - Systematic Review: effect of outdoor nurseries on children's health, learning and social and emotional wellbeing |
Amount | £59,881 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of Scotland |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | Sustrans: Evaluability Assessment of EBike programme |
Amount | £6,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Sustrans |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2019 |
Description | Systematic review on the potential of outdoor nurseries for promoting learning, social relationships, health and wellbeing in early childhood |
Amount | £63,240 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of Scotland |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 10/2020 |
Description | Using secondary data to examine whether a programme of physical and social interventions in urban forests enhances community health and wellbeing |
Amount | £240,623 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/V002457/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2021 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | World Class Labs Capital Funding 2020/22 |
Amount | £215,103 (GBP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2020 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | World Class Labs Captial Funding 2020/22 |
Amount | £215,103 (FKP) |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2020 |
End | 03/2021 |
Title | Covid-19: Agent-based model of pandemic progression and effectiveness of mitigation strategies (Stefano Picascia) |
Description | Covid-19: Agent-based model of pandemic progression and effectiveness of mitigation strategies. A multi-layer network agent-based model of the progression of the COVID19 infection and its mitigations: lockdowns, social distancing, contact tracing, massive testing. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | he model is designed to test and appreciate the difference in infections and casualties with and without social distancing/lockdown measures and, more importantly, to test the effectiveness of infection mitigation strategies such as large scale testing and contact tracing apps. Specifically, the complex interaction between the availability of testing and different levels of app adoption can be usefully explored with this model. The model also shows that, when we assume that the viral transmission runs predominantly through one's social network, the dynamic of the infection is different from that emerging under the assumption of most SEIR models of an equal probability of everyone infecting everyone else. |
URL | https://github.com/harrykipper/covid |
Title | Covid-19: modelling the spread of Covid-19 and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies (Jonatan Almagor) |
Description | an agent-based model simulating the spread of Covid-19 in a population. The ABM explores the effectiveness of mitigation measures: lock-down, social distancing, contact tracing app and testing on reducing the spread of the virus. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The model provide insights into the effectiveness of mitigation strategies to reduce the spread of the virus, with a focus on the impact of a contact tracing app. |
URL | https://github.com/harrykipper/covid/blob/master/README.md |
Title | Data and code for: Local infectious disease experience influences vaccine refusal rates: a natural experiment |
Description | Vaccination has been critical to the decline in infectious disease prevalence in recent centuries. Nonetheless, vaccine refusal has increased in recent years, with complacency associated with reductions in disease prevalence highlighted as an important contributor. We exploit a natural experiment in Glasgow at the beginning of the 20th century to investigate whether prior local experience of an infectious disease matters for vaccination decisions. Our study is based on smallpox surveillance data and administrative records of parental refusal to vaccinate their infants. We analyse variation between administrative units of Glasgow in cases and deaths from smallpox during two epidemics over the period 1900-1904, and vaccine refusal following its legalisation in Scotland in 1907 after a long period of compulsory vaccination. We find that lower local disease incidence and mortality during the epidemics were associated with higher rates of subsequent vaccine refusal. This finding indicates that complacency influenced vaccination decisions in periods of higher infectious disease risk, responding to local prior experience of the relevant disease, and has not emerged solely in the context of the generally low levels of infectious disease risk of recent decades. These results suggest that vaccine delivery strategies may benefit from information on local variation in incidence. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
URL | http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.rbnzs7hfx |
Title | Parental perceptions of risks and benefits of outdoor risky play - dataset (Paul McCrorie) |
Description | The following is a summary for this dataset: Will hold data related to parents' perceptions of outdoor play situations in terms of their risks and benefits for children aged 2-5 years. The dataset has three parts: 1. Socio-demographic information about parent and child. 2. General play related questions relating how often they took their child out to play, and under what weather conditions. 3. Parental assessment of risk and benefits for 10 visually presented outdoor situations that parents may experience with their child(ren). Parents judged the risk and benefit of each situation using Likert style responses (Completely disagree - Completely agree) and under what conditions they would allow their child to do this activity. For each of the 10 situations parents answer up to 7 questions. The questions are the same for each situation but depending on their responses, additional questions could display throughout. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The dataset underpins an international collaboration between researchers at the University of Glasgow, University of Liege Belgium, and the University of Wollongong Australia. |
Title | Practitioner perceptions of risks and benefits of outdoor risky play - dataset (Paul McCrorie) |
Description | This dataset will be deposited in the UK Data Service repository: The following is a summary for this dataset: Will hold data related to practitioners' perceptions of outdoor play situations in terms of their risks and benefits for children aged 2-5 years. The dataset has three parts: 1. Demographic information about the practitioner and their childcare setting, including age, gender, and general experience related questions in the childcare sector, predominant age group of responsibility, and childcare setting (urban. Town, rural etc). 2. Practitioner assessment of risk and benefits for 10 visually presented outdoor situations that practitioners may experience with their child(ren) in their childcare centre. Practitioners judged the risk and benefit of each situation using Likert style responses (Completely disagree - Completely agree) and under what conditions they would allow their child to do this activity. For each of the 10 situations practitioners answer up to 7 questions. The questions are the same for each situation but depending on their responses, additional questions could display throughout. Access will require agreement with a user license and in some situations approval from a data access committee to adhere to ethical approval provided. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The dataset underpins an international collaboration between researchers at the University of Glasgow, University of Liege Belgium, and the University of Wollongong Australia. |
Description | Parent and educator outdoor play risk perception survey (Anne Martin) |
Organisation | University of Liege |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are collaborating with the University of Liege in Belgium, Professor Boris Jidovtseff who has developed an online survey which we have translated and adapted from French into English and into the Scottish context. The translated survey is now being adapted and used by Dr Rachel Jones and Dr Karen Tonge at the University of Wollongong, Australia. We did collect data in Scotland to allow a cross-country comparison of parent and educator perceptions of the risk, benefits and child competencies of outdoor play. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Boris Jidovtseff provided the online survey in French language and the licence of the online platform for data collection. He also provided his and his institution's expertise in adapting the survey while ensuring psychometric properties. Colleagues in Australia will use our adapted survey to collect data and will also adapt the survey for use in pre-service early years educators. |
Impact | Output: Undergraduate internship from May -July 2020, abstract submission to the Glasgow Paediatric Research Day (about the adaptation of survey) Data collection as part of this collaboration will commence September 2020. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Parent and educator outdoor play risk perception survey (Anne Martin) |
Organisation | University of Wollongong |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are collaborating with the University of Liege in Belgium, Professor Boris Jidovtseff who has developed an online survey which we have translated and adapted from French into English and into the Scottish context. The translated survey is now being adapted and used by Dr Rachel Jones and Dr Karen Tonge at the University of Wollongong, Australia. We did collect data in Scotland to allow a cross-country comparison of parent and educator perceptions of the risk, benefits and child competencies of outdoor play. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Boris Jidovtseff provided the online survey in French language and the licence of the online platform for data collection. He also provided his and his institution's expertise in adapting the survey while ensuring psychometric properties. Colleagues in Australia will use our adapted survey to collect data and will also adapt the survey for use in pre-service early years educators. |
Impact | Output: Undergraduate internship from May -July 2020, abstract submission to the Glasgow Paediatric Research Day (about the adaptation of survey) Data collection as part of this collaboration will commence September 2020. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Parental outdoor play risk perception survey (Anne Martin) |
Organisation | University of Liege |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are collaborating with the University of Liege in Belgium, Professor Boris Jidovtseff who has developed an online survey which we have translated and adapted from French into English and into the Scottish context. We will be collecting data in Scotland to allow a cross-country comparison of parental perceptions of the risk, benefits and child competencies of outdoor play. |
Collaborator Contribution | Professor Boris Jidovtseff provided the online survey in French language and the licence of the online platform for data collection. He also provided his and his institution's expertise in adapting the survey while ensuring psychometric properties. |
Impact | Output: Undergraduate internship from May -July 2020, abstract submission to the Glasgow Paediatric Research Day (about the adaptation of survey) Data collection as part of this collaboration will commence September 2020. Outputs are expected early 2021. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Agent-based modelling for policy seminar (Alice MacLachlan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A joint academic and policy workshop, tailored to promote and widen understanding of the application of agent based modelling (ABMs) in supporting the development of public policy, led by Digital Catapult. Laurence Moore was invited as a presenter and panel member for the discussion session on social policy and public health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/events/agent-based-modelling-for-policy-seminar |
Description | BBC world service 'world update' radio interview |
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 | Dr Jonathan Olsen conducted an interview with BBC World Service on 19th March 2019 to discuss the recent publication in Social Science and Medicine 'Are urban landscapes associated with reported life satisfaction and inequalities in life satisfaction at the city level? A cross-sectional study of 66 European Cities' is published in Social Science & Medicine'. The interview was broadcast to a global audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172w4ktwq2yt2n |
Description | Blog Post: What is 'on the ground' in a city linked to levels of inequality in life satisfaction |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Following Dr Olsen, Dr Nicholls and Prof Mitchells publication in Social Science & Medicine, we produced a blog entitled 'What is 'on the ground' in a city linked to levels of inequality in life satisfaction'. The blog described the paper in plain english and was made accessible to a wide audience through the centre for research on environment society and health website. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://cresh.org.uk/2019/03/19/what-is-on-the-ground-in-a-city-linked-to-levels-of-inequality-in-li... |
Description | Blog post: CHILDREN IN DEPRIVED AREAS ENCOUNTER SHOPS SELLING TOBACCO SIX TIMES MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THOSE IN WELL-OFF AREAS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Following publication of "socioeconomic inequalities in children's exposure to tobacco retailing based on individual-level gps data in scotland", Fiona Caryl wrote a blog post describing the significance of the findings in plain english that was made accessible to a wide audience through the Centre for Research on Environment Society and Health website. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://cresh.org.uk/2019/07/10/children-in-deprived-areas-encounter-shops-selling-tobacco-six-times... |
Description | Blog: Outdoor early learning and play - how can the scientific community assist with Scotland's greener vision of child development, health and wellbeing? (Avril Johnstone) |
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 | This short blog aimed to share our thoughts on how we can assist with Scotland's greener vision of child development, health and wellbeing using Outdoor Early Learning and Play. Our primary audiences were practitioners, policymakers and the third sector. The blog provided an overview of the current context in relation to COVID-19, related research and our novel approach on utilising a whole systems approach to building an evidence base in this area. The blog was posted on Friday 5th June and by Wednesday 10th June it had 220 unique page views. The blog was promoted through Twitter and retweeted by a diverse audience, including researchers, a senior Government Minister (Maree Todd - Minister for Children & Young People), policy, practitioners and the Third Sector. Comments on social media highlighted the novelty and importance of our research in this area. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthscience... |
Description | COVID-19 online engagement tool (Gillian Bell) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Development of an online engagement tool to start conversations about the wider impact of COVID-19 and lockdown restrictions on health and society, with a focus on inequalities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://covid19tool.sphsu.gla.ac.uk/ |
Description | Children's Rights-Based Participatory Methods CPD |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | As part of the Children Create project, we organised a CPD event - ran by Children's Parliament - to introduce researchers and third sector organisations to children's rights-based participatory approaches in research. Over 2.5 hours, attendees were provided a platform to learn about and discuss involving participatory methods with children and young people in research, whilst taking a right's based approach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/resources/ |
Description | Conference presentation at UKSBM (Anne Martin) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the findings of a Scottish Government funded research at the UKSBM Annual meeting (online) to UK and Ireland based academics in the field of behaviours medicine. Impact unknown |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Cross Cutting Theme on Health Inequalities Steering Group |
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 | Our inaugural steering group meeting brought together representatives from research, policy and practice in the field of greenspace, including colleagues from Public Health Scotland, Greenspace Scotland, Forest Research etc. The meeting aimed to: i) establish our steering group; ii) discuss the wider GroundsWell project and the role of the cross-cutting theme on health inequalities; and iii) provide feedback on a theoretical model exploring factors that drive low and non-use of urban green and blue spaces. The meeting sparked discussion on barriers and facilitators to greenspace for those, in particular, who don't use or have low-use of these spaces. We will continue collaborative discussions in this area to advise on wider applicability and ensure the relevancy of our work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Dissemination of JPAH Paper (Avril Johnstone) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A recently published paper was disseminated in two ways: firstly, a graphical abstract posted on Twitter via the publishing Journal and, secondly, a short blog post to Actify comprising text, recording, and infographic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | ESRC FoSS 2022 - 20-minute neighbourhoods Young Person activity (Jonathan Olsen) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen, Dr Jess Hepburn and Gillian Bell created an activity for the 2022 Festival of Social Science for Young People. We created an interactive online tool where Young People searched for their home, just like Google Maps. It then showed them whether there is a food shop, park, school, cinema or library, within a 10 minute walk of home. Via the Schools Health and Wellbeing Improvement Research Network (SHINE) network, we recruited 20 schools to take part. We then asked young people to think about what they have available in their local area and then complete the Place Standard Tool for Children and Young People. The tool has been adapted and developed by the Scottish Government, Play Scotland and A Place in Childhood, in consultation with children and young people. An video explaining the tool was also created. A total of 355 young people completed the online survey. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/progr... |
Description | Edinburgh Student-led conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk on environment and health inequalities to students studying policy and practice around health and social issues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Engagement event at COP26 GreenZone, Glasgow, 2021 |
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 | Dr Jonathan Olsen and Gillian Bell were successful in hosting a booth at the COP26 GreenZone and showcased a video that described research conducted at SPHSU of how built environment features, including natural spaces, in cities are associated with improved health and reduced health inequality. This was through an application to Universities UK. The GreenZone was accessible to the public, third sector organisations, academics, policy professionals and schools. Individuals from each of these sectors visited the stall. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Expert lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Expert talk given to CRUK/Ludwig led conference. I set out the work of the programme at the leading edge of assessing how built environment might relate to cancer prevention. There was a Q&A discussion afterwards. I was contacted by third sector organisations afterwards for follow up and connections. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Expert lecture on impacts of covid on outdoor environment use |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation to a third sector organised meeting on urban planning and green environments. I presented information and evidence about the impact of covid on use of green spaces and the policy options going forward. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Focus group consultation and discussion with professional experts on green space quality |
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 | We conducted a focus group with professional practitioners to exchange perspectives on measuring green space quality. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Health inequalities reception at Scottish Parliament (Gillian Bell) |
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 SPHSU was invited to have a stall at an evening reception at the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the work of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities. There was a lot of interest in the Unit's research from MSPs and people representing a wide range of health charities and voluntary organisations. It was a valuable opportunity to raise awareness of our work and make connections with others working to reduce health inequalities in Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | HealthyVille engagement activity for children |
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 | HealthyVille is an on-line activity for older primary aged children (aged 8-11 years) in which they can view a virtual "healthy" town, pick the health promoting features, and then read about associations between the built environment and health. The activity was promoted on twitter, Facebook, the Actify hub (https://www.actify.org.uk/module/887), and will be part of the 2020 Midlothian Science Festival Online Schools Programme (Oct 2020) and the Glasgow Science Festival (Sept 2020). We received feedback during the piloting of the activity that the children felt they gained knowledge of the links between the environment and health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthscience... |
Description | Interactive causal map of nature-based ELC implementation (Mccrorie Paul) |
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 | Interactive map has been created on Kumu as a platform for continued engagement looking at co-produced evidence of the factors associated with nature-based early learning and childcare. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://embed.kumu.io/69bd92ed3125d3de2eeb0823fb1a72cc#practice-of-nature-based-elc |
Description | Invited expert panel member - Thrive Outdoors Conference 2022 (Paul McCrorie) |
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 | Invited expert on a panel for the Thrive Outdoors conference 2022: Growing the Ambition Together. Session was exploring how we can embed outdoor play for all. Approximately 100 in attendance. Used this opportunity to disseminate some engagement materials on behalf of the research group |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/thrive/thrive-outdoors-conference-2022/ |
Description | Invited presentation - Public Health Information Network for Scotland (PHINS) annual webinar: commercial determinants of health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen provided a Invited presentation at the Public Health Information Network for Scotland (PHINS) annual webinar: commercial determinants of health. The event was attended by policy makers, ScotGov and public health scotland staff. In addition to general public and academics. The presentation was nhealthy commodity advertising: understanding individual and area based policy interventions for children's exposures . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.scotpho.org.uk/about-us/public-health-information-network-for-scotland-phins/ |
Description | Invited presentation to Impact Engagement Invited presentation to Impact Engagement Sustainable Building 2021 conference. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen gave an invited presentation "What are the wellbeing impacts of Covid-19, lockdown and access to green and recreational spaces" to Impact Engagement Sustainable Building 2021 conference. The audience were largely from local authorities, third sector organisations and the NHS. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://impactengagement.co.uk/health-and-wellbeing-2021/ |
Description | Invited presentation to Impact Engagement Sustainable Building 2021 conference. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen provided an invited presentation to Impact Engagement Sustainable Building 2021, Design and Placemaking in a Post-Covid World Webinar on 13th January 2021. The event was supported by Architecture & Design Scotland, PAS, RIAS and SEDA. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://impactengagement.co.uk/sustainable-building-2021/ |
Description | Invited presentation to Park Managers Forum conference organised by greenspace Scotland. |
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 | Presented at the Greenspace Scotland Park managers Forum on Wednesday 19th May 2021 "What survey data tells us about people's use and experience of parks and greenspaces during Covid-19 and implications for the future". Approx 50 park managers and local officials from local authorities across Scotland attended. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Invited presentation to the Health Inequality Laboratory, hosted by the UK Bureau Local health inequality reporting team. |
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 | 35 people attending the first meeting of the Health Inequality Laboratory, the focus was on Health and Place - so how does where you live, and what you're surrounded by, influence your health outcomes? And why? I was invited to provide a 10 minute overview of health inequalities and place. The Health Inequality Laboratory is hosted by the Bureau Local health inequality reporting team, part of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-inequality-laboratory-health-and-place-tickets-164336546033 |
Description | Invited speaker at the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities (Avril Johnstone) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | I presented at the Cross Party Group (CPG) on Health Inequalities on the theme of Active approaches to health inequalities affecting children and young people. My presentation focused on the results of the Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card, which was published in November 2021. After the presentation, there was a Q and A in which attendees were able to pose questions to the presenters. The session was chaired by MSP, Brian Whittle and attended by over 60 individuals from the private, public and third sectors. The Chair mentioned a desire for a parliamentary debate on the topic in the future and one Third Sector organisation has reached out to discuss collaborating on future activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://vhscotland.org.uk/cpg-health-inequalities-active-healthy-and-creative-children-in-scotland/ |
Description | Invited workshop at the annual Pupil Inclusion Network Scotland Seminar |
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 | Dr McCrorie led a workshop entitled "What is known about children and young people's engagement with physical activity and how can it be increased". This was an interactive session embedding findings from work conducted by members of the Neighbourhoods and Communities Programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.pinscotland.org/events-health-and-wellbeing.html |
Description | Keynote address at Scottish Outdoor Learning Forum meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Mitchell gave a keynote address to a meeting of teachers, practitioners, third sector organisations etc engaged in providing and planning for outdoor learning. The meeting led to ongoing discussions about future research with third sector organisations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Lecture on health inequalities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Laura Macdonald undertook a lecture to post-graduate students on the Masters in Public Health course on 'the environment and inequalities in health and well-being'. The lecture provided students with information on health inequalities more generally and also allowed Laura to showcase our programme's recent research on inequalities in the built environment (i.e. work on walkability, environmental bads etc). The lecture led to questions and discussion amongst the students about research into health inequalities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Nature and Children's Health conference |
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 | Dr's Olsen and McCrorie led the funding application and development of the IHW Solutions Focused Research Theme funded ââ'¬ËœNature and Childrenââ'¬â"¢s Healthââ'¬â"¢ conference on 22nd October 2019. Around 80 people from a wide range of practice, policy and research backgrounds participated and the event created a new network that will host a similar event in 2020 that will be led by the Places Programme and in collaboration with Scottish Natural Heritage. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Nature-based childcare in Scotland and beyond - the role of research in understanding its impact on children's health and development. A blog for Play Outdoors Magazine (Avril Johnstone) |
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 Play Outdoors Magazine is devoted to sharing articles and ideas about the importance of outdoor play in the lives of children, from a variety of perspectives and writers. This magazine is intended to be a resource for adults who influence children's experiences, play, and learning. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://online.flipbuilder.com/Beverlie/hpdy/ |
Description | Nature-based early learning and childcare and young children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development - Outdoor Play Canada resource (Avril Johnstone) |
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 | Outdoor Play Canada is a growing network of leaders and organizations working together to galvanize an outdoor play movement across Canada. They have a website (https://www.outdoorplaycanada.ca/portfolio_page/the-influence-of-nature-based-early-learning-and-childcare/) that shares a list of news and resources related to outdoor play. In relation to this, they have posted our Nature-based early learning and childcare systematic review report for the Scottish Government on their resources page which enables those from Canada to access this report more easily. After just over a week of being on the Outdoor Play Canada Website, the resource has had 47 views from 6 different countries: Canada (20), UK (14), Ireland (6), USA (3), Australia (2), and Germany (2) which demonstrates it's international reach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.outdoorplaycanada.ca/portfolio_page/the-influence-of-nature-based-early-learning-and-chi... |
Description | Open seminar setting out the programmes vision and work |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar setting out the theories behind, and research within, the Places Programme. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | PHASE website and social media (Alice MacLachlan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The PHASE website and Twitter account were launched in December 2019 to provide public information about the network aims and objectives, advertise network activities, share resources and provide a way for people to easily get in touch with the network team and sign up as members. As of October 2020 the network has 70 members signed up to the mailing list via the website and a growing Twitter following. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | http://phasenetwork.org/ |
Description | Presentation at organised session at Nature and Health Virtual Conference, University of Washington. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen presented at the Spatial Mobility and Simulation: Understanding How Environment Affects Health organised session at the Nature and Health Conference, University of Washington. Talk Title: Socioeconomic inequality in Children's exposure and use of natural space measured using individual-level GPS data. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.uwnaturehealth.com/ |
Description | Presentation in a web-based conference (Jonatan Almagor) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 45 participants attended a special session organized by PHASE research network as part of the "social simulation week" web-based conference. I gave a presentation titled: An agent-based model of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of smartphone-based contact tracing. The session intended to promote engagement of researchers with the PHASE network, and increase awareness to agent-based modelling in public health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://behavelab.org/video/ |
Description | Presentation of evidence to public and political forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to the South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity (SWEEP) Expo on evidence about changes to use of green and open spaces as a result of lockdowns. Sparked discussion and engagement from local businesses and politicians. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation to Social Simulation conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation advocating for the development of ABMs to look at public health problems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation to global UNESCO webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation to UNESCO/PASCAL webinar on Healthy & learning cities. Debate sparked on the role of planning services in affecting health. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Press release and coverage in national news outlets |
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 | We created a press release with the University of Glasgow for our publication 'Socioeconomic inequalities in children's exposure to tobacco retailing based on individual-level gps data in scotland" which was published in Tobacco Control. The research was reported by 8 national media outlets, including BBC News, Google News, The Scotsman, The Herald, Daily Mail, STV, Evening Times. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2019/july/headline_655284_en.html |
Description | Primary school engagement day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | I ran an all workshop for primary school children, explaining what epidemiology and public health is and talking to them about how our research can affect their environment. This sparked many questions and a lot of discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Public seminar on impacts of covid |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Third-sector organised public seminar on the impacts of covid and practical responses by those involved in the management and promotion of parks and open spaces. Discussion of practical responses that can be made. Surprise at the evidence we presented showing falls in use of green spaces, contrary to popular opinions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Scottish Physical Activity Research Connections Conference (invited talk) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A poster was presented at the SPARC conference and posted on the Actify website (allowing public access), adding to discussion on staying active outdoors during the pandemic. Poster title: Change in time spent visiting and experiences of green space following restrictions on movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK adults. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://www.sparc.education.ed.ac.uk/conference-2020/ |
Description | Social Simulation Week 2020 Symposium (Alice MacLachlan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | PHASE symposium titled "Opportunities and challenges of modelling complex health behaviour" delivered as part of the Social Simulation Week 2020 hosted by Behave Lab and the European Social Simulation Association. The symposium included five presenters and audience discussion and reached an International audience of ~40 people from the simulation and public health communities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://phasenetwork.org/services/ |
Description | Talk on systems approaches to thinking about place |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | I gave a provocative talk about how our MRC programme considers places as part of the systems which create health inequalities. Much debate sparked! |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | The role of nature-based early childhood education on children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive outcomes - Outdoor Play Canada Blog (Avril Johnstone) |
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 | Outdoor Play Canada is a growing network of leaders and organizations working together to galvanize an outdoor play movement across Canada. They have a website that shares a list of news and resources related to outdoor play. In 2022, they asked us to write a short blog summarising key findings from our systematic review on the role of nature-based early childhood education on children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive outcomes. This website has international reach and our blog post was advertised through other social media networks such as Twitter. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.outdoorplaycanada.ca/2022/08/10/the-role-of-nature-based-early-childhood-education-on-ch... |
Description | Urban Environment seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | ESRC-funded seminar on urban environment and health included third sector, postgrad students, planners and clinicians. I gave a keynote address and participated in a panel discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Workshop with leaders of the Scouts, Guides and John Muir Award |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting with leaders of research activity related to Scouts, Guide and John Muir Award to discuss developing research assessing the impacts of participation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | World Children's Day: Outdoor Learning and Play Round Table Discussion (Avril Johnston) |
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 | The virtual round table discussion brought together four experts from research, policy, and practice on World Children's Day to explore how Scotland is promoting nature-based outdoor learning and play to improve children's health and wellbeing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhxbpcSMyJs&feature=youtu.be |