School of Public Health and Society

Projects related to School of Public Health and Society

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Young adult’s perceptions of alcohol packaging as a form of promotion, and how it could be used more effectively to communicate health messaging
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Alcohol Focus Scotland

BoB Bettergen innovation voucher
PI: Dr Grant Gibson
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council

The RTrT Partnership: Reducing Traffic-related Trauma - A community-based prevention and first-response programme intervention for Malawi and beyond
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Medical Research Council

2019 Nicotine and Tobacco CPD
PI: Dr Allison Ford
Funded by: Delegates - Short Courses

Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: a combined feasibility and pilot trial of a theory-based intervention using narrative, images and embedded behaviour change techniques, delivered via text-messaging
PI: Professor Helen Cheyne
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Exploring Alcohol Sponsorship of Professional Sport in Scotland and the Frequency and Nature of Marketing Exposure in Televised Broadcasts
PI: Dr Nathan Critchlow
Funded by: Alcohol Focus Scotland

Tackling secondhand tobacco smoke and e-cigarette emissions: exposure assessment, novel interventions, impact on lung diseases and economic burden in diverse European populations.
PI: Professor Sean Semple
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Neighbourhoods and Dementia: A mixed methods study
PI: Professor Richard Ward
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Personalised physical activity for people with dementia in care homes
PI: Professor Alison Bowes
Funded by: The Healthcare Management Trust

Centre for Tobacco Control Research 2015
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

The Uk Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS)
PI: Dr Allison Ford
Funded by: Medical Research Council

Professorial Fellowship - Cancer Research UK
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Jane Robertson UWE
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Funded by: University of the West of England

Improving the rate of bystander CPR in deprived communities: a development study
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Social Isolation and Technology Guidelines Project
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: NHS National Services Scotland

E-cigarettes and Weight Control: An Exploratory Study
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Improving Flu Vaccination Uptake by Healthcare Workers: a Study of Implementation and Attitudes
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Funded by: Department of Health

Exploring Food Marketing Through Digital Media
PI: Dr Nathan Critchlow
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

The Effect of Gambling Marketing and Advertising on Children, Young People and Vulnerable People
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Funded by: Responsible Gambling Trust

Developing interventions to encourage smoke-fee homes in Malaysia
PI: Professor Sean Semple
Funded by: The British Council

Rapid review of evidence: The effectiveness of population level interventions to address alcohol use and promote cancer prevention
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Funded by: World Health Organisation

Centre for Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (CADRE) - An ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre
PI: Professor Judith Phillips
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Dementia Design Masterclass
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Funded by: Delegates - Conferences

Quality of Life in Later Years Research Project - Voices of Older People in Scotland
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Funded by: Life Changes Trust

Consensus methodology to determine the structure of a complex intervention for the management ...
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Retail Audit to Evaluate Standardised Packaging and its Impact in the UK
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Adult Tobacco Policy Survey
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK

Understanding the direct and indirect impact of lowering Scotland’s drink-drive limit
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Impact of non-price promotions on discretionary food sales: Systematic review of marketing evidence and recommendations paper
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Funded by: Scottish Government

Determining the Impact of Smoking Point of sale Legislation Among Youth (DISPLAY) study
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research

360 Selfie: Capturing social, physical and environmental triggers relating to smoking cessation
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Smoking Prevention in Action: The Smokefree Partnership Coalition
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Funded by: Smoke Free Partnership

Exploring the impact of removing less healthy food from retail checkouts
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Funded by: Department of Health

Preventing Re-Starting Smoking Postpartum
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Funded by: Medical Research Council

Computer Says No - Harnessing the gaming community to promote health messages for cancer prevention
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Scoping exercise to support bid for project exploring the potential of technolgoy to address social isolation in Scotland
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Scottish Government

Stop Smoking Services Campaign Evaluation Academic Consultancy
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Mass Media for Public Health Messages
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research

Obesity and Alcohol Use: is there a role for dually focused intervention in young adults (18-25) to tackle unhealthy eating and heavy drinking and effectively reduce future health inequalities?
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Funded by: Department of Health

Analysis of Youth Alcohol Policy Survey
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Pilot Research Study for the Policy Research Centre for Cancer Prevention, CRUK: Youth Policy Surveys
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Alcohol Screening in Pregnancy Systematic Review & Scoping Study
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Feasibility and acceptability of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation in lung cancer patients
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Funded by: Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

Women and alcohol: evidence synthesis of the impacts on population level interventions to reduce alcohol use/harm by gender
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Good night, sleep well: Impact of sleep environment innovations and effects
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Coventry University

Healthcare Retail Standard Evaluation
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland

Understanding the outcomes of people with cognitive impairment and/or dementia admitted to the general hospital.
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research

Baby Be Smoke Free - A Quit Smoking Service for Young Mums-to-Be
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Funded by: Department of Health

UKCTAS CPD Course
PI: Dr Allison Ford
Funded by: Delegates - Short Courses

The Development of a Training Toolkit for Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Alcohol adapted for Emergency Care settings
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: World Health Organisation

ASSIST Scotland Process Evaluation - Additional Funding for Lothian Area
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Funded by: Scottish Government

WHO ABI Training Materials Pilot
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: World Health Organisation

The Role of Volunteers in Dementia Care
PI: Professor Vikki McCall
Funded by: Abbeyfield Society

Production of Research Editorials for the UK E-cigarette Research Forum
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

The Role of Stop Smoking Services in the Devolved Nations
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Evaluating whether the Loi Evin regulations reduce exposure to alcohol marketing
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems and Institute of Alcohol Studies

A process evaluation of the implementation of ASSIST Scotland
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Alcohol in Pregnancy Study
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Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Moving Memories: The role and meaning of possessions in the context of housing transitions for people entering care
PI: Professor Richard Ward
Funded by: Abbeyfield Society

The Identifying & Describing Arguments (IDEA) project.
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Electronic Cigarettes: Tobacco Industry Business Plans or Strategies
PI: Ms Kathryn Angus
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

LivingWell- a feasibility study to assess the impact of a lifestyle intervention in people attending family history clinics with an increased risk of colorectal or breast cancer.
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Attitutes to Electronic Cigarettes: A Qualitative Study of Women who are Pregnant or have Recently
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Research on Warnings on Cigarettes and Pack Inserts
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: NHS Health Scotland

Remuneration for Alcohol Brief Interventions Scoping Study
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems

British Society of Gerontology Conference 2016
PI: Professor Louise McCabe
Funded by: Delegates - Short Courses

Women and Alcohol: Towards an Equity Review of the Effectiveness of Population-based Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use and Harm by Gender
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Process Evaluation of Alcohol Brief Interventions in wider settings (Young People and Social Work)
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland

Development and evaluation of a novel intervention providing insight into the tobacco industry to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research

Four Nations: the differences and similarities in alcohol policies and programmes across the four jurisdictions of the UK
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts

Electronic Cigarette Marketing: Current Research and Policy
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Implementation science applied to maternal health: tobacco and alcohol use in pregnancy
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Funded by: The British Council

Evaluate the Impact and Experience of using Flying Start
PI: Dr Anne Taylor
Funded by: EKOS Consulting (UK) Ltd (ekosgen)

Brand Regulation in the UK Alcohol Market: a Pilot Study (Perpetrator puts right Pilot)
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Incentivised opportunities for physical activity delivered in workplace settings during paid working hours: an exploratory study
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Funded by: Medical Research Council

Benefits of Incentives for breastfeeding & smoking cessation: a platform study for a trial
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research

ALICE RAP - Addictions and lifestyles in contemporary Europe - Reframing Addictions Project
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Development of an intervention to increase physiotherapy adherence among young children with cystic fibrosis: a Medical Research Council complex intervention framework development and feasibility study
PI: Professor Emma France
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Exploring the General Public's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour to Responding to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
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Funded by: Scottish Government

Developing Social Network Support to Improve Smoking Cessation Outcomes for Pregnant Women Living in Disadvantaged Areas
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Young Adult's Perceptions of Cigarette Design
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Process evaluation of the implementation of universal free school meals (FSM)
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland

The Content and Design of Alcohol Brief Intervention Training for Practitioners
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Alcohol Research UK

Proposal to Develop a Social Marketing Module and Training Programme
PI: Ms Kathryn Angus
Funded by: World Health Organisation

Assessment of Citizen's Exposure to Tobacco Marketing
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Cancer Research UK Centre for Tobacco Control Research (CTCR)
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Understanding & responding to those bereaved through their family members substance misuse
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Contribution to APISE drinking diaries Wave 1
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Medical Research Council and NHS Health Scotland

Scientific Advisory Support for PAS Development
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Funded by: Scottish Government

Alcohol Policy Interventions in Scotland and England: APISE
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Medical Research Council

UKCTAS Communictions and Research Network Manager
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Technical specifications and guidelines for the use of warning messages on tobacco packages
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Tobacco Industry Denormalisation Survey
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Funded by: Cancer Research UK

Qualitative Alcohol Research in Scotland - Consultancy Services for TNS
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Funded by: Scottish Government

Evaluating longer term outcomes of NHS stop smoking services
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research

Provision of Tobacco Control Health Inequalities Pilot Programme
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Funded by: Department of Health

Sight loss, dementia and meaningful activity: A scoping study’
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Funded by: Thomas Pocklington Trust

Evaluation of the activities and impact of Dementia Friendly Communities CIC
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation

TreatWELL – a feasibility study to assess the delivery of a lifestyle intervention for colorectal cancer patients undergoing potentially curative treatment
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office

Cancer Diagnosis as an opportunity for increasing uptake of smoking cessation services among families
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office