Education: key references and evidence
References
Scottish Government Education and Training (web pages)
Scottish Government Better Health, Better Care: Action Plan 2007 Scottish Government, 2007
Scottish Government, Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Act 2007 Scottish Government, 2008
Scottish Office Towards a Healthier Scotland - A White Paper on Health. Scottish Office, 1999
Shaw M, Dorling D et al The widening gap - Health inequalities and policy in Britain. Bristol: The Policy Press,1999
Townsend P and Davidson N (eds) Inequalities in health: The Black report, 1988, 3rd edn, 1992 ; Whitehead, M The Health Divide, 1988. London: Penguin Books, 1992. [link is to introduction to 1992 Edition]
Effectiveness evidence
ScotPHO’s purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic.
NHS Health Scotland: Scottish perspectives on NICE public health guidance - Index page
National Library for Public Health - Home page
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page
Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page
EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page
Note: The effectiveness evidence links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative. The usual ScotPHO disclaimer about links to external sites applies.
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