PHINS Seminar - Friday 4th September 2009

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Around 300 delegates attended this year's PHINS (Public Health Information Network for Scotland) seminar, which took place on Friday 4th September 2009 in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. You can view the morning's programme here: PHINS 2009 seminar programme  (30Kb).

Below are links to 'pdf' versions of some of the talks presented at the seminar. Please note that some of the files may take several minutes to download. If you have difficulties downloading any of the files, try right-clicking with your mouse on the link, select 'save target as..', and save the file to your computer's hard disk or network drive.

Note that as some of the research that was presented is still unpublished, not all the presentations are available to download.

 
'General update' section

Bruce Whyte (Glasgow Centre for Population Health) provided a general update on Health & wellbeing-related information projects in Scotland  (75Kb).

 
'New research & initiatives' section

John Frank gave a presentation on the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy  (250Kb).

Richard Lawder and Ian Grant (both ISD Scotland) gave a joint presentation on Alcohol related harm in Scotland and its associated risk factors. As this research is currently unpublished, it is unfortunately not available to download. However, for further information on the presentation, and the project generally, you can email Richard or email Ian.

Frank Popham (University of St. Andrew's) presented on The impact of internal migration on widening health inequalities in Scotland (40Kb).

 
'New insights into social exclusion in Scotland' section

Judith Brown (University of Glasgow) gave a presentation on The Scotland incapacity benefit experience  (95Kb).

David Walsh (Glasgow Centre for Population Health) presented results of ongoing research under the heading of (Still) investigating the Scottish Effect - deprivation and mortality in three major UK cities. Again, as this is unpublished material, it is currently not available to download. However, you can email David for further details.

Finally, Rich Mitchell (University of Glasgow) gave a presentation on Health-related environmental deprivation - small area measures for the UK  (5Mb).

 
For more information on any of these talks, please contact the presenter directly.

 

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