Alcohol outlet densities correlate with alcohol-related health outcomes in...
By Elizabeth Richardson In our recently-published study into alcohol outlets and health in Scotland we found strong correlations between the two: neighbourhoods with higher availability of outlets had...
View ArticleSmoking and Health in Scotland: key stats
Today we’re launching our hot-off-the-press infographic about Smoking and Health in Scotland. In collaboration with Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Scotland we’ve created this summary of some of...
View ArticleAlcohol and Health in Scotland: Key Stats
As MSPs meet in the Scottish Parliament today to debate progress made against Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy, we’re launching a timely infographic to highlight the very real dangers of the oversupply of...
View ArticleEmpowering communities: An interactive tobacco and alcohol outlet density...
Today we are launching an interactive webmap that allows users to map tobacco and alcohol outlet density, and related health outcomes, for neighbourhoods (‘datazones‘) across Scotland. The underlying...
View ArticleNeighbourhood availability of tobacco is likely to be a factor in explaining...
In our new paper published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research we find that adults in Scotland living in environments with a greater availability of tobacco outlets are more likely to smoke, and less...
View ArticleInsights into our ‘life course of place’ project. Part 1: constructing...
By Catherine Tisch We’re investigating whether and how the neighbourhoods we live in throughout our lives might influence our health. Our health and wellbeing may reflect an accumulation of influences...
View ArticleScottish MSPs – why vote for a national register of alcohol premises?
By Niamh Shortt The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill stage 3 will be debated today in the Scottish Parliament. Amendments to the bill include a clause, proposed by Dr Richard Simpson (MSP...
View ArticleBetter woodlands, better health?
Here, Jennifer Thomson, a PhD student with CRESH, describes her recent research into whether urban communities benefit from local woodland improvements, and places her important findings into policy...
View ArticleScotland’s poorest neighbourhoods have the most shops selling alcohol and...
By Niamh K Shortt New research published this week in BMC Public Health by the CRESH team, and colleagues in Global Public Health, has found that Scotland’s most deprived neighbourhoods have the...
View ArticleHard Times: Mental Health under Austerity event
How important for mental health are the changing social, economic and environmental conditions in the places where we live? Our research, funded by ESRC, addresses this question through a new and...
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