Scotland's Health, Housing & Regeneration Project: The Health Impacts Of New Social Housing And Regeneration Initiatives
Principal Investigator: Prof. Ade Kearns, Dept. of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
Due Date: June 2006
Contact: Peter Craig [0131 244 4077]
A longitudinal study comparing mental and physical health in households rehoused into new social housing and households resident in social housing in the same areas, to ascertain the nature, extent and duration of any changes in health, and features of housing and regeneration programmes associated with them. Childhood IQ, Social Factors and Health: a Collaboration between the Midspan Studies & the1932 Scottish Mental Ability Survey
Principal Investigator: Professor Ian Deary, Dept. of Psychology, University of Edinburgh
Due Date: 2003
Contact: Peter Craig [0131 244 4077]
The study will combine data on IQ and social circumstances in childhood, physiological factors and social circumstances in midlife, and specific illnesses later in life and mortality. It will explore relative contributions of social factors and IQ in childhood, and health behaviours in adulthood, to late-life morbidity and mortality. Childhood Cognition, Education & Adult Health: Associations, Mechanisms & Mitigating Influences
Principal investigator: Professor Sally Macintyre, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Due Date: March 2004
Contact: Peter Craig [0131 244 4077]
Data on cognitive function and socioeconomic circumstances at age 7 will be linked with data on morbidity and mortality later in life using a unique cohort of 12,000 Scottish children born in Aberdeen in the early 1950s. The study will explore the effect of cognitive function on later health, and the way this is affected by social position and schooling. Measuring Health, Variations In Health and Determinants Of Health In Scotland
Principal Investigator: Dr A Leyland, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Due Date: ongoing
Contact: Peter Craig [0131 244 4077]
Programme of work to explore the social and spatial patterning of health, including development of measures of inequality, and factors influencing rural disadvantage. Evaluating the Impact on Population Health and Inequalities in Health of (mainly) Non-Health Sector Policies, Programmes and Projects In Scotland
Principal Investigator: Dr Mark Petticrew, MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit
Due Date: ongoing
Contact: Peter Craig [0131 244 4077]
Work to develop methods to assess the impact of interventions to reduce health inequalities, and develop, implement and evaluate interventions to improve the life circumstances and health of disadvantaged and socially excluded groups through changes in social and physical environments. Health Inequalities in Scotland: Decennial Report on Socioeconomic and Spatial Variations in Health around the 1991 and 2001 Censuses
Principal investigator: Philip McLoone
Due Date: March 2004
Contact: Peter Craig [0131 244 4077]
Analysis of patterns and trends in mortality and other aspects of health according to social class and area-based deprivation measures. |