Electronic copies of Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport reports and discussion papers. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29401 2026-10-03T18:09:28Z 2026-10-03T18:09:28Z O'Donnell, Rachel Semple, Sean Duffy, Sheila http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37702 2026-02-10T12:29:41Z 2025-11-26T00:00:00Z

Title: The Unwelcome Guest: How Scotland invited the tobacco industry to smoke outside Author(s): O'Donnell, Rachel; Semple, Sean; Duffy, Sheila Editor(s): Moore, Maureen; Amos, Amanda; Duffy, Sheila Abstract: First paragraph: Twenty years have now passed since publication of The Unwelcome Guest in the lead up to Scotland’s smoke-free legislation in 2006. This legislation, to prohibit smoking in enclosed public spaces and to protect the population from the known harms of second-hand smoke (SHS), has been a resounding success. At the time, First Minister Jack McConnell stated that “we in this parliament have a chance to make the most significant step to improve Scotland's public health for a generation” and he was to be proved right. The Royal Society for Public Health in the UK would go on to describe it as the number one public health achievement of the first 20 years of the 21st century, and it is widely recognised as one of the defining actions from the early years of the Scottish Parliament.

2025-11-26T00:00:00Z Whittaker, Anna Hunt, Dave http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37307 2025-08-02T00:23:15Z 2025-02-20T00:00:00Z

Title: danceSing Care for Scottish Government Project Evaluation of Care Home Staff and Resident Outcomes in Collaboration with the University of Stirling. Evaluation Report Author(s): Whittaker, Anna; Hunt, Dave Abstract: This Project was initiated to provide 65 care homes across Scotland access to the danceSing Care platform. The project was funded and supported by Scottish Government and evaluated in collaboration with the University of Stirling.

2025-02-20T00:00:00Z Burton, Robyn Kane, Gemma Mason, Jenny Sheron, Nick Henn, Clive Beynon, Caryl http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37261 2025-08-02T00:00:48Z 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z

Title: The range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others Author(s): Burton, Robyn; Kane, Gemma; Mason, Jenny; Sheron, Nick; Henn, Clive; Beynon, Caryl Abstract: There is a large body of epidemiological literature describing the relationship between alcohol consumption and a range of health conditions including high blood pressure, cancer and liver disease. Reviews have also demonstrated the negative impact alcohol has socially; it is an important factor in crime and disorder, family and marital problems, adverse childhood experiences and reduced workplace productivity through premature death, absenteeism or presenteeism. Increasingly, evidence is demonstrating the detrimental effect of alcohol to people other than the drinker. Considering these ‘harms to others’, or ‘second-hand effects’, can enable a more accurate measurement of the full burden of alcohol on society. Alcohol’s harm to others (AHTO) was identified as an area of interest by the alcohol expert forum of the Five Nations Health Improvement Network (England, Scotland, Wales, the Republic of Ireland [ROI] and Northern Ireland) and is the focus of this rapid review. There have been several reviews that have identified the wide range of harms to people from others drinking. The aim of the review was to describe the range and magnitude of AHTO from cross-sectional surveys. These surveys do not cover all AHTO, for example Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, therefore do not present a complete picture.

2019-06-12T00:00:00Z Johnson, Christopher http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33209 2025-09-25T03:07:21Z 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Title: Dose-response relationship of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) in the treatment of depression: Protocol for a systematic review of reviews and meta-synthesis Author(s): Johnson, Christopher Abstract: Background: Antidepressant prescribing continues to grow (1,2). In part this is due to the use and availability of SSRIs (3), increased long-term prescribing (4), and the use of higher doses (5-7). In Scotland, SSRI accounted for 51% of antidepressant prescriptions and 66% of defined daily doses dispensed in 2014/15 (2). There is ambiguity in guidelines regarding SSRI dose related efficacy (8,9) Review question: Is there a dose-response relationship for SSRI in the treatment of depression? Aim: To review previous published reviews to assess and clarify the relationship between SSRI dose efficacy, acceptability (early treatment discontinuation – drop outs) and tolerability (reported ADEs), and critically evaluate the methods previously used to examine SSRI dose-response effects for the treatment of depression in adults. Method Search strategy, and criteria of eligibility and inclusion: Recommendations from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions informed the design of this systematic review (10). The predefined inclusion criteria for this systematic review and synthesis are presented according to PICOS (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, Study design) criteria, Table 1. Article titles and abstracts will be screened for inclusion. Subsequently, potentially relevant full-text articles from the literature search will then be screened for inclusion, using a structured process and standard terms supporting inclusion and exclusion. Studies that do not meet the criteria outlined above were excluded. Reviews were excluded that involved children and adolescents aged

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