Health Promotion Research and the Public Health Function in Scotland: Prospects for the Future

Autor/inn/en	Wimbush, Erica; Tannahill, Carol; Hanlon, Phil
Titel	Health Promotion Research and the Public Health Function in Scotland: Prospects for the Future
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 63 (2004) 1, S.15-21 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/001789690406300104
Schlagwörter	Health Promotion; Public Health; Drinking; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Poverty; Disadvantaged; Smoking; Nutrition; Public Policy; Research; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Gesundheitswesen; Trinken; Ausland; Future; Society; Zukunft; Armut; Rauchen; Ernährung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Forschung
Abstract	Scotland has the worst health in the United Kingdom; worse than comparable areas like the industrial North East of England. Scotland's health also lags behind comparable European countries. In fact, the nearest neighbours in the health "league table" of European nations are Slovenia and Portugal. One has only a limited understanding of what has caused this. The levels of poverty and socioeconomic deprivation experienced by significant numbers of the population are widely recognised as being part of the explanation, but recent analyses suggest that their contribution may be less than is often assumed. The major impacts of smoking, nutrition and alcohol use are clear, but, additionally, there seems to be some, as yet undefined, Scottish effect--perhaps cultural, psychological or social in nature. This paper briefly outlines recent developments in Scotland in public health policy and the infrastructure for delivery and considers some of the characteristics of the research environment that shape health promotion research. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10