Knowledge Services Bulletin - New Online Reports - April 2013

The following list is a selection of new online reports added to the Knowledge Services Catalogue during the previous two months. These reports are only available on-line.

Choose a category:

Alcohol

Children and Young People

Ethnic and Minority Groups

Health Inequalities

Nutrition

Obesity

Older People

Physical Activity

Research 

Smoking

Women's Health


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Alcohol

Health First: an evidence-based alcohol strategy for the UK. March 2013. University of Stirling
http://www.stir.ac.uk/management/about/social-marketing/

National Forum on Drug-Related Deaths.  National Forum on Drug-Related Deaths in Scotland – Annual Report 2011 - 2012.  March 2013. Scottish Government
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/03/1645

Alcohol Concern & Balance North East.  Binge - Drinking to get drunk: Influences on young adult drinking behaviours. November 2012.  Alcohol Concern
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/publications/policy-reports/binge-drinking-to-get-drunk-influences-on-young-adult-drinking-behaviours

Alcohol Health Alliance UK.  Alcohol and cancer.  March 2013.  The Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) UK
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/resources/alcohol-and-cancer-report-alcohol-health-alliance-uk

ONS.  Drinking (General Lifestyle Survey Overview - a report on the 2011 General Lifestyle Survey).  March 2013.  ONS
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ghs/general-lifestyle-survey/2011/rpt-chapter-2.htm

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Children and Young People

Sarah Dickens, Ivonne Wollny and Eleanor Ireland.  Childcare sufficiency and sustainability in disadvantaged areas.  April 2013.  Natcen
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/study/childcare-sufficiency-and-sustainability-in-disadvantaged-areas.

UNICEF Office of Research.  Child Well-being in Rich Countries:  A comparative overview, Innocenti Report Card 11.  April 2013. UNICEF Office of Research, Florence.
http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/Publications/Report-Card-11-Child-well-being-in-rich-countries/

Department for Business Innovations & Skills.  Motivation and barriers to learning for young people not in education, employment or training.  February 2013  Department for Business Innovations & Skills
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/motivation-and-barriers-to-learning-for-young-people-not-in-education-employment-or-training

Joseph Rowntree Foundation.  Measuring child poverty: a consultation on better measures of child poverty.  February 2013.  Joseph Rowntree Foundationhttp://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/measuring-child-poverty-consultation.

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Ethnic and Minority Groups

Equal Opportunities Committee: 1st Report, 2013 (Session 4): Where Gypsy/Travellers Live.  March 2013. Scottish Government
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/61579.aspx

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Health Inequalities

David Gordon, Joanna Mack, Stewart Lansley et al.  'The Impoverishment of the UK': PSE UK first results: Living Standards.  April 2013.  Poverty and Social Exclusion [PSE]
http://poverty.ac.uk/pse-research/pse-uk-reports

NHS Health Scotland.  Health inequalities briefings for Community Planning Partnerships.  March 2013.  NHS Health Scotland.
http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/20687.aspx

The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church, the Church of Scotland and the United Reformed Church.  The lies we tell ourselves: ending comfortable myths about poverty.  March 2013. Joint public Issues Team
http://www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Truth-And-Lies-Report-smaller.pdf

NHS Health Scotland.  Health inequalities briefings for Community Planning Partnerships.  March 2013.  NHS Health Scotland
The briefings focus on:
• Broad messages
• Physical activity
• Early years
• Older people
• Employment
• Economic recovery
• Healthy places
• Gender based violence
http://www.healthscotland.com/topics/settings/local-government/SOA.aspx

Matilda Allen, Jessica Allen, Sue Hogarth et al.  Working for Health Equity: The Role of Health Professionals.  March 2013.  UCL Institute of Health Equity.
https://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/projects/working-for-health-equity-the-role-of-health-professionals

Mark Livingston, David Walsh, Bruce Whyte et al.   Investigating the impact of the spatial distribution of deprivation on health outcomes.  April 2013.  Glasgow Centre for Population Health
http://www.gcph.co.uk/publications/424_the_spatial_distribution_of_deprivation

GP’s at the deep end.  What can NHS Scotland do to prevent and reduce health inequalities?Proposals from General Practitioners at the Deep End.  March 2013
http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_271030_en.pdf

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Nutrition

The Children's Society. Hundreds of thousands of children lack free school meals.  March 2013.  The Children’s Society.
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/news-views/press-release/hundreds-thousands-children-lack-free-school-meals

Alison Lennox, Jill Sommerville, Ken Ong et al.  Diet and nutrition survey of infants and young children in Scotland, 2011.  March 2013.  Scottish Government
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/03/5846

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Older People 

Halima Khan.  Five hours a day: systematic innovation got an ageing population. February 2013. NESTA
http://www.nesta.org.uk/library/documents/Five_Hours_A_Day_Jan13.pdf

Mehul Kotecha, Sue Arthur and Steven Coutinho.  Understanding the relationship between pensioner poverty and material deprivation.  March 2013.  Department for work and pensions (DWP)
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2013-2014/rrep827.pdf

Jen Beaumont.  Measuring National Well-being – Older people and loneliness, 2013.April 2013.  ONS
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/wellbeing/measuring-national-well-being/older-people-and-loneliness/art-measuring-national-well-being--older-people-and-loneliness.html

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Physical Activity

Transport Scotland.  Cycling and the economy [briefing paper]  March 2013. Transport Scotland
http://www.transformscotland.org.uk/GetFile.aspx?ItemId=662

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Public Health

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP).The ‘(Ir)responsibility Deal’?: Public Health and Big Business. [seminar]  April 2013.  SHAAPhttp://www.shaap.org.uk/UserFiles/File/shaap_the_irresponsibility_deal_public_health_and_big_busin.pdf

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Research

McLean, J.  Psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid).  March 2013.  Glasgow Centre for Population Health
http://www.gcph.co.uk/publications/421_psychological_social_and_biological_determinants_of_ill_health_psobid

ScotPho.  Knowledge, attitudes and motivations to health: A module of the Scottish Health Survey 2008–11.  April 2014. NHS Health Scotland
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/downloads/scotphoreports/scotpho130424_kam200811.pdf

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Smoking

Creating a tobacco-free generation: A tobacco control strategy for Scotland.2013.  Scottish Government
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00417331.pdf

Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.  Smoking and mental health.  March 2013
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/publications/smoking-and-mental-health-0

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Women's Health

Violence as a cause or consequence of HIV for women in England: a feasibility study regarding a potential national investigation. 2013. Sophia Forum
http://www.sophiaforum.net/resources/Finalweb_SophiaForum_HIV_GBVreport2013.pdf

Women’s Health and Equality Consortium.  Women’s health, Women’s voices: Key findings and recommendations.  March 2013.  WHEC
http://www.whec.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/03/WHEC-briefing-local-roadshow-events-March-2013.pdf

OECD.  Closing the gender gap: act now,  2012 OECD Publishing.
http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/closing-the-gender-gap-pbDS3012887/;pgid=y8dIS7GUWMdSR0EAlMEUUsWb0000aIiKKlQl;sid=9jRjL6nMkcdjOvif84X9iMvp8edl_AsPimQ=?CatalogCategoryID=iEKep2Ix3hEAAAEud3kBgSLq

Tess Lanning, Laura Bradley, Richard Darlington et al.  Great expectations: exploring the promises of gender equality.  March 2013.  Institute for Public Policy Research
http://www.ippr.org/publication/55/10562/great-expectations-exploring-the-promises-of-gender-equality

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