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Agenda

Scottish Public Health Conference
1st May 2024

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW *

08:30
Coffee, Registration and Networking
09:30
Welcome Address
Katie Dee, Chair of the Conference Planning Group and Convenor of the Faculty of Public Health in Scotland
09:35
Opening Address
Professor Kevin Fenton, President of the Faculty of Public Health
09:40
Keynote Address
Professor Sir Michael Marmot
10:05
Plenary Speaker
Mikaela Loach
10:30
Questions
Chaired by Paul Johnston, Chief Executive, Public Health Scotland
10:50
Break
Don't forget to take a look at the posters
11:20
Breakout sessions
(presentations, workshops and parallel sessions)
Workshop 1: Priorities for Public Health Advocacy in Scotland

Margaret Douglas, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland

Fiona Scott, Public Health Scotland
Room:
3
Workshop 2: Targeted Lung Cancer Screening: What is it and How Do We Ensure Effective Implementation In NHS Scotland?

Tasmin Sommerfield, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, National Clinical Advisor for Screening, NHS National Services Scotland

Chaired by Nick Phin, Director of Public Health Science and Medical Director, Public Health Scotland
Room:
4
Workshop 3: The Challenge of Population Health in Difficult Times: A Participative Workshop

Rory MacLean, Digital Communications Officer
Dr Pete Seaman, Deputy Director, Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Room:
6&7
Workshop 4: Child poverty – Inspiring Action

Rachel McAdams, Fairer Healthier Economy Service Manager, Public Health Scotland

Valerie White, Director of Public Health, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Room:
5
Oral Session AM1: Data Driven
  1. Modelling inequalities in missed outpatient appointments.
    Presented by Dr Jamie Zike
  2. Sociodemographic and early-life predictors of obesity in a middle-aged UK population– a retrospective cohort study of the 1958 National Child Development Survey participants.
    Presented by Dr Glenna Nightingale
  3. Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new guidance.
    Presented by Professor Peter Craig
Chaired by: Andrew Rideout, Deputy Faculty Advisor
Room:
2
Oral Session AM2: Partnerships
  1. Partnership between behavioural scientists and public health professionals: Stakeholder discussion on messaging to improve public health.
    Presented by Chantal Den Daas
  2. The Truacanta Project: nurturing community-led action on death, dying and bereavement.
    Presented by Mr Mark Hazelwood and Caroline Gibb 
  3. Assessing the need for and feasibility of a safer drug consumption facility in Edinburgh.
    Presented by Avril Mackay
Dr Samia Latif, Assistant Academic Registrar, Faculty Public Health
Room:
Level 1 Auditorium
Oral Session AM3: Understanding Impact
  1. Control It Plus Type 2 Diabetes structured education programme and opt-out referral pathway: Service user experience and impact evaluation.
    Presented by Mr Tom Donaldson
  2. Enhancing the theoretically informed content within the NHS Tayside diabetes remission programme.
    Presented by Dr Hannah Dale
  3. Social prescribers’ referral processes and decision-making about referrals related to lifestyle advice.
    Presented by Dr Oana Petre

 

Chaired by: Fiona Macdonald, Organisational Lead, Public Health Scotland
Room:
8
Oral Session AM4: Informing Policy
  1. Capturing the health and well-being impact of a free trade agreement: the common and progressive transpacific partnership agreement (CPTPP).
    Presented by Miss Leah Silva
  2. What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for Scotland’s public health? Presented by Professor Kirstin R Mitchell
  3. UNCOVER Applied Evidence Synthesis: from Academic Public Health to Evidence-Informed Decision-Making.
    Presented by Emilie Mcswiggan
Alison Douglas, Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland
Room:
1
12:15
Lunch
Don't forget to take a look at the posters
13:15
Communicating with the public on health-related conspiracy theories
Dr Daniel Jolley, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, The University of Nottingham
Panel: Communicating with the public on health-related conspiracy theories
  • Professor Linda Bauld, The University of Edinburgh
  • Laura Young, Climate Activist, Environmental Scientist, and Ethical Scottish influencer of the Year 2024.
  • Emeritus Professor Simon Capewell, ASH Scotland Trustee and Emeritus Professor of Public Health
  • Dr Daniel Jolley, Assistant Professor in Social Psychology, The University of Nottingham
Dr Tim Allison, Director of Public Health, NHS Highland
14:05
Breakout sessions
(presentations, workshops and parallel sessions)
Workshop 5: Scottish Burden of Disease Study
  • Fatim Lakha, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
  • Grant Wyper, Public Health Scotland
  • Eilidh Fletcher, Public Health Scotland
  • Maria Teresa de Haro Moro, Public Health Scotland

Chaired by Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland

Chaired by Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
Room:
2
Workshop 6: A Ten Year Population Health Framework for Scotland

Niamh O'Connor, Scottish Government

John Nicholson, Scottish Government

Lynn Macmillan, Scottish Government

Katherine Myant, Scottish Government

Nicola Dickie, Director of People Policy, COSLA
Room:
Level 1 Auditorium
Workshop 7: Water Fluoridation

Emma O’Keefe, Consultant in Dental Public Health, NHS Fife

Michael McGrady, Consultant in Dental Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Valerie White, Director of Public Health, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Room:
8
Oral Session PM1: Young People and Families
  1. Enhancing Student Wellbeing: The Impact and Insights from the GoodSpace Schools Programme 2022.
    Presented by Dr Subha Rajanaidu
  2. Understanding lived experiences of navigating supermarket foodscapes of people living with obesity on a low income: the Food Insecurity in people living with Obesity (FIO) Food Project.
    Presented by Dr Emma Hunter
  3. A qualitative exploration of the role of social networks in weight management for pregnant and postpartum women.
    Presented by Stephanie Chambers
Chris Birt, Associate Director for Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Room:
7
Oral Session PM2: Data Driven
  1. The health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study.
    Presented by Mr Bruce Whyte
  2. Modernising Public Health Intelligence in a Scottish Territorial Health Board.
    Presented by Philip Conaglen
  3. Why is mortality still higher than expected in the post-peak pandemic period? A scoping review of explanations.
    Presented by Fiona Scott
Scott Heald Director (Data & Digital Innovation) / Head of Profession for Statistics, Public Health Scotland
Room:
6
Oral Session PM3: Partnerships
  1. Tackling Health Inequalities at Regional Level: learning from each other.
    Presented by Ms Grace Scrivens
  2. Public Health Leadership as an Anchor Institution.
    Presented by Mrs Lynsey Martin
  3. Public Health Scotland’s Health and Justice Programme strategy.
    Presented by Alice Harpur
Ruth Glassborow, Director of Population Health and Wellbeing, Public Health Scotland
Room:
4
Oral Session PM4: Threats to Health
  1. Can Health Impact Assessment help address commercial determinants of health?
    Presented by Dr Margaret Douglas
  2. Rapid rises in vaping amongst children and young people in Wales: making rising prevalence an incident.
    Presented by Mr Chris Emmerson
  3. Impacts of Universal Credit on mental wellbeing: A natural experiment study.
    Presented by Dr Andy Baxter
Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive ASH Scotland
Room:
3
Oral Session PM5: Person Centred
  1. Comic creation as an innovative method of evaluation.
    Presented by Mrs Rebecca Campbell
  2. Addressing the health needs of people who inject drugs (PWID) through the creation of a Serious Injection Related Infection (SIRI) service: a descriptive analysis of early implementation at a tertiary-care hospital in Scotland.
    Presented by Dr Alexandria Chung
  3. Self-management of diabetes: Living and Caring.
    Presented by Dr Emily Broadis
  4. Runforever – Marathon running in prison suggests new paths for humanising healthcare.
    Presented by Dr Paolo Maccagno
Ellie Hothersall, Head of Undergraduate Medicine, University of Dundee Medical School
Room:
5
15:00
Break
Don't forget to take a look at the posters
15:30
The Power of Public Health - chaired by Manira Ahmad, Chief Officer, Public Health Scotland
Susan Webb, Chair of the Scottish Directors of Public Health Group; Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland; Professor Linda Bauld, University of Edinburgh; Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland
16:20
Prize Giving
FPH Littlejohn Gairdner Prize presented by Katie Dee, Chair of the Conference Planning Group and Convenor of the Faculty of Public Health in Scotland. Poster Award presented by Dr Tim Allison, Director of Public Health, NHS Highland
16:25
Closing Remarks
Paul Johnston, Chief Executive, Public Health Scotland
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