Public Health Focus 2011

Final reports for the following projects have been accepted in 2011, with a grading of satisfactory or above, in the area of public health research.

	J. Henretty supervised by Dr A Niven and Dr S Fawkner	Physical activity and adolescent girls: the development of an active-gaming intervention utilising social cognitive theory and action research (CZS/07/12)
	Dr A Avenell (Career Scientist Award)	Evaluating the lifestyle behavioural intervention, organisational and health economic evidence base for adult obesity management (CZF/4/2)
	Prof P Kennedy, Dr E Rowan	Phenotypic differences between Varicella Zoster virus isolates obtained from herpes zoster patients with and without post-herpetic neuralgia (CZB/4/737)
	Dr M Head	The use of human recombinant prion protein as a substrate in an improved in vitro amplification-based blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infectivity (CZB/4/688)
	Dr D MacKenzie, Dr P Warner, Dr K Templeton, Dr K Smith, Dr S Katikireddi, Dr K Dundas, Dr P Dewart, Dr F Denison, Dr W Carman	Prevalence of influenza A (H1N1) in professionals and pregnancy in NHS Lothian (CZH/4/639)
	Prof M Woolhouse, Dr B Carman, Dr J McMenamin, Prof C Robertson, Dr P Simmonds, Prof A Leigh-Brown	Enhanced influenza surveillance in Scotland from autumn 2009 (CZH/4/616)
	Prof R Bhopal, Ms H Brown, Mr C Povey, Dr J Chalmers, Dr D Brewster, Ms J Jamieson, Dr C Fischbacher	Ethnicity and health in Scotland: making the information desert bloom a retrospective cohort study of 5 million people linking health and census databases (CZH/4/432)
	Prof C Bond, Dr C Matheson, Dr S Taylor, Ms W Hatrick	Minimising the spread of Hepatitis C in intravenous drug users in a remote island community (CZG/2/436)
	Dr F Sniehotta, Dr S Dombrowski, Dr A Avenell, Mr C Ramsay, Prof M Johnston	Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of a complex behavioural intervention to reduce weight in obese adults with additional risk factors for chronic disease (CZG/2/390)
	Dr M Gibson, Dr H Thomson, Dr L Bond, Dr C Bambra	What are the health and well-being impacts of welfare to work interventions for lone parents and their children? (CZG/2/422)
	Dr P Allanson, Prof U Gerdtham, Mr D Petrie	Development of tools to measure and explain changes in health inequalities in Scotland and benchmark performance (CZG/2/451)
	Dr C Counsell, Dr J Wilson	A new prevalence study of multiple sclerosis in Orkney, Shetland and Aberdeen (CZG/2/419) - graded excellent
	Prof N Mutrie, Dr R Shaw, Dr D Rowe, Dr D Skelton, Dr M Granat, Ms M Grant, Mrs M Grearly, Dr H MacDonald, Dr A McConnachie, Ms E Fenwick, Dr C Fitzsimmons, Dr A MacAluso	The feasibility of a pedometer and counselling physical activity intervention in community dwelling Scottish adults aged 65 years and over in a primary care setting (CZH/4/457)
	Dr M Watson, Dr D Stewart	Screening and brief interventions for alcohol misuse delivered in the community pharmacy setting: a pilot study (CZG/2/449)
	Dr J K Baillie, Prof D Hume, Prof T Walsh, Prof C Hayley, Dr T Freeman, Dr G Faulkner, Prof K Rowan, Dr A Davidson, Ms P Ramsay	GenISIS: Genetics of Influenza Susceptibility in Scotland: a parallel study to the mechanisms of severe influenza consortium (MOSAIC) (CZB/4/809)
	Prof C Currie, Dr J Inchley, Ms J Kirby	Informing the design of childhood obesity prevention in Edinburgh: a qualitative exploration of the inter-relationships between physical activity, nutrition and the environment (CZG/2/480)
	Dr C Matheson, Dr M Jaffray, Prof C Bond, Prof M Ryan, Mr D Liddell, Dr A Clarke	Attitudes, knowledge and experience of the general public towards drug misuse and drug treatment strategies (CZG/2/497)
	Prof F Sullivan, Prof B McKinstry, Dr J Hanley, Prof A Sheikh, Dr S Treweek, DrA Grant	A pilot study on the feasibility of creating and using a Scottish Population Health Research Register (CZG/2/509)
	Rachael Wood (Clinical Academic Fellow) supervised by Prof H Campbell, Prof S Cunningham-Burley, Dr Jim Chalmers, Prof A Pollock	A national evaluation of Hall 4: will a targeted child health surveillance programme in Scotland achieve improved equity of outcome in pre-school children's health? (CZF/06/05)
	Neneh Rowa-Dewar (PhD student) supervised by Prof A Amos and Prof S Cunningham-Burley	A qualitative study of children and second-hand smoke exposure in the home and the car (CZS/1/47)

Public Health 2011