Health and Public Policy
Health and Public Policy
We are becoming increasingly aware of the complex and dynamic relationship between people, health and their urban environment. Both policy and research now emphasise mental as well as physical well-being and acknowledge that impacts and associations may not be dose-responsive in nature but instead subtle and long term. Childhood environmental conditions, for example, may not impact on health until adulthood. Both the immediate urban environment, such as the home in which we live, and aspects of the wider urban environment, including access to green spaces, are recognised as important to health. Studying and interpreting the mechanisms by which these factors operate raises interesting questions for researchers and policymakers alike.
In addition, public policy is grappling with questions about significant differences in life expectancy within populations, the provision of services, and the extent to which the state can legislate in favour of healthy lifestyles. Health and public policy are dynamic areas of debate, and the theme welcomes papers on, but not restricted to:
- Health, wellbeing and regeneration
- Health inequalities and access to health care
- Unhealthy urban environments, air quality, noise
- Consumption, lifestyle and health outcomes
Contact: Mhairi Mackenzie [Email: m.mackenzie@lbss.gla.ac.uk]
Health and Public Policy
1. Luisa Avedano: Health and/as Quality of Life in Cities: the Urb-Health Project
2. Judith Brown: Incapacity Benefit in Glasgow and Scotland – Trends over the Past Five Years
3. Dr Rosemary Day: Urban Local Environments and the Promotion of Health and Wellbeing Among Older People: Dimensions from a Qualitative Study in Scotland
4. Elisabeth Fenwick: Economic Evaluation: Can it GoWell with Public Policy?
5. Karen Lorimer: How Capable are we at Evaluating Public Health Interventions?
6. Mhairi Mackenzie: Using Public Health Policy to Move Practitioners Towards a Community Level Approach to Tackling Health Needs
7. James Reid: Excess Mortality in the Glasgow Conurbation: Exploring the Existence of a 'Glasgow Effect'