School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr Alexander Whitelaw

Dr Sandy Whitelaw
  • Lecturer (Interdisciplinary Studies)

telephone: 01387702089
email: Alexander.Whitelaw@glasgow.ac.uk


Biography

Sandy was educated in Dumfries at St Ninians Primary, Maxwelltown High School and Dumfries Academy. He gained a B.Sc. (Hons.) and Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Physical Education & Sports Science from Lougborough University in 1982/3 and taught in various state secondary schools.

In 1986 he took a M.Sc. in Community Medicine at Manchester University and subsequently took up health promotion specialist posts in Manchester in dealing with problem drug misuse and developing health promotion in primary care. He took up his first higher education post in 1991 as a Lecturer in Health Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.

He subsequent became a Lecturer in Public Health & Health Promotion in the Department of Public Health, Manchester University (1992-1997). In 1997 Sandy moved back to Dumfries, becoming a Research Specialist within the national health education organisation, The Health Education Board for Scotland. In 1999 he became a Senior Lecturer in Health Studies at St Martins College, Lancaster.

Research projects

Current research projects:

  • Production of evidence based briefing papers Physical Activity and Health Alliance (2006-2007) Scottish Physical Activity and Health Alliance
  • Development of a Physical Activity Policy maze (2007) Health Scotland
  • An international benchmarking exercise to identify those countries that are considered to be examples of best Physical Activity training practice (2006-2007) Health Scotland

Sandy has had experience in commissioning, managing and undertaking a range of research projects, for example:

  • Evaluation of HEBS Health Promoting Health Service Project (HEBS, 2002-2005) Project member
  • Dumfries and Galloway Rapid Needs Appraisal Project (NHS D&G with St Martins College, 2003-2004)
  • Establishing baseline Indicators for the Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit [Scottish Executive/SHPSU with CCL Consult Research & Development; 2003] Project member
  • A review of Exercise on Prescription Schemes for South Asian Muslim women (NHS Research and Development Programme; with University of Manchester, 1997-2001) key bidder and on project steering group
  • A trial of a health promotion resource aimed at increasing ‘active commuting’ (The Scottish Office; with the University of Glasgow, 1997-2001) key bidder and on project steering group
  • Mental Health Research and Development Review (North Cumbria Health Authority; 2000) Project member
  • West Cumbria Rapid Needs Appraisal Project (West Cumbria PCG; 2000) Project member
  • Public health in acute hospitals: does best practice open doors? (Health Development Agency with CCL Consult Research & Development; 2001) Key bidder and project member
  • Evaluation of Communication for the Future Drug Education project (Department of Health; with Manchester Met. University, 2001-2002) Project member
  • Survey of Mental Health R&D Capacity in North Cumbria (North Cumbria Health Authority, 2001) Project member
  • Evaluation of North Cumbria NHS Trust Health Promoting Organisations project (North Cumbria Health Action Zone, 2001-2002) Project leader
  • Production of an action research resource for the Social Action Research Project (SHARP) [The Welsh Assembly with CCL Consult Research & Development; 2002) Project member
  • Survey of physical activity provision in West Cumbria (West Cumbria CVS/Sports Action Zone, 2002) Project manager
  • Review of HEBS Special Projects [HEBS with CCL Consult Research & Development; 2002) Project member

List all by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008
Number of items: 11.

2013

Hill, C., and Whitelaw, S. (2013) Achieving sustainable social enterprises for older people: Evidence from a European project. Social Enterprise Journal, 68 (2). pp. 138-153. ISSN 1750-8614 (doi:10.1093/bjc/azm074)

2012

Whitelaw, A. (2012) Sustaining social organisations in rural areas. In: Farmer, J., Hill, C. and Muñoz, S. (eds.) Community Co-Production: Social Enterprise in Remote and Rural Communities. Edward Elgar, Northampton, UK. ISBN 9781849808408

Hill, C., and Whitelaw, A. (2012) Supporting Older People Affected by Cancer: A Community Development Approach. Project Report. NHS Cumbria, Dumfries. (Unpublished)

Whitelaw, A. (2012) The emergence of a 'dose-response' analogy in the health improvement domain of public health: a critical. Critical Public Health . ISSN 0958–1596 (doi:10.1080/09581596.2012.682147)

Whitelaw, A., Graham, N., Black, D., Cockburn, J., and Renwick, L. (2012) Developing capacity and achieving sustainable implementation in healthy ‘settings’: insights from NHS Health Scotland's Health Promoting Health Service project. Health Promotion International, 27 (1). pp. 127-137. ISSN 0957-4824 (doi:10.1093/heapro/dar038)

2011

Whitelaw, A., Smart, E., Kopela , J., Gibson , T., and King, V. (2011) Developing social marketing capacity to address health issues. Health Education, 111 (4). pp. 319-331. ISSN 0965-4283 (doi:10.1108/09654281111144274)

2010

Whitelaw, A., Teuton , J., Swift , J. , and Scobie, G. (2010) The physical activity - mental wellbeing association in young people: A case study in dealing with a complex public health topic using a ‘realistic evaluation’ framework. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 3 (2). pp. 61-66. ISSN 1755-2966 (doi:10.1016/j.mhpa.2010.06.001)

Springett, J., Whitelaw, A., and Dooris, M. (2010) Sustainable development, equity and health-time to get radical. Critical Public Health, 20 (3). pp. 275-280. ISSN 0958–1596 (doi:10.1080/09581596.2010.502932)

Hill, C., Whitelaw, A., and Stokes, P. (2010) 'Older people for older people' toolkit: developing social enterprise and service delivery in remote and rural areas. Project Report. University of Glasgow: Crichton Publications, Dumfries, UK.

2008

Whitelaw, A (2008) Health information: a case of saturation or 57 channels and nothing on? Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 128 (4). pp. 175-180. ISSN 1476-9042 (doi:10.1177/1466424008092233)

Balogh, R, Whitelaw, A, and Thompson, J (2008) Rapid Needs Appraisal in the modern NHS: potential and dilemmas. Critical Public Health, 18 (2). pp. 233-244. ISSN 0958–1596 (doi:10.1080/09581590701377010)

This list was generated on Wed Oct 2 23:46:02 2013 BST.
Jump to: Article | Book Section | Research Report or Paper
Number of items: 11.

Article

Hill, C., and Whitelaw, S. (2013) Achieving sustainable social enterprises for older people: Evidence from a European project. Social Enterprise Journal, 68 (2). pp. 138-153. ISSN 1750-8614 (doi:10.1093/bjc/azm074)

Whitelaw, A. (2012) The emergence of a 'dose-response' analogy in the health improvement domain of public health: a critical. Critical Public Health . ISSN 0958–1596 (doi:10.1080/09581596.2012.682147)

Whitelaw, A., Graham, N., Black, D., Cockburn, J., and Renwick, L. (2012) Developing capacity and achieving sustainable implementation in healthy ‘settings’: insights from NHS Health Scotland's Health Promoting Health Service project. Health Promotion International, 27 (1). pp. 127-137. ISSN 0957-4824 (doi:10.1093/heapro/dar038)

Whitelaw, A., Smart, E., Kopela , J., Gibson , T., and King, V. (2011) Developing social marketing capacity to address health issues. Health Education, 111 (4). pp. 319-331. ISSN 0965-4283 (doi:10.1108/09654281111144274)

Whitelaw, A., Teuton , J., Swift , J. , and Scobie, G. (2010) The physical activity - mental wellbeing association in young people: A case study in dealing with a complex public health topic using a ‘realistic evaluation’ framework. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 3 (2). pp. 61-66. ISSN 1755-2966 (doi:10.1016/j.mhpa.2010.06.001)

Springett, J., Whitelaw, A., and Dooris, M. (2010) Sustainable development, equity and health-time to get radical. Critical Public Health, 20 (3). pp. 275-280. ISSN 0958–1596 (doi:10.1080/09581596.2010.502932)

Whitelaw, A (2008) Health information: a case of saturation or 57 channels and nothing on? Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 128 (4). pp. 175-180. ISSN 1476-9042 (doi:10.1177/1466424008092233)

Balogh, R, Whitelaw, A, and Thompson, J (2008) Rapid Needs Appraisal in the modern NHS: potential and dilemmas. Critical Public Health, 18 (2). pp. 233-244. ISSN 0958–1596 (doi:10.1080/09581590701377010)

Book Section

Whitelaw, A. (2012) Sustaining social organisations in rural areas. In: Farmer, J., Hill, C. and Muñoz, S. (eds.) Community Co-Production: Social Enterprise in Remote and Rural Communities. Edward Elgar, Northampton, UK. ISBN 9781849808408

Research Report or Paper

Hill, C., and Whitelaw, A. (2012) Supporting Older People Affected by Cancer: A Community Development Approach. Project Report. NHS Cumbria, Dumfries. (Unpublished)

Hill, C., Whitelaw, A., and Stokes, P. (2010) 'Older people for older people' toolkit: developing social enterprise and service delivery in remote and rural areas. Project Report. University of Glasgow: Crichton Publications, Dumfries, UK.

This list was generated on Wed Oct 2 23:46:02 2013 BST.

Visiting Lecturer

  • University of Nottingham Masters in Public Health

External Examiner

  • B.A. (Hons.) Social Policy University of Wolverhampton
  • B.Sc. (Hons.) Health, Nutrition & Fitness Liverpool Hope University