About the Programme
Why Relationships and Health?
Social relationships exert strong influence on health and wellbeing. Social connection and support is fundamental to good health; while isolation and harmful relationships are strong risk factors. Context matters; human relationships are played out within broad and complex social systems which influence health.
About our research
We explore human relationships in context to tackle key population health issues. We focus on inherently relational health topics (like loneliness), and public health priorities that are strongly influenced by relationships (like mental health and healthy ageing). Our research also focuses on relational mechanisms of change, recognising that human relationships are crucial to the effectiveness of complex interventions. We use relational theories – such as social network theory – to understand problems and test solutions to key public health challenges.
About our team
Our team comprises researchers from a wide range of backgrounds: psychology, sociology, human sciences, political science. Our programme has three overlapping workstreams: Intimate partners and families; peer networks; and communities. We work with partners such as Rape Crisis, the Scottish Prison Service, NHS health boards and Public Health Scotland to frame research questions, and together design and evaluate interventions.
Our vision is to drive forward relational thinking in Public Health.
We seek to:
- Uncover multilevel and modifiable relational mechanisms important to health
- Improve methods for discovery and translational Public Health research on relationships
- Co-produce and evaluate relationship-focused solutions to public health priorities

Relationships and Health
Projects
Equally Safe at School – a whole school approach to preventing gender-based violence
PACES – social connectivity and physical activity in later life
CONUNDRUM – co-producing national sexual health policy with young people
National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles
The Scottish Drug-Related Deaths Study
Net4Health: Social networks and adolescent health
WAYS (Wellbeing Among Youth in Scotland)
The Good Measure project – advancing the measurement of gender and sexual dimensions of adolescent mental health and wellbeing
KATAWAG Study – workplace mental health and wellbeing
Key publications
Sexual wellbeing and public health
Loneliness and wellbeing in young people
Loneliness and life satisfaction during COVID-19
School climate, peer relationships and adolescent mental health
Social bonds within Drug Recovery communities
Impact of COVID 19 on social relationships and health
Change in sex life and relationship quality during COVID-19
Briefings
Natsal COVID Interview Study: Summary of findings
Navigating STI risk with new partners in midlife: Research insights
Why men report more lifetime sexual partners than women
Why Do Some Children Develop Emotional Problems Early, and Others After Starting School?
Not All Mothers With High Parenting Stress Have the Same Support Needs
Women’s experience of more than one abortion
How did lockdown affect sex lives in Britain?
Media coverage and news
Staff
Mark McCann (Networks Workstream lead)
Kirstin Mitchell (programme lead; Intimate and Family Relationships)
Kathryn Skivington (Communities Workstream lead)
Equally safe at school

Loneliness and wellbeing
Navigating new relationships in mid-life
How do people count their lifetime partners
Impact on parental imprisonment on children

Condom and contraception access during COVID-19

Guidance on processing social network data

The influence of relationships on recovery

Sexual harassment in Scottish schools

Youth breakup cultures

Nuances of sexual consent

Accessing sexual health services during COVID-19
Publications
Flowers, P. , McDaid, L. and Knussen, C. (2013) Exposure and impact of a mass media campaign targeting sexual health amongst Scottish men who have sex with men: an outcome evaluation. BMC Public Health, 13, 737. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-737) (PMID:23923977) (PMCID:PMC3750620)
Parkes, A. , Sweeting, H. and Wight, D. (2016) What shapes seven-year-olds' subjective well-being? Prospective analysis of early childhood and parenting using the Growing Up in Scotland Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(10), pp. 1417-1428. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-016-1246-z) (PMID:27357821) (PMCID:PMC5047922)
Parkes, A. , Sweeting, H. and Wight, D. (2015) Parenting stress and parent support among mothers with high and low education. Journal of Family Psychology, 29(6), pp. 907-918. (doi: 10.1037/fam0000129) (PMID:26192130) (PMCID:PMC4671474)
Siu, G.E., Wight, D. and Seeley, J. (2012) How a masculine work ethic and economic circumstances affect uptake of HIV treatment: experiences of men from an artisanal gold mining community in rural eastern Uganda. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 15(3(S.1)), p. 17368. (doi: 10.7448/IAS.15.3.17368)
Simpson, S. A. et al. (2020) An app, web and social support based weight loss intervention for adults with obesity: the ‘HelpMeDoIt!’ feasibility randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6, 133. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00656-4) (PMID:32968544) (PMCID:PMC7501712)
Parkes, A. , Waylen, A., Sayal, K., Heron, J., Henderson, M. , Wight, D. and Macleod, J. (2014) Which behavioral, emotional and school problems in middle-childhood predict early sexual behavior? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43(4), pp. 507-527. (doi: 10.1007/s10964-013-9973-x)
Parkes, A. , Sweeting, H. , Young, R. and Wight, D. (2016) Does parenting help to explain socioeconomic inequalities in children's body mass index trajectories? Longitudinal analysis using the Growing Up in Scotland study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70(9), pp. 868-873. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206616) (PMID:27056682) (PMCID:PMC5013155)
Marquez, J., Inchley, J. and Long, E. (2022) Cross-country and gender differences in factors associated with population-level declines in adolescent life satisfaction. Child Indicators Research, 15(4), pp. 1405-1428. (doi: 10.1007/s12187-022-09930-8)
Mccann, M. , Broccatelli, C., Moore, L. and Mitchell, K. (2018) Distribution of Sexual Health Knowledge and Attitudes in Adolescent Social Networks: Social Network Analysis of Data from the STIs and Sexual Health Feasibility Study. Lancet Public Health Science 2018, Belfast, UK, 23 Nov 2018. S60. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32047-6)
Parkes, A. , Green, M. and Pearce, A. (2021) Can centre-based childcare buffer against the negative effects of family adversity on child socio-emotional wellbeing? European Journal of Public Health, 31(3), pp. 474-481. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab006) (PMID:33550396) (PMCID:PMC7611253)
Young, R. , Sweeting, H. and Ellaway, A. (2011) Do schools differ in suicide risk? The influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupils. BMC Public Health, 11(874), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-874)
Shenderovich, Y., Sacolo-Gwebu, H., Fang, Z., Lachman, J. , Cluver, L. and Ward, C. (2023) Adaptations and staff experiences in delivering parenting programmes and other family support services in three community-based organisations in Cape Town, South Africa during the COVID pandemic. Global Public Health, (doi: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2129725) (Early Online Publication)
Boydell, N. , Riddell, J. , Sweeting, H. and Mitchell, K. (2017) A Whole Schools Approach to Gender-Based Violence: Findings of Schools Consultation (Stage 2). Whole Schools Approach to Gender-Based Violence Working Group Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, 25th January 2017. (Unpublished)
Young, R. and Van Beinum, M. (2013) An assertive outreach intervention does not reduce repeat suicide attempts compared with usual care. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 16(1), p. 20. (doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-101042)
Boydell, N. , Buston, K. and McDaid, L. M. (2017) Patterns of HIV testing practices among young gay and bisexual men living in Scotland: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 17, 660. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4653-5) (PMID:28818055) (PMCID:PMC5561622)
Boydell, N. , Fergie, G. , Hilton, S. and McDaid, L. (2015) “… Giving Something back to the Gay Community by Taking Part”: Gay and Bisexual Men’s Understandings of Participation in Behavioural Research. BASHH Spring Conference 2015, Glasgow, UK, 1-3 June 2015. A79. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.233)
Mitchell, K. R. , Mercer, C. H., Prah, P., Clifton, S., Tanton, C., Wellings, K. and Copas, A. (2019) Why do men report more opposite-sex sexual partners than women? Analysis of the gender discrepancy in a British national probability survey. Journal of Sex Research, 56(1), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1481193) (PMID:30044926) (PMCID:PMC6326215)
Mitchell, K. , Lewis, R. , O'Sullivan, L. F. and Fortenberry, J. D. (2021) What is sexual wellbeing, and why does it matter for public health? Lancet Public Health, 6(8), e608-e613. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00099-2) (PMID:34166629)
Martin, S. P., McDaid, L. M. and Hilton, S. (2014) Double-standards in reporting of risk and responsibility for sexual health: a qualitative content analysis of negatively toned UK newsprint articles. BMC Public Health, 14(792), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-792)
Hobbs, L. J., Mitchell, K. R. , Graham, C. A., Trifonova, V., Bailey, J., Murray, E., Prah, P. and Mercer, C. H. (2019) Help-seeking for sexual difficulties and the potential role of interactive digital interventions: findings from the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. Journal of Sex Research, 56(7), pp. 937-946. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1586820) (PMID:30907691) (PMCID:PMC6816537)
Boydell, N. , Riddell, J. , Sweeting, H. and Mitchell, K. (2016) A Whole Schools Approach to Gender-Based Violence: Findings of Schools Consultation (Stage 1). Whole Schools Approach to Gender-Based Violence Working Group Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, 2 Aug 2016. (Unpublished)
Willis, M. , Jozkowski, K. N., Bridges, A. J., Davis, R. E. and Veilleux, J. C. (2021) Developing valid and feasible measures of sexual consent for experience sampling methodology. Journal of Sex Research, 58(8), pp. 996-1007. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1907526) (PMID:33891521)
Wellings, K., Gibson, L., Lewis, R. , Datta, J., Macdowall, W. and Mitchell, K. (2023) "We’re just tired": influences on sexual activity among male-partnered women in midlife; a mixed method study. Journal of Sex Research, (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2165613) (PMID:36757684) (Early Online Publication)
Dema, E. et al. (2022) Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health service use and unmet need in Britain: findings from a quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Lancet Public Health, 7(1), e36-e47. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00253-X) (PMID:34995541) (PMCID:PMC8730819)
Young, I. , Flowers, P. and McDaid, L. (2015) Key factors in the acceptability of Treatment as Prevention (TasP) in Scotland: a qualitative study with communities affected by HIV. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91(4), pp. 269-274. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051711) (PMID:25482649)
Wight, D. , Sekiwunga, R., Namutebi, C., Zalwango, F. and Siu, G. E. (2022) A Ugandan parenting programme to prevent gender-based violence: description and formative evaluation. Research on Social Work Practice, 32(4), pp. 448-464. (doi: 10.1177/10497315211056246) (PMID:35431527) (PMCID:PMC7612614)
Riddell, J. , Teal, G., Flowers, P. , Boydell, N. , Coia, N. and McDaid, L. (2022) Mass media and communication interventions to increase HIV testing among gay and other men who have sex with men: social marketing and visual design component analysis. Health, 26(3), pp. 338-360. (doi: 10.1177/1363459320954237) (PMID:32951461) (PMCID:PMC8938994)
Sui, G. E., Wight, D. , Seeley, J., Namutebi, C., Sekiwunga, R., Zalwango, F. and Kasule, S. (2017) Men’s involvement in a parenting programme to reduce child maltreatment and gender-based violence: formative evaluation in Uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 29(5), pp. 1017-1037. (doi: 10.1057/s41287-017-0103-6)
Flowers, P. et al. (2017) Preparedness for the use of the rapid result HIV self-test by gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM): a mixed methods exploratory study amongst MSM and those involved in HIV prevention and care. HIV Medicine, 18(4), pp. 245-255. (doi: 10.1111/hiv.12420) (PMID:27492141) (PMCID:PMC5347967)
McDaid, L.M. , Aghaizu, A., Frankis, J., Riddell, J. , Nardone, A., Mercey, D., Johnson, A.M., Hart, G.J. and Flowers, P. (2016) Frequency of HIV testing among gay and bisexual men in the UK: implications for HIV prevention. HIV Medicine, 17(9), pp. 683-693. (doi: 10.1111/hiv.12373) (PMID:26991460) (PMCID:PMC5026165)
Silverman, E. , Gostoli, U. , Picascia, S. , Almagor, J. , McCann, M. , Shaw, R. and Angione, C. (2021) Situating agent-based modelling in population health research. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 18, 10. (doi: 10.1186/s12982-021-00102-7) (PMID:34330302) (PMCID:PMC8325181)
Matthews, L. et al. (2017) Study protocol for the ‘HelpMeDoIt!’ randomised controlled feasibility trial: an app, web and social support based weight loss intervention for adults with obesity. BMJ Open, 7(10), e017159. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017159) (PMID:29074513) (PMCID:PMC5665248)
Parkes, A. , Henderson, M. , Wight, D. and Nixon, C. (2011) Is parenting associated with teenagers’ early sexual risk-taking, autonomy and relationship with sexual partners? Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 43(1), pp. 30-40. (doi: 10.1363/4303011)
Shenderovich, Y. et al. (2021) The science of scale for violence prevention: a new agenda for family strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 581440. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.581440) (PMID:33869123) (PMCID:PMC8044965)
Hartley, J. E. K., Wight, D. and Hunt, K. (2014) Presuming the influence of the media: teenagers’ constructions of gender identity through sexual/romantic relationships and alcohol consumption. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(5), pp. 772-756. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12107)
Martin, M., Steele, B., Lachman, J. M. and Gardner, F. (2021) Measures of facilitator competent adherence used in parenting programs and their psychometric properties: a systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24(4), pp. 834-853. (doi: 10.1007/s10567-021-00350-8) (PMID:34021442) (PMCID:PMC8541983)
Broccatelli, C. , Wang, P., McDaid, L. , McCann, M. , Simpson, S. A. , Elliott, L., Moore, L. and Mitchell, K. (2021) Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention. Scientific Reports, 11, 12244. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90852-w) (PMID:34112848) (PMCID:PMC8192897)
Parkes, A. and Wight, D. (2011) Growing up in Scotland: Parenting and Children's Health - Technical Appendix. Technical Report. Scottish Government.
Marquez, J., Goodfellow, C. , Hardoon, D., Inchley, J. , Leyland, A.H. , Qualter, P., Simpson, S.A. and Long, E. (2023) Loneliness in young people: a multilevel exploration of social ecological influences and geographic variation. Journal of Public Health, 45(1), pp. 109-117. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab402) (PMID:34999845) (PMCID:PMC10017088)
Erens, B., Mitchell, K. R. , Gibson, L., Datta, J., Lewis, R. , Field, N. and Wellings, K. (2019) Health status, sexual activity and satisfaction among older people in Britain: a mixed methods study. PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0213835. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213835) (PMID:30917152) (PMCID:PMC6436725)
Buston, K. (2018) Inside the prison parenting classroom: caring, sharing and the softer side of masculinity. In: Maycock, M. and Hunt, K. (eds.) New Perspectives on Prison Masculinities. Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland, pp. 277-306. ISBN 9783319656533 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-65654-0_12)
Parkes, A. , Sweeting, H. and Wight, D. (2012) Growing up in Scotland: overweight, obesity and activity - Technical Appendix. Technical Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
Parkes, A. and Sweeting, H. (2018) Direct, indirect and buffering effects of support for mothers on children's socio-emotional adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(7), pp. 894-903. (doi: 10.1037/fam0000438) (PMID:30091624) (PMCID:PMC6205417)
Plummer, M.L. and Wight, D. (2011) Young People's Lives and Sexual Relationships in Rural Africa: Findings from a Large Qualitative Study in Tanzania. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739135785
Higgins, K., McLaughlin, A., Perra, O., McCartan, C., McCann, M. , Percy, A. and Jordan, J. A. (2018) The Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS): A prospective cohort study of the initiation, persistence and desistance of substance use from adolescence to adulthood in Northern Ireland. PLoS ONE, 13(5), e0195192. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195192) (PMID:29791433) (PMCID:PMC5965826)
Young, I. , Flowers, P. and McDaid, L. (2014) Barriers to uptake and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among communities most affected by HIV in the UK: findings from a qualitative study in Scotland. BMJ Open, 4(11), e005717. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005717)
Long, E. , Zucca, C. and Sweeting, H. (2021) School climate, peer relationships, and adolescent mental health: a social ecological perspective. Youth and Society, 53(8), pp. 1400-1415. (doi: 10.1177/0044118X20970232)
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Boydell, N. , Buston, K. and McDaid, L. (2015) ‘Personal Communities’, ‘Hidden Solidarities’, and HIV Testing Technologies. In: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2015, Glasgow, 15-17 April 2015, (Unpublished)
Young, I. , Davis, M., Flowers, P. and McDaid, L. M. (2019) Navigating HIV citizenship: identities, risks and biological citizenship in the treatment as prevention era. Health, Risk and Society, 21(1-2), pp. 1-16. (doi: 10.1080/13698575.2019.1572869) (PMID:31105468) (PMCID:PMC6494283)
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Willis, M. , Marcantonio, T. L. and Jozkowski, K. N. (2021) Internal and external sexual consent during events that involved alcohol, cannabis, or both. Sexual Health, 18(3), pp. 260-268. (doi: 10.1071/SH21015) (PMID:34134817)
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