15 Minutes on Health Inequalities for EUPHW
The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) aims to raise awareness about public health and promote collaboration among the public health community in Europe. Starting in 2019, EUPHW is an annual initiative organised and coordinated by the European Public Health Association.
Since 2022, we have released a podcast series, ’15 Minutes on Health Inequalities’, for EUPHW. To listen to the podcasts click on the links below or you can find (and subscribe to) the podcast on Spotify.
Impact of Universal Basic Income on mental health inequalities
Ruth Dundas and Lia Demou speak to Rachel Thomson about her research evaluating the impacts of universal basic income on mental health inequalities.
Next generation: Public health of today and tomorrow
Ruth Dundas hears from four PhD students, Katja Kraljević, Danny Bradford, Kirsten Hainey and Diego Andrade, about the future of public health.
Inequalities in Childhood Overweight
Anna Pearce, Vittal Katikireddi and Phil Broadbent discuss their research on inequalities in childhood overweight.
Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities
Alastair Leyland talks to Natalia Romero, Phil Cooper, Mauricio Barreto and Gustavo Matta about their NIHR-funded Global Health Research Unit on SEDHI and how they hope to influence policy to reduce health inequalities in Brazil and Ecuador.
Drug deaths and socio-economic trends in Scotland
Listen Anna Pearce, Denise Brown and Emma Congreve discuss work, funded by the Health Foundation, exploring trends in drug deaths and socio-economic determinants in Scotland.
Universal basic income
Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi speak to Marcia Gibson about her work on Universal Basic Income.
Healthy Start vouchers evaluation
Anna Pearce and Lia Demou speak to Ruth Dundas about her evaluation of the Healthy Start vouchers scheme.
Baby Boxes in Finland and Scotland
Ronan McCabe talks to Anna Pearce and Alastair Leyland about his recent work evaluating the impacts of the introduction of Baby Boxes in Finland and Scotland.
Ethnic inequalities and COVID-19
To mark ‘Diversity in Health’ day during European Public Health Week, Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce have a conversation with Vittal Katikireddi about a framework for understanding and reducing ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes.
Universal credit
As part of European Public Health Week’s ‘Mental Health for All’ day, hosts Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce chat to Peter Craig about a recently commenced evaluation looking at the impacts of Universal Credit on mental health.
Health Inequalities Report
Naomi Miall, Gillian Fergie and Anna Pearce discuss their recently published report looking at trends in health inequalities in Scotland. Thanks to the commissioners of this report, the Health Foundation, as well as our many expert advisors and stakeholders.
Maternal and Child Health network (MatCHNet)
Ruth Dundas, Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce discuss the Maternal and Child Health network (MatCHNet) – including its aims, challenges, progress to date and next steps.
Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS)
Ruth Dundas and Anna Pearce chat to Mirjam Allik and Edit Gedeon about their recently published findings on the health of care experienced children in Scotland.
The mental health of carers
Alastair Leyland and Lia Demou talk to Elise Whitley about her work investigating the mental health of carers during the first COVID-19 national lockdown in the UK.
Vaccine waning
Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce speak to Vittal Katikireddi from the SPHSU about his work examining waning of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Creative Insights study
Mike Green and Anna Pearce speak to Gillian Fergie and Caroline Vaczy about Creative Insights – their participatory project to gain young people’s perspectives on health inequalities.
Inequalities in childhood unintentional injuries
Paul Henery, a Research Assistant at SPHSU, talks to Linsay Gray and Michael Green about his work on social inequalities in childhood unintentional injuries.
Recap, preview
This special edition reflects back over the first year of 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities podcasts and looks forward to some research that the Inequalities in Health programme will be covering over the forthcoming year.
The impact of smoke-free prisons on exposure to second hand smoke
Ruth Dundas and Alastair Leyland talk to Evangelia Demou about her paper evaluating the impact of smoke-free prisons on exposure to second hand smoke.
How effective was England’s teenage pregnancy strategy?
Andy Baxter talks to Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce about his evaluation of the English teenage pregnancy strategy.
Did UK tobacco control policies alter inequalities in youth smoking
Linsay Gray and Anna Pearce talk to Michael Green about his recent paper evaluating the impacts of tobacco control policies on inequalities in young people’s smoking in the UK.
Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) study
Ruth Dundas and Anna Pearce talk to colleagues Denise Brown and Mirjam Allik about an exciting project they have recently embarked upon - the Children’s Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) study.
Mitigating adverse health effects of COVID-19 response
Alastair Leyland and Anna Pearce from the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit talk to Vittal Katikireddi about his recent publication, “Mitigating the wider health effects of COVID-19 pandemic response”.
Mortality from social determinants vs COVID-19
Anna Pearce and Linsay Gray talk to Ruth Dundas about the blog post 'Prioritising population health - contrasting UK government responses to pandemic'.
Reducing health inequalities in the early years
Anna Pearce talks to Ruth Dundas and Alastair Leyland about a WHO Europe report she wrote, with fellow authors at the University of Liverpool, on options for reducing inequities in health in the early years.
