Publications

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BP 49: Learning from the Cost of the School Day project

October 2016

| Briefing Paper

This briefing paper builds on findings from the Cost of the School Day project and explores wider evidence to consider what actions could reduce costs throughout the school day for families on low income.

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GCPH response: Glasgow City Council’s Housing Strategy 2017-22

September 2016

| Consultation

This publication is our response to a Glasgow City Council consultation on the proposed Housing Strategy for 2017-22.

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Health and early years, children and young people: a GCPH synthesis

September 2016

| Report

This report draws together our learning about what factors influence the health of babies, children and young people and how improving circumstances during this life stage can help improve health and tackle health inequalities in Glasgow and Scotland.

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BP 48: Public health implications of payday lending

September 2016

| Briefing Paper

This briefing paper reviews evidence and furthers the understanding of the potential population health impacts of payday lending.

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Improving partnership working between primary care and money advice services

August 2016

| Report

This report looks at how Deep End General Practitioners (GPs) working in deprived parts of Glasgow are responding to the welfare reforms, and how links between them and local money/welfare advice services could be strengthened to improve health.

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Right Here Right Now study: final report

June 2016

| Report

This report outlines the findings of the Right Here Right Now (RHRN) pilot study, a 6-month study of the feasibility of using near ‘real-time’ data collection to capture and communicate people’s lived experiences.

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GCPH response: Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

June 2016

| Consultation

These publications are our responses to three of the Scottish Government consultations seeking views about draft regulations that will bring the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 into force.

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State of the Art Briefings: a What Works Scotland working paper

June 2016

| Other

This paper summarises evidence and discussions from the State of the Art Session at the 29th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement.

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History, politics and vulnerability: explaining excess mortality

May 2016

| Report

A synthesis of the research undertaken into excess mortality to date, which, from a detailed examination of all the available evidence, identifies the most likely underlying causes and, therefore, the most appropriate policy responses.

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What Works in Community Profiling? Reflections from West Dunbartonshire

March 2016

| Other

This paper discusses the experience of What Works Scotland, the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and the West Dunbartonshire Community Planning Team in developing community profiles for the purposes of place-based working and locality planning.

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