Publications

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Alcohol use across retirement: a qualitative study of drinking in later life

March 2016

| Report

This report presents the results of a qualitative exploration of older people’s drinking and the factors which influence their use of alcohol.

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Glasgow: health in a changing city

March 2016

| Report

This report looks in detail at how health and life expectancy are changing in Glasgow and explores the changes to the city’s population, housing, environmental and socioeconomic circumstances over the last 20 years.

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Exploring socio-cultural explanations of Glasgow’s ‘excess’ mortality

April 2015

| Report

An exploration of socio-cultural explanations of Glasgow’s ‘excess’ mortality in comparison with Liverpool and Manchester

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Ten years of the GCPH: the evidence and implications

October 2014

| Report

This paper provides an overview of the evidence the GCPH has established and mobilised over the past ten years, and draws out the implications of this evidence.

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Findings Series 44 - Spatial distribution of deprivation and health outcomes

May 2014

| Briefing Paper

This briefing paper summarises findings from an investigation into the impact of the spatial distribution of deprivation on health outcomes.

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Findings Series 43 - Influences on mortality

May 2014

| Briefing Paper

This briefing paper summarises the results of a recently completed PhD research project which examined the underlying historical, political and economic influences on mortality in West Central Scotland (WCS) and four other post-industrial regions across E

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Findings Series 42 - Alcohol-related harm in Glasgow

May 2014

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This paper summarises the levels of alcohol-related harm in Glasgow over the previous 30 years. It relates the alcohol-related harm experienced in the city with local factors as well as those operating at a national and international level.

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Findings series 41 - Public health implications of the pSoBid study

April 2014

| Briefing Paper

This paper summarises the background, methodology and findings of the psychological, social and biological determinants of ill health (pSoBid) study.

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Findings Series 40 - Glasgow's 'excess' mortality

December 2013

| Briefing Paper

This paper summarises findings from a report exploring the issue of ‘excess’ mortality in Scotland, particularly Glasgow.

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Challenges to the alcohol and drugs agenda in Glasgow: The Glasgow Game

October 2013

| Report

This report describes the outcomes of an event at which the “Glasgow Game” was used to explore how Glasgow can address the key challenges around drugs and alcohol.

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