COVID-19 microbriefing 4: Consolidating evidence of the impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people
Evidence concerning the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people in Scotland
Public policy as related to health issues, such as alcohol, smoking, drugs and exercise.
Policy Briefing: Disability and Assisted Dying Laws
Policy briefing analysing the evidence on the effects that assisted dying laws might have on people with disabilities.
Vaccine inclusion: Reducing inequalities one vaccine at a time
The impact of research that identified a number of population groups that might/would struggle to take-up the COVID-19 vaccine.
Place and collective impact: Implications for leadership
Why we urgently need to develop new ways of working to tackle the range of issues around inequality and disadvantage that negatively impact children and young people.
COVID-19 Micro Briefing 1: The disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people
This micro briefing presents a range of evidence relating to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people.
COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration among BAME Groups in the UK
BAME men experienced a much greater deterioration in their mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown than their white British counterparts, but ethnicity had no impact on women’s declining mental health, a new study suggests.
Wellbeing during a pandemic: Prof. Eugenio Proto and the World Wellbeing Panel
The work of a panel to help individuals and governments work together to understand how to cope with these changes under COVID-19 and lead to better wellbeing policy.
Structural Inequalities and Dying at Home During COVID-19
People living in more socio-economically deprived areas had less access to a ‘good death’ than those in more affluent areas before the pandemic: now their prospects have significantly worsened.
Mitigating the wider health effects of covid-19 pandemic response
An article published today in the British Medical Journal argues that health inequalities are likely to widen without action to support those must vulnerable to the economic and other effects of social distancing measures.
Brexit and Crisis Management – Pandemics Policy Briefing
A policy briefing providing an overview of the likely implications of Brexit for UK crisis management in the context of EU health security – pandemic preparedness.