About the Public Health Information Network for Scotland (PHINS)

The Public Health Information Network for Scotland (PHINS) aims to keep public health professionals in Scotland up-to-date with national and local developments in public health information via bulletins, email updates and seminars. To join the network, please register with the ScotPHO website.

PHINS Seminars

Seminars (which have been running since 2001) are held on an annual basis to discuss and publicise current public health related developments and research. 

The most recent seminar took place on Friday 3rd November 2023 and was a hybrid event: around 150 delegates attended in-person at the University of Strathclyde Technology & Innovation Centre (George Street, Glasgow), with a further 150 or so participating simultaneously online.

The seminar programme is available here: View/download the full programme (209Kb).

The seminar was comprised of two sections, with talks grouped around the headings of Early years and Approaches to addressing poor health and inequality in Scotland.

Below are links to pdf versions of the slides from the presentations at the seminar. There are also links to videos of the presentations (YouTube).

1. Early years

Understanding and preventing socio-economic inequalities in child health – what can we be doing better? - Anna Pearce, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow

‘Every little helps’: infant feeding and levelling up in the early years - ‘Tomi Ajetunmobi, Public Health Scotland

Mortality outcomes of children and young people in care in Scotland - Denise Brown, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow

2. Approaches to addressing poor health and inequality in Scotland

Can taxation and social security policies help to reduce health inequalities? - Liz Richardson, Public Health Scotland

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The health benefits of pedestrian and cyclist commuting: evidence from the Scottish Longitudinal Study - Bruce Whyte, Glasgow Centre for Population Health

Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland - Lucie Giles, Public Health Scotland