SCHARR Library

Impact of a national guideline for the management of peripheral arterial disease on revascularization rates in England: interrupted time series analysis. Professor Ravi Maheswaran from @SCHARRSheffield has led a new paper in @BjsOpen. academic.oup.com/bjsopen/articl…

Join us next month to learn about Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis. Starting on the 5th November and across 4 days, learn from our experts at @SCHARRSheffield More details via the link ⬇️⬇️⬇️ sheffield.ac.uk/smph/modules/s…

🎓 Thinking about a degree as a mature student? Join us at our Mature Learner Open Evening on Wednesday, 4th December, 5:00–8:00 pm. Explore your options and see how we can support your journey back to study! #MatureLearners #OpenEvening

Also, I'm not posting much here on this hellsite anymore. If you want more health policy/graph/cake/bird content, I'm over on the other channel.

...we also find that it would increase tobacco industry profits. This could be at least partially recouped by government if the minimum price was introduced alongside an increase in tobacco duties. You can read the full report here: publichealthscotland.scot/publications/m…

We've published a new report, commissioned by @P_H_S_Official, modelling the potential impact of a minimum price for tobacco in Scotland. We find that it would reduce smoking rates, save lives and narrow inequalities. But... sheffield.ac.uk/news/minimum-p…

Listen to @annettehaywood discuss Green Social Prescribing on BBC Radio Sheffield bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… and read this article on The Guardian which describes GSP as 'Better Than Medication' tinyurl.com/d9zpvh7e

Congratulations to @EmmaEversonHock and my other colleagues - elegant use of conceptual frameworks! Exploring impact of housing insecurity on health & wellbeing of children and young people in UK: qual SR. BMC Public Health 24, 2453(2024). rdcu.be/dTKA4 @NIHRresearch

#WomanOfTheNorth report co-authored by @hbfairbrother, Senior Lecturer in Public Health lays bare the unequal challenges faced by women living in the North of England. - live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay & more likely to live in poverty.⬇️ healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequalit…

We can now update this plot of age-specific trends in alcohol-specific and drug misuse deaths in Scotland with 2023 data. All sorts of interesting things going on here. Not many of them are good though.

New alcohol-specific deaths data from 2023 for Scotland was published yesterday. Basically no change from 2022 levels, although deaths did rise slightly in the most deprived group (who already have massively higher rates than less deprived groups).

For anyone involved in Public Health - a couple of places left on the excellent 'Essentials of Health Protection Practice' online course next week. Learn the essentials from disease surveillance to disease control and outbreak management, flu to STIs🦠buff.ly/3WjuRd3

Not one but TWO job opportunities for G7 researchers in our team in CURE and @SCHARRSheffield . Qualitative and mixed methods researchers. Fixed term 18-21 months. Closing date 23rd August. jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynp… jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynp…

Young people's perspectives on the North-South health divide in England - intermeshed spatial, social and health inequalities bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @NIHRSPHR @The_NHSA @_HENorth

.@hannagr4m will be presenting some of the analysis from her thesis this Thursday at the @EuroQol PhD Network Webinar. Use the link below to register ⬇️📷 ⬇️ euroqol.org/events/mapping…

The video recordings from the excellent research communications event 'Exchange' hosted by @ConversationUK is now online. theconversation.com/uk/exchange-20… You can see the excellent panel discussion I took part in: 'Engaging academics in research communication' youtube.com/watch?v=cZ1vdp…

Research Records podcast #35 with Matt Flinders, Professor of @ShefUniPolitics talking about his career, the state of modern politics and what music soundtracked his own journey is now on @UniShefPlayer player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/researc…

🚨 New Course Alert! 🚨 Join our online short course, Essentials of Health Protection Practice, on 12th & 13th Sept 2024, 9:30am-4:30pm (BST). Gain vital skills in infectious disease control, outbreak management, and more! Learn more: sheffield.ac.uk/smph/cpd/short… #PublicHealth

🏆 We were recently recognised at the inaugural Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Impact Awards! 🤝 We won the Team Award for our Excellent Support for KE and Impact Found out more about the other winners: sheffield.ac.uk/collaborate/re…