Technical Data Strategy Lead by day 💼 Geospatial analytics side hustle (advanced stats & over-engineered R workflows) 🌍📈 Public health research for fun 🤓
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New paper: Use of nature 🌿 is associated with reduced inequalities in child mental wellbeing🧠
Read the OA paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.202…
#children #nature #mentalhealth #greenspace #natureHealth #healthequity #greenspace #bluespace #PhysicalActivity #inequality #GPS
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28 Nov 2024
1/12 Our book, ‘Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK’, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Here’s a brief summary:
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4 Sep 2024
.@ficaryl from @SPHSU_Places @theSPHSU talks about child health and exposure to nature at #SSM2024 #Glasgow @SocSocMed
ALT Fi Caryl presenting at #SSM2024
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New paper: Use of nature 🌿 is associated with reduced inequalities in child mental wellbeing🧠
Read the OA paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.202…
#children #nature #mentalhealth #greenspace #natureHealth #healthequity #greenspace #bluespace #PhysicalActivity #inequality #GPS
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Children who spend more time in natural environments have significantly better mental health, according to research by UofG.
The study found that the benefits of spending time in nature were strongest for children from lower-income households.
More ➡️ gla.ac/3xCB7Er
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26 Jun 2024
Spending time in nature boosts children's mental health - especially for those from low-income families 🌳🌻
New paper by @SPHSU_Places gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1086…
#nature #mentalhealth #greenspace #equigenesis
ALT A group of children running across grass on a sunny day.
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22 Nov 2023
🌐 Exciting Opportunity! We're seeking a #ResearchAssociate with expert knowledge of #SpatialData science to contribute to an ESRC SDAI-funded project, and lead the production of new research publications and proposals at UBDC. Full details: ow.ly/CrIS50Qacmr #DataJobs
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21 Nov 2023
📍How is Great Britain changing?
As part of #BECCA, we have created a national dataset that quantifies natural and built environment change across the whole of Great Britain🏢
Interactive map and data available soon... watch this space 👀
#30daymapchallenge | Day 21 - Raster
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1 Nov 2023
Arable🌾vs Grassland 🌱
Proportional 'points' showing % coverage of Arable and Grassland land cover across Great Britain.
Data sourced from @UK_CEH compiled as part of our current project #BECCA... more to come soon 👀
#30daymapchallenge | Day 1 - Points
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12 Oct 2023
We're looking for someone to come and work with us (me, @thomasburgoine, @loudoestweet and @SorenBrage) on analysing GPS data to look at the relationship between environment, diet and activity jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43393/ Closing date: 8 Nov. Pls retweet.
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2 Oct 2023
Re-advertising exciting funded PhD studentship on physical health outcomes among transgender people using linked health datasets. Suits quant social scientists, statisticians, epi etc. Get in touch for more details: shorturl.at/cdjGT @CSO_Scotland @theSPHSU @SPHSU_ineq
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29 Sep 2023
🚨 REPORT LAUNCH🚨
Places and Children’s Health: A Research and Policy Agenda 👉tinyurl.com/343p7hrd
This coproduced report summarises the most pressing research needs identified by stakeholders during a workshop held in May 2023.
ALT Research and Policy Agenda on Places and Children's Health
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20 May 2023
Post-work bike and blether with @ficaryl. We started down Ben Lomond at 9pm. Sure do love this time of year in Scotland.
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