Social media use is associated with risky health behaviours in young people including increased alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, anti-social behaviour, risky sexual behaviours, and gambling, finds a review of the latest evidence Dr Amrit Kaur Purba bmj.com/content/383/bm…

Delighted to see the research I led Improving Health published in The BMJ. With thanks to Medical Research Council, policy advisory group members and co-authors, Vittal Katikireddi, Marion Henderson, Rachel Thomson, Anna Pearce, and Paul Henery ⬇️

Calling all researchers and data professionals! 🙋‍♀️🤝 We're looking for researchers and data professionals at all stages in their career to help inform and improve our work. Learn more 🔗👇 researchdata.scot/our-work/shapi…

The intersection of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status: inequalities in breast and cervical cancer mortality in 20,665,005 adult women from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37642313/ A new paper from Cidacs researchers!!

New year, new paper! We explored trends in inequalities in avoidable hospitalisations between 2019 and 2022 in BMJ_Open doi.org/10.1136/bmjope…

Our new £0 systematic review suggests no separate effect of income inequality on mortality/self-rated health in Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly Tried to be as transparent and pre-specified as possible in assessing causality. Inequalities SPHSU onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Interesting £0 paper using Understanding Society finds adverse mental health consequences of Windrush in @TheLancetPsych : thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Excited to share our editorial exploring social media's role as a determinant of health (conducted @SPHSU University of Glasgow), now published in the in the European Journal of Public Health EUPHA) ➡️doi.org/10.1093/eurpub… 🧵(1/4)

Our new paper describing the linkage of migration and hospital data in England hopefully will enable & inspire other innovative ways of using #EHRs and #routinedata to study statistically invisible groups. #MillionMigrantcohort ijpds.org/article/view/2…

Rachel Thomson and colleagues used a policy model to simulate how a Universal Basic Income might influence mental health for working-age adults in the UK. Vittal Katikireddi Erik Igelström Alastair H Leyland Dr. Andy Baxter (now incl. PhD) Improving Health doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Final thesis paper now published in PLOS Medicine where we evaluated how a Universal Basic Income (UBI) might influence population mental health and inequalities in UK working-age adults. TL;DR - it's complicated 🤷‍♀️ [1/6]

Paper led by Anna Pearce Inequalities SPHSU Improving Health considers 4 stages (1) symptoms, (2) caregiver perception of impact, (3) diagnosis and (4) medication using Scottish administrative data and the Millennium Cohort Study

🚨VACANCY🚨 We are looking for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to Enhancing Policy Modelling - one of UKRI's recently funded PHI-UK themes. FT post for up to 3 yrs Closing date: 29th April 2024 Find out more➡️tinyurl.com/mpd6wcrk #PopulationHealth

📢Just published!📢 The prevalence of common mental disorders across 18 ethnic groups in Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence for Equality National Survey Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) UoM News UoM School of Social Sciences sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Health is a political choice: starting the discussion For #EUPHW 2024 Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi talk to Marcia Gibson about Universal Basic Income. An idea whose time has come? Listen to the podcast and decide. Improving Health Inequalities SPHSU EUPHA

Our new Fellow Professor Vittal Katikireddi FMedSci, Professor of Public Health and Health Inequalities University of Glasgow, is focusing his research on the development and application of evidence to inform public health policy. Read more about our new Fellows: ow.ly/ht9j50ROs7k

🆕systematic review finds consistent evidence of a relationship between #austerity policies and harmful impacts on mortality outcomes in high-income countries, regardless of the measure of austerity used. Gerry McCartney Vittal Katikireddi Inequalities SPHSU tinyurl.com/mtz94yxj 👇

Interested in #climatechange & health? Apply for this exciting PhD programme for health professionals on understanding implications for people living w/ multiple longterm conditions #multimorbidity Peter Hanlon David Blane Vittal Katikireddi Improving Health UofG GPPC tinyurl.com/2asytwxt

Great to see our modelling study looking at the impact of reducing child poverty on health inequalities getting picked up in the media today. Full paper available in JECH_BMJ here ➡️ doi.org/10.1136/jech-2…

It was a privilege to present at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime consultation on "Social Media Use and Drug Use Prevention.” Three days filled with stimulating discussions and the chance to connect with insightful individuals!