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Health Determinants Research Collaboration Aberdeen
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Learning Together for Better Lives
Health Equity 🛟
Some Council Officers, Academics, and Public Health Practitioners walk into a Beach Ballroom.

This isn't a joke, but it was a fun and insightful event that sought to build collaborative research projects to have meaningful impact on Aberdeen's health inequalities. 1/2
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
All are welcome to our next HDRC Seminar, this time with our very own Clair Woods-Brown presenting her work and findings on using Co-Pilot (a widely-used AI tool) to analyse qualitative data. 1/2
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/2 We're excited to share our work on the Health and Social Care Needs of Asylum Seekers in high-income countries

Areas of focus include:
💜 Discrimination
🗣️ Communication barriers
👨‍⚕️ Training of Health Professionals
🏠 Living conditions

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Health and social care needs of adult asylum seekers in high-income countries and their experiences of accessing care services: An overview of systematic reviews
Background Worldwide, 6.1 million people are seeking asylum because of persecution, conflicts, and human rights violations. This overview of systemati…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Roll up! Roll up! For the next HDRC seminar on Evidence Synthesis!

All are welcome to attend this informative session, where Sarah McGarrol and Miriam Brazzelli will walk you through academic approaches to synthesising relevant evidence.

📅 Tue, 28 Oct
⌚ 14:00 - 15:30 GMT
🛜 Online

Register here 👇
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October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We are excited to share our #EvidenceBriefing on #FoodInsecurity, which covers local interventions to address food insecurity in #Aberdeen and the wider #policy context in #Scotland. It also contains a review of the #evidence base on infant food insecurity.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Off to a great start here at the Aberdeen City Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES) Launch, with an inspiring address from Sir Michael Marmot ! @hdrc-aberdeen.bsky.social #health
February 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
HDRC Aberdeen reviewed asylum seekers' health and social care needs in high-income countries. Key issues include:

🗨️communication barriers
🧑‍⚕️healthcare worker attitudes
🧠mental health
💟access to care
🏠and housing

Paper to be published soon

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#hdrcAberdeen #PublicHealth
Asylum Seekers’ Needs
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December 11, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Huge win for Aberdeen in the journey towards better health equity 💙
New 2yr Public Health Scotland & @marmotihe.bsky.social partnership sees Aberdeen City Council, North Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire join 50+ Marmot Places across the UK implementing action across the #MarmotEightPrinciples @improvserv.bsky.social @uclofficial.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Local Government policies need to support households facing fuel poverty. Our paper shows how financial support interventions, like Winter Fuel Payments, can combat unfair and avoidable differences in health.

Read more: shorturl.at/Pkt7Q

#HealthEquity #PolicyChange #PublicHealth #hdrcAberdeen
Effectiveness of financial support interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes among households in fuel poverty in the United Kingdom
This systematic review intended to assess the effectiveness of financial support interventions for household fuel poverty in the UK in terms of reduci…
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December 10, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Hello, Bluesky! We're a team in Aberdeen, Scotland, using collaborative research to support local health equity. Hoping this post can connect us to some curious minds.

(photos from our recent conference)
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM