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Public health professionals from across the country will be gathering in Edinburgh this week for the sixth annual UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence conference. The two day conference (19-20 November), is this year themed "collaborating for better public health and wellbeing" and Fuse research features prominently throughout the programme (http://ukcrc15.efconference.co.uk/media/135384/ukcrc-programme5-161115.pdf), To coincide with the event Fuse has created a number of research briefs which augment several presentations at the conference. Dr Shelina Visram will be presenting her research on energy drinks entitled: “They should go in their own aisle where children are not allowed!: A mixed methods study on children and young people’s consumption of energy drinks. Fuse brief: Should we be concerned about energy drinks and young people's health? Emma Giles is presenting research on financial incentives.  Her presentation is entitled: “Acceptability of financial incentives and penalties for encouraging uptake of healthy behaviours: interviews with UK policymakers” We have created three new Fuse briefs on the use of incentives to improve health: • Do rewards and punishments improve vaccination rates in pre-schoolers? • Are financial incentives accepted for promoting healthy behaviours? • Financial incentives could help people make healthier lifestyle choices Also on Thursday Professor Janet Shucksmith and Dr Ruth Bell will be presenting their research evaluating interventions to help pregnant women to stop smoking. Fuse Director Professor Ashley Adamson will be taking part in debate about academics influencing policy.  And Dr Monique Lhussier will be speaking about commissioning or implementing outreach for hard to reach groups. Friday On Friday Fuse will be hosting a Workshop on knowledge exchange and public engagement with fellow UKCRC Centre of Excellence DECIPHer.  This will involve Fuse’s Professor Rosemary Rushmer and Dr Mandy Cheetham amongst others. Sonia Dalkin and Monique Lhussier will also host a clincs sessions about realist method. Dr Lhussier will later present her research charting the impact of Citizens Advice Bureau activities of health. Charting the impacts of Citizens Advice Bureau activities: strategies to orchestrate a realist analytical process. A Fuse brief is available which summarises this project

The afternoon Workshops Fuse will again join with DECIPHer to host a session on building a school health research network.

Two clinics will also be run by members of Fuse on Q methodology (Sarah Hill) and applied qualitative methodologies in public health (Dr Emily Henderson Dr Shelina Visram).

Other presentations • Developing the ‘Wellbeing in Shildon’ survey in collaboration with local stakeholders: a pilot study in County Durham, England - Shelina Visram • Health-related Quality Of Life In school children: Association with aerobic fitness, physical activity and BMI - Dr Liane Azevedo • The emerging role of takeaway Online Ordering Platforms: A qualitative study of vendors’ and customers’ experiences – Louis Goffe • Understanding interpersonal & commercial drivers of drinking behaviour in young adolescents (aged 13-17): A qualitative interview study – Professor Eileen Kaner, Fuse Senior Investigator • Responsive (academic) research services: more than a post box for policy & practice? Reflections on two years of collaborative working with AskFuse – Dr Peter Van der Graaf • A co-production approach to public health evaluations in North-East England – Grant McGeechan

We have created a Fuse brief which relates to this work entitled: How do Citizens Advice Bureau services improve people’s health?

On Friday

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with the Centre running its own parallel session called Public Health in Practice on the Wednesday (24 June).

The Sage venue in Gateshead played host to more than 500 public health professionals from across the UK during its

The Politics of Healthy Change.

annual conference of Fuse is one of five UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Centres of Excellence ◦One of five UK Public Health Research Centres of Excellence in the Auspices

The Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) is delighted to be hosting the 6th annual UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Conference on 19th and 20th November 2015 at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh.

This years conference will centre around the theme "collaborating for better public health and wellbeing".

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