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Five reasons weight-loss jabs alone won’t help get people back to work

Lucie Nield, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, argues that the Government's plan to trial weight-loss injections to help unemployed people return to work doesn’t address the many core reasons why weight gain and unemployment occur in the first place.

Published by The Conversation
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School of Medicine and Population Health at ISPOR Europe 2024

Our colleagues are back on the road and travelling to Barcelona for this year's ISPOR Europe conference, taking place from 17-20 November. As ever, we have a packed programme of presentations from our staff and students.
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Mobilising NIHR research in public health planning and delivery

Episode 33 of the Communicable Research Podcast examines the topic of mobilising the NIHR's research portfolio to aid public health planning and delivery.

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Green Social Prescribing

Episode 32 of the Communicable Research podcast is out. This time, we went outdoors to talk about Green Social Prescribing with Dr Annette Haywood.
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GP numbers continue to fall, but the UK isn’t unique in losing family doctors

The proportion of GPs working full time in England has fallen compared with last year, according to the latest figures from NHS. Andrew Lee, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sheffield, examines what can be done to stem the tide.

| Published by The Conversation
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New Publications from ScHARR for January 2023

ScHARR publishes over 400 new journal papers every year across our four sections - Public Health, Health Economics and Decision Science, Design, Trials and Statistics and Health Services Research.
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Gambling advertising restrictions could reduce harm

Researchers from the University of Sheffield explored the relationship between exposure to gambling advertising and attitudes, intentions and behaviours which may be associated with an increased risk of gambling related harms.
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ScHARR Learn from Experts: *New* Professional Learning Programme Winter - Spring 2023

We are pleased to announce our latest programme of professional learning short courses.
Call for papers: PROMs Across the Lifespan

Call for Papers - the 7th National Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference ‘PROMs Across the Lifespan’

All researchers, health care practitioners/clinicians and PhD students involved in Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) research are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations.