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Thinking about the links between Community Safety & Public Health

WEBCommunity Safety issues here may include alcohol and drugs, travel safety, crime and justice, anti-social behaviour, unintentional harm and many more! Social and …

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Public Health & Community Safety – Safer Communities Scotland

WEBPublic health in Scotland is undergoing reform. As part of this reform programme a new public health body – Public Health Scotland – will begin work on 1st April 2020 and …

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Unintentional Harm & Injury: Is Prevention Better Than Cure

WEBNow take these figures with the recent Public Health Scotland report of 2,677 fatalities at a cost of x £1.5m each, that equals £4,015,500,000 (or £4 billion). …

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Adopting a trauma informed approach in Scotland

WEBIn partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and Scottish Government, the IS recently facilitated a series of learning events over 2020-21 that …

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Places and Spaces for Health and Wellbeing 2023

WEBThese include: • The lasting impacts of covid-19. • The poverty crisis. • Physical and mental health. • Access to free green and recreation spaces. • The …

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Vaccine Inclusion: reducing inequalities one vaccine at a time

WEBIn April 2021, VHS launched its briefing report ‘Vaccine Inclusion – Reducing inequalities one Vaccine at a time’.The report seeks to explore the key …

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Research to understand the impact of Covid 19 on communities

WEB– Longer term priorities for SCSN and our stakeholders will include mental health and trauma arising from the pandemic, the impact of a deep recession on community safety …

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Thinking about trauma, suicide and health inequalities on LGBT …

WEBThis is in response to Scottish research which has described the health inequalities around alcohol use for LGBT people in Scotland and other peer led research …

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Launch of ‘Step Safely’: strategies for preventing & managing falls

WEBThe Sustainable Development Goals and their associated targets provide an international mandate to improve health and reduce health inequity, which aligns well …

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Covid 19 & the LGBT+ Community – Safer Communities Scotland

WEBThe LGBT Helpline, run by LGBT Health and Wellbeing, has also recently received additional funding to increase their opening hours and you can call them on …

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Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Room & Community Safety

WEBGlasgow City are piloting Scotland’s first safer drug consumption facility (SDCF). SDCFs are supervised and controlled healthcare settings where people can …

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MWC Scotland: Mental health support in Scotland’s prisons 2021

WEBThe Mental Welfare Commission’s webinars are an opportunity to hear directly about our work in relation to themed reports, good practice guidance and other …

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Safer Communities Programme

WEBHealth Scotland in 20107. Section 4 Partnership working and community engagementEvidence Evidence Evidence Evidence. 4 Safer Communities Programme …

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Perceptions and Experiences of Community Safety

WEBImportance of community safety •Hate crime can have emotional effects (fear and hurt), mental health effects (stress, depression and anxiety), physical health (injury), social …

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Safer Drug Consumption Rooms: Bringing Communities with Us

WEBWell, firstly drug consumption rooms can certainly play a role in reducing drug deaths – though we freely admit they are far from a silver bullet. If we can save …

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Place and Wellbeing Alliance October 2021 – Safer Communities …

WEBShaping Places for Wellbeing is a 3 year programme, running until March 2024, which is being delivered by Public Health Scotland (PHS) and the Improvement …

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Why the SCSN strongly supports the new drug policy proposals

WEBThe international evidence is overwhelming that our current drug laws and the War on Drugs have failed on every metric by which they could be judged – whether on …

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A History and Context of Community Safety in Scotland

WEBservices, health organisations and other organisations involved with Community Safety Partnerships. SCSN has also been striving to be an effective “strategic voice” for the …

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Place Standard Tool

WEBThe biomedical model of health, is a scientific measure of health and regards disease as the human body having a breakdown due to a biological reason. A patient is seen as a …

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Latest Blog: Accessibility, Adaptability & Usability of Scotland’s

WEBMy final point focuses on mental health, specifically two areas: First, moving home – especially for older adults because of failing health – can also have an impact …

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Poverty & Scotland’s Drug Deaths Crisis – Guest article, Austin …

WEBBefore people develop a drug problem they may have been failed by several systems – the economic system, the education system, the care system, the health …

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Programme for Government 2022-2023

WEBemphasis on combatting mental ill health, loneliness and isolation. Justice The government are keen to continue to deliver on the Vision for Justice in Scotland by measures such …

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