Latest Publications from the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

Assessing Scotland’s approach to employability from a health inequalities perspective

May 1, 2026

The Scottish Election: What do the party manifestos say about preventing poor health outcomes?

April 30, 2026

With the Scottish election on 7th May, it’s worth considering how the political parties considered and addressed primary prevention, especially…

Webinar: Views on health policy and prevention: a look to the Scottish Election

April 27, 2026

In this webinar, we look at Scottish social attitudes towards preventative health and policy and discuss the health context in…

Assessing the tackling child poverty agenda: the role of prevention

April 20, 2026

Men and health inequalities in Scotland: reflections from stakeholder engagement sessions

April 9, 2026

Prevention Watch March 2026

April 1, 2026

Prevention Watch is a regular Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) briefing that looks at prevention as a means of…

Poverty, Prevention, and Fairness

March 25, 2026

Webinar: Refreshing the National Performance Framework

March 4, 2026

The National Performance Framework (NPF) has been a defining feature of Scotland’s approach to outcomes-based policymaking for nearly 20 years.…

Employability in Scotland: what do we know, and what remains unclear?

March 3, 2026

Poverty among young adult men in Scotland

February 12, 2026

The impact of the pandemic on savings and debt: did the experience of Scotland differ from the rest of Great Britain?

January 30, 2026

Comparing poverty rates in Scotland and the rest of the UK

January 23, 2026