Latest Publications from the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit

Community Research: Housing as a Social Determinant of Health

October 27, 2026

Policy implementation is often understood through formal structures, institutional processes, and national performance indicators. However, community-based evidence offers a critical…

Reviewing Employability Services in Scotland: Our findings on the future of No One Left Behind

October 6, 2026

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Prevention in Practice: Insights from Action Learning

September 23, 2026

Please find a PDF version of the report here: Prevention in Practice: Insights from Action Learning 

Beyond Ambition: What does Scotland’s new Programme for Government mean for health inequalities?

September 16, 2026

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Making Prevention Real: What Public Sector Reform Needs to Deliver for Scotland

August 18, 2026

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Prevention Watch July 2026

July 30, 2026

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

Poverty dynamics among young adult men in Scotland

July 24, 2026

Rethinking Labour Market Statistics in Scotland

June 25, 2026

This report focuses on the alternate estimates and illustrates this using charts for Scotland, but we have also modelled labour…

Employment and Education Among Young Adults in Scotland: Reflections following the Milburn Review

June 4, 2026

Last week’s Milburn Review highlighted the scale of disconnect from education, employment and training among young people in the UK.…

Prevention Watch May 2026

May 29, 2026

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

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…