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Glasgow Centre for Population Health
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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · Jul 3
**GCPH has moved!**
After 10 years in Bridgeton, we have now moved to the Clarice Pears building in @uofgshw.bsky.social. As we start to settle into our new office, we look forward to working closer to our academic colleagues and to new opportunities.
In the foreground, the Clarice Pears building with the sign 'School of Health & Wellbeing'. In the background, the ARC building.
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▶️GCPH's Chris Harkins attended the @palliativescot.bsky.social
Conference today & spoke about the potential of AI within public health & healthcare in Scotland

▶️ Read Chris' earlier AI report here: gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Cover of AI report and first presentation slide
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Really happy to have co-authored this blog with Mhairi and David. Was a pleasure to work closely with Bruce Link and Jo Phelan as well, whose ideas have been hugely influential in my own research. Read below!
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📣 New Blog!
In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities
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Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
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November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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📣 New Blog!
In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities
www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
Thirty years on: reflecting on Fundamental Cause Theory and its implications for action
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November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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📣 New Concept Explainer!

Our most recent in the series looks at racism as a fundamental driver of health inequalities, influencing susceptibility to illness, the quality of healthcare received, and access to essential resources among racialised minority groups.
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Racism as a determinant of health Racism is widely acknowledged as a fundamental driver of health inequalities Racism can be experienced in many ways It also affects the care people receive
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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📣 New Blog!
Continuing this #BlackHistoryMonth, this guest blog shines a light on the lived experience of Black women in the UK, and was written by Melanie Allen-Clarke, who shares her birthing story in the context of her research on Black maternal health in the UK.
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When giving birth becomes a risk: a Black woman’s story
When giving birth becomes a risk: a Black woman’s story
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October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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📣 New Blog!

Our penultimate #BlackHistoryMonth guest blog examines the injustices of social health determinants: how these are shaped and can be addressed.
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The injustices of social health determinants: how these are shaped and can be addressed
The injustices of social health determinants: how these are shaped and can be addressed
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October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Some key facts from our new Glasgow City Ethnicity Profile, published today gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...

#HDRCGlasgow
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Infographic of key facts from Glasgow City Ethnicity Profile
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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📣 Our new Glasgow City Ethnicity Profile is published today 🔽 gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...

#HDRCGlasgow, @glasgowcc.bsky.social
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Quote saying "Overall, evidence points to racialised health inequalities and greater vulnerability to long term conditions... Despite these challenges, Glasgow’s diversity is also a source of resilience, innovation and strength, enriching the city socially, economically and culturally"
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📣 New Report

Glasgow City Ethnicity Profile provides evidence relating to ethnicity, disadvantage & health, and is part of our ongoing work with Glasgow's Health Determinants Research Collaboration (#HDRCGlasgow),
@glasgowcc.bsky.social & @nihr.bsky.social

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Glasgow City ethnicity profile
Glasgow City ethnicity profile
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October 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📣 New blog!
Lucien from @crer-scotland.bsky.social offers tangible actions we can take as public health professionals and policy-makers to combat racialised health inequalities for Black, and other, racially minoritised communities.
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Black History Month 2025: CRER's manifesto for an anti-racist Scotland
Black History Month 2025: CRER's manifesto for an anti-racist Scotland
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October 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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📣New blog! Mohasin Ahmed's second blog in our #BHM25 series explores public health issues and inequalities faced by Black communities in Scotland today, and what can be done to close the gap.

Read more: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
Black health in Scotland: time to close the gap
Black health in Scotland: time to close the gap
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October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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If you want to learn more about poverty in Glasgow, check out ‘Poverty and wealth’ in our Understanding Glasgow website #ChallengePoverty #CPW25 www.understandingglasgow.com/glasgow-indi...
Inforgraphic on poverty and wealth in Glasgow, available from www.understandingglasgow.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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On #WorldHomelessDay, check out our new Network Briefing, packed full of reports, research, opportunities - plus latest updates to the programme for the annual homelessness conference on Oct 27 & 28: us3.campaign-archive.com?u=01130236da...
October 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Warm homes are a basic necessity, and yet over a third of households in Scotland are in fuel poverty. #ChallengePoverty #CPW25
Did you know that in Scotland in 2023, 861,000 households (34% of all households) were estimated to be in fuel poverty of which 491,000 (19.4% of all households) were in extreme fuel poverty. Source: Scottish House Conditions Survey 2023
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The Power of communities is one of 6 comics produced by CommonHealth Assets' Lived Experience Panel – another example of best practice when it comes to investing in communities. #CPW25 Read more: www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/25-...
Page of the comic book titled 'The Power of Community'. You can find videos of the six comic books being read out loud here: https://www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publications/1231-our-voices-community-impact-in-action
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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A great example of community investment: the Community Guiders Training model, co-produced with community orgs across Dundee to drive anti-poverty work in communities. #ChallengePoverty #CPW25 Learn more about it in our recent webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK6D...
Cash First: What is Community Guiders Training and how can it be used?
YouTube video by gcphonline
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October 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Poverty and disadvantage often intersect with ethnicity, shaping stark inequalities in health outcomes for racialised minority communities. Effectively #ChallengingPoverty demands a better investment in communities (Day 4 #CPW25).
Test saying: "Did you know? People from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds are 60% more likely to live in the most-deprived areas of Scotland than their White Scottish/British counterparts."
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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New Concept Explainer! For #ChallengePoverty week, we look at poverty as a public health emergency. People in poverty face higher risks of disease, disability, and premature death, simply because of where they live and what they earn. #CPW25
Download it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Page 1 of concept explainer: Poverty is more than a social issue - it is a public health emergency. It strips people of the basic conditions needed to live well, leading to poorer physical and mental health that can persist across generations. People living in poverty face higher risks of disease, disability, and premature death, simply because of where they live and what they earn. Health inequalities don't happen by chance, they are a direct result of unfair and avoidable social and economic injustices. While access to healthcare should be universal, poverty can make it hard to reach. Cost, lack of transport, and limited internet access mean those who need care most often struggle to get it. When life is a constant struggle, people often turn to unhealthy ways of coping just to get by and survive. Poverty drives depression, stress, isolation, poor eating habits, limited access to safe outdoor space and, for some, a reliance on substances. This isn't a choice, it's a response to despair and a lack of options. If we want to improve public health and reduce health inequalities, we must take the impact of poverty seriously. Tackling its root causes is not optional, it's the starting point for building a fairer and healthier society.
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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A better investment in life's essentials (Day 3 #CPW25) is necessary to effectively tackle poverty. This is why the work of the @glasgowfpp.bsky.social & the Glasgow City Food Plan towards a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system is so important. Read more www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/112...
Healthy sustainable food
Healthy sustainable food
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October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Removing barriers faced by some communities in accessing employment is crucial to help tackle poverty. Racialised minorities are overrepresented in low-pay sectors and underrepresented in the public sector, as seen in this CRER report: static1.squarespace.com/static/615c1... #CPW25
Quote saying: " Did you know? Just 2.8% of Scotland's public sector workforce identify as belonging to a Black and minority ethnic group, despite making up 5.8% of the working-age population."
October 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Day 2 of #CPW25, and today’s theme focusses on the importance of better jobs, pay, hours and conditions in order to tackle poverty. Did you know that the majority of adults and children living in poverty in Scotland live in a working household? www.understandingglasgow.com/glasgow-indi...
Quote saying: " Did you know? In Scotland in 2019-22, 57% of working-age adults in poverty and 69% of children in poverty lived in a working household."
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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An inadequate Social Security, especially in situations like the cost-of-living crisis, can have a damaging impact on the lives, health, and wellbeing of society's most vulnerable people, as seen is this report #CPW25 : www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Quote saying: “I feel that as a disabled person I have no choice over basic things, no sense of control. I was anxious before COVID but that has spiralled and some days I just can’t function. I don’t feel safe and feel in a heightened state of anxiety most of the time, now worrying about how I can make ends meet day to day.”
October 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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For day 1 of Challenge Poverty Week (theme: Social Security), we re-share this important report that demonstrates the consequences of policies that do not protect the most vulnerable from the potential harms of the cost-of-living crisis. #CPW25
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Quote from the report 'The Impact of the cost-of-living crisis on disabled people: a case for action' (2023) that says: “In this cost-of-living crisis I feel the guillotine above my head all the time, I feel it so vividly. Things [finances] were always tight before, and even through COVID, but this is different, I can’t get by, everything is so much more expensive, so much more, I have no room to move. It feels like you are condemned to a joyless life being disabled in this crisis.”
October 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Important in public health history is @uofgshw.bsky.social's James McCune Smith, the first African American to obtain a medical degree. He had a long career as a respected medical doctor, writer, civil rights advocate & welfare campaigner for patients at Glasgow's infamous Lock hospital #BHM25
Portrait of James McCune Smith & Quote: McCune Smith’s legacy is a reminder of the importance of representation in medicine and public health. His advocacy for patient welfare and social justice remains relevant today, as certain communities continue to face barriers to accessing equitable healthcare and are underrepresented in medical leadership and research.
October 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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👀If you missed the webinar, have a look at this recording of 'NHSGGC Healthy Weight Support Across the Life Course', which shares what is available, how to refer or signpost to this support & the difference that these supports make.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iStc...
Image of people taking part in food related activities, alongside the Good Food For All and NHS GGC logos.
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM