Parallel Session 2

Parallel Session 2 (13:30 - 14:30)

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LT 1 - Health Promotion and Improvement

CHAIR - Angela Spencer

Impact of healthcare professionals' (HP) input during pregnancy on positive health behaviour changes
Aalaa Jawad (North Central Deanery)

A qualitative study of new parents' and midwives' views on alcohol advice during pregnancy in England and Sweden
Lisa Schölin (Liverpool John Moores University)

Exclusive breastfeeding: exploring the complexities of a global issue, with a focus on the UK
Rosie Conroy (University of Manchester)

Supporting the physical needs of people with mental illness with a focus on healthy weight and smoking cessation

Simon Nugent (University of Lincoln)

LT 2 - Health Services Research

CHAIR - Judith Clegg

Health Impact Review of proposed public health savings options in Manchester
Cordelle Mbeledogu and Neil Bendel (University of Manchester and Manchester City Council)

Understanding of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the United Kingdom
Issrah Jawad (London North West Health Trust)

Population segmentation: An approach to reducing childhood obesity inequalities
Susan Lowe (Birmingham City Council)

Financing DevoManc: opportunities for new mechanisms
Brenda Gannon (University of Manchester)

LT 3 - Global Health

CHAIR - Dr Paula Whittaker

Asylum seekers' perceptions of health and wellbeing in Manchester and what they do when ill
Sepeedeh Saleh (University of Liverpool)

Human Rights and LGBT Public Health: A Global Perspective
Megan Corder (University of Manchester)

Geographical variation and socioeconomic differential in the prevalence of malaria parasitemia among children in Madagascar: a multilevel analysis
Olusike Aremu (Soderton University, Stockholm, Sweden)

Creating wealth through Health - the role of NGOs
Nana Nimo Appiah-Agyekum (Leeds Beckett University)

Understanding the links between women’s employment and child nutritional status in rapidly developing economies
Stephanie Bispo (University of Southampton)

LT 4 - Health Promotion and Improvement

CHAIR - Emily Parry-Harries

Making the case for interventions in Physical Activity within the context of funding driven by economic growth
Vincent Goodwin (Sustrans)

Are inequalities in health still relevant in public health agenda: a qualitative study
Mzwandile Mabhala (University of Chester)

An automated 3D imaging method to select breast implants
Stefanie Pohlmann (University of Manchester)

The impact of activities in green spaces on levels of physical activity
Omer Ali (University of Manchester)

Association between sexual orientation identity and Body Mass Index (BMI) categories: Individual Participant Meta-Analysis of 54,736 individuals from nine health surveys in the UK
Joanna Semlyen (London Metropolitan University)

LT 5 - Health Protection, Health Promotion and Improvement

CHAIR - Dr William Welfare

Structural Grooming: philanthropy, profit and public health
Adrian Sutton (University of Manchester)

What are the barriers of access to Contraception for pre-marital sex and what provisions exist to minimise such barriers? A case study of the young Bangladeshi population in Tower Hamlets
Julia Miah (University of Manchester)

An analysis of the epidemiology and resistance mechanisms of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) bacteria in Greater Manchester identifying key risk factors for infection and potential pathogen control strategies
Nicholas Savage (University of Manchester)

The Experiences of People with Parkinson's Disease in the workplace: The functioning of the Equality Act (2010)
Harikrishna Vignesh (University of Salford)

LT 6 - Health Promotion and Improvement

CHAIR - Dr Adam Garrow

Third Screen: a project for an interactive newsletter
Luca Sala (ASL Biella, Biella, Italy)

Burden of asthma co-morbidity in the UK: secondary analyses of national databases from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Karim El Ferkh (University of Edinburgh)

Dynamic longitudinal associaons between social support and cognive funcon: losing and gaining in late life
Jing Liao (University College London)

How economic crisis in Greece reflect on the community social services. The example of the Municipality of Pallini.
Irini Kounenaki (Municipality of Pallini, Greece)

S1 - Lightning Lectures 1

CHAIR - Dr Richard Fitton

Understanding adolescent behaviours and child exploitation
Gabrielle Rabie (University of Chester)

A public health arts festival has reached 100,000 citizens
Gail Aldam (Mental Health Foundation, Glasgow)

Peer support as a public health approach
Julie Cameron (Mental Health Foundation, Glasgow)

Public health, stigma and intersectionality
Lee Knion (Mental Health Foundaon and University of Strathclyde)

Analysis of the patterns of paediatric trauma in a rural district of Malawi
Emma Pedlar (University of Manchester)

An investigation into the perceptions of older people living in urban deprivation of the benefits that community gardening brings to their physical and mental health and wellbeing
Annette Aiken (Health Watch Bolton)

Having diabetes and having to fast: Assessing the role of Ramadan-focused structured diabetes education
Salman Arain (University of Manchester)

S2 - Lightning Lectures 2

CHAIR - Dr Roger Harrison

Human resources for health: plugging the Ethiopian brain drain
Neil Cockburn (University of Manchester)

How basic science can contribute to public health—a cardiovascular perspective
Fatima Saeed (University of Manchester)

Tooling up for active travel—developing a postal survey research tool for investigating active travel habits
Jack Dover (University of Manchester)

Screening for Tuberculosis in New Entrants
Emily Granger (University of Manchester)

The Stop TB strategy: evaluating the global strategy for eliminating tuberculosis as a global health burden
Joseph Watson (University of Manchester)

An adapted systemac review on fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular disease risk
Sohaib Imaz (University of Manchester)

Can humanitarian aid be delivered from a bunker?
John Pallot (University of Manchester)

Is exercise counselling an effective way of improving glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes?
Nazmus Khan (University of Manchester)

S3 - Lightning Lectures 3

CHAIR - Helen Gollins

The impact of green space on obesity and physical acvity
Omer Ali (University of Manchester)

A critical analysis of health system resilience as a strategy for improved disaster preparedness, in the context of the recent West African Ebola outbreak
Richard Wilson (University of Manchester)

Depression as a chronic disabling illness is socially constructed?
Mehfuz Patel (University of Manchester)

Assessing humanitarian provision of mental health services for refugees from a rights-based perspective: a case study of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Andrew Fell (University of Manchester)

‘Will I Give My Baby HIV?’ - A review of the prevalence and prevention of vercal transmission of HIV in the developing world
Caitlin Sheehy (University of Manchester)

Inmate partner violence and mental health
Kae Macnaughton (University of Manchester)

Anorexia nervosa: a Western construct
Tasneem Bangi (University of Manchester)

Shisha: a growing health epidemic
Robert McTear (University of Manchester)