International Festival of Public Health


Parallel Session 1

LT1: Global Health

Is Quality of Life Influenced by Gratitude, Self-Esteem and Meaning In Life? Evidence from a Sample of University Undergraduates in a Resource Challenged Society

Chibuzor Uchenna Onuoha (Adekunle Ajasin University)

Causes of Cancer in Uganda; A review of Behavioural Cancer Risk Factors

Annet Nakaganda (University of Manchester)

Vitamin A supplementation and mortality reduction among children in India.

Imon Pal (University of Sheffield)

Medical abortions among university students in Ghana: implications for reproductive health education and management

Nana Nimo Appiah-Agyekum and Anita Anima Daniels (University of Ghana)

Mental Health in India: exploring the challenges and discourses

Nupur Chowdhury (University of Sheffield)

Effectiveness of Crisaborole in the treatment of Atopic Dermatitis in Patients aged 2 and above: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Oliver Page (University of Manchester)

LT2: Social Responsibility

Education, Social Responsibility and New Ways for Being in the World: An Ecosysemic Approach to Public Policies, Research and Teaching Programmes

Andre Francisco Pilon (University of Sao Paolo)

Using peer education to deliver a mental health promotion intervention in high schools

Emma Williams (University of Manchester)

Seizing the opportunity for new collaborative working in health: an example of Community Foundations in England

Kris Southby (Leeds Beckett University)

Integrated Locality Care Teams in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand: Working together to improve Mental Health Services in Primary Care

Daniel Moldavsky (Counties Manukau District Health Board)

LT3: Health Promotion and Improvement

Reducing domestic violence through Collective Community Actions: A community based health promotion model from Sri Lanka

Kalana Peiris (Plan International)

An evaluation of a local Gypsy and Traveller Health Improvement Project

Louise Warwick-Booth (Leeds Beckett University)

'We've Had Our Sex Life Way Back': Older Care Home Residents' Exclusion from Sexual/Intimate Identity?

Paul Simpson (Edge Hill University)

New psychoactive substances (NPS): A cross-sectional study on the extent of their use, accessibility and public awareness, and their associated harms, in an East Midlands (UK) local authority

Mzwandile Mabhala (University of Chester)

Pearls and pitfalls in the process evaluation of a stepped-wedge randomised control trial of an alcohol health champions programme

Suzy C Hargreaves (University of Salford)

The voices of Irish Travellers on health and wellbeing services, substance use and mental health

Suzy C Hargreaves (Liverpool John Moores University)

LT4: Health Promotion and Improvement

A whistle-stop tour of NICE quality standards

Nicola Greenway and Shaun Rowark (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE)

Asset-Based Community Development: How does it work and who does it work for? An exploratory study

Rebecca Harrison and Christian Blickem (Liverpool John Moores University)

Bridging the Gap between Primary Care and Community Support in Salford

Angela Eden (Salford City Council)

Leveraging a mega sporting event to address public health outcomes

Annie Smith (McCreary Centre Society)

LT6: Teaching and Training

Emotional logic of migration experience and significance for the diversity-sensitive care of migrants with dementia

Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin (Alice Salomon University of Applied Science)

Anyone listening? Deafness in the 21st century: low and middle income countries.

Wendy McCraken and Helen Chilton (University of Manchester)

Impact of group work on an online distance learning course

Paula Whittaker (University of Manchester)

Impact of peer-support on student mental wellbeing: a systematic review

Nikita John (University of Manchester)

Medical student evaluations of interactions with Virtual Standardized Patients, defined as artificially intelligent agents utilising natural language processing: A systematic review

Scott Martin (University of Manchester)