qualifications: MPH
contribution: original concept, wrote the first draft, designed the project
position: Consultant, public health medicine
United Kingdom
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland and Honorary Reader, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen (www.abdn.ac.uk/crh). My main research interests are in mental health, including suicide and self-harm, and in rural health.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: designed the project, collected data, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts
position: Epidemiologist
My role is as an epidemiologist in Public Health at NHS Highland.
qualifications: MSc
contribution: collected data, input data, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Public health support officer
United Kingdom
qualifications: MSc
contribution: collected data, input data, contributed to drafts
position: Public health scientist
United Kingdom
I am currently employed as a Senior Public Health Scientist, NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland, UK. My interests are in population health evidence, non-medicines technologies,public health science, health services research and health economics, and methodologies relating to each. My current particular interests lie in the delivery of health and health improvement services across remote and rural areas and in those specifically relating to the clinical areas of stroke, diabetes, womens' health and child health.
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Australia
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RMA24, 23–26 October 2024, Darwin, NT, Australia
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International Conference on Rural Nursing and Rural Health (ICRNRH), 28–29 October 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
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15th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference: Going the distance, 21–23 October 2024, Mildura, Vic., Australia
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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