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The Crichton Centre for Research in Health and Social Issues

As a satellite campus of an ancient institution, the University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus prides itself on the fact that it is part of a research-led institution that is more than 550 years old. Located in the heart of south-west Scotland, academics based on the University’s Dumfries Campus have sought to use their knowledge and experience to forge important links with the wider community and, through their research expertise, to address issues that are of local, national and international significance.

The Crichton Centre For Research in Health and Social Issues was established for the purpose of developing research and scholarship in the broad field of health and social issues. Those associated with the Centre have attracted significant external funding and are undertaking, or have undertaken, an array of research activities, including:

  • ‘The Evaluation of Building Healthy Communities in Dumfries and Galloway’
  • ‘Re-audit of Tobacco Policies in the NHS Scotland’
  • ‘Evidence-Based Professional Briefing Papers on Physical Activity’
  • ‘Addressing Gender Inequalities in Southwest Scotland’
  • ‘Examination of Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Milk’ [pdf 237kb]
  • ‘Evaluation of Consumers’ Perceptions of CLA Enriched Dairy Products’
  • 'Evaluation of the Integrated Assessment Framework'
  • 'IT Literacy within the Nursing and Midwifery Professions'
  • 'Barriers to Women in Rural Areas Achieveing their Potential'
  • 'Shall I Go or Shall I Stay: How young people make their HE choices and decisons about whether to return to rural areas as young professionals'. Download 'shall I go' full report [pdf 1mb] or 'shall I go' executive summary [pdf  110 kb].

Members of the Centre have recently been successful in a substantial partnership bid from the EU (NPP), gaining funding for a study the that will explore the impact of social enterprises developed by older people, for older people, in remote communities, in terms of individuals’ wellbeing, community social and economic benefits and impacts on service providers such as the NHS and the Council. To deliver this project we will be working with partners in Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Northern Ireland and Highlands and Islands (Scotland)

Further information about the work of the Centre can be obtained from:

Dr Carol Hill 
Director: Crichton Centre for Research in Health and Social Issues
University of Glasgow
Rutherford/McCowan Building
Crichton University Campus
Dumfries
DG1 4ZL
Email: c.hill@crichton.gla.ac.uk