The aim of the Social and Public Health Sciences Unit is to promote human health via the study of social and environmental influences on health. Our more specific objectives include:
• Studying how people’s social positions, and their social and physical environments, influence their physical and mental health and capacity to lead health lives;
• Designing and evaluating interventions aiming to improve public health and reduce social inequalities in health; and
• Influencing policy and practice by communicating the results and implications of research.
For further information about the Unit, including details of the research programmes, visit www.msoc-mrc.gla.ac.uk
