Co-leads for the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) – Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute Emma Congreve, and the Centre for Health Policy’s Professor Katherine Smith – have a candid discussion about the origins of the unit, the historical context behind research in health inequalities, the challenges of policy implementation, the rewards of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, and SHERU’s future goals.
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(0:34) Introduction
(01:15) Origins of SHERU
(04:42) Historical context of health inequalities research
(8:40) Impact and Implementation
(16:50) Interactions between Policy and Research
(20:42) Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
(27:36) Goals and Aims of SHERU
Intro/Outro by Ian Macartney
Authors
Emma Congreve is Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow and Deputy Director at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Emma's work at the Institute is focussed on policy analysis, covering a wide range of areas of social and economic policy. Emma is an experienced economist and has previously held roles as a senior economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and as an economic adviser within the Scottish Government.
Katherine Smith
Katherine is a Professor of Public Health Policy at the Strathclyde School of Social Work and Social Policy, and is co-director of Strathclyde's Centre for Health Policy.