Movement for Health Conference 2024 Glasgow

Movement/physical activity practitioners, social prescribers and link workers, physical activity systems and framework professionals, commissioners, primary care professionals, academics, third sector and public health and social care professionals.

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We Move Together - Scotland’s Systems Based Approach for Physical Activity In Action

Movement for Health looks forward to welcoming you to its first national conference. Speakers and workshops led by experts from across Scotland will inspire and inform your practice, decision making and boost the physical activity network. Through a long term conditions lens, the ISPAH 8 investments for physical activity will be brought to life. Book now and be kept informed of the conference updates.

Keynote Announcement!

Working together across sectors and disciplines to progress population health in Scotland

Professor Linda Bauld OBE FMedSci FRSE FRCPE FAcSS FFPH is the Bruce and John Usher Chair in Public Health in the Usher Institute, College of Medicine, University of Edinburgh and Chief Social Policy Adviser to the Scottish Government. For the past 25 years she has led studies to prevent or treat the main modifiable risk factors for Non Communicable Diseases including cancer, diabetes and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases with a particular focus on tobacco, alcohol, diet and inequalities in health. She leads two research consortia: SPECTRUM - funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership that focuses on the commercial determinants of health; and Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) - funded by the ESRC as a leadership hub for behavioural research across topics and disciplines.  She is a former Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Health, the World Health Organisation and Cancer Research UK on prevention and public health.

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Places will be limited so book your spot now and be kept up to date with our dynamic line-up of speakers and workshops coming soon.

Venue

University of Glasgow - Advanced Research Centre

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University of Glasgow - School of Health & Wellbeing

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