Public Health Scotland

Recent papers from Public Health Scotland

1. From evidence to impact: reflections on the SPECTRUM Consortium’s work on the commercial determinants of healthWellcome Open Research · 2026
2. Cytology and hrHPV Testing in HPV ‐Vaccinated Women Entering Cervical Screening: A Prospective Observational StudyBJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2026
3. Pulmonary rehabilitation in a humanitarian context: a feasibility study from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladeshnpj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine · 2026
4. Alcohol, drugs and self-harm emergencies in a national unscheduled care system: a retrospective observational studyEmergency Medicine Journal · 2026
5. Anterior Cervical Approaches for 2-Level RadiculopathyClinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication · 2026
6. ‘Waiting poorly’ for hip and knee arthroplasty – unmet needs and lack of support while waiting for surgeryBone & Joint Open · 2026
7. Interventions to increase uptake of cervical screening in ethnic minority populations in high-income countries: a rapid systematic reviewJournal of Health Equity · 2026
8. Identifying research priorities in adult intensive care in the United Kingdom: Results from a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnershipJournal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026
9. Association between influenza vaccination and severe outcomes in adults aged ≥ 65 years hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza: a retrospective cohort study, I-MOVE hospital network, Europe, 2015/16–2024/25Expert Review of Vaccines · 2026
10. Upstream policymaking in Africa: a case study analysis of the district to national alcohol sachet bans policy transfer in UgandaDrugs Education Prevention and Policy · 2026
11. Pharmacological and non‐pharmacological interventions for managing sleep disorders in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic reviewDevelopmental Medicine & Child Neurology · 2026
12. Ethnic differences in the patterns, incidence and prevalence of multiple long-term conditions: a systematic review protocol.Wellcome Open Research · 2026
13. Assessing the Impact of Changes to the Social Security System on Health Outcomes in the UK Since 2010: A Systematic ReviewInternational Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services · 2026
14. A scoping review of the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of opt‐out blood‐borne virus ( BBV ) testing in secondary healthcare settings, in the UK and similar settings, using APEASE criteriaHIV Medicine · 2026
15. Dividends and Disconnects: Involving Public and Stakeholder Groups in the Development of a Modelling Study Exploring Income Policy and HealthHealth Expectations · 2026
16. Natural language processing-driven knowledge graphs for transformative public health intelligence and research datasets in urgent and emergency careFrontiers in Public Health · 2026
17. Privacy, temporal flexibility and connection: how online spaces shape abortion supportBMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health · 2026
18. Utilization of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of cancer in Scotland, 2018–2024: A national retrospective cohort studyBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology · 2026
19. Addressing challenges in reviewing e-cigarette evidence: proposing a new ‘Test for Dominance’ in systematic reviewsJournal of Public Health · 2026
20. Genomic epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in Scotland before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective observational studyENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) · 2026