Sandra Carlisle
Biographic Data
| ID | 3934530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Carlisle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Carlisle |
| SIGNATURE | CARLISLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Failure as Learning
An unpublished pilot study at a charitable youth organisation in the North East of Scotland found that young people (aged 16 to 25) accommodated by the organisation consumed a diet high in sugar and low in levels of foods such as meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables (Perry, 2013). The Foodways and Futures project (2013-2016), combining ethnographic and action research methodology, set out to explore why the diet of young people was sub-optimal, desp…
Connecting food, well-being and environmental sustainability
Modern society has no shortage of human nutrition science, nor interventions designed to improve the way we eat. Yet nutrition science, and the models, approaches and interventions derived from this, is apparently delivering diminishing returns in terms of population weight gain, unhealthy eating patterns and the obesity ‘epidemic’. We draw on a range of literature(s) to argue that public health nutritionists in affluent societies face an ingenui…
Re-orienting public health
We make a case in this article for re-orienting public health, based on evidence that societies across the globe are now facing inevitable change for which public health remains insufficiently prepared. We focus on the relationship between different sustainability ideals, displayed through rhetoric and discourse and the reality of a number of challenges in the 'modern' world. We briefly describe discernible elements of public and policy rhetoric …
Tackling health inequalities and social exclusion through partnership and community engagement? A reality check for policy and practice aspirations from a Social Inclusion Partnership in Scotland
In the contemporary UK policy context, multisectoral partnership initiatives and community participation are increasingly viewed as appropriate mechanisms for tackling health and social disadvantage. Such initiatives are often put into practice in contexts of industrial and economic decline, fragmented neighbourhoods, hard-pressed public services, and sustained under-investment in voluntary and community sector organisations. This paper draws on …
Investing in lay researchers for community-based health action research
Calls for greater community participation health-related research are increasingly made and, it seems, heeded–albeit to varying degrees. We report here, from the perspective of external evaluators, on practical efforts by the leaders of two community-based health action research projects to enhance such participation still further by employing a small number of local people as lay action researchers within their own community. ‘Action research’ i…
Wellbeing
Well-being’ as a focus for public health? A critique and defence
The concept of well-being has long attracted attention from multiple academic disciplines and interest has now spilled over into public and political domains in the UK. Yet a number of critical arguments might be made in relation to its utility for public health. For example, subjective well-being is broad and ill-defined, and is associated with contestable, morally laden ideas about happiness and ‘the good life’. Well-being has highly individual…
Inequalities in health
The research field of health inequalities is unavoidably politicized: through the ideological context in which such research is conducted, through the explanatory frameworks advanced, and through the linked discourses that propose or imply particular solutions to the problem. After years of official neglect, reducing inequalities in health is now an established part of UK Government policy. However, the research evidence has become increasingly c…
The general practitioner and older people
This paper is based on findings from a pilot research project funded by the Primary Health Care Development Fund in Scotland. The researcher's remit was to examine home visiting patterns by general practitioners (GPs) to older people on Tayside following the community care reforms. Fieldwork was conducted in three general practices on Tayside, using an anthropological perspective. This research confirms that community care changes have not to dat…
The general practitioner and older people
This paper is based on findings from a pilot research project funded by the Primary Health Care Development Fund in Scotland. The researcher's remit was to examine home visiting patterns by general practitioners (GPs) to older people on Tayside following the community care reforms. Fieldwork was conducted in three general practices on Tayside, using an anthropological perspective. This research confirms that community care changes have not to dat…
Inequalities in health
The research field of health inequalities is unavoidably politicized: through the ideological context in which such research is conducted, through the explanatory frameworks advanced, and through the linked discourses that propose or imply particular solutions to the problem. After years of official neglect, reducing inequalities in health is now an established part of UK Government policy. However, the research evidence has become increasingly c…
Well-being’ as a focus for public health? A critique and defence
The concept of well-being has long attracted attention from multiple academic disciplines and interest has now spilled over into public and political domains in the UK. Yet a number of critical arguments might be made in relation to its utility for public health. For example, subjective well-being is broad and ill-defined, and is associated with contestable, morally laden ideas about happiness and ‘the good life’. Well-being has highly individual…
Investing in lay researchers for community-based health action research
Calls for greater community participation health-related research are increasingly made and, it seems, heeded–albeit to varying degrees. We report here, from the perspective of external evaluators, on practical efforts by the leaders of two community-based health action research projects to enhance such participation still further by employing a small number of local people as lay action researchers within their own community. ‘Action research’ i…
Wellbeing
Re-orienting public health
We make a case in this article for re-orienting public health, based on evidence that societies across the globe are now facing inevitable change for which public health remains insufficiently prepared. We focus on the relationship between different sustainability ideals, displayed through rhetoric and discourse and the reality of a number of challenges in the 'modern' world. We briefly describe discernible elements of public and policy rhetoric …
Tackling health inequalities and social exclusion through partnership and community engagement? A reality check for policy and practice aspirations from a Social Inclusion Partnership in Scotland
In the contemporary UK policy context, multisectoral partnership initiatives and community participation are increasingly viewed as appropriate mechanisms for tackling health and social disadvantage. Such initiatives are often put into practice in contexts of industrial and economic decline, fragmented neighbourhoods, hard-pressed public services, and sustained under-investment in voluntary and community sector organisations. This paper draws on …
Connecting food, well-being and environmental sustainability
Modern society has no shortage of human nutrition science, nor interventions designed to improve the way we eat. Yet nutrition science, and the models, approaches and interventions derived from this, is apparently delivering diminishing returns in terms of population weight gain, unhealthy eating patterns and the obesity ‘epidemic’. We draw on a range of literature(s) to argue that public health nutritionists in affluent societies face an ingenui…
Failure as Learning
An unpublished pilot study at a charitable youth organisation in the North East of Scotland found that young people (aged 16 to 25) accommodated by the organisation consumed a diet high in sugar and low in levels of foods such as meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables (Perry, 2013). The Foodways and Futures project (2013-2016), combining ethnographic and action research methodology, set out to explore why the diet of young people was sub-optimal, desp…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (3 works)