Bright SPARCS 2011

Scottish Physical Activity Research Conference for (PhD) Students

Bright SPARCS was held on Friday 23rd September 2011.  We had a great day hearing about the exciting research underway across Scotland.  Thank you to those who attended, presented and asked interesting questions. We would really like to hear your feedback about  the event: what went well; what could be improved; and what time of the year we should host the conference.  Please complete this evaluation form and return it to Chloe McAdam so that we can make Bright SPARCS 2012 even better!

Congratulations to our 3 Brightest SPARCS prize winners:

"Best presentation of research", judged by Dr Rowena Murray: 
Freya Macmillan, University of Strathclyde  "Physical activity for health in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes"

"Research most likely to influence public health", judged by Prof John Reilly: 
Katherine Ord, University of Glasgow "Green space and physical activity: relationships in Scotland"

"Most practitioner friendly research", judged by Ms Sharon Allison:
Paul Whybrow, Heriot-Watt University "Stories of relocation and physical activity"

For those who were unable to attend, abstracts for posters and presentations are detailed in the programme and copies of presentations are now available:

Dr Rowena Murray - Writing to Prompts

Graham Brennan - Evaluating the feasibility of a novel and strategic recruitment framework for walking promotion in practice

Shemane Murtagh - Travelling Green: A habit and TPB approach in understanding active travel behaviour

Clare Clarke - Characterisation of physical activity behaviour in patients with intermittent claudication over a 7-day period

Mhairi MacDonald - Real world, real people: can we assess walking on a treadmill to establish step count recommendations in an adolescent population?

Fiona Mitchell - Exploring experiences and engagement of adolescent girls in PE classes, during a physical activity intervention