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NHS Health Scotland 2004

Dr Claire A. Dunlop, Dr Ewan B. MacdonaldHealthy Working Lives GroupUniversity of Glasgow

The Teachers Health andWellbeing Study Scotland

July 2004

The Teachers Health and Wellbeing Study ScotlandReview commissioned by:

NHS Health Scotland and Teacher Support Scotland,with support from the Esmee Fairburn Foundation

Produced by:

Healthy Working Lives Group University of Glasgow

Authors:

Dr Claire A. DunlopDr Ewan B. Macdonald

Correspondence to:

Public Health and Health Policy SectionDivision of Community Based SciencesUniversity of Glasgow1 Lilybank GardensGlasgow G12 8RZTel/Fax: 0141 330 4038

Acknowledgements

A number of people and groups have been of particular help in conducting this research.Our first thank-you must go to the many hundreds of teachers in Scotland who haveparticipated in this health and wellbeing research. This study relied entirely upon theirvoluntary participation.In particular, we would like to express our gratitude to Middlefield Residential School inGlasgow where the survey questionnaire was piloted and much of the background andqualitative data was gathered.The research could not have been conducted without access to several sample frames,notably those held by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), theEducational Institute of Scotland (EIS) and the Scottish Secondary Teachers'Association (SSTA). Our thanks go to Avril Barker, Colin MacKenzie and Jim Doherty forfacilitating access and administering this aspect of the survey.We would also like to thank the various local authority personnel working in humanresources, education and personnel departments throughout Scotland who haveprovided the research team with the information necessary to build a picture of thenature of the provision offered to teachers at present.This research has benefited from the advice and input of several analysts andresearchers. Particular thanks are due to Mal Cooke and Esther Roughsedge of theScottish Executive’s Education and Children’s Statistics Unit (ECSU), Dr Colin Affleck ofthe Scottish Executive’s Education Department and NHS Health Scotland librarian AilsaAnderson.Lastly, we would like to thank the members of the Teacher Support Scotland (TSS)Advisory Forum and NHS Health Scotland who have offered both strategic guidanceand logistical input to the research. In this regard the team would like to thank ProfessorSally Brown, Mike Finlayson, Erica Wimbush and Donna MacKinnon in particular.

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