Outline of the Stirling projects

●Co-design of a carer support app, connecting carers to help prevent infection and improve resilience (Dr Liz Forbat).

●Improving the prehospital identification and management of people presenting to the ambulance service with COVID-19 symptoms (Dr David Fitzpatrick).

●Managed alcohol programmes: Implementation of a novel intervention to help prevent infection (COVID-19) for people experiencing alcohol dependency and homelessness (Dr Tessa Parkes).

●Sustaining the resilience and wellbeing of frontline communitybased care and support workers to vulnerable older people during a time of crisis (Dr Grant Gibson).

●Stress and mental health challenges experienced by third sector homelessness services workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (Dr Hannah Carver).

●COVID-19 social distancing effects on social engagement, loneliness, wellbeing and physical activity in Scottish older adults, and an exploration of potential ameliorating strategies (Professor Anna Whittaker).

●Ambulance call-outs for psychiatric emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic (Dr Josie Evans).

●Understanding the health impacts of the COVID-19 response on people who use drugs in Scotland (PWUD): implications for COVID-19 infection/transmission and impacts on harm reduction, treatment and recovery (Professor Catriona Matheson).

●Protecting the safety and wellbeing of Vulnerable Children and Young People in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic (Professor Jane Callaghan).

●Examining policy options to manage the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on licensed premises and ambulancecall outs in Scotland (Professor Niamh Fitzgerald).