[CITED FROM LGA website: http://tiny.cc/qf5acx] The return of public health to local government has been widely welcomed. It affords an opportunity to provide leadership for health that was largely missing from the NHS between 1974 and April 2013. The new … Continue reading
SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM ‘Minimum unit pricing of alcohol in Scotland: Lessons for evidence-informed policy’ Speaker: Dr. S Vittal Katikereddi (MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow) Read the seminar abstract … Continue reading
SPHR@L is excited to announce the launch of an ‘Evaluation Workshop’ aimed at local government practitioners e.g. particularly those working in housing, transport, and planning etc to be better equipped to design evaluations. Date & time: Wednesday 2nd April 2014, 9:00 am … Continue reading
‘If you destroy a neighbourhood, you need a strategy to support those who rely on it most’ Matt Egan argues that wholesale demolition can have surprisingly low impact on health, but may damage some communities if planners lack sensitivity to … Continue reading
Having trouble viewing this? Please view the online version Welcome to the PHR bulletin – Winter 2013/14 edition In this edition: Funding opportunities Useful resources Large scale evaluation studies Vacancies with the PHR Programme Tackling alcohol misuse Projects recently started Projects … Continue reading
Based in the Section of Public Health, under the direction of Professor Petra Meier, we take a lead in ScHARR’s developing research programme on alcohol and other addictions. Our work is influential in informing current debate on alcohol policy and our Sheffield Alcohol … Continue reading
SPHR opens Round 2 of its innovative evaluation scheme Round 2 of SPHR’s Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme (PHPES) is now open. PHPES aims to produce high quality evidence needed by public health practice to improve population health and help reduce … Continue reading
Under the influence: In an investigation for the British Medical Journal, Jonathan Gornall discovers that the government consultation into introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol in England and Wales was a sham and that politicians ignored the strong health evidence in favour … Continue reading
SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM ‘Can neighbourhood demolition really be a low impact public health intervention? Complex findings from a UK natural experiment evaluation (GoWell)’ ‘Can neighbourhood demolition really be a low impact public health … Continue reading
Local authorities have been given renewed responsibility for public health as part of the government’s 2012 health and social care reforms. While this is a welcome move, there are as yet few resources to help local authority officers and teams … Continue reading