An evidence-culture shock for public health in local government Gemma Phillips suggests that a fresh and appreciative understanding of how local government has improved public health over the past 40 years would be a fruitful approach following reorganisation. The shifting … Continue reading
SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM ‘Politics, localism and epistemologies of practice: How will evidence-based public health fair in the world of local government?’ Speaker: Gemma Phillips (University of Edinburgh/ University of Glasgow) Seminar abstract – G Phillips … Continue reading
[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
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
SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM Telling policy stories: an ethnographic study of the use of evidence in policy-making in the UK Speaker: Professor Alex Stevens (University of Kent) Download the abstract Read the seminar blog … Continue reading
As part of the Evaluating Local Government Alcohol Policies project, the following output has been published: Link through to it at Preventive Medicine Citation: Martineau F, Tyner E, Lorenc T, Petticrew M, Lock K. Population-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm: … Continue reading