We are currently working on two projects looking at the Commercial Determinants of Health (CDOH).
The first, which is being funding by The Health Foundation, involves close collaboration with existing partners, as well as organisations that do not necessarily think of themselves as public health. It also involves members and partners from all four nations.
This project will seek to support local public health teams and their partners to increase awareness of CDOH and develop guidance for local DsPH on how to work positively with local business, whilst combating negative CDOH.
We are also supporting a major new research project, Population Health Improvement UK, which is funded by UK Research and Innovation and will bring together diverse expertise and insight to find innovative and inclusive ways to improve the health of people, places and communities.
By using a systems approach and taking a holistic view of the issues, the Local Health and Global Profits project will identify, implement and evaluate population-level interventions that are most likely to tackle the negative impact of CDOH and improve health, wellbeing and equity. The project will also explore – and address – the barriers to implementing these interventions.
Our role in the project is to facilitate the sharing of information between public health practitioners in local government and the project team
We have secured funding from The Health Foundation to carry out an in-depth project looking at developing healthy places. It involves close collaboration with existing partners, as well as organisations that do not necessarily think of themselves as public health, as well as members and partners from all four nations.
This project aims to develop long term collaborative relationships between planning and public health in local areas.
We will also showcase examples of good practice and develop guidance and tools that will support local public health teams and their partners to improve and protect the health of their populations.
We have secured funding from The Health Foundation to carry out an in-depth project to build on our ACEs work. It involves close collaboration with existing partners, as well as organisations that do not necessarily think of themselves as public health, as well as members and partners from all four nations and aims to develop stronger partnerships across the children’s sector.
We will share learning from different approaches across the UK to improve public health practice and reduce health inequalities for children and young people.
Tragically, over 230,000 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 and thousands of people continue to experience ongoing health problems after having Covid. So, it is vitally important that we learn from the Inquiry’s findings and honour everyone who has been – and continues to be – affected.
The public inquiry provides an invaluable opportunity to examine the response to, and impact of, the pandemic and we are fully committed to supporting its work in any way we can.
Find out more about our contribution to the Covid-19 Public Inquiry.
In June, 2019 ADPH and Public Health England (PHE) published a series of co-produced documents entitled What Good Looks Like (WGLL) that set out the guiding principles of ‘what good quality looks like’ for population health programmes in local systems. They are intended as a tool to assist in the sector-led improvement process and to support local resource decisions. The initial series includes ten publications covering a range of topics across public health.
We are now undergoing a review of the old WGLL documents and will be creating new versions to inform public health practice.
