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Public health
Public health
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organised efforts of society. It also considers principles of social justice and equity, promoting and protecting better health for all, leaving no-one behind. This means that public health holds a resolute focus on tackling inequalities in health, including those driven by racism and discrimination.
Public health interventions and achievements during the first twenty years of the 21st century in the UK.
Accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health, this is a new and flexible way to learn core public health skills needed to address health inequalities and support population health initiatives.
This free course, Introducing public health, uses several activities to introduce two important public health issues: factors that influence health and ill-health; and the scope of public health work.
In this short five-minute video, Dr Greg Martin takes a look at the question, "what is public heath?" and also considers what it is that public health professionals do including research and surveillance and actions to prevent disease and improve access to care and treatment.
These teaching modules introduce those working in local authority settings to the public health skills that are central to ensuring that local authority core services have positive impacts on health and wellbeing. The modules aim to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and language to promote health within key council roles, whilst at the same time developing public health champions working in senior positions across the council.
The wider determinants of health
The wider determinants of health
Building a healthy society is like constructing a sturdy building. To succeed, we need all the right building blocks in place.
A communications toolkit for people working in public health.
Evidence hub: What drives health inequalities? Data, insights and analysis exploring how the circumstances in which we live shape our health.
Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These factors can all have an impact on health. But what exactly are they and how much impact do they have?
Few places demonstrate inequalities in health more starkly than Ormesby Bank in Middlesbrough. The road starts at leafy Nunthorpe where average life expectancy is 84. But for every mile you travel towards the town centre, life expectancy drops by two years. In this video Dr Mark Reilly outlines how enormous variations in health outcomes in a small area present serious challenges for those providing health and social care services.
Inequalities in health (e.g. by region, ethnicity, socio-economic position or gender) and in access to health care, including their causes.
Equality, Equity and Policy: Inequalities in health and in access to health care, including their causes.
Research has shown us that gender, ethnicity and social class have a strong impact on our health, yet the simple fact is that no one is just a man or woman, or just black or white, or just working-class or middle-class. Instead, we have multiple characteristics that shape our lives.
Local Authority Research Practitioners (LARPs)
Local Authority Research Practitioners (LARPs)
Local Authority Research Practitioners (LARPs) work within their local authority to harness the power of research. They identify what research is taking place; where the gaps/priorities are; connect departments with applications for research funding and upskill relevant staff in quality research skills.
Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs)
Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs)
Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) boost research capacity and capability within local government. They aim to embed a culture of always using evidence when making decisions. HDRCs use research findings to understand how decisions impact on health and health inequalities. They also carry out research where evidence isn't already available.
Introduction to research practice
Introduction to research practice
This link shows you how to create an account for NIHR learn.
This resource is aimed at staff who are working in health, care and community settings, organisations or providers, such as social care or the local authority, who would like to know more about how to support research.
Get step-by-step guidance on every stage of the research process to kickstart your career in health and social care research.
We support you to improve the health of local communities and reduce health inequalities through public health research.
Navigating the local authority Landscape
Navigating the local authority Landscape
This paper is to help people who are new to local authorities. It describes a typical Council political and management structure and gives some pointers as to which key documents you should familiarise yourself with so that you can start to understand the policy landscape.
In the United Kingdom, local government is well placed to conduct and apply research regarding the wider determinants of health. However, local authorities often lack sufficient research infrastructure to support research capacity, capability and culture. Since 2022, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research has funded 30 Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) to develop this infrastructure. HDRCs are hosted by local authorities collaborating with universities and other partners to strengthen a culture of evidence-informed decision-making. HDRCs are conducting local evaluations, including baseline assessments of local authority research capacity, capability and culture.
Good clinical practice
Good clinical practice
The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Introduction E-Learning course is for people supporting clinical research delivery at the NHS, UK universities and other publicly funded organisations in England. GCP is the agreed international standard for conducting clinical research.
The NIHR recommends research delivery staff attend a refresher training every 2 to 3 years to keep up with best practice. You will need to check the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of your trust and employing organisation. This will define how often you need to renew your GCP by doing the GCP Refresher course.
The GCP Glossary is an alphabetical list of words relating to GCP which includes common terms with a brief explanations.
The Supporting Templates include a list of GCP templates to support research delivery staff and GCP learners with their training and study coordination.
Wider reading
Wider reading
All aspects of the health and care system are caught up in far-reaching reform. Public Health England has been abolished and replaced by two new successor organisations, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the UK Health Security Agency.
Explore the world of health research and the role volunteers play in transforming treatments and improving health care.
Produced by the University of Leeds, this video provides the background to why health research is critical for the NHS, for patients and for the future. To find out more about taking part visit www.bepartofresearch.ac.uk
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