19 March 2010

PUBLIC HEALTH

Review of Public Health Regulation (11th March 2010)
The nature of Specialist and Director of Public Health roles are key to the current and future public health function; with high visibility and importance to tackling core challenges such as disparities in health, health protection and lifestyle burdens. Assurance and confidence in public health specialist practice is therefore of great importance. This review seeks to increase the confidence of both the public and professionals as to standards of competence, performance and conduct of the public health workforce.
Information

Technical Briefing 7: Measuring smoking prevalence in local populations (10th March 2010)
This briefing provides brief overviews of potentially useful sources of local-level smoking data, option appraisals for local-level surveillance of smoking and pointers to help local organisations meet their local smoking prevalence information needs
Briefing

Behaviour change training delivered across Cheshire and Merseyside: mapping programmes and exploring processes (15th March 2010)
Behaviour change interventions have the potential to produce a significant impact on major causes of mortality and morbidity. This research focuses on behaviour change training programmes which aim to develop the knowledge and skills of staff so that they are better equipped to help people change health-related attitudes and behaviour.
Report

Top tips for commissioners and providers of behaviour change training programmes (15th March 2010)
Behaviour change training programmes aim to develop the knowledge and skills of the public health workforce leaving them better equipped to help change health related attitudes and behaviours. Commonly used forms of behaviour change interventions are brief interventions, brief advice, motivational interviewing and social marketing.

These Top tips aim to support the commissioning and delivery of effective behaviour change training programmes across Cheshire and Merseyside. They include recommendations developed from the findings of research which mapped behaviour change training programmes and explored their delivery and commissioning across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Document

Much achieved: More to do. Reducing Health Inequalities in Knowsley. (4th March 2010)
This document is a review and a position statement in relation to health inequalities in Knowsley. It looks at the progress which has been made in Knowsley over the past 10 years in reducing health inequalities. The current challenges are assessed, and recommendations are made for the future.
Document

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