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New sub-collections - Climate Change and Housing
We are constantly adding new resources to the NLPH as well as systematically adding new sub-collections. We have just added a number of resources to two new topic areas -
climate change and
housing
- many of which are cited below.
Consultations
Consultations on a number of public health topics are currently being run. Further details can be found via the link below:
Events
For a list of new and upcoming events, please see the Events section below.
New additions
We have highlighted items brand new to the collection. If you are interested in a full
list of items added in the last month, please
visit the September 2010 additions page, otherwise select a topic below for a
selection of items. Please note that these links may not work in some email clients.
Accidents & injuries
Towards
evidence-based suicide prevention programmes
WHO
Alcohol
Effects
of alcohol tax and price policies on morbidity and mortality : A systematic
review
American journal of public health
Reducing
alcohol misuse in trauma and other surgical patients: position statement
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Cancer
Cancer
survival by cancer network for patients diagnosed 1991-2006 and followed up to
2007
ONS
Cardiovascular disease
Impact
of smokeless tobacco products on cardiovascular disease: Implications for
policy, prevention and treatment.
Circulation
Meta-analysis
of the effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on acute coronary
events.
Heart and Education
Will
cardiovascular disease prevention widen health inequalities?
PLoS Medicine
Children & young people
Getting
it right for children and young people: overcoming cultural barriers in the NHS
so as to meet their needs
Department of Health
Impact
of early psychosocial factors (childhood socioeconomic factors and adversities)
on future risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic disturbances and obesity: a
systematic review.
BMC Public Health
Increased
educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries
between 1970 and 2009 : a systematic analysis
The Lancet
Interventions
to Promote Physical Activity in Young People Conducted in the Hours Immediately
After School: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Management
of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Meta-analytic
review of school-based prevention for cannabis use.
Health Education & Behavior
Climate change
A
human health perspective on climate change : a report outlining the research
needs on the human health effects of climate change
Environmental Health Perspectives
Climate
change epidemiology : methodological challenges
International journal of public health
Public
health impact of global heating due to climate change: potential effects on
chronic non-communicable diseases
International journal of public health
Communicable diseases
Interventions
to increase influenza vaccination rates of those 60 years and older in the
community
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
People
who use drugs, HIV, and human rights.
The Lancet
Crime & violence
Effectiveness
of schemes to enable households at risk of domestic violence to remain in their
own homes
Department for Communities and Local Government
The
Patel report : reducing drug-related crime and rehabilitating offenders -
recovery and rehabilitation for drug users in prison and on release :
recommendations for action
Department of Health
Dental health
Sorry, no newly published resources added this month.
Diabetes
Impact
of early psychosocial factors (childhood socioeconomic factors and adversities)
on future risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic disturbances and obesity: a
systematic review.
BMC Public Health
Diet & nutrition
A
systematic review of studies on socioeconomic inequalities in dietary intakes
associated with weight gain and overweight/obesity conducted among European
adults
Obesity Reviews
Data
Sources: knowledge of and attitudes towards healthy eating and physical
activity
National Obesity Observatory
Healthier
Food Mark: module 3 - self-assessment evaluation
Department for Health
Position
paper on the elimination of industrially produced trans fats (IPTFAs) from foods
consumed in the UK
National Heart Forum
Review
of dietary assessment methods in public health
National Obesity Observatory
To
what extent have sweetened beverages contributed to the obesity epidemic?
Public health nutrition
General
Assessing
equity in systematic reviews: realising the recommendations of the Commission on
Social Determinants of Health
BMJ
Publishing
Community
Engagement
The Health Foundation
Delivering
enhanced pharmacy services in a modern NHS: improving outcomes in public health
and long-term conditions
The Bow Group
Engaging
communities for health improvement
The Health Foundation
Eurohealth
: Migration and health in the European Union
London School of
Political
& Economic Science
Introduction
to Evidence-Informed Decision Making
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
Genomics
Sorry, no newly published resources added this month.
Health
inequalities
Increased
educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries
between 1970 and 2009 : a systematic analysis
The Lancet
Will
cardiovascular disease prevention widen health inequalities?
PLoS Medicine
Housing
A
systematic review of housing interventions and health: introduction, methods,
and summary findings.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
Decent
homes need decent spaces: An action plan to improve open spaces in social
housing areas.
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
Effectiveness
of schemes to enable households at risk of domestic violence to remain in their
own homes
Department for Communities and Local Government
Getting
the big picture right : a guide to large scale urban design
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
The
future is local : empowering communities to improve their neighbourhoods
Sustainable Development Commission
The
health impacts of housing improvement: a systematic review of intervention
studies from 1887 to 2007
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.
Mental health
Is
exercise effective in promoting mental well-being in older age? A systematic
review.
Aging & Mental Health
Mental
health and development: targeting people with mental health conditions as a
vulnerable group.
WHO
Use
of mental health services by minority ethnic groups in England
North East Public Health Observatory
Obesity
A
systematic review of studies on socioeconomic inequalities in dietary intakes
associated with weight gain and overweight/obesity conducted among European
adults
Obesity Reviews
Antenatal
interventions for overweight or obese pregnant women: a systematic review of
randomised trials.
BJOG: international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Bariatric
surgery for obesity
National Obesity Observatory
Data
Sources: knowledge of and attitudes towards healthy eating and physical
activity
National Obesity Observatory
Impact
of early psychosocial factors (childhood socioeconomic factors and adversities)
on future risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic disturbances and obesity: a
systematic review.
BMC Public Health
Interventions
during pregnancy to reduce excessive gestational weight gain: a systematic
review assessing current clinical evidence using the Grading of Recommendations,
Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system.
BJOG: international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Management
of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Obesity
and life expectancy
National Obesity Observatory
Obesity
and the economics of prevention : fit not fat
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Review
of dietary assessment methods in public health
National Obesity Observatory
Shedding
the pounds: Obesity management, NICE guidance and bariatric surgery in
England.
Office of Health Economics
To
what extent have sweetened beverages contributed to the obesity epidemic?
Public health nutrition
Offender & prison health
Prison
Mental Health: Vision and Reality
Royal College of Nursing
Older people
Interventions
to increase influenza vaccination rates of those 60 years and older in the
community
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Is
exercise effective in promoting mental well-being in older age? A systematic
review.
Aging & Mental Health
Physical activity
Data
Sources: knowledge of and attitudes towards healthy eating and physical
activity
National Obesity Observatory
Interventions
to Promote Physical Activity in Young People Conducted in the Hours Immediately
After School: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Is
exercise effective in promoting mental well-being in older age? A systematic
review.
Aging & Mental Health
Sexual health
Interactive
computer-based interventions for sexual health promotion
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Social
determinants of sexual and reproductive health : informing future research and
programme implementation
WHO
Substance misuse
Meta-analytic
review of school-based prevention for cannabis use.
Health Education & Behavior
People
who use drugs, HIV, and human rights.
The Lancet
Research
for recovery: A review of the drugs evidence base
The Scottish Government
The
Patel report : reducing drug-related crime and rehabilitating offenders -
recovery and rehabilitation for drug users in prison and on release :
recommendations for action
Department of Health
Sustainability
Getting
the big picture right : a guide to large scale urban design
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
Getting
there : a sustainable transport vision for Scotland
Sustainable Development Commission
Health
and environment in Europe : progress assessment
WHO
Measuring
progress : sustainable development indicators 2010
ONS
Sustainability
for Health: an Evidence Base for Action from the Campaign For Greener Healthcare
(SHEBA)
The Campaign for Greener Healthcare
The
future is local : empowering communities to improve their neighbourhoods
Sustainable Development Commission
The
health benefits of urban green spaces: a review of the evidence.
Journal of public health
Tobacco
A
systematic review of the effectiveness of smoking relapse prevention
interventions for abstinent smokers.
Addiction
Do
financial incentives for delivering health promotion counselling work? Analysis
of smoking cessation activities stimulated by the quality and outcomes
framework
BMC Public Health
Efficacy
of motivational interviewing for smoking cessation: a systematic review and
meta-analysis.
Tobacco Control
Effectiveness
of complex psycho-educational interventions for smoking relapse prevention: an
exploratory meta-analysis.
Journal of Public Health
Impact
of smokeless tobacco products on cardiovascular disease: Implications for
policy, prevention and treatment.
Circulation
Internet-based
interventions for smoking cessation
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Meta-analysis
of the effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on acute coronary
events.
Heart and Education
Women's health
Antenatal
interventions for overweight or obese pregnant women: a systematic review of
randomised trials.
BJOG: international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Equity
in access to health promotion, treatment and care for all European women
Kassel University Press
Interventions
during pregnancy to reduce excessive gestational weight gain: a systematic
review assessing current clinical evidence using the Grading of Recommendations,
Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system.
BJOG: international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Pregnancy
and complex social factors: a model for service provision for pregnant women
with complex social factors
NICE
Upcoming events
October
2010
06 Oct - London FPH
Annual Public Health Lecture and Awards Ceremony
06-08 Oct - London BHIVA
Autumn Conference 2010
07 Oct - London Healthy
communities - creating a people-centred service
12 Oct -
21 Oct,
Birmingham, Manchester, London, and Bristol Early
intervention and families, parents and carers training workshops
14 Oct - Newcastle upon Tyne School
and Public Health Conference
14 Oct - London Planning
for Healthy Communities Conference
18-22 Oct - Warwick Public
Mental Health and Wellbeing: Measurement, Determinants and Promotion
19 Oct - London Sex
and Relationships Education: Getting on with it!
26-27 Oct - Denmark Climate
change and impact assessment
27 Oct - Glasgow Food,
Diet & Health Conference
28 Oct - London Lord
Bradley's recommendations one year on: progress and next steps for offender
healthcare
November
2010
02-03 Nov - Harrogate British
Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) annual conference
2010
02 Nov - London Generation
alcohol: Is drinking damaging childhood?
03 Nov - London Facing
the future: tackling drugs in the new decade
06-10 Nov - Denver Colorado Social
justice – a public health imperative: 138th annual meeting of APHA
08-10 Nov - Wageningen, The Netherlands Master
class Public health interventions in real-life settings: the AGORA
experience
10-13 Nov - Amsterdam EUPHA
– ASPHER 2010: 3rd joint European Public Health Conference
10 Nov - Glasgow The
'Big 3' conference
11-12 Nov - Dunblane Health,
Culture and Scotland: new challenges, new opportunities
14-17 Nov - Malaga, Spain 13th
Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine
15 Nov - London Leading
the public health agenda - The role of councils in improving health
16-17 Nov - London Legionnaires'
disease: through the looking glass
16 Nov - London Next
steps for improving offender health - following up the Bradley
recommendations
16-17 Nov - London Fit
for Work? Securing the Health of the Working Age Population
17-20 Nov - Brussels 20th
annual congress of the European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG)
23 Nov - Nottingham BHFNC
10th Annual Conference
26 Nov - Birmingham Child
Public Health Special Interest Group (CPHIG) Conference 2010
December
2010
06-10 Dec - Edinburgh Concepts
of epidemiology 2010 : introductory crash course
07 Dec - Edinburgh NHS
Health Scotland's National Alcohol and Offenders Event
14-15 Dec - Leeds UK
Society for Behavioural Medicine 6th Annual Scientific Meeting
2011
08 Feb - London
Obesity
- time for a new approach?
17 Feb
- London Health
Inequalities - one year on from the review
28-30 Mar
-
Amsterdam 2011
ECTOH - European conference on tobacco or health
11-12 Apr - Durham
Knowledge
exchange in public health conference
14-15 Apr
- Grenada, Spain
International
HIA´2011 Conference
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