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- Smokers
to face doorway ban in new public health policy The Guardian, 1st February
2010
- Inequality
in the UK: the data behind the National Equality Panel report The Guardian,
27th January 2010
- Unequal
Britain: richest 10% are now 100 times better off than the poorest The
Guardian, 27th January 2010
- Public
strongly advised it is still important to have the Swine Flu jab Department
of Health, 22nd January 2010
- Preventative
mental health services must improve Care Quality Commission, 21st January
2010
- 12
steps to better public health Faculty of Public Health, 18th January 2010
- Conservatives'
launch public health strategy NHS Confederation, 13th January 2010
- Government
backs sunbed ban, Department of Health, 13th January 2010
- World
Health Organization to review swine flu response BBC, 12th January 2010
- Health
Select Committee calls for minimum pricing on alcohol NHS Confederation, 8th
January 2010
- Start4Life
- A good start for a healthier life Department of Health, 6th January 2010
- Too
much of the hard stuff: what alcohol costs the NHS NHS Confederation, 1st
January 2010
- New
Quit Kit helps smokers give up for good in 2010 Department of Health, 23rd
December 2009
Consultations
Consultations on a number of public health topics are currently being run.
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Upcoming events
February 2010
10-12 February – Helsinki
Towards
Better Work and Well-being
12 February - London
The
Marmot review to reduce health inequalities in England post 2010
conference
22-24 February - Stratford-upon-Avon
75th
Road safety congress 2010
23 February - London
Public
Health Futures
23-24 February
The
4th Annual European Nutrition and Lifestyle Conference 2009: Enabling healthy
choices - where does the regulatory balance lie?
25-28 February - Munich
2nd
International Conference on Early Disease Detection and Prevention
(EDDP)
March 2010
16 March - Manchester
Quality,
innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP)
10-12 March - Parma, Italy
Fifth
ministerial conference on environment and health: Protecting children’s health
in a changing environment
17 March - London
Safeguarding
vulnerable adults
17 March - Albrighton Hall near Shrewsbury
Healthy
rural communities
24-25 March – Bournemouth
18th
Annual Public Health Forum (UKPHA)
26-27 March - Istanbul
2nd
Istanbul international symposium on public health genomics: chronic-complex
diseases and genetics.
30 March - Liverpool
Bariatric
Surgery: Challenging the Evidence
30 March - London
Prevention
and health inequalities
April 2010
13 April - London
Drugs
and acohol today
14-16 April - Manchester
18th
International conference on health promoting hospitals & health
services
New additions
We have highlighted recently published items brand new to the National
Library for Public Health. If you are interested in a full list of items
recently added to the collection, please visit the December
2009 and January
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
Cost
of falls in old age: a systematic review
Osteoporosis International
Educational
interventions for the prevention of eye injuries
Cochrane
[Evidence-based
effectiveness of road safety interventions: a literature review]
Gaceta
Sanitaria SESPAS
Fragility
fractures - prevention
Department of Health
The
impact of transportation infrastructure on bicycling injuries and crashes: a
review of the literature
Environmental Health
Review:
exercise interventions reduce falls in elderly people living in the
community
EMB BMJ
The
role of alcohol in unintentional falls among young and middle-aged adults: a
systematic review of epidemiological studies
Injury Prevention: Journal
of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Alcohol
Alcohol
related ambulance pick-ups and pubs and clubs in Home Office priority areas in
the East Midlands
East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO)
Alcohol
social marketing for England: Working together to tackle higher risk
drinking
National Social Marketing Centre
Children,
young people and alcohol: how they learn and how to prevent excessive
use
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Guidance
on the consumption of alcohol by children and young people
Department of
Health
House
of Commons Health Committee - Alcohol - First report of session 2009-10: volume
1
House of Commons
Primary
care intervention to reduce alcohol misuse: ranking its health impact and cost
effectiveness
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
The
role of alcohol in unintentional falls among young and middle-aged adults: a
systematic review of epidemiological studies
Injury Prevention: Journal
of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Cancer
Green
tea for the prevention of gastrointestinal cancer
Database of
Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUET)
Influence
of smoking cessation after diagnosis of early stage lung cancer on prognosis:
systematic review of observational studies with meta-analysis
BMJ
Publishing
Non
steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the prevention of colorectal adenomas
Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUET)
Sunbed
outlets and area deprivation in the UK
South West Public Health
Observatory (SWPHO)
Cardiovascular disease
Economic
evaluation of the direct healthcare cost savings resulting from the use of
walking interventions to prevent coronary heart disease in Australia
International journal of health care finance and economics
Evidence
based cardiovascular disease screening and treatment
Department of
Health
Yorkshire
and Humber Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Commissioning Health Intelligence
Toolkit
Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory (YHPHO)
Children & young people
Children,
young people and alcohol: how they learn and how to prevent excessive use
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Do
school-based tobacco prevention programmes pay off? The cost-effectiveness of
the 'Smoke-free Class Competition'
Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination
Effects
and effectiveness of life skills education for HIV prevention in young
people
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Effect
of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children:
a meta-analysis
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Guidance
on the consumption of alcohol by children and young people<
Department of Health
Healthy
children, safer communities - a strategy to promote the health and well-being of
children and young people in contact with the youth justice system
Department of Health
Joint
comissioning of child and adolescent mental health services
NHS North
West
Identification
and weight management of overweight or obese children: community based
interventions
NICE
Improving
safety, reducing harm: children, young people and domestic violence: a practical
toolkit for front-line practitioners
Department of Health
Improving
the psychological wellbeing and mental health of children and young people:
commissioning early intervention support services
Department for
Children Schools and Families
Interventions
for promoting physical activity among European teenagers: a systematic
review
International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical
Activity
Mortality
target monitoring (infant mortality, inequalities) update to include data for
2008
Department of Health
National
Child Measurement Programme
The Information Centre
National
Child Measurement Programme: Online results
The Information Centre
Obesity:
recent trends in children aged 2-11y and 12-19y
National Heart Forum
Statutory
guidance on promoting the health and well-being of looked after children
Department for Children Schools and Families
Substance
misuse among young people - the data for 2008-09
National Treatment
Agency for Substance Misuse
Therapeutic
effects of yoga for children: a systematic review of the literature
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Toolkit
for high-quality neonatal services
Department of Health
Young
people's sexual health: the National Chlamydia Screening Programme
The
Stationery Office
Commissioning
PCT
Spend and Outcome Factsheets and Tool (SPOT)
Yorkshire and Humber Public
Health Observatory
Strengthening
commissioning in mental health services
World Class Commissioning Mental
Health Programme, National Mental Health Development Unit Yorkshire
and Humber Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Commissioning Health Intelligence
Toolkit
Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory (YHPHO)
Communicable diseases
AIDS
epidemic update 2009
UNAIDS and WHO
Clean
Your Hands campaign
National Patient Safety Agency
Dengue
: guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control
WHO
Effects
and effectiveness of life skills education for HIV prevention in young
people
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Hepatitis
C in the UK: 2009 report
Health Protection Agency
HIV/AIDS
surveillance in Europe 2008
European Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control
HIV
in the United Kingdom: 2009 Report
Health Protection Agency
HIV
infection: diagnostic picture tests
BMJ Learning
Psychosocial
interventions for reducing injection and sexual risk behaviour for preventing
HIV in drug users
Cochrane
The
swine flu vaccines, their preparation and administration: a practical guide for
health professionals
Department of Health
Thinking
Ahead - Head Lice
Wessex Drug and Medicines Information Centre
Crime & violence
Healthy
children, safer communities - a strategy to promote the health and well-being of
children and young people in contact with the youth justice system
Department of Health
Improving
Health, Supporting Justice: The National Delivery Plan of the Health and
Criminal Justice Programme Board
Department of Health
Improving
safety, reducing harm: children, young people and domestic violence: a practical
toolkit for front-line practitioners
Department of Health
Together
we can end violence against women and girls: A strategy
Home Office
Vulnerable
defendants in the criminal courts: a review of provision for adults and
children
Prison Reform Trust
Dental health
2009
Oral Cancer Update - Prevention
NHS Evidence - oral health
The
British Dental Association Oral Health Inequalities Policy
British
Dental Association
Fluoride
toothpastes of different concentrations for preventing dental caries in children
and adolescents
Cochrane
Diabetes
Delivery
methods of education for people with type 2 diabetes.
Database of
Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUET)
An
integrative literature review of lifestyle interventions for the prevention of
type II diabetes mellitus
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Low
glycaemic index, or low glycaemic load, diets for diabetes mellitus: long-term
effects, quality of life, mortality, morbidity and cost-effectiveness.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Nutrition
interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes
Centre for Reviews
and Dissemination
Diet & nutrition
Derbyshire
food and health needs assessment
East Midlands Public Health Observatory
(EMPHO) The
efficacy and safety of multivitamin and mineral supplement use to prevent cancer
and chronic disease in adults: a systematic review for a National Institutes of
Health State-of-the-Science Conference
Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination
The
effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for
controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review
American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Fall
prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of
randomised controlled trials
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Nutrition
interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes
Centre for Reviews
and Dissemination
General
12
steps to better public health: a manifesto
Faculty of Public Health
"A
hard day's night?" The effects of Compressed Working Week interventions on the
health and work-life balance of shift workers: a systematic review
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Care
in the home schemes
British Red Cross
Communications
and behaviour change
Central Office of Communications (COI)
Global
health risks : mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major
risks
WHO
Health
protection regulations - response to the consultation
Department of
Health
NHS
2010 - 2015: from good to great: preventative, people-centred, productive.
The Stationery Office
Public
health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and
agriculture
The Lancet
Public
health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: health
implications of short-lived greenhouse pollutants
The Lancet
Public
health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: household
energy
The Lancet
Public
health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: low-carbon
electricity generation
The Lancet
Public
health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: overview and
implications for policy makers
The Lancet
Public
health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: urban land
transport
The Lancet
Self
care support for long term conditions
Department of Health A
systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions used to reduce exposure to
house dust and their effect on the development and severity of asthma
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Sustaining
a healthy future: taking action on climate change - special focus on the NHS
Faculty of Public Health
Valuing
health: developing a business case for health improvement - final report
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (I&DeA)
Visual
feedback of individuals' medical imaging results for changing health
behaviour
Cochrane
Genomics
APOA2,
dietary fat, and body mass index: Replication of a gene-diet interaction in 3
independent populations
Archives of Internal Medicine
Health inequalities
An
anatomy of economic inequaltiy in th UK: report of the National Equality Panel
(Jan 2010)
Government Equalities Office
The
British Dental Association Oral Health Inequalities Policy
British
Dental Association
Do
area-based interventions to reduce health inequalities work: a systematic review
of evidence
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
An
economic framework for analysing the social determinants of health and health
inequalities
Centre for Health Economics
Equality
Impact Assessment: summary, tool and guidance for policy makers
Department of Health
Improving
the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities
Department
of Health
Mortality
target monitoring (infant mortality, inequalities) update to include data for
2008
Department of Health
Mortality
target monitoring (life expectancy and all-age all-cause mortality, overall and
inequalities): update to include data for 2008
Department of Health
Sunbed
outlets and area deprivation in the UK
South West Public Health
Observatory (SWPHO)
Mental health
Improving
the psychological wellbeing and mental health of children and young people:
commissioning early intervention support services
Department for
Children Schools and Families
Joint
comissioning of child and adolescent mental health services
NHS North
West
Strengthening
commissioning in mental health services
World Class Commissioning Mental
Health Programme, National Mental Health Development Unit
Obesity
APOA2,
dietary fat, and body mass index: Replication of a gene-diet interaction in 3
independent populations
Archives of Internal Medicine
Community-based
approaches to prevent obesity and maintain a healthy weight: whole system
approaches
NICE
Effect
of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children:
a meta-analysis
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
The
effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for
controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review
American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Identification
and weight management of overweight or obese children: community based
interventions
NICE
National
Child Measurement Programme
The Information Centre
National
Child Measurement Programme: Online results
The Information Centre
Obesity:
recent trends in children aged 2-11y and 12-19y
National Heart Forum
Offender & prison health
Evidence-based
practice in group work with incarcerated youth
International Journal of
Law and Psychiatry
Healthy
children, safer communities - a strategy to promote the health and well-being of
children and young people in contact with the youth justice system
Department of Health
Improving
Health, Supporting Justice: The National Delivery Plan of the Health and
Criminal Justice Programme Board
Department of Health
Vulnerable
defendants in the criminal courts: a review of provision for adults and
children
Prison Reform Trust
Older people
Cost
of falls in old age: a systematic review
Osteoporosis International
Fall
prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of
randomised controlled trials
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Pre-emptive
occupational therapy for healthy older people
College of Occupational
Therapists
Review:
exercise interventions reduce falls in elderly people living in the
community
EMB BMJ
A
systematic review of the effectiveness of tai chi on fall reduction among the
elderly
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Physical activity
Economic
evaluation of the direct healthcare cost savings resulting from the use of
walking interventions to prevent coronary heart disease in Australia
International journal of health care finance and economics
Effect
of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children:
a meta-analysis
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
The
effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for
controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review
American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Evaluation
of the physical activity care pathway London feasibility pilot - final technical
report
Department of Health
Interventions
for promoting physical activity among European teenagers: a systematic
review
International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical
Activity
Meta-analysis
of workplace physical activity interventions
American Journal of
Preventative Medicine
Review:
exercise interventions reduce falls in elderly people living in the
community
EMB BMJ
A
systematic review of the effectiveness of tai chi on fall reduction among the
elderly
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Therapeutic
effects of yoga for children: a systematic review of the literature
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Sexual health
AIDS
epidemic update 2009
UNAIDS and WHO
Effects
and effectiveness of life skills education for HIV prevention in young
people
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Effectiveness
of behavioural and psychosocial HIV/STI prevention interventions for MSM in
Europe
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
HIV/AIDS
surveillance in Europe 2008
European Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control
HIV
in the United Kingdom: 2009 Report
Health Protection Agency
HIV
infection: diagnostic picture tests
BMJ Learning
Moderators
of the relationship between internalized homophobia and risky sexual behavior in
men who have sex with men: a meta-analysis.
Archives of sexual
behaviour
Psychosocial
interventions for reducing injection and sexual risk behaviour for preventing
HIV in drug users
Cochrane
Young
people's sexual health: the National Chlamydia Screening Programme
The
Stationery Office
Substance misuse
Effects
and effectiveness of life skills education for HIV prevention in young
people
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Psychosocial
interventions for reducing injection and sexual risk behaviour for preventing
HIV in drug users
Cochrane
Substance
misuse among young people - the data for 2008-09
National Treatment
Agency for Substance Misuse
Teenage pregnancy
Teenage
pregnancy and social disadvantage: systematic review integrating controlled
trials and qualitative studies
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Tobacco
Cost-utility
analysis of varenicline versus existing smoking cessation strategies using the
BENESCO simulation model: application to a population of US adult smokers
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Do
school-based tobacco prevention programmes pay off? The cost-effectiveness of
the 'Smoke-free Class Competition'
Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination
Influence
of smoking cessation after diagnosis of early stage lung cancer on prognosis:
systematic review of observational studies with meta-analysis
BMJ
Publishing
Motivational
interviewing for smoking cessation
Cochrane
Smoking
cessation - in association with NICE
BMJ Learning
Systematic
review of the literature on postpartum care: effectiveness of interventions for
smoking relapse prevention, cessation, and reduction in postpartum women
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
WHO
Report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2009: implementing smoke-free
environments
WHO
Women's health
Long
acting reversible contraception (LARC)
National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence
A
systematic review of interventions to increase awareness, knowledge, and folic
acid consumption before and during pregnancy
Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination
Systematic
review of the literature on postpartum care: effectiveness of interventions for
smoking relapse prevention, cessation, and reduction in postpartum women
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Together
we can end violence against women and girls: A strategy
Home Office
Toolkit
for high-quality neonatal services
Department of Health
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