Public healthy

*This article was written on behalf of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance on the launch of their Wellbeing Economy Policy Design Guide, and originally published here*

I started thinking about this blog last year, when it was still basically socially acceptable to cough on strangers.  Simpler times.  It was to be

In health terms, ‘prevention’ basically means doing stuff that reduces risks to health.  Primary prevention focuses on the whole population to stop a problem occurring

How many of you were inspired to work in public health because you wanted to champion a sustainable place-based locality-level social movement to address the

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that children can be exposed to while growing up.  These include the direct impact of suffering abuse or

We know that most of the things that influence population health — poverty, education, the environment, transport, work, relationships, safe and comfortable homes — are not really touched by

Here in the UK, we’ll soon have a chance to make the case for investment in public health and prevention (again). The NHS 10 year