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Picking our battles: public health in public

Posted on 21st August 202022nd August 2020 by Andy T

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

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Proper prevention Part II: Shit Place Syndrome

Posted on 29th October 201923rd September 2020 by Andy T

This is the second of two blogs on ‘proper’ prevention, with the first on the need for a general ‘shit life reduction strategy’ and this

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For proper prevention we need a General Shit Life Reduction Strategy – Part I

Posted on 18th September 201930th May 2020 by Andy T

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

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Public health has a language problem

Posted on 17th April 201918th September 2019 by Andy T

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

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Good intentions but the right approach? The case of ACEs

Posted on 29th January 201927th November 2019 by Andy T

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

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‘Wellbeing in every decision’: re-framing ‘health in all policies’

Posted on 27th October 201818th September 2019 by Andy T

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

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Investment in public health – we need better arguments, not better evidence

Posted on 26th October 201818th September 2019 by Andy T

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

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Recent Posts

  • Picking our battles: public health in public 21st August 2020
  • Proper prevention Part II: Shit Place Syndrome 29th October 2019
  • For proper prevention we need a General Shit Life Reduction Strategy – Part I 18th September 2019
  • Public health has a language problem 17th April 2019
  • Good intentions but the right approach? The case of ACEs 29th January 2019
  • ‘Wellbeing in every decision’: re-framing ‘health in all policies’ 27th October 2018
  • Investment in public health – we need better arguments, not better evidence 26th October 2018

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