Police safeguarding notifications over a one-year period for a local authority in Wales were matched to social care records to understand levels of police-identified vulnerability and their outcomes following referral to social services.
A household and online survey to gather the views of 3,310 individuals in Wales on 19 public health statements. Eight demographic and five health related behaviour super profiles were created to explore differences in opinion.
This guide identifies ten key evidence-informed policy opportunities for investment in Wales. Opportunities identified in the report address areas of high burden and cost in Wales, delivering economic as well as social and environmental returns, and supporting sustainable inclusive economic growth. The guide will help decision-makers to implement the Welsh Government’s Prosperity for All national strategy.
Gambling is increasingly being recognised as a public health priority. Recent years have seen a rapid growth in the availability and advertising of gambling, driven by factors including relaxed gambling regulations and technological development.
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) (informally referred to as “Brexit”) is an unprecedented event in UK history, and evidence of the impact of Brexit on a wide range of policy areas is either unknown or highly contested. The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, Public Health Wales, has carried out a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to better understand the potential implications of Brexit for future health and well-being in Wales.
This report explores key findings from the evaluation of an initial pilot of ACE enquiry delivered with mothers during early engagement with health visiting services across Anglesey, North Wales. The pilot took place between October 2017 and July 2018 and engaged 321 mothers in a supportive, ACE-informed discussion about childhood adversity and its impacts on health, wellbeing and parenting.
This resource: School-based violence prevention: a practical handbook, is about schools, education and violence prevention. It provides guidance for school officials and education authorities on how schools can embed violence prevention within their routine activities and across the points of interaction schools provide with children, parents and other community members. If implemented, the handbook will contribute much to helping achieve the SDGs and other global health and development goals.
Be the Change is a movement/campaign to encourage and support staff to take sustainable steps in the workplace to individually contribute towards Wales’ well-being goals.
Following the level of interest in the ‘Be the Change’ e-guides produced for Public Health Wales to-date, the Hub has developed a toolkit to help public bodies and wider stakeholders to adopt ‘Be the Change’ in their places of work. This toolkit aims to provide information and knowledge, but also support staff to become ‘agents of change’ by helping them to make small sustainable changes on an individual level, or by working together as teams.
A study to examine if, and to what extent, a history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) combines with adult alcohol consumption to predict recent violence perpetration and victimisation.
‘Reducing our Waste Measurements’ highlights some of the practical ways in which we can contribute to the health and well-being of our planet by helping to create a lower carbon (greener) society which uses resources more efficiently.
This article looks at the early findings following the introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in Wales.
This article examines the emotions associated with drinking different types of alcohol, whether these emotions differ by socio demographics and alcohol dependency and whether the emotions associated with different drink types influence people’s choice of drinks in different settings.
This publication aims to address the gap caused by the downsizing or closure of a single large employer in a localised area, and provides a public health informed response framework which takes into consideration the impact on the wider determinants of health and the populations affected.
Paper summarising MUE report
The ACE-informed Training for Housing resource was developed with partners in consultation with Housing representatives from different tenures across Wales, and aims to raise awareness of and increase confidence in responding to ACEs and vulnerability in the Housing sector. This report evaluates the training and makes recommendations for future ACE based training in the housing sector.
In the latest edition of Planning in London, Michael Chang (Town and Country Planning Association), Liz Green (WHIASU) and Jenny Dunwoody (Arup) provided an overview of opportunities to integrate health considerations in a range of assessments in the process. These include the Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and the Health Impact Assessment. This article is set in the context of the forthcoming London Plan, a statutory strategic planning document for whole of London, which will see Boroughs adopt the policy of using HIAs in the planning applications process. Many of the issues and themes set out in the article will also be relevant and of interest to practitioners in Wales. (pp52-53)
Part of a compendium that provides inspirational examples of building resilience at individual, community and system levels.
We are living in an increasingly changing and globalised world, where new developments and transformation over the next century will be greater than those of the previous millennia. This poses multiple and sometimes unknown challenges as well as bringing new opportunities.
An initial exploration of the feasibility and acceptability of asking about a history of ACEs in a large multi-site GP practice in North West England. Findings explore practitioner experiences of delivery and potential impacts on patients.
The impact that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have on children’s development and the consequent outcomes in later life have been widely evidenced. However, building resilience in children can help protect against the effects of trauma and reduce the risks of poor outcomes in adulthood. The ACE-informed whole school approach is a programme that has been developed to introduce and implement trauma-informed practices within schools. This report captures the findings from the independent evaluation of this pilot approach.
The structured multi-agency, early intervention approach to vulnerability pilot tested new arrangements.
The structured multi-agency, early intervention approach to vulnerability pilot tested new arrangements between NPTs and the Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) Early Help team to enable a more effective, response to vulnerability demand, with a focus on children, young people and their parents/ carers.
‘Walking our talk’ highlights some of the practical ways in which we can contribute to Wales’ Well-being Goals by travelling actively and sustainably.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) including maltreatment and exposure to household stressors can impact the health of children. Community factors that provide support, friendship and opportunities for development may build children’s resilience and protect them against some harmful impacts of ACEs. This paper examines if a history of ACEs is associated with poor childhood health and school attendance and the extent to which such outcomes are counteracted by community resilience assets.
This work is an extension of Public Health Wales’ Making a Difference report and draws on research evidence and expert opinion to identify action to reduce road traffic-related air pollution, risks and inequalities.
The International Health Coordination Centre (IHCC) published a report highlighting its achievements in supporting implementation of the Charter for International Health Partnerships in Wales. The latest IHCC Progress Report outlines the work, progress and achievements from 2015 to 2017 made by the IHCC and the Welsh Health Boards and Trusts in this field. It also shows how the IHCC has evolved in relation to global, UK, national and local developments.
The increasing popularity and rapid growth of electronic cigarettes has raised considerable concern about their impact on children and young people. Concerns relate to electronic cigarettes acting as a potential gateway to tobacco smoking for young never smokers, increased experimentation leading to a renormalisation of smoking behaviour and potential health harms of vaping.
This resource demonstrates how the health and well-being opportunities afforded by the natural and built environment, such as walking and cycling infrastructure, food growing and access to nature, can contribute to a thriving, sustainable Wales for current and future generations.
A comprehensive review of sexual health in Wales, delivered by Public Health Wales’ Health Protection and Policy Divisions.
A review of the legislative and policy framework for sharing patient information in relation to sexual health in Wales. This paper presents officials with a series of options that could be taken to improve patient care, whilst also seeking to respect confidentiality and maintain trust.