John McLuskey, Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham Currently I am Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Nottingham, where I lead the undergraduate degree in Nursing. I have been a nurse for 30 years and for the...
The 2nd Alcohol and Drugs Education in Schools Conference organised by the Alcohol Education Trust and Mentor will take place at Liverpool John Moores University on the 21st June 2018. Keynote speaker Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, will present his priorities...
Upselling is the practice whereby food outlets encourage customers to upgrade to larger meals and drinks or include ‘add ons’ like side orders etc. Young people are said to be most susceptible to this hard sell which is often phrased as being value for money, for...
Public Health England has estimated that one tenth of 50 year old men in England actually have a heart age 10 years older than their actual age, putting them at increased risk of heart attacks and strokes. To increase awareness PHE is asking adults to spend as...
Taken from Lancet Editorial on November 4th Thriving at work: The Stevenson/Farmer review of mental health and employers was released on October 26th. The report was commissioned by Theresa May after announcing efforts towards transforming mental health support in...
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE September 7th 2017 – January 14th 2018. Considers the role of graphic design in healthcare messaging and how it has been used to persuade, inform and empower. Explore the relationship between graphic design and...
World Hepatitis Day on the 28th July aimed to add momentum to the WHO’s first global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis for 2016-21. Its goal is elimination of hepatitis by 2030. See also the World Health Summit on Hepatitis. According to the WHO: 1.Viral...
Over 20 years ago Antonovsky proposed salutogenic theory to guide health promotion. His 1996 paper has been one of the most read in the journal Health Promotion International. Garcia-Moya and Morgan’s recent review article assesses the current theoretical status of...
Following the adoption of Twitter in February IHPE reached its 1000th Tweet in August and recorded 919 followers. Special thanks to trustees Michael C Watson and Anne Cofoupoulos for their contributions. Jobs in public health and health promotion are regularly...
The Global Matrix of child physical activity based on 38 countries placed England, Wales and Scotland as amongst the worst for children's physical activity with South Africa, New Zealand and Slovenia the best performing. At the start of the new school year it is...
The paper by Woodall and Tattersfield explores prisoner and staff views of the current smoking policy in English and Welsh prisons (a partial ban permitting smoking in prison cells) and gauges perceptions of the implications of the forthcoming policy change which...