RSPH In Conversation With?... Professor Susan Michie
3 July 2012
The Royal Society for Public Health, with support from the Philipp Family Foundation, continues its series of podcasts, investigating key issues facing Public Health, with an international perspective.
In our interview with Professor Susan Michie, the topic is Behaviour Change, and how ”Western” lifestyles are storing up long term problems for the general population. With illustrations from the UK and around the world, Professor Michie discusses the huge economic cost of ill health, and the circumstances required to support people in making change to their lifestyles.
As the cost of health care continues to rise, and the UK Health Service is required to make substantial savings, this topic is of crucial importance. The majority of causes of ill-health are linked to people’s behaviour, whether through their lifestyle choices, their take up of vaccination and screening programmes or the way in which health care is delivered, so it is vital to learn lessons from other countries and from previous behaviour change campaigns.
You can listen to the interview with Professor Susan Michie, and previous podcasts with Professor Richard Parish and Professor Sir Michael Marmot here>
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Notes to editors
Notes to editors
- Professor Susan Michie is an expert in behaviour change and leads the Health Psychology Research Group at University College London. She is also co-director of the UK’s National Health Service’s Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training. Her research focuses on understanding the theory of behaviour change in relation to health, and how to develop more effective interventions.
- The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is an independent, multi-disciplinary organisation, dedicated to the promotion and protection of collective human health and wellbeing. Through advocacy, mediation, empowerment, knowledge and practice we advise on policy development, provide education and training services, encourage scientific research, disseminate information and certify products, training centres and processes.
- The RSPH is the oldest public health body in the world and enjoys patronage of Her Majesty the Queen
• It is a registered charity formed in October 2008 with the merger of the Royal Society of Health (RSH) and the Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH) - The RSPH is an awarding body recognised by Ofqual. Around 100,000 students take our qualifications each year through our network of over 1500 training centres throughout the UK. Our qualifications cover areas including health improvement, food hygiene, pest control, health & safety, nutrition and emergency planning.
- The RSPH is a membership organisation with over 6,000 members. Membership of RSPH is a widely recognised mark of commitment to public health and brings real professional benefits.
- The RSPH run a wide variety of conferences covering topics such as food safety, water, infection control and occupational medicine as well as training programmes covering all aspects of health improvement
- The RSPH run an accreditation service for health and safety related products and manage the UK’s second largest food packaging certification scheme.
