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Have your say on the Development of Health Promotion Workforce
The Royal Society for Public Health would like to invite you to participate in a workshop on the Standards and Competencies of Health Promotion and Behavioural Change Workforces in England.
The Workshops are part of a consultation project that the English Department of Health has commissioned to RSPH [] in the context of the Shaping the Future of Health Promotion collaboration. They will be held in four major cities around England and will consist of semi-structured discussions on the development of the health promotion workforce. Your contributions will form part of the final report to be submitted to the Department of Health in the spring of 2010.
For further information on dates and venues please dowload the PDF Health Promotion workshops info or contact gmohajer@rsph.org.uk
RSPH to Launch a Commissioning Guide for Promoting Health and Well-Being
The 9th December 2009 will see the launch of a new commissioning guide for promoting health and well-being by the RSPH []. The launch will take place in central London and will bring together many noted public health professionals including Sir Muir Gray, Director of The National Knowledge Service who will give the keynote speech.
The Royal Society for Public Health Announces 2009 Health Promotion Award Winners
The Royal Society for Public Health, in partnership with the organisations from the Shaping the Future collaboration, has undertaken and developed the Health Promotion and Community Well Being Organisation and Partnership Awards for the second year in a row. The RSPH [] is delighted to announce this year's Award Winners. Read more...
HSJ article: A guide to conscripting the public in the war on bad health
Health promotion is everyone’s business. This is the ethos of a number of public health projects gathering pace around the country. Looking at the big picture are Suffolk primary care trust, whose Healthy Ambitions project aims to make the county the healthiest in England by 2028, and Sheffield PCT, whose Better Outcomes for Patients has came up with 50 ideas for improving 10 health conditions - five for each. Please click here to read the HSJ article.
UKPHR consultation report: Developing a regulatory pathway for public health practitioners
This report summarises the progress to date in developing a regulatory pathway for public health practitioners and presents the results of the consultation on the draft standards for regulation and the proposals for a devolved assessment process.
The consultation gained considerable interest from the field with over 50 electronic responses from individuals, groups and organisations, and over 200 individuals attending consultation events. The need to invest in the development of the practitioners to achieve a properly trained, effective and professional public health workforce has been stressed.
This event was hosted by the ‘Shaping the Future of Health Promotion’ collaboration and the Royal Society for Public Health. It had the participation of around 25 health promotion specialists from England, Wales and Scotland, and a lively discussion ensued! Many thanks to all who contributed with this report.
Please download and read:
Report on the consultation event on the Galway Consensus Statement
Response to Questions Regarding The Galway Consensus Conference Statement
To our great disappointment, the Shaping the Future 2009 conference was cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions that affected most of the country at the beginning of February.
A new conference date has not yet been confirmed, so please keep checking back here for further details. Any updates will be posted on the website as soon as possible. We are hoping to re-schedule for the end of 2009.
Meanwhile, please visit our resources section, where the conference presentations are available to read.
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'Social marketing for health and specialised health promotion: Stronger together – weaker apart – a paper for debate'
The paper has been jointly produced by the National Social Marketing Centre and the Royal Society for Public Health, as part of the Shaping the Future Project.
In Section 3, page 11 of the full document, there are some questions. Please email your answers and comments to Jenny Griffiths. Please download a copy:
Social marketing for health and specialised health promotion - a paper for debate
Executive summary of 'a paper for debate'
Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
FPH through the Practitioner Development Working Group (PDWG) is working in partnership with other standard setting and public health stakeholder organisations to focus on the education, training and assessment mechanisms for public health practitioners. Through this work, the PDWG may identify gaps in current training and qualifications [] for practitioners. This will inform the group of areas for development for any required top-up arrangements for practitioners aspiring to meet the standards for retrospective registration. The group will also develop and propose a framework of prospective training and qualifications [] for people aspiring to become registered on the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) as Practitioners. FPH will also be offering a framework for Continued Professional Development (CPD) that will help guide and certify practitioners as fulfilling the required standards of CPD.
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PDWG Newsletter January 2009
A new national public health online resource for careers, skills and training (PHORCaST) is being developed to advise people interested in working in public health and those wishing to progress their public health careers.
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The Royal Society for Public Health, in partnership with the organisations from the Shaping the Future collaboration, has undertaken and developed the Health Promotion and Community Well Being Organisation and Partnership Awards for the second year in a row. The RSPH [] [Royal Society for Public Health] is delighted to announce this year's Award Winners.
Download the Specialised Health Promotion Leaflet and email your comments or suggestions to Nelly Araujo
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