Download a copy of Shaping the Future of Public Health: Promoting Health in the NHS
Jenny Griffiths made a presentation at a workshop on ‘The Future of Health Promotion as a Profession’ at Leeds Metropolitan University with the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, December 2008.
Download a copy of her presentation
Leeds Forum December 2008
In June 2008, the RSPH [] and Shaping the Future participated in a global consensus conference in Galway, Ireland, chaired by Professor Margaret Barry, which reached accord and issued a statement on domains of core competency, standards and quality assurance in health promotion and education.
Download a copy of the consensus IUHPE Galway Consensus or visit www.iuhpe.org
This important report, published in 2008, describes how the state has a duty to help everyone lead a healthy life and to reduce health inequalities. The ‘stewardship model’ sets out guiding principles for making decisions about public health policies. The ‘intervention ladder’ helps consider the acceptability of different public health policies. This report is essential reading for everyone concerned with health promotion. Visit their website to download a copy.
This multidisciplinary, multi-agency and multi-professional framework was developed by the Public Health Resource Unit (PHRU) and Skills for Health, and published the Public Health Skills and Career Framework in 2008. It is a coherent, flexible framework for use across the UK and is endorsed by the four UK Departments of Health. It is based on four core and five defined areas of competence, described at nine levels of application, and can be used in any organisational setting. Visit their website to download a copy and materials to help you with its use.
The Centre for Public Health Excellence at NICE has developed a wide range of guidance that is highly relevant to health promotion. For a selected list of guidance, click here, or visit www.nice.org.uk
Please download a copy of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) report 'Shaping the Future of Health Promotion: Priorities for Action'. The report was presented at the IUHPE conference in Canada in June 2007.
IUHPE- Shaping the Future of Health Promotion: Priorities for Action
The resource pack provides information and tools to help with workforce planning. Published in 2007, it is available here.
Please download a copy of the presentation by Ilona Kickbusch on the challenges we face 20 years after the Ottawa Charter was published. This was presented to the health promotion academics' group in London, November 2006.
There are a number of articles on health promotion and the Ottawa Charter, which are free to access, available at www.informaworld.com
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