RSPH is committed to providing plenty of opportunities for public health professionals to keep up to date on key topics. Our conferences bring together experts in their field to debate issues and share best practice.

One of our most recent conferences was a joint event with the Institute of Health Visiting entitled 'Healthy Young Minds, Healthy Communities".

Chaired by Dr Cheryll Adams, Director of the Institute of Health Visiting, this one day conference was designed to explore the extraordinarily close links between early experiences, both in the womb and as a young infant, and the health of the community and public.

A report of this event has been written by Dr Anne Page, Director, AMP Consulting. The report mentions the topics covered by the conference, including identifying the evidence base for the impact of early experience during pregnancy and the first two years in infants and young children, the implications of the evidence for health visiting practice and the public mental health implications of the evidence for policy makers.