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European Public Health Week 13-17 May 2024
Health is a political choice!

Events for United Kingdom

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HW150 - Health inequalities podcast: universal basic income (University of Glasgow)
Date / theme: Monday 13 May - Health is a political choice: Starting the discussion Time: 9h00 until 21h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   podcast Event format: Online only Description: In this episode of "15 Minutes on Health Inequalities", Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi speak to Marcia Gibson about her work on Universal Basic Income for Monday's European Public Health Week focus "Health is a political choice". Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: University of Glasgow For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Contact email: anna.pearce@glasgow.ac.uk Contact info: Anna Pearce Social media: Improving Health @theSPHSU
HW63 - The evolution of Health Impact Assessment in Wales (Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) Public Health Wales NHS Trust)
Date / theme: Monday 13 May - Health is a political choice: Starting the discussion Time: 11h00 until 12h00 (GMT) London (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   Webinar Event format: Online only Description: Focused on the evolution of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Wales, as a tool for promoting Health in All Policies, this webinar covers the journey to statutory HIA in Wales over 20 years, and the HIA statutory regulations being introduced by Welsh Government as part of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2fb58f8c-c0db-4765-8458-0af7427cb7bf@bb5628b8-e328-4082-a856-433c9edc8fae Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) Public Health Wales NHS Trust For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2fb58f8c-c0db-4765-8458-0af7427cb7bf@bb5628b8-e328-4082-a856-433c9edc8fae Contact email: michael.fletcher@wales.nhs.uk Contact info: kathryn.ashton2@wales.nhs.uk
HW151 - Drug deaths and socio-economic trends in Scotland (University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde)
Date / theme: Tuesday 14 May - Mental health: People at the centre Time: 9h00 until 21h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   podcast Event format: Online only Description: Trends in drug deaths and socio-economic determinants in Scotland: which age groups and birth cohorts are most effected? Listen to the discussion between Anna Pearce, Denise Brown and Emma Congreve about work, funded by the Health Foundation, exploring trends in drug deaths and socio-economic determinants in Scotland. Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: University of Glasgow, University of Strathclyde For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Contact email: anna.pearce@glasgow.ac.uk Contact info: Anna Pearce Social media: X: Improving Health @theSPHSU; Fraser of Allander Institute @Strath_FAI
HW152 - Social and Environmental Determinants of Health (SEDHI) (University of Glasgow; Universidad Central del Ecuador; Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health-CIDACS (Brazil); St George’s, University of London)
Date / theme: Wednesday 15 May - Planetary health: A glocal approach Time: 9h00 until 21h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   podcast Event format: Online only Description: As part of the Wednesday theme of EUPHW 2024 “Planetary health: a glocal approach”, Alastair Leyland talks to Natalia Romero, Phil Cooper, Mauricio Barreto and Gustavo Matta. They discuss their NIHR-funded Global Health Research Unit on SEDHI and how they hope to influence policy to reduce health inequalities in Brazil and Ecuador. Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: University of Glasgow; Universidad Central del Ecuador; Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health-CIDACS (Brazil); St George’s, University of London For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Contact email: anna.pearce@glasgow.ac.uk Contact info: Anna Pearce Social media: X: Improving Health @theSPHSU
HW162 - The socioeconomic drivers and impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Economics, University of Manchester, Georgetown University, Bielefeld University, World Economic Forum)
Date / theme: Wednesday 15 May - Planetary health: A glocal approach Time: 9h00 until 24h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   Campaign and Launch Event format: Online only Description: The driving forces of AMR are unequally distributed across society, with vulnerable populations at the sharp end of associated health and economic risks. Today we launch new report to help consider socioeconomic drivers in AMR policies. A new blog is also published by the World Economic Forum about this research: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/05/socio-economic-inequalities-drive-antimicrobial-resistance-risks-solutions/ Hosting country:   Belgium, United Kingdom and Portugal Specific location(s): https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/i/the-socioeconomic-drivers-and-impacts-of-antimicrobial-resistance-(amr)-implications-for-policy-a Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Economics, University of Manchester, Georgetown University, Bielefeld University, World Economic Forum For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/home Contact email: mirandad@who.int Contact info: Débora Miranda Social media: @OBShealth (X) and https://www.linkedin.com/company/80732669/ (LinkedIn)
HW153 - Podcast on Inequalities in Childhood Overweight (University of Glasgow)
Date / theme: Thursday 16 May - Health through the life course: Breaking down silos Time: 9h00 until 21h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   podcast Event format: Online only Description: In this episode of 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities, Anna Pearce, Vittal Katikireddi and Phil Broadbent discuss their research on inequalities in childhood overweight as part of European Public Health Week 2024, to coincide with the daily theme, “Health through the life course: Breaking down silos”. Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: University of Glasgow For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Contact email: anna.pearce@glasgow.ac.uk Contact info: Anna Pearce Social media: Improving Health @theSPHSU
HW59 - Dismantling silos between education and health through health literacy (Technical University of Munich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Literacy; London South Bank University; BLISS (Boosting Health Literacy for School Students); University of Minho; EUPHA Health Literacy Section)
Date / theme: Thursday 16 May - Health through the life course: Breaking down silos Time: 16h00 until 17h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   Webinar Event format: Online only Description: In this webinar we will focus on dismantling the silos between health and education by addressing health literacy, a topic highly relevant to both sectors, with two speakers: Lisa Stauch, M. Sc., TU Munich, WHO CC Health Literacy on 'BLISS: Presenting the DigComp-based digital health literacy curriculum'. Prof Dr Rafaela Rosário, University of Minho, on 'Effectiveness of a health promotion intervention for vulnerable schoolchildren and families (BeE-school): A cluster-randomized trial'. Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://shorturl.at/ovL27 Language(s): English Reach: European Organisers: Technical University of Munich, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Literacy; London South Bank University; BLISS (Boosting Health Literacy for School Students); University of Minho; EUPHA Health Literacy Section For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://www.linkedin.com/events/dismantlingsilosbetweeneducatio7189166581266964480/ Contact email: jenkinc8@lsbu.ac.uk Contact info: Please email Catherine Jenkins, webinar moderator, to register.
HW154 - Next generation: Public health, today and tomorrow (University of Glasgow)
Date / theme: Friday 17 May - Next generation: Public health of today and tomorrow Time: 9h00 until 21h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   podcast Event format: Online only Description: In this episode of 15 Minutes on Health Inequalities, Ruth Dundas hears from four PhD students about the future of public health. The conversation is with Katja Kraljević, Danny Bradford, Kirsten Hainey and Diego Andrade about their perspectives on the future of public health as part of European Public Health Week 2024 and the daily theme, "Next generation: Public health of today and tomorrow". Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: University of Glasgow For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/sharingourevidence/15-minutes-podcast-euphw/ Contact email: anna.pearce@glasgow.ac.uk Contact info: Anna Pearce Social media: Improving Health @theSPHSU
HW144 - Healthy Longevity: A Global Health Opportunity (EUPHA Global Health section)
Date / theme: Friday 17 May - Next generation: Public health of today and tomorrow Time: 15h00 until 16h00 (GMT+01:00) Paris (organisers' local time) (please check your equivalent time zone here!) Event type:   Lecture Event format: Online only Description: The EUPHA Global Health section are pleased to host a webinar from Professor Jo Boufford, Clinical Professor of Global Health at New York University, about 'Healthy Longevity: A Global Health Opportunity. 'Register at https://tinyurl.com/EUPHWGH Hosting country:   United Kingdom Specific location(s): https://tinyurl.com/EUPHWGH Language(s): English Reach: Global Organisers: EUPHA Global Health section For registration and further information please contact the event organisers directly: Website: https://tinyurl.com/EUPHWGH Contact email: greg.williams@manchester.ac.uk Contact info: Greg Williams Social media: @EUPHA_GH

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