Dear colleagues,

The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health and Wellbeing, Public Health Wales has published the Main Findings and Supplementary Information reports of ‘A Health Impact Assessment of the Staying at Home and Social Distancing Policy in Wales in response to COVID-19 pandemic’. This follows on from the publication of the ‘Executive Summary‘ report on 22^nd June 2020.

The Main Findings report provides a comprehensive appraisal of the potential health and well-being impacts of the Staying at Home and Social Distancing Policy (commonly referred to as ‘Lockdown’) on the population of Wales in the short, medium and long term.  It was carried out rapidly in real-time and draws upon learning from international evidence, latest data and intelligence and the views of expert stakeholders.

We hope that the report will help inform organisations in their response to the pandemic by identifying where action is needed to mitigate against negative impacts and enhance positive impacts. The publication identifies areas for further research and evidence gaps. The report also aims to inform pandemic recovery strategies, with the overall aim of improving population health and wellbeing and reducing inequity.  

The HIA can be accessed at:

https://whiasu.publichealthnetwork.cymru/en/news/health-impact-assessment-staying-home-and-social-distancing-policy-wales-response-covid-19-pandemic-executive-summary/

Best regards,

Odile Mekel & Piedad Martín-Olmedo

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