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the Vol and Community Sector. From “integrated care” to “social prescribing” and into social value & social capital
the Vol and Community Sector. From “integrated care” to “social prescribing” and into social value & social capital The voluntary and community sector: the secret weapon for joining up care for people Beyond social prescribing and into social value Short note from conference presentation of the above title (Thanks to Helen Steers – Vol Action […]
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Note on reducing gambling harm and a public health approach to this
Note on reducing gambling harm and a public health approach to this Gambling harm is going up lots of radars now. The UK Govt has been reviewing the existing Gambling Act and the result of that is expected to be published shortly. This has been a rather turbulent beast to tame. It is out there […]
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Commercial Determinants of Health (5). Why does it matter within local government
Why does thinking about the commercial determinants of health matter within local government 1 Why does Non Communicable Disease matters to local government. Why should local government care Non Communicable Disease, or NCD (for example cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, muscle and joint problems) is, by far, the biggest contributor to overall ill health. Of […]
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Commercial determinants of health (4). Counter tactics
Counter tactics around the commercial determinants of health This is the fourth blog in a series and focused on strategies to counter and reduce the impact of products that can be framed as CDOH 1 Policies on products into a broader framework A list of target policies not enough. We DO need policies to address fast […]
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commercial determinants of health (3). Setting out industry tactics.
Industry tactics and the playbook around the commercial determinants of health This is the third in a series of blogs 1 the broad playbook – The 3 Ds Distortion / Denial or Doubt / Distraction Tactics are well documented from the fossil fuel industry hiding the environmental impact of fracking to the pharmaceutical industry misleading […]
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commercial determinants of health (2). The influence of the neoliberal framework
the neoliberal framework in which the thinking around Commercial Determinants of Health sits this is the second blog in a series on CDOH. There are important limitations of the socio / ecological model (it hopefully goes without saying there are mission critical limitations of orientating public health around individualistic thinking). Taking a line from Rose, the […]
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Commercial Determinants of Health (1). Introductory thoughts
Commercial Determinants of Health (1). Introductory thoughts March 24, 2022 Commercial Determinants of Health This is the first in a series of blogs on the commercial determinants of health. Other blogs in the series 1. What is the issue, what is it all about – this one 2. The neoliberal framework into whichthis fits 3. Tactics used by industry within […]
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Personal responsibility and public health
1 industry loves this narrative. You have got to wonder why Of note the harmful product industries are strongly in favour of personal responsibility. You can draw your own conclusions why this might be. Read 1) the history of tobacco control esp the write up of California and New York from Stanton Glantz in Tobacco Wars 2 It […]
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Health disparities white paper
June 02, 2022 Health disparities white paper Doing a fair few talks at a fair few meetings on “what are we doing, or going to do about health inequalities” or similar. Similarly, lots of conversations within the SIPHER consortium on it. Following those, some thoughts here from perspective of a jobbing director of public health. Steal […]
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An investment strategy for population health (1)
a repost of an earlier blog, on new platform Healthcare is eating other public service funding so says the ex editor of the BMJ. This blog from Mathew Whittaker sets out how the austerity policy and political priorities pursued by successive governments have placed major strain on a number of public services. He argues that, as a result, the […]
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