Public Health and Prevention

Health & Social Care Research Across North East & North Cumbria.

Public Health and prevention is a specialty that is endorsed by Public Health England in order to protect us from threats to our health such as antimicrobial resistance, air pollution and outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Public health as a specialty also has a priority to reduce inequalities in health and care, promoting studies in relation to obesity, lifestyle choices, chronic disease prevention, screening, mental health, environmental factors in relation to health, sustainable development in areas of inequality and social determinants of health.

How to get involved

Explore

Visit the national specialty page here

Spread the word

Familiarise yourself and your colleagues with the public health research programme. The primary objective of this programme is to evaluate interventions that have the potential to be delivered at scale, in order to generate substantial evidence to support sustainable decision making and meaningful change.

Register

Register to become a peer reviewer or a committee member of the public health research programme

Join the committee

Join the public health research prioritisation committee by completing this form. Members of the committee will advise on the prioritisation of submitted research proposals based on the importance of public health.

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