New resource highlights health impacts of climate change
Public Health Wales has published a series of infographics highlighting the importance of climate change impact on the health and wellbeing of the population of Wales, and to support public bodies and businesses to take action to address any impacts. Launched to coincide with the Council of Parties 26 (COP26), the infographics focus on the […]
Rising to the Triple Challenge of Brexit, COVID-19 and Climate Change for health, well-being and equity in Wales Spotlight on: Food Security
The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU), WHO CC Directorate for ‘Investment in Health and Well-being’ has today published a second short report which unpicks some of the cumulative impacts of Brexit, COVID-19 and climate change on health and wellbeing in Wales. Following on from ‘Rising to the Triple Challenge of Brexit, COVID-19 and […]
New toolkit enables health to be built into future land planning
Public Health Wales has created a practical Health Impact Assessment (HIA) toolkit that will enable planners to easily integrate health into their development plans for the future. Designed to help further the collaboration between planning and public health sectors in Wales the resource aims to maximise positive health and wellbeing outcomes through land use planning […]
Rising to the Triple Challenge of Brexit, COVID-19 and climate change
Today the WHIASU team have published ‘Rising to the Triple Challenge of Brexit, COVID-19 and climate change for health, wellbeing and equity in Wales’. The report provides a strategic overview of the cumulative and interconnected health and well-being impacts of Brexit, COVID-19 pandemic and climate change in Wales and the ‘triple challenge’ that this poses […]
‘Health in All Policies’—A Key Driver for Health and Well-Being in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic World
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the profile of public health and highlighted the links between health and other policy areas. This paper describes the rationale for, and principles underpinning, HiAP mechanisms, including HIA, experiences, challenges and opportunities for the future. The paper can be accessed here.
Using health impact assessment (HIA) to understand the wider health and wellbeing implications of policy decisions: the COVID-19 ‘staying at home and social distancing policy’ in Wales
This paper focusses on a HIA of the ‘Staying at Home and Social Distancing Policy’ or ‘lockdown’ in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales conducted by the Welsh national public health institute. It describes the process and findings, captures the learning and discusses how the process has been used to better understand the wider […]
New Resource to help build healthier environments and combat obesity in Wales
Public Health Wales have published a suite of documents that will help inform and enable healthier future environments including strategies to help stem the rise in obesity in Wales. ‘Planning and Enabling Healthy Environments’ is a suite of documents that has been developed by health experts to assist local authority planning policy and development […]
‘The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental wellbeing of children and young people in Wales: literature review’
Public Health Wales commissioned Alma Economics to review the research evidence on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and the associated government measures on the mental well-being of children and young people. ‘The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental wellbeing of children and young people in Wales: literature review’ was conducted using a […]
Two-part virtual Masterclass: How to understand new UK trade agreements and their implications for population health and well-being in Wales
For over four decades, the EU has handled most of the UK’s trade policy. Now, as the country regains autonomy over its trade policy decision-making, the government must carefully consider its approach in pursuing free trade agreements (FTAs). The UK government has already agreed a trade deal with the EU and has recently formally applied […]