Event: Protecting health and wellbeing in the climate crisis
Are you involved with planning a local climate risk assessment? Would you like to learn more about how people and communities in Wales are vulnerable to climate change? Then join us for our next online conference. This conference will support people who work with Public Service Boards (PSBs) or Public Bodies who are planning or […]
THINK Seminar: public transport resilience to climate change in the UK
THINK Seminar: public transport resilience to climate change in the UK At this seminar three speakers, including Nerys Edmonds from WHIASU, will share their insights into how climate change in the UK is going to impact transport services and health, and what can be done to adapt to these changes to ensure public transport services […]
Round-up of Recent Journal and Book Publications by the WHIASU Team:
Below is a round-up of publications from members of the WHIASU team which we have not previously published that might be of interest. Exploring the social value of Public Health Institutes: An international scoping survey and expert interviews Making the case for investing in preventative public health by illustrating not only the health impact but […]
New report: The health, well-being and equity impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement on Wales
This report provides a short summary of the findings of a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement on Wales. This report is a high-level, evidence-based strategic overview. It summarises the main health, well-being and equity impacts that could potentially occur in the short and longer-term following the UK’s […]
The CPTPP trade deal is a major threat to public health and warrants a health impact assessment (HIA)
A new journal paper has been published in the BMJ with co-authors from the WHIASU team, which looks at the health implications of the UK’s decision to join one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The paper recommends that the government should perform a health […]