What is Public Health:
Public health is the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of communities through education, policymaking, and research for disease and injury prevention. It focuses on the overall wellbeing of populations by addressing the social, environmental, and economic factors that influence health outcomes.
What are the domains of Public Health?
Public health encompasses three primary domains: Health protection, Health improvement, and Healthcare public health.
What is Public Health Intelligence:
Public Health Intelligence is considered to be the systematic collection, generation, synthesis, appraisal, analysis, interpretation, and communication of data and intelligence to monitor, assess, and describe the health and wellbeing risks, needs, and outcomes of defined populations. This process also involves evaluating the determinants of health and developing an evidence base and knowledge to inform public health actions and policies.
What do Public Health Intelligence do in practice:
We work with you to help:
- Understand health and wellbeing needs and understanding health and wellbeing inequalities
- Identify opportunities for targeting and interventions
- Promote better health and wellbeing
- Protect the health of the public
- Prevent ill-health
- Provide advice and guidance on the commissioning and evaluation of health, care, and wellbeing services to improve population health and wellbeing
- Provide advice and guidance around data ethics, research ethics and information governance
- Provide advice and guidance around literature searches and evidence reviews
Where can I find Public Health Intelligence dashboards and reports: