Hertfordshire Leads the way in Capturing Public Health Evidence as it Happens
May 19th, 2021
PH Connect members have been part of a successful University of Hertfordshire led bid to become one of four Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Teams or PHIRSTs funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

by Kayleigh Chester
Senior research Assistant: Communities, Young people & Family Lives
The Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) Study in England
February 12th, 2020
On the 23rd January the latest findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study for England were published. The HBSC England national report can be accessed here. The HBSC study is an international study conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Stevenage Healthy Hub
December 10th, 2019
The development of the Stevenage Healthy Hub was informed by the Stevenage Health Profile, Hertfordshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and Public Health Outcomes Framework. This collective data enabled Stevenage to focus on a number of their strategic health improvement priorities from a system-wide perspective,

by Candice Bryan
Sports & Health Strategy Manager

by Gabrielle Woolf
Public Health Registrar
PH work: Cancer Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
September 26th, 2019
As a Registrar in Public Health we are fortunate to have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects in our service placements. One of the projects I have been working on is the Cancer Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). It is a statutory
Population Health: What’s (not) in a Name?
May 2nd, 2019
Prof. Jim McManus DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH Hertfordshire County Council Vice-President, Association of Directors of Public Health UK Population Health as a concept and a title has become the flavour of the month. Up and down the country, there has been an

by Prof. Jim McManus
Director of Public Health

by Wendy Wills
Director of CRIPACC
Population Health: The Emperor’s New Clothes
June 20th, 2019
The blog post last month from Hertfordshire’s Director of Public Health, Jim McManus, ‘Population Health: What’s (not) in a name?’, articulated the key issues that should keep all of us within public health on track when considering population health. Avoid confusion with clear use
Six Months in Public Health
July 10th, 2019
I am writing this blog as I approach the end of six months working within the Public Health directorate at Hertfordshire County Council. As I reflect on the time I have spent here, this opportunity has brought me so much in knowledge, experience and exposure.

by Kate Mason
HCC Graduate

by Dr Harriet Edmondson
Public Health Registrar
Children’s Mental Health Week
April 2nd, 2019
Dr Harriet Edmondson Public Health Registrar The Children’s Mental Health week took place nationally from the 4th-10th February. This was followed shortly afterwards by the Feeling Good Week in Hertfordshire from 11-17th February which aimed to promote emotional wellbeing for children and young people