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