Health Library News

We also have texts relating to public health in the Health Library. You can find this book "From Public Health to Wellbeing: the driver for policy and action" (Walker & John) at RA 485 W2.

Places are going fast for the Health Literacy C onference on 20th June 2014 at Keele Hall. Further information can be found on the UK Health Literacy Group’s website or contact Sue Weir (s.weir@keele.ac.uk) for details.

From our colleague at the Stoke Public Health Improvement Service : Book now for this 1-day conference in Health Literacy on 20th June 2014 at Keele Hall, Staffordshire. Places are rapidly filling up so early booking is recommended. Health literacy is a national priority in public health and health inequalities - and of key interest to clinicians, researchers and the general public alike. We have plenary sessions from national and international health literacy experts, including Professor Michael Wolf (Northwestern University, Chicago) Dr Kristine Sorensen (Maastricht University) Prof Gill Rowlands (Kings College, London) who will present their view on the current evidence, impact and future implications of Health Literacy Research on Healthy Living, from their respective international perspectives of the US, Europe and the UK. Further information can be found on the UK Health Literacy Group’s website or contact Sue Weir (s.weir@keele.ac.uk) for details. Co...

The West Midlands Public Health Observatory (WMPHO) can provide you with lots of information and data about public health issues. You can find links to reports, charts and data for a wide range of topics from alcohol issues, to climate change and health, long term mortality trends, older people’s health issues and social care with many more in-between. You can also view local profiles across a range of measurements, where the data can be broken down by NHS trust or geographical area. Please note that during 2013 the public health observatories will be incorporated into Public Health England's Knowledge and Intelligence Team (West Midlands).

The Public Health Observatories have released the new Health Profiles for 2011 . These give an overview of health for each local authority in England. Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent See our Health Promotion & Public Health subject links page for more links related to public health.

Springer press release : Springer are offering temporary free access to journals articles releating to E. coli bacteria . Browse the articles Current information on the E. coli bacteria at the Robert Koch Institute

The monthly Health E-news produced by the Halton & St Helens Health Improvement Library Service, the Primary Care Library, and St Helens Health Partnership is now available by clicking here . The update contains information which relates to the six key areas of the Department of Health’s White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier.

The monthly Health E-news produced by the Halton & St Helens Health Improvement Library Service, the Primary Care Library, and St Helens Health Partnership is now available by clicking here . The update contains information which relates to the six key areas of the Department of Health’s White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier.

The monthly Health E-news produced by the Halton & St Helens Health Improvement Library Service, the Primary Care Library, and St Helens Health Partnership is now available by clicking here . The update contains information which relates to the six key areas of the Department of Health’s White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier.

The monthly Health E-news produced by the Halton & St Helens Health Improvement Library Service, the Primary Care Library, and St Helens Health Partnership is now available by clicking here . The update contains information which relates to the six key areas of the Department of Health’s White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier .

The latest issue of the Ian Smith Drug Reference Library update news letter is now available by clicking here . The update covers the latest articles on alcohol and the effectiveness of treatment produced by the Cochrane Collaboration, Department of Health as well articles from top peer reviewed journals like Alcohol, Behaviour Research and Therapy and Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. Alcohol policy UK news produced by Ranzetta Consulting, public health specialists in alcohol is now also available . Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is holding the conference Alcohol: Everyone's Problem, Alcohol Treatment in Primary Care Wednesday 10th December 2008 in Bury. Full details available here .

The annual review of the Outreach Service is now available on the Outreach pages of the Health Library website. Find out about the recent activities to support staff in Public Health, Combined Healthcare and the Primary Care Trusts. The report provides key resources for people working in the community and details new developments in improving access to information, and training at the workplace.