Health matters: public health issues
Facts, resources and information on major public health issues for public health professionals, local authorities and CCG commissioners.
Welcome to Health matters, Public Health England’s (PHEs) professional resource, which includes infographics, videos, case studies and slide sets alongside written content. This brings together in one place the most informative data and the best evidence of what works in addressing major public health problems, which is particularly useful for:
- public health professionals
- clinical commissioning groups
- health and wellbeing boards
- local authorities
Each edition of Health matters focuses on a specific public health topic, setting out the scale of the problem and the evidence for cost-effective interventions. We also signpost people to additional data, resources and important facts.
The Health matters blogs provide additional insight into the public health topics being covered by each edition.
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Cold weather and COVID-19
Air pollution
Alcohol
Antimicrobial resistance
Bowel cancer
Cardiovascular disease prevention
Cervical screening
Child dental health
Community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
Dementia
Early years
Flu immunisation programme and COVID-19
Health economics
Health and work
High blood pressure
HIV testing
Mental health
Obesity and the food environment
Physical activity
Physical activity: prevention and management of long-term conditions
Preventing drug misuse deaths
Preventing ill health from alcohol and tobacco use
Preventing infections and reducing AMR
Preventing STIs
Prevention - a life course approach
Productive healthy ageing
Reproductive health and pregnancy planning
Rough sleeping
This edition of Health Matters focuses on the scale of rough sleeping in England, the causes and consequences of rough sleeping (including the links with poor physical and mental health, prevention and effective interventions) and relevant calls to action.