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Accident Prevention Community Safety Healthy Settings Nutrition Obesity Oral Health Physical Activity Well-Being

Active by design: designing places for healthy lives

By Design Council (2014)

This guide looks at how the design of buildings and public spaces in cities and towns can lead to positive changes in our lifestyle and ultimately to greater levels of physical activity. It outlines the key facts which detail the problems of inactivity; examples of action which could be taken; and suggestions for different sectors and professions.

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Sexual Health

Sexual and reproductive health profiles

By Public Health England (2014)

The Sexual and Reproductive Health Profiles have been developed by Public Health England (PHE) to support local authorities, public health leads and other interested parties to monitor the sexual and reproductive health of their population and the contribution of local public health related systems.

The profiles are presented as interactive maps, charts and tables that provide a snapshot of sexual and reproductive health across a range of topics including teenage pregnancy, abortions, contraception, HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual offences. Wider influences on sexual health such as alcohol use, and other topics particularly relating to teenage conceptions such as education and deprivation level, are also included.

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Cancer General Practice Good Practice Well-Being

Cancer's unequal burden

By Macmillan Cancer Support (2014)

This report finds that there is a large variation in survival and the long-term impact on survivors’ health for breast, prostate, lung and brain cancers. It urges NHS leaders and GPs to adopt the solutions in the report and use the research to better plan cancer services. These include improving early diagnosis; providing equal access to the best available treatment; implementing the ‘cancer recovery package’; and encouraging people with cancer to be physically active.

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Alcohol Children Smoking Tobacco & Drugs

Standardised packaging of tobacco: report of the independent review undertaken by Sir Cyril Chantler

By The Chantler Review (2014)

This report concludes that standardised packaging of tobacco is likely to contribute to a reduction in smoking, including reducing the rate of children taking up smoking.

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Public Mental Health Social Care Well-Being

Core common principles to support good mental health and wellbeing in adult social care

By Skills for Care (2014)

These principles aim to help staff working in social care services know how to support and promote good mental health and overall wellbeing for everyone who uses those services. It also provides guidance for leaders and managers, training and education leads, and commissioners to develop a workforce that can support good mental health for people needing care and support.

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