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Tackling health inequalities: 2007 Status Report on the Programme for Action. Department of Health, March 2008

The status report provides a review of developments against the data since the publication of the Programme for Action in 2003. It considers progress against the Public Service Agreement (PSA) target, the national headline indicators and against government commitments. The report highlights the challenging nature of the health inequalities PSA target for 2010.
Download 2007 status report

This monthly bulletin covers national, regional and local (St Helens & Halton) news, events and other relevant information which relate to the six key areas of the 'Choosing Health' white paper, and some wider public health information.
Read the July 2007 issue here

The bulletin is produced collaboratively by the Health Improvement Library, the Primary Care Library, St Helens Health Partnership and Halton Health Promotion Service.

Partnerships for Better Health - Small Change, Big Difference: healthier choices for life
Department of Health, 20 June 2007

This report highlights the government's role in influencing non-statutory, commercial and not-for-profit sectors in securing public health goals. Through the report, case studies and best practice tips we are encouraging the greater use of such partnerships for health at a local level.
Download report or link to page on DoH website.

Informing healthier choices: information and intelligence for healthy populations
Department of Health, May 2007

The strategy sets out the Department of Health's vision for information and intelligence to support implementation of the public health white paper Choosing Health: Making healthier choices easier. It includes a framework and an overview of plans for delivery.

You can download the strategy here or read it on the Department of Health web site.

This is a locally developed resource by a multi agency group, to promote a Healthy Balanced Diet based on the Balance of Good Health. This is now available from the Health Promotion Resource Service (Tel: 0191 433 5684) or can be downloaded below. Please feel free to use and share.

Download Balance It leaflet

'Health Challenge England: next steps in Choosing Health' (Department of Health, October 2006) sets out what the Government has been doing to tackle public health inequalities since the publication of the Choosing Health white paper in 2004.
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Health Challenge England will build on the success of Choosing Health. It is not a new policy development, it will link with 'Our Health Our Care Our Say', 'Small Change Big Difference' into a strategic plan for public health over the next few years.

Back in February 2005 Gateshead launched its Obesity Strategy and its Nutrition Strategy. Both of these health improvement strategies have joined the Physical Activity Strategy in aiming to improve the health of individuals and communities, living and working within Gateshead. You can now download these three strategies below.

Obesity Strategy
Nutrition Strategy
Physical Activity Strategy

As we speak, action plans for the strategies are under development and consultation. The action plans will be availible on the website in due course, so watch this space. However, in the mean time if you have any comments or questions then please contact...

Tom Hall, Health Promotion Specialist for Obesity
tom.hall@ghpct.nhs.uk
Angela Hannant, Health Promotion Specialist for Cancer Prevention angela.hannant@ghpct.nhs.uk
Michael Chappell, Health Promotion Specialist for Physical Activity michael.chappell@ghnt.nhs.uk

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These provide summaries intelligence on ten areas of Choosing Health:

Accidents
Alcoholl
Diet and nutrition
Inequalities
Mental health
Obesity
Physical activity
Sexual health
Substance misuse
Tobacco

Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier: Executive summary
Department of Health, November 2004
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Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier: Easy read version
Department of Health, November 2004
Download easy read version

Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier
Department of Health, November 2004
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Full version, 207 pages. Large file - may take a long time to open.
Download Choosing health - full version

Individual chapters can be browsed or downloaded from the Department of Health web site:

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