Community Cohesion and Empowerment: Championing the social, cultural, economic and environmental determinants of health
The Annual Public Health Forum is the largest multi-disciplinary public health conference in the UK, attracting up to 1,000 delegates from all parts of the UK, the Republic of Ireland and overseas.
This year delegates entered a poster competition to showcase local projects and initiatives. Here are some examples of poster presentations that was featured from across South of Tyne and Wear.
Alyson Learmonth, Director of Public Health Gateshead PCT presented an 'Overview and Scrutiny Committee Review of Health Inequalities: a tool for change in Gateshead'. For further details download abstract and poster.
Abstract, Word 21KB - Poster, PDF, 580KB
Tom Hall, Public Health Practitioner, Gateshead PCT, presented 'An Evaluation of the ‘Balance It! Getting the Balance Right’ Programme to Tackle Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Gateshead'. You can download Tom's handout and poster presentation from here:
Handout, Word 245KB - Poster Presentation, PPT 322KB
Marc Hopkinson, Public Health Practitioner - Obesity, Sunderland PCT, presented 'Engaging Communities in Sunderland to Combat Obesity - Food in Schools', which gained 3rd Place in the poster presentation competition. Well Done to All Involved!!