Public health and wellbeing
Interests and expertise
Public health and wellbeing research brings together experts from many backgrounds including social scientists, public health and health promotion specialists, epidemiologists, health economists, psychologists, health visitors, nurses and midwives. Our research seeks to encourage national improvements in public health by contributing to the evidence base that underpins these advances. Research focused on public health and wellbeing covers a wide range of work that improves the health and sustainability of communities, follows life course approaches and involves interventions amongst individuals, communities and populations.
Public health research at UWE has a track record in delivering a wide range of applied research including:
- Evaluation of school-based and wider community interventions
- Young people
- Health promotion and risk
- Drugs and alcohol
- Offender health
- Healthy settings
- Public health workforce development
- Arts and health
- Historical perspectives on contemporary policy issues.
Funders and collaborations
Current funders include:
- EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- BIG Lottery
- Medical Research Council
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- Technology Strategy Board, Department of Health
- NHS Wiltshire and NHS Bristol.
Researchers make valuable contributions to the Institute for Sustainability, Health and Environment where they work in multidisciplinary teams to address some of the key challenges around low carbon futures. We also carry out collaborative research nationally and internationally with a wide range of agencies and organisations including NHS organisations, local authorities, third sector and social purpose organisations, as well as higher education institutions.
For more information contact Professor Judy Orme
Page last updated 13 February 2012