Reference Materials

Supporting healthy behaviours- A guide for optometry

Published on: 1st January 2025

Reference type: Guidance

Wales Violence Prevention Unit evaluation shares learning on supporting violence prevention partnerships – Swansea evaluation case studies

An evaluation conducted in Cardiff and Swansea, explores the Wales Violence Prevention Unit’s (VPU) whole-system approach to violence prevention, which provides key learning and considerations for the development of local […]

Authors: Alex Walker, Hannah Timpson, Alice Booth-Rosamond, Rebecca Harrison, Chloe Smith, Ellie McCoy, Zara Quigg

Published on: 11th December 2024

Reference type: Case study

Wales Violence Prevention Unit evaluation shares learning on supporting violence prevention partnerships – Cardiff evaluation case studies

An evaluation conducted in Cardiff and Swansea, explores the Wales Violence Prevention Unit’s (VPU) whole-system approach to violence prevention, which provides key learning and considerations for the development of local […]

Authors: Zara Quigg, Alice Booth-Rosamond, Ellie McCoy, Chloe Smith, Rebecca Harrison, Hannah Timpson, Alex Walker

Published on: 11th December 2024

Reference type: Case study

Raising awareness of children’s rights

The Welsh Government plan to raise awareness of the ‘United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’ in Wales until the end of 2023.

Published on: 11th December 2024

Reference type: Strategy

Behavioural science in practice and policy

In order to effectively change climate-related behaviours, we must be clear and specific about the behaviour that we’re hoping to change, understand the barrier(s) and/or faciliator(s) to the target behaviour, […]

Authors: Alice Cline, Jason Roberts

Published on: 9th December 2024

Reference type: Case study

Championing nature for a healthy future – Public Health Wales’ Biodiversity Action Plan 2024-2027

The report sets out how Public Health Wales is taking action to maintain and enhance biodiversity and promote the resilience of ecosystems. As part of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, […]

Authors: Helen Bradley, Eurgain Powell

Published on: 6th December 2024

Reference type: Strategy

Analysing the value, benefits and barriers to stakeholder and community participation in health impact assessments (HIAs) in Wales from 2005 to 2020

Health Impact Assessments (HIA) are undertaken to inform decision-making processes by assessing the potential health and health equity impacts of a programme, policy, or project and developing appropriate responses to […]

Authors: Liz Green, Amber Murphy, Kathryn Ashton, Christopher Standen, Fiona Haigh

Published on: 11th November 2024

Reference type: Journal

Self-administered sexual health testing in an open prison setting: A pilot health impact assessment and social return on investment analysis

The sexual health of the male prison population is often among the poorest in a country. This paper aims to identify the wider health impacts and social value of a […]

Authors: Kathryn Ashton, Aimee Challenger, Christie Craddock, Timo Clemens, Jordan Williams, Oliver Kempton, Mariana Dyakova, Liz Green

Published on: 11th November 2024

Reference type: Journal

Listening makes a difference: Samaritans Cymru impact report 2023 and 2024

Published on: 11th November 2024

Reference type: Research and evidence

Health-enhancing physical activity in the European Union, 2024

Published on: 26th October 2024

Reference type: Article