Reference Materials

The commercial determinants of violence: Identifying opportunities for violence prevention through a public health-based framework analysis

This paper uses a conceptual framework for the commercial determinants of health to map the potential commercial determinants of violence. It examines commercial practices directly linked with violence (e.g., firearms) […]

Authors: Kat Ford, Karen Hughes, Olumide Adisa, Sally McManus, Mark Bellis

Published on: 15th March 2023

Reference type: Journal

New service developments: Guidance for engagement and consultation

Published on: 1st February 2023

Reference type: Guidance

Be the change – procurement that doesn’t cost the earth

Procurement is costly. Welsh public sector spends £7 billion on procurement. A huge 62% of the 2018/19 carbon footprint for NHS Wales was from procurement.Sustainable procurement can mean considering not […]

Authors: Tracy Evans, Eurgain Powell

Published on: 24th January 2023

Reference type: Guidance

The Public Health Wales International Health Strategy 2023 – 2035

Public Health Wales’ International Health Strategy supports the successful delivery of our national role, strategic priorities and well-being objectives. A wide consultation process, supported by a literature review and mapping […]

Published on: 2nd January 2023

Reference type: Strategy

A healthier Wales: Our long-term strategy 2023-2035

Our strategy sets out our vision for achieving a healthier future for Wales by 2035.

Published on: 2nd January 2023

Reference type: Strategy

All-Wales national framework for Urgent Primary Care Centres

The aim of the Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) Programme is to provide seamless care, delivered at a local level consistently regardless of organisational boundaries. The programme has sought to […]

Published on: 2nd January 2023

Reference type: Framework

Associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and lifetime experience of car crashes and burns: A cross-sectional study

Using a UK general population sample, this study has identified relationships between exposure to ACEs and lifetime experience of car crashes and burns; two major markers of unintentional injury. Findings […]

Authors: Nel Griffith, Kat Ford, Karen Hughes, Katie Cresswell, Mark Bellis

Published on: 28th November 2022

Reference type: Journal

Toward an economy of wellbeing: The economic impact of the Welsh healthcare sector

In this paper, the economic importance of the healthcare sector to the Welsh economy is explored. We use a large number of data sources for the UK and Welsh economy […]

Published on: 26th October 2022

Reference type: Article

Facilitators, barriers and views on the role of public health institutes in promoting and using health impact assessment: An international virtual scoping survey and expert interviews

Public health institutes have an important role in promoting and protecting the health and well-being of populations. A key focus of such institutes are the wider determinants of health, embracing […]

Authors: Liz Green, Kathryn Ashton, Lee Parry-Williams, Mariana Dyakova, Timo Clemens, Mark Bellis

Published on: 16th October 2022

Reference type: Journal

Parental adverse childhood experiences and perpetration of child physical punishment in Wales

In 2022, Wales joined the growing number of countries to ban physical punishment of children in all settings. Using data collected a year prior to legislative change, this study explores […]

Authors: Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, Mark Bellis, Rebekah Amos

Published on: 4th October 2022

Reference type: Journal