Health matters: public health issues
Facts, resources and information on major public health issues for public health professionals, local authorities and CCG commissioners.
Welcome to Health matters, Public Health England’s (PHEs) professional resource, which includes infographics, videos, case studies and slide sets alongside written content. This brings together in one place the most informative data and the best evidence of what works in addressing major public health problems, which is particularly useful for:
- public health professionals
- clinical commissioning groups
- health and wellbeing boards
- local authorities
Each edition of Health matters focuses on a specific public health topic, setting out the scale of the problem and the evidence for cost-effective interventions. We also signpost people to additional data, resources and important facts.
The Health matters blogs provide additional insight into the public health topics being covered by each edition.
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Cold weather and COVID-19
Air pollution
Alcohol
Antimicrobial resistance
Bowel cancer
Cardiovascular disease prevention
Cervical screening
Child dental health
Community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
Dementia
Early years
Flu immunisation programme and COVID-19
Health economics
Health and work
High blood pressure
HIV testing
Mental health
Obesity and the food environment
Physical activity
Physical activity: prevention and management of long-term conditions
Preventing drug misuse deaths
Preventing ill health from alcohol and tobacco use
Preventing infections and reducing AMR
Preventing STIs
Prevention - a life course approach
Productive healthy ageing
Reproductive health and pregnancy planning
Rough sleeping
This edition of Health Matters focuses on the scale of rough sleeping in England, the causes and consequences of rough sleeping (including the links with poor physical and mental health, prevention and effective interventions) and relevant calls to action.
Smoking
Smoking and mental health
Stopping smoking
Tobacco and alcohol CQUIN
Tobacco packaging
Tuberculosis
Type 2 diabetes
Using the NHS Health Check programme to prevent CVD
Whole systems approach to obesity
Updates to this page
Published 1 February 2014Last updated 11 November 2020 + show all updates
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Added 'Health matters: cold weather and COVID-19'.
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Added 'Health matters: flu immunisation programme during the COVID-19 pandemic'.
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Added: 'Health matters: smoking and mental health'.
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Added rough-sleeper case studies My Right to Healthcare and The Westminster Integrated Care Network.
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Added Active Hospitals and the Parkrun Practice Initiative case studies.
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Added 5 case studies to the whole systems approach to obesity edition.
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Added 'Preventing STIs' section and associated documents.
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Added 'New approach to engaging rough sleeping and homeless community'.
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Added 'mental health' section to the collection.
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Added 'Embedding All Our Health from theory to practice in a university' case study.
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Added new edition of health matters 'Productive healthy ageing'.
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Added new edition of health matters 'Preventing ill health from alcohol and tobacco use'.
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Added cervical screening case studies.
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Added new edition of health matters: Child dental health.
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Added new edition of health matters: tobacco standard packs.
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Added new edition of health matters: getting every adult active every day.
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Added new edition of Health matters: preventing bowel cancer.
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Added new edition of Health matters: giving every child the best start in life.
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Added new edition of Health matters: midlife approaches to reduce dementia risk.
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Added new edition of Health matters: harmful drinking and alcohol dependence.
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Added new edition of Health matters: antimicrobial resistance.
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First published.