The case for a completely smokefree NHS in England (pdf, 153 Kb)
This briefing paper sets out the case for a completely smokefree policy across the NHS in England and counters objections made by those who say it cannot be done. It will help senior personnel – especially key influencers – to understand the rationale and action needed to make the NHS completely smokefree.

Guidance for smokefree hospital trusts (pdf, 162 Kb)
This guidance document provides the rationale for why the NHS should become smokefree, defines what is meant by smokefree and sets out the steps needed for NHS trusts to become smokefree. It should be read in conjunction with the above briefing paper.

Teenage pregnancy and health scrutiny: A briefing paper (pdf, 176 Kb)
This publication focuses on local government scrutiny of teenage pregnancy. It is intended both as a means to inform local teenage pregnancy coordinators about the health scrutiny process, and to assist local authority health overview and scrutiny committees to understand why teenage pregnancy is an issue they need to address. It forms part of the Health Development Agency (HDA)’s work on gathering and disseminating learning from practice.

Health Development Today: February/March 2005
Highlights include: Local government comes to the fore in Choosing Health; Learning from example: the secrets behind No Smoking Day's biggest success; We find out why people in the North West are dying earlier than those living elsewhere in England; Computer-based therapy helps GPs treat depression - and the latest evidence on youth suicide; What should we be doing about TB?; Childhood accident prevention in East Lancashire.

Stand up for us: Challenging homophobia in schools (pdf, 1,018 Kb)
This resource aims to help schools develop their awareness of homophobia and homophobic bullying and challenge it in the context of a whole-school approach.

Promoting healthier communities and narrowing health inequalities: A self-assessment tool for local authorities (pdf, 144 Kb)
This self-assessment tool aims to help councils consider whether there are gaps in their capacity to tackle the health problems in their area. It focuses on councils’ capacity to tackle health inequalities, but assumes that they will be drawing on the capacity of partners in the local strategic partnerships (LSP), particularly the resources of PCTs.

National standards, local action: Implementing the public health elements of the NHS Planning Framework 2005/06 to 2007/08 (pdf, 222 Kb)
This briefing summarises key features of the framework; highlights aspects of particular interest to public health planners and practitioners; signposts HDA evidence and guidance that may help PCTs draw up plans for reaching national and local health inequalities targets and for implementing public health interventions; lists relevant documents and information sources and provides weblinks.

Social capital, place and health: Creating, validating and applying small-area indicators in the modelling of health outcomes (pdf, 390 Kb)
The aim of this project was to assess whether social capital, measured at the community level, had identifiable effects on health outcomes.

NHSP: A briefing for LEA school improvement (pdf, 288 Kb)
This briefing aims to provide local education authority (LEA) school improvement and children’s services officers, specialist agencies, elected members and school communities with: An overview of what the National Healthy Schools Programme is and how it works; Information about how national healthy school status is being used as a key performance indicator; An overview of evidence for the effectiveness of the National Healthy Schools Programme; An analysis of the implications of research findings for LEA school improvement officers, children services officers, elected members, partner agencies and school communities; An indication of future priorities for the National Healthy Schools Programme.

NHSP: A briefing for directors of public health (pdf, 205 Kb)
This briefing aims to provide primary care trusts (PCTs) with a summary of the National Healthy Schools Programme, and to: Highlight current trends relating to the health behaviour of English school-aged children; Provide an overview of what the National Healthy Schools Programme is and how it works; Outline a rationale for investment in local healthy schools programmes; Present evidence of the effectiveness of the National Healthy Schools Programme; Highlight why the programme is of relevance to PCTs and how it can help deliver on key priorities in public health; Suggest the role PCTs can play in relation to their local healthy schools programme.

Coming events
CHIQ 3rd annual conference: Better information for better health
9-10 February 2005, Westminster, London
The main focus of this conference is to bring together members of the public, including professionals in health and education, to hear about the latest developments in the field of health communications. Full conference details and booking options are available online.

5th South East public health conference: Choosing health - Working together
10 February 2005, London
This conference will explore the opportunities and challenges of working together to secure good health for the population of the South East. Conference flyer.

HDA pricing policy
All HDA/HEA printed publications are now free to customers ordering from England. The number of free copies is limited to 30 copies. Customers must pay for stock over this amount. Customers outside England (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) must pay for publications regardless of quantity. Publications on the web remain free to download.

Notification service
We occasionally send out email notifying health professionals of the latest HDA publications. If you do not want to receive this service, please reply to this email with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Feel free to forward this publications alert to others if you feel it would be of interest. If you have been forwarded this email, and wish to subscribe, please email mailto:publications@hda-online.org.uk. Your feedback is always welcome - send any comments to mailto:communications@hda-online.org.uk.

Launch of Drug use prevention among young people
This publication collates review-level evidence of the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing or reducing illicit drug use among young people. It is being launched on 15 September, when Professor Mike Kelly, director of evidence and guidance and Dan Warm, senior research specialist at the HDA will be live online from 10am to 11am to answer questions about the findings, recommendations, future work and other drug-related concerns. Submit questions before the chat at: questions@webchats.tv or visit the webchat on the day. View a summary of the document (pdf, 50k).

Choosing Health? briefing series
http://www.hda.nhs.uk/html/improving/choosinghealth.html
As part of Choosing Health? (the national consultation on a new public health white paper), the government appointed task groups to lead on eight key themes. The HDA supported these groups, which met during April-May 2004, with this series of 21 briefing papers. New HDA publications: April to August 2004
(pdf, 83k) http://www.hda.nhs.uk/documents/newhdapubs_04-08_2004.pdf
This flyer includes a listing of all HDA titles published during this period in both print and electronic formats, together with ordering information.

Calendar of planned publication launch dates for 2004-05 (September 2004)
(pdf, 29k) http://www.hda.nhs.uk/documents/pubs_calendar_09-04.pdf
This calendar sets out key HDA publications that will be launched over the next 12 months. The calendar will be updated quarterly, with the next edition published in December 2004. Further publications will be added to the calendar following the 2005-06 forward planning round. Full details of forward publications can be found on the HDA website. HDA annual conference update
Conference flyer: (pdf, 192k) http://www.hda.nhs.uk/downloads/pdfs/conference2004/hda_conference_04.pdf
The theme of this year's annual conference on 23-24 September 2004 is mainstreaming action to tackle health inequalities: linking evidence, policy and practice. The conference will address issues related to improving the public's health and promoting evidence-based action to tackle inequalities in health in areas such as maternal and child nutrition, falls prevention, mobility and tobacco use.

The conference will provide an opportunity to look at what has worked in the past and think about how we can build on this to implement the government's white paper on public health. Many changes will be taking place at the HDA and across the national arm's lengths bodies whose work has the potential to impact upon health. This event will be an ideal opportunity to consider these changes and their impact upon public health delivery. Speakers include: Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP, Secretary of State for Health; Derek Wanless, author of Securing Good Health for the Whole Population; Dame Yve Buckland, Chair, HDA; Paul Streets OBE, Chief Executive, HDA; and Andrew Dillon CBE, Chief Executive, National Institute for Clinical Excellence.

HDA pricing policy
All HDA/HEA printed publications are now free to customers ordering from England. The number of free copies is limited to 30 copies. Customers must pay for stock over this amount. Customers outside England (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) must pay for publications regardless of quantity. Publications on the web remain free to download. Notification service
We occasionally send out emails notifying health professionals of the latest HDA publications. If you do not want to receive this service, please reply to this email with 'unsubscribe' as the subject. Feel free to forward this publications alert to others if you feel it would be of interest. If you have been forwarded this email, and wish to subscribe, please email publications@hda-online.org.uk. Your feedback is always welcome - send any comments to communications@hda-online.org.uk.

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