http://www.oxha.org The documents below relate to key issues, progress and events of relevance to OxHA. daily 1 2005-09-09T10:52:10Z http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/kicking-bad-habits-final-report This link is to the final report of the Kings Fund (UK) 'Kicking bad habits' project, entitled 'Commissioning and behaviour change' (written by Tammy Boyce, Ruth Robertson and Anna Dixon). Drawing on a series of working papers and seminars held in the first half of 2008, it assesses existing and innovative methods the health service can use to persuade people to live more healthy lifestyles, including providing information and personal support and offering financial incentives. No publisher katycooper Europe Personal behaviour Government action 2008-12-08T11:56:14Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/CIH_Fourpageversion%2020081126.pdf Short pdf introduction to OxHA's Community Interventions for Health initiative (print in landscape, double-sided, and fold). No publisher katycooper CIH (formerly CAPCoD) OxHA 2008-11-26T12:41:20Z File http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/Gvt%20response%20to%20Black%20report%20Nov%2008.pdf Subtitled 'Changing lives - the government's response to Dame Carol Black's Review of the health of Britain's working-age population', this document is a comprehensive response, including commitments to develop a 'fit note' (rather than 'sick note') approach to absence, to help companies by working on tools to measure the costs of absence, and 'funding to deliver innovative health and well-being measures in the workplace'. No publisher katycooper Europe Government action Workplace health promotion 2008-11-26T13:03:12Z File http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/Lando%20on%20tobacco%20control%20Nov%2008.pdf Comprehensive, 32-slide presentation (in pdf form) by Dr Harry Lando (University of Minnesota) on the tobacco epidemic and efforts to control it, including the epidemiology, industry behaviour, the FCTC, etc. No publisher katycooper Smoking Global Product marketing 2008-11-18T09:00:54Z File http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/canadian-best-practices-portal The 'Canadian best practices portal for health promotion and chronic disease prevention', of the Public Health Agency of Canada, is a new web resource to: facilitate knowledge exchange about best practices among decision-makers in research, policy development and practice; build consensus about best practices approaches; provide a centralised access point for best practices approaches; coordinate activities that increase their uptake and utilisation; and enhance the evaluation of effective interventions at community and population levels. No publisher katycooper Government action 2008-11-12T12:27:31Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/lancet-issue-on-health-equity The 8 November issue of The Lancet (vol. 372, no. 9650, pp. 1607+) focuses in particular on the global movement to address the social determinants of health that is gathering pace. The Lancet contributes to this campaign by publishing evidence that can help to reduce health inequalities within and between countries [registration required.] The issue was timed to coincide with the Commission on Social Determinants of Health conference in London (see http://www.csdhconference.org/). No publisher katycooper Access to health Global Government action Human rights and health IGO action 2008-11-12T18:17:50Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/global-burden-of-disease-2004-update This update report from the WHO details the top 10 causes of death and provides estimates for over 130 disease and injury causes, providing a comprehensive picture of the global and regional state of health. It compares deaths, diseases, and injuries by region, age, sex and country income for the year 2004 and projects deaths and burden of disease by cause and region to the year 2030. The report provides policy-makers with useful information to guide strategies and cost-effective interventions aimed at improving health. No publisher katycooper IGO action Global 2008-11-12T11:56:02Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/world-health-report-2008 The 2008 World Health Report, 'Primary Health Care – Now More Than Ever’, suggests the steering of health systems towards better performance through a return to primary health care, a holistic approach to health formally launched 30 years ago at the Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care. No publisher katycooper Access to health Global Economics Government action IGO action 2008-10-16T14:18:51Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/ASH_BeyondSmokingKills.pdf This report, subtitled 'Protecting children, reducing inequalities', is published by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in collaboration with the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and endorsed by over 100 health and welfare organisations. It calls on the UK government to introduce a comprehensive tobacco control strategy which could help a further 4.5 million smokers to quit by 2015 by: a) requiring plain packaging for all tobacco products (research in the report shows that young people are between 3 and 4 times less likely to pick a plain pack as a branded one if they were trying smoking for the first time); b) prohibiting the display of tobacco products in shops; c) clamping down on smuggling; and d) giving smokers access to safer non-tobacco alternatives to smoking No publisher katycooper Europe NGO action Government action Youth and children Smoking 2008-11-12T13:13:52Z File http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/Nurture-Grow.pdf This is a report on the development of Business in the Community's Business Action on Health campaign over its first year. The campaign is promoting awareness of employee health and wellbeing as a strategic business issue among businesses and general audiences. OxHA is working with BITC - Christine Hancock spoke at the evening event that launched this report. No publisher katycooper OxHA Business / industry Workplace health promotion 2008-10-16T14:40:24Z File http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/toolkit-for-developing-local-strategies-uk Entitled 'Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A toolkit for developing local strategies', this sizeable (5MB) pdf is 'a toolkit is to help [UK] PCTs and Local Authorities plan, coordinate and implement comprehensive strategies to prevent and manage overweight and obesity. It provides information and tools including useful statistics, practical initiatives, evidence of effectiveness, checklists, frameworks and examples of good practice.' No publisher katycooper Europe Obesity Physical activity/inactivity Government action Diet / nutrition 2008-10-09T15:33:46Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/Fit%20City%20in%20Smart%20Moves%20Oct%2008.pdf This short article (at the bottom of the pages) about OxHA's Fit City competition appears in the UK Department of Transport's Smartmoves magazine, issue 5 (October 2008). The full magazine can be found at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/smarterchoices/smartmoves/issue5smartmove.pdf No publisher katycooper OxHA Physical environment Physical activity/inactivity Design Youth and children 2008-10-14T14:29:31Z File http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/regulation-and-public-health Published in the BMJ's 'Head to Head' section, this article by Stig Pramming of OxHA argues 'Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? - No'. Stephen Sugarman (in favour) argues that setting targets for companies will produce innovative solutions, but Stig Pramming believes collaboration is the best way to improve health. No publisher oxha Business / industry Public-private partnerships Product marketing 2008-10-09T11:07:44Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/design-for-play This UK document, 'Design for play: a guide for creating successful play spaces', is intended primarily for commissioners and designers of children’s play areas, to support good practice in the development and improvement of public play space. It presents guiding principles, suggested approaches and aims to inspire innovative and creative ideas. No publisher katycooper Government action Physical activity/inactivity Design Youth and children 2008-11-12T14:47:07Z Link http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications/nice-guidance-on-premature-death This document from NICE provides new public health guidance on reducing the rate of premature deaths from CVD and other smoking-related diseases. It is is 'designed to help tackle health inequalities by making recommendations about the best ways to identify and support those most at risk and improve access to services'. It is' intended to complement existing initiatives and wider health promoting policies aimed at reducing health inequalities', and 'has been developed specifically for smoking cessation services and the provision of statins'. No publisher katycooper Europe Government action 2008-09-26T15:46:58Z Link