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2 Mar, 2023 - The 6th Annual Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research Conference takes place online from 9.00am – 12.00pm on Friday, 10th March 2023.This free event will offer the most up-to-date breastfeeding research…
7 Feb, 2023 - 2023 is a significant milestone for the Institute of Public Health, which this year marks 25 years of working towards healthier populations in Ireland and Northern Ireland.Established prior to the…
26 Jan, 2023 - A holistic or ‘whole systems approach’ to obesity prevention could offer a more effective means of tackling high, unequal and increasing levels of obesity in Northern Ireland.That’s according to a…
26 Jan, 2023 - A report developed for the Department of Health by the Institute of Public Health, Ulster University, Queen's University Belfast, and…
6 Jan, 2023 - Climate change is the single greatest challenge of the 21st century, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It is not…
6 Jan, 2023 - Human health needs to be at the heart of our response to the unfolding climate crisis if we are to succeed in limiting the significant…
28 Nov, 2022 - This week a major all-island conference will highlight the impacts of climate change on population health in Ireland and Northern Ireland and the need to put health at the heart of our response. On…
20 Oct, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has launched a free online course to help healthcare professionals to support older people to have more physically active lives.The new ‘Getting Active for…
29 Sep, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has launched new gallery of images capturing the lived experiences of older people in Ireland and Northern Ireland.The How We Age gallery of images is the…
13 Sep, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) hosted a ‘Getting Active For Better Ageing’ webinar between 10am – 12 noon on 20 October, focusing on public health and behaviour change and how to encourage and…
5 Aug, 2022 - An intergenerational vignette, a moment of holiday fun, and a poignant Covid-19 snapshot – these are the prize-winning images that captured the judges attention in the Institute of Public Health’s ‘…
15 Jul, 2022 - ‘Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the social and environmental determinants of health’The…
29 Jun, 2022 - Interested in public health and how it can shape healthier communities? The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has launched a new Public Health Matters digital learning platform and app that will…
15 Jun, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) recently responded to a Department for Communities consultation on developing new Gambling Codes of Practice for Northern Ireland.The Gambling Codes of Practice…
10 Jun, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) is hosting a webinar to launch a new digital learning module, ‘Introduction to Health Impact Assessment’, at 11am on Wednesday, 29 June 2022.The Institute is…
18 May, 2022 - To mark European Public Health Week, Dr Jenny Mack, IPH Public Health Development Officer, explores the link between climate change and health in this blog about ‘Health, wealth and our planet’.…
6 Apr, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) is launching a new ‘How We Age’ photography competition to capture the lived experiences of older people in Ireland and Northern Ireland today.Supported by the…
10 Feb, 2022 - An editorial published in the British Medical Journal today has highlighted the need for governments to recognise the personal, social, and economic costs of loneliness and the need to adopt a…
1 Feb, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) welcomes the introduction of new laws in Northern Ireland this week that will help to reduce children’s exposure to second-hand smoke and prevent children…
1 Feb, 2022 - The Institute of Public Health (IPH) welcomes the introduction of new laws in Northern Ireland this week that will help to reduce…