Category Archives: Publication

19 Nov 2013 IPH developed this report for the Centre for Effective Services (CES). The report explores learning from evaluations of 10 programmes operated as part of the Prevention and Early Intervention Initative funded by Atlantic Philanthropies and others. The report provides insights into the outcomes of prevention and early intervention initiatives relevant to early child development, school-based programmes…

09 May 2013 The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) was requested by the Department of Health to undertake a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a proposed tax on sugar sweetened drinks (SSDs) in 2012. The public health priority for this proposal was to consider the potential of such a tax to address the…

9 May 2013 The Department of Environment (NI) recently sought views on the need for a Northern Ireland Climate Change Bill. IPH has a keen interest in the effects of climate change on health. In September 2010 we published a paper – Climate Change and Health: A platform for action  – to inform policy makers…

12 Apr 2013 The current absence of a standardised national demographic dataset in Ireland has resulted in health and social care providers developing their own rules for the data items they wish to collect on individuals. The consequence of this ad hoc approach is that there are several different ways to collect the same data…