Public Health: Useful Websites
This guide contains resources, help and support from the library for Public Health
Not all websites are of academic standard or trustworthy. The following websites are related to your profession and have standing within your industry. They may be helpful for current awareness, your professional development, or specific forms of information relevant to your studies.
- Royal Society for Public HealthRSPH is an independent health education charity and the world’s longest-established public health body.
- Office for Health Improvement & Disparities: All our healthThe UK Government's health promotion framework
- Birmingham City Council WebsiteBirmingham City Councils webpage signposting a range of resources, statistics and information about local government services and local communities.
- British Dietitians Association (BDA)The BDA is the largest association of food and nutrition professionals in the UK.
- British Nutrition FoundationBHF's core purpose is to make nutrition science accessible to all, in particular the general public, the media, schools, health professionals, government, food and beverage companies and the primary producers of food.
- Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)Set of eight critical appraisal tools designed to be used when reading research, including tools for Systematic Reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative studies and Clinical Prediction Rule
- Department of HealthDepartment of Health main page
- Department of Health: Reducing obesity and improving dietPolicy and advisory publications.
- Epidemiology for the uninitiatedOnline resource on epidemiology published by the British Medical Journal.
- European Food Safety AuthorityThe European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the keystone of European Union (EU) risk assessment regarding food and feed safety. In close collaboration with national authorities and in open consultation with its stakeholders, EFSA provides independent scientific advice and clear communication on existing and emerging risks.
- European Observatory on Health Systems and PoliciesThe European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe.
- NHS EnglandNHS England leads the National Health Service (NHS) in England, setting the priorities and direction of the NHS.
- Finding the Evidence: Child HealthPHE Library resource to help people find information and evidence on children's, young people's and maternal health and wellbeing. Updated May 2021
- RSPH Allied Health Professionals HubResources for all UK AHPs to protect and improve public health
- Department of Health and Social Care: Tackling ObesityUK Government's proposals to help people achieve and maintain a healthy weight
- NHS Race and Health ObservatoryWorks to identify and tackle ethnic inequalities in health and care
- NHS Acronym BusterNHS Acronym Buster has over a thousand commonly used healthcare abbreviations for you to access when you need them.
- UK Health Security AgencyOne of the organisations taking the place of Public Health England. Responsible since April 2021 for UK-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care..Contains information previously held by the regional and specialist Public Health Observatories
- Office for Health Improvement & DisparitiesOne of the organisations (together with the UK Health Security Agency) taking the place of Public Health England. This Office focusses on improving the nation’s health so that everyone can expect to live more of life in good health, and on levelling up health disparities to break the link between background and prospects for a healthy life..