🚨COMPETITION 🚨The Get #SunSmart Art Competition is back for the third year! Open to all pre-school and primary school children, with a chance to win
Office of Public Works family heritage card,
Dublin Zoo family day pass, AND a National Book token!
See gov.ie/getsunsmart
NCCP

Hear what Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) President greg fell FFPH said earlier today when asked what impact smoking has on #PublicHealth as he gave evidence to the Committee for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill ⬇️

#Smokefree

Health is a political choice!
Join the 6th European #PublicHealth Week, 13-17 May 2024
👉 5 days, 5 themes: Many events and partners💪
Let's put #Health high on the #EuropeanElections agenda
#EUPHW #EUPHW 2024 #Vote4Health #UseYourVote #HiAP

Key findings from the #HBSCIreland study on child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing.

28% of children in 2022 reported feeling very happy with their lives, in 2018 this was 42%.

Check out the full report here➡️rb.gy/lxfda1

#childhealth #adolescenthealth

It was a pleasure to join IAS for this! Global Health Policy Unit Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) greg fell FFPH Martin McKee 🇺🇦 Alice Wiseman #CDoH GECI-PH network Dr Mélissa Mialon

What do you want heads of state to commit to at the UN High Level meeting on prevention and control of #NCDs in September 2025?

Join our consultation! We want to hear from people with lived experience, from member states, organisations and civil society.

bit.ly/3wjT4qQ

🆕Creating impact🎯

Associate Prof. Allison Ford from Institute for Social Marketing and Health - UoS University of Stirling was called to give oral evidence to UK Parliament on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on Wednesday, alongside colleagues from Tobacco Control Research Group.

You can watch the full session here 👇

stir.ac.uk/9wc

Peers for Gambling Reform broadly welcomes the new measures introduced by the Gambling Commission to improve consumer choice and safety. We especially welcome measures to further restrict the speed and intensity of online gambling. 🧵👇

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As part of European Public Health Week #EUPHW EuroHealthNet is hosting a webinar at 10.00 CET on Friday 17 May on #HealthImpactAssessment #HIA and how to ensure a strong equity focus.
More details>>>
eurohealthnet.eu/publication/he…

We are delighted that there will be a debate in the Seanad today on loneliness and the need to address it across all age groups.

You can view the debate from 3.30 here: oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-…

Sen. Róisín Garvey

We are pleased that Minister Muir confirmed today the sale of disposable vapes will be banned in NI by April 2025. This will not only positively impact the environment here, but also the population's health, particularly of young people.

Read more: nichs.org.uk/about-us/news/…

“What’s more important than improving the health of populations?”

Today’s report from The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL shows we are seeing widening regional & local health inequalities, with LAs in England struggling with reduced spending power.

Sir Michael Marmot, Director of The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL
#ScotPH24

Environment Minister Andrew Muir MLA has announced his intention to ban the sale and supply of single use vapes by April 2025, in a bid to stop five million single use vapes being thrown away or littered every week across the UK. More info: daera-ni.gov.uk/news/minister-… Department of Health and Social Care

This year, we are delighted to welcome writer and former TD Liz McManus and author, songwriter and Age-Friendly Ambassador for Clare, Mike Hanrahan as Festival Ambassadors! 🧁 Tickets for Bealtaine events are now live on our website bealtaine.ie

NIPHRN Annual event on 23rd May 2024 on “Improving public health: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Real-World Impact” is accepting registrations. #MicrosoftForms Public Health Agency Ulster University Mark Tully forms.office.com/r/2LqmnQ7AaJ

[New to the library] The Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study 2022 drugsandalcohol.ie/40947/

Today we launched the Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2022 Study with Health Promotion at University of Galway in collaboration with WHO/Europe. It provides useful data on topics including smoking and alcohol, dietary behaviour, physical activity and sexual health. gov.ie/en/press-relea…