Creating new truths: Understanding power in public health and planning

April 17, 2024

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Creating new truths: Understanding power in public health and planning

Creating new truths: Understanding power in public health and planning People working in public health and planning want to include health in their plans but feel like they do not have the power to do so was a key theme to arise from TRUUD’s phase one interviews. We asked TRUUD PhD candidate Martha Jordan about… Read more
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March 21, 2024

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Shining a light on poor housing

Shining a light on poor housing in the UK Drummond TV founder Rachel Drummond-Hay describes how her team met a filming challenge from the UWE public engagement team. We were really pleased to be asked to make this series of films for Truud. We generally make longer form documentaries but relished the challenge of… Read more
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March 19, 2024

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Sharing health integration lessons in New Zealand

Sharing health integration lessons in New Zealand Greater Manchester intervention lead Dr Sian Peake-Jones joined Professor Alan Harding from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority last month for a series of knowledge exchange events in New Zealand, including their Infrastructure Commission and at the NZ government Auckland Policy Office. They were invited to talk about City… Read more
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March 6, 2024

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New ways of understanding mental health impacts of neighbourhood violence

New ways of understanding neighbourhood violence Women and girls are disproportionally exposed to violence and abuse and are more likely to live in poverty, leading to poor mental health. For International Women’s Day 2024 we asked TRUUD PhD candidate Cat Papastravrou about her quest to bring new ways of understanding neighbourhood violence and how it… Read more
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March 6, 2024

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New films share first-hand family experiences of living in unhealthy places

Four families explain the toll of living conditions on their physical and mental health in a series of films to help change urban planning policy and practice in the UK. The films detail first-hand experiences and the impacts of overcrowding, lack of green space, damp, noisy or polluted environments on respiratory illnesses, mental health, child… Read more
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February 28, 2024

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Can the silos be broken? Cross-government working for public health

Can the silos be broken? Cross-government working for public health By Dr Jack Newman, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. This blog first appeared for the Bath Institute for Policy Research on February 27 2024 There is growing recognition that tackling complex social problems, like climate change and health inequalities, can only happen by building… Read more
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February 6, 2024

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Fixing gaps to promote good health through the art and science of city making

Fixing gaps to promote good health through the art and science of city making TRUUD External Advisory Board Chair, Sunand Prasad OBE explains why and how this research programme is cutting-through to improve place-making for better health in the UK. I am delighted to have taken on chairing the External Advisory Board for… Read more
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January 17, 2024

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Call for developers and asset managers to aid healthier cities research programme

Urban development and land professionals are being asked to take part in a research project, led by the University of Bristol, to help shape the way places are created for better population health. The programme, Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development (TRUUD), is looking for people with a strong understanding of the… Read more
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December 19, 2023

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The impact of pollution on health and well-being: using Low Emission Zones as a case study

The impact of pollution on health and well-being: using Low Emission Zones as a case study By Eleonora Fichera and Habtamu Beshir, University of Bath Economics Department One of TRUUD aims is to collect evidence on the impact of urban environment on health. A major component of urban environment is air pollution causing… Read more
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December 12, 2023

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Learning lessons on prevention the hard way. The COVID-19 inquiry highlights the importance of creating healthy places.

Learning lessons on prevention the hard way. The COVID-19 inquiry highlights the importance of creating healthy places TRUUD’s Director for Research Impact, Professor Gabriel Scally, explores the links between what we are learning from the COVID-19 inquiry and our mission to reduce non-communicable disease through healthier place-making. The COVID-19 inquiry has delivered some fascinating insights… Read more
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