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Adding value to local policymaking through knowledge mobilisation

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Adding value to local policymaking through knowledge mobilisation

The new Hub will identify barriers, incentives and accelerants to implementing healthy low-carbon transport schemes and propose and evaluate new solutions towards maximising health co-benefits and reducing health inequalities associated with low-carbon transport interventions.

PHIRST evaluation of introducing electric buses in Oxford. Part of the 'Zero Emission Bus Regional Area' (ZEBRA) scheme.

This is the final part of our six week evidence awareness campaign for those working in local authorities and public health. We are highlighting NIHR evidence on the topic of housing and public health...

Over the last month we have been looking at NIHR evidence around housing and public health. What does the evidence say and how can it be applied to improve people’s lives? This week we look at Support...

Over the last three weeks we have looked at the NIHR evidence around housing and public health. What does the evidence say and how can it be applied to improve people’s lives? For week four of our min...

Some good news, our Knowledge for Public Health (KNOW-PH) programme, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), has been awarded a two-year extension that takes us through t...

Throughout March and April we are exploring the NIHR evidence around housing and public health. What does the evidence say and how can it be applied to improve people’s lives? For our third in our s...

Throughout March and April we are exploring the NIHR evidence around housing and public health. What does the evidence say and how can it be applied to improve people’s lives? Last week we explored th...

Over the next six weeks we are going to explore the NIHR evidence around housing and public health. What does the evidence say and how can it be applied to improve people’s lives? This week are explor...

The Know-PH’s first Deep Dive co-design topic was ‘Housing’, selected through a process of surveys with local government Public Health professionals, literature and dialogue with the funder.Please note that this work is not a systematic or scoping review of all the literature and evidence available. It does provide potential evidence sources for engagement within and across Local Authorities. The work focused primarily on NIHR research evidence with other sources sought to help bridge gaps in knowledge. Other sources of evidence included evidence from other funders, policy and evidence papers. Drawing on the evidence and in collaboration with our partner organisations, PPIE and the NIHR the topic of housing was identified as the focus for the Deep Dive 1. Emerging from this work, we examined the use of HIAs in the development of local plans and large housing developments. This work was updated in January 2025. Contents 1. Active Travel Research Overviews ( NIHR funded, other studies reviews and reports) Updated January 2025.2. Air Quality Domestic Indoor and Outdoor Research Overviews ( NIHR funded, other studies reviews and reports) Updated January 2025.3. Fast Food Takeaways, Food delivery outlets (dark retail) Research Overviews ( NIHR funded, other studies reviews and reports) Updated January 2025.4. Health Impact Assessments (public health UK) Research Overviews ( NIHR funded, other studies reviews and reports) Updated January 2025.5. Housing Research Overviews ( NIHR-funded and other research, reviews and reports) Updated January 2025.You can view an interactive map of our Housing Research Overview Marshall, Fiona; Such, Elizabeth; Langley, Joe; Tattersall, Andy; Evans-Hill, Laura (2025).Housing and Public Health Knowledge Interactive Evidence Map. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30180424.v1

We are a group of local authority staff who help shape and support the KNOW-PH programme. We also get involved in specific projects. Some of our tasks: To suggest public health and health inequaliti...

These are the slides from our 5th KNOW-PH webinar which looked at highlighting the importance of health impact assessments.Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) are often required by Local Authorities (LAs) when submitting planning applications for new domestic housing developments. Developers often experience delays in securing planning approvals as the quality, depth and complexity of the HIAs are often variable. A plethora of HIA templates are available, the generic content of which may not meet the needs of key decision makers.This webinar draws on recent workshops KNOW-PH hosted with three Local Authorities across England where NIHR research evidence, practice and policy evidence and experience of HIAs were discussed.Using an example of fast food outlets and the rise in home delivery services we discuss the potential impact and value which robust HIAs can bring to local communities.Drawing on multiple forms of evidence we identified areas of practice which could align the process of using HIAs to support the need to consider the building blocks of health as key to long-term gains for developers, decision makers, local economies and communities beyond the completion of new developments.We propose that there is a need for a shared language and dialogue of health impact assessments, understanding the commercial leverage which HIAs afford for developers, robust community intelligence and the pivotal role housing plays in determining individual and community health outcomes.

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Added Value: Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments for housing developers, communities and key decision makers in England

This is a collection containing outputs created as part of of the NIHR KNOW-PH project.  Knowledge for Public Health is the NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded public health knowledge mobilisation team. KNOW-PH for short, the team aims to move research evidence generated by NIHR closer to local and national public health decision making.     Find out more here: https://www.know-ph.ac.uk/ NIHR Award ID: NIHR159057

Added Value: Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments for housing developers, communities and key decision makers in England

Added Value: Highlighting the importance of health impact assessments for housing developers, communities and key decision makers in England

These are the presentation materials from a Hertfordshire County Council and KNOW-PH collaboration to explore how community champion roles (in this case, Clean Air champions) could make a difference t...