The joint British-Irish 21st annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) will take place in Dublin.  This is the first ISEE AGM in Ireland. 

The conference theme is 'Environment, Food and Global Health'.  It will provide an opportunity for the food and agriculture research community to come together with the environmental epidemiology community to explore the many different ways in which food production, food processing, and food distribution impact on human health. 

National health information can hide important differences in health at local level.  There is currently no system for monitoring local health and social wellbeing across the island of Ireland. To support development of an agreed suite of indicators, INIsPHO has created an all-Ireland dataset entitled the All-Ireland Health and Wellbeing Dataset (AIHWDS).  This resource will enable users will now be able to compare a wide range of indicators that will allow them to obtain a more comprehensive profile of a particular area.

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Health inequalities are unacceptable, starting early in life and persisting not only into old age but subsequent generations. They reflect a complex array of health, social economic, environmental, and resourcing factors. Local health inequalities indicators give a picture of the situation in an area and put it into context by supporting and facilitating geographical comparisons. 

Influencing outcomes to protect and promote health and wellbeing

INIsPHO Event Series 2007

Metadata and the National Public Health Language (NPHL), Past, Present and Future

Peter Cornelisson
Head of IM&T, Eastern Region Public Health Observatory (ERPHO), England

An article about the All-Ireland electronic Health Library (AIeHL), written by Kevin P. Balanda published in the Health Sciences Libraries Group Newsletter, HINT. 

The AIeHL is a network of inter-operable websites from across the island of Ireland. Each member website contains a range of health-related knowledge resources, and the AIeHL allows a visitor to any one of these websites to simultaneously search all or some of the other websites using a single search.
 

A joint presentation given by NUI Galway and INIsPHO at the Summer Scientific Meeting organised by the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (Royal College of Physicians of Ireland) on 29 and 30 May 2007.

Abstract