Vacancy: Public Health Interventions Officer - Physical Activity and Ageing

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) promotes cooperation for public health on the island of Ireland.  

Promoting physical activity has been identified as a key public health strategy to support healthy ageing.

This post will focus, in particular, on the role of Health Professionals in advocating and advising on physical activity for older people and our ageing population.

IPH invites applications for this fixed-term post of Public Health Interventions Officer – Physical Activity and Ageing.

IPH response to Regulations restricting smoking in private vehicles when children are present

IPH welcome the opportunity to respond to the NI consultation on regulations to restrict smoking in private vehicles when children are present. The draft regulations proposed that the existing leglislation, as set out in the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, will be extended so that it will be an offence to: smoke in a private vehicle with someone under 18 present; and to fail to prevent smoking in a private vehicle with someone under 18 present. Similar legislation was enacted in the Republic of Ireland in March 2016.

Smoke-free spaces on the island of Ireland - Snapshot Report

Reducing second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure has become a central component of tobacco control policies across the island of Ireland. The expansion of smoke-free spaces directly reduces exposure of children and adults and further denormalises tobacco use in a variety of social contexts. Challenges remain in terms of persistent health inequalities and significant exposure to SHS in the home, particularly in the context of children. This snapshot report presents a brief overview of progress on the development of smoke-free spaces on the island of Ireland.

Loneliness in Later Life:Interventions – what works?

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) and the Bamford Centre for Mental Health & Wellbeing at Ulster University co-hosted an international seminar on loneliness in December 2018.

The one day workshop brought together international academics, researchers, organisations and charities to share and discuss ‘Loneliness in later life’ with a focus on interventions and ‘what works’ in addressing loneliness.

The presentations included:

 

Sit less and Move more: working with the physical activity guidelines to promote active living, 13th December, Belfast

Ulster University, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Public Health Research Network and the Institute of Public Health in Ireland are hosting a research seminar, Sit less and Move more: working with the physical activity guidelines to promote active living on Thursday 13th December 2018.

Keynote speaker:
Professor Dawn Skelton
Glasgow Caledonian University

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