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IHPE is delighted to announce that we have just appointed a new Editor for the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. |
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Dr Catherine Jenkins is Public Health Professional Development Lecturer & Research Fellow at London South Bank University (LSBU). She has excellent ideas for maintaining the journal's high standards and for developing it in line with IHPE strategic priorities. Cath brings a considerable amount of relevant publishing experience, public health expertise and international networks. She is due to take over in the coming months as Professor Michelle Baybutt (current Editor) steps into a Consulting Editor role. Further information can be found here and here. |
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| | IHPE’s International Journal of Health Promotion and Education (IJHPE) is seeking scholars and professionals with expertise in any field of health promotion to serve as volunteer peer reviewers. We receive a large number of manuscripts from around the world, which cover many and varied health/promotion topics. We are taking active steps to expand and diversify the journal's reviewer pool to help maintain the high standard of papers published. If you are interested in supporting IJHPE, please contact the Editor at michelle.baybutt@cumbria.ac.uk and provide the following: 1. Name 2. E-mail address 3. Institutional affiliation 4. Country 5. Areas of interest/expertise (including any methodological areas of interest) |
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| | IHPE Masterclass Series 2026
Hosted by Professor Holly Blake.
🌱 Social Prescribing Services: What Works, for Whom, and in What Ways?
Date Tuesday 12 May. (A recording will be made available)
🌱 Online Peer Support for People Living with Long Term Conditions
Date/time: Tuesday 21 July, 10:00-11:00 (BST)
🌱 Advancing Health and Wellbeing Through Robotics and Emerging Technologies: Tuesday 20 October 10:00-11:00 (BST)
For further information and to book your place see here |
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| | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child, early and forced marriage (CEFM)IHPE Trustee, Hilary Burrage, recently gave a presentation on FGM and CEFM at a conference on Nursing Innovation & Reproductive Health (Rome). She explored whether community nurses could help reduce FGM and CEFM by developing awareness of these dangers and spotting risk earlier. Further information on her website. |
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Recent Report and Publications of interest |
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| | Recent analysis by The Health Foundation, based on data from the Office for National Statistics, shows that healthy life expectancy in the UK has fallen by around two years over the decade 2012–14 to 2022–24. Deep inequalities in healthy life expectancy between affluent and deprived areas have also widened. |
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| | Funding opportunity – the Public Health Grassroots Awards invite applications for grants of up to £5000 for non-NHS public health employees in England. The funding can be used for training, or other activity to help build research skills and knowledge. Closing date – 9 th June 2026. |
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| | The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched Towards a Safer Scotland, a manifesto for the 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Election, which sets out key priorities for accident prevention across Scotland. |
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| | Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards initiative which aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by providing training, awareness raising, an App and a helpline. |
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| | UK Government is consulting on plans to update the School Food Standards for the first time in over a decade, with a focus on making meals healthier, more balanced and more consistent across all schools. The consultation closes on 12 June 2026. IHPE recommends that schools and all settings provide food that is good for people and good for the planet, and that food is valued and enjoyed. |
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| | The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has a range of resources for health care workers to improve understanding of health inequalities and optimise interactions with specific groups of people. This includes a series of podcasts by experts covering a wide range of health inequality issues. |
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| | Unicef’s report The State of the World's Children 2025 focusses on Ending Child Poverty; Our Shared Imperative. The report explores the impacts of poverty in daily lives – in areas like housing, nutrition, clean water, sanitation (the most widespread severe deprivation), education, and healthcare, as well as monetary. |
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Recent and forthcoming events |
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| | The need for a national accident prevention strategy
In April Sir Andrew Mitchell led an excellent Westminster Debate on the merits of a national accident prevention strategy. It is recorded in Hansard. Read the debate here. |
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| | The publishers of our Journal, Taylor & Francis, are running a programme of support for early career and inexperienced researchers. The Research Communication Lab is a free, year-long series of online sessions designed to build practical publishing knowledge among researchers. |
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Please send feedback on the newsletter and contributions for the next issue to Angela at newsletter@ihpe.org.uk by Wednesday 24th June 2026. Join us: If you are not yet a member of IHPE, why not visit our website for details of how to apply. Newsletter editorial group: Angela Towers; Michael C Watson; Ally Phillips
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