Public Health training
Publications
Southwark is committed to contributing to the evidence base for Public Health interventions. We benefit from working in partnership with world-class academic institutions such as Imperial College London and Kings College London. Recent publications include:
- Haylock S, Boshari T, Alexander E.C. et al. Risk factors associated with knife-crime in United Kingdom among young people aged 10 to 24 years: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 20, 1451 (2020)
- Boshari T, Sharpe CA, Poots A et al. An observational study of the association between diverse licensed premises types and alcohol-related violence in an inner-London borough. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2020;74:1016-1022
- Sharpe CA, Poots A, Watt H, Williamson C, Franklin D, Pinder RJ. An observational study to examine how cumulative impact zones influence alcohol availability from different types of licensed outlets in an inner London Borough. BMJ Open 2019
- Green K, Cooke O'Dowd N, Watt H, Majeed A, Pinder RJ. Prescribing trends of gabapentin, pregabalin, and oxycodone: a secondary analysis of primary care prescribing patterns in England. BJGP Open 17 September 2019
- Sharpe CA, Tang S, Hogan G, Robinson S, Williamson C, Pinder RJ, Fenton K et al. Developing the role of Public Health in responding to mental health and wellbeing needs after mass casualty incidents: experience at London Bridge and Borough Market. 2017. Public Health Science Conference, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, Pages: 14-14, ISSN: 0140-6736
- Boshari T, Sharpe CA, Poots A, Watt H, Pinder RJ et al. Public Health and alcohol licensing policy in local government: an observational study of licensed premises and alcohol-related violence in London, UK. Public Health Science Conference, 2018. Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, Pages: 12-12, ISSN: 0140-6736
- Sharpe CA, Poots AJ, Watt H, Franklin D, Pinder RJ et al. Controlling alcohol availability through local policy: an observational study to evaluate Cumulative Impact Zones in a London borough. J Public Health (Oxf), Vol: 40, 2018. Pages: e260-e268
Conferences
The Public Health Division attends and presents at various conferences each year such as:
- the Lancet Public Health Science
- Public Health England Annual Conference
- British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
The work we present covers a broad range of public health topics, from healthcare public health, health improvement and wider determinants, including:
- Public Health Foundation Programme: The Southwark approach to developing the future Public Health workforce
- National Trends in Emergency Hospital Admission for Youth Knife-Related Assault 2013/14-2017/18
- Developing a Single Point of Access Hub for health improvement interventions
- Developing an Immunisation Strategy and Action Plan in Southwark 2019-2021
- Commissioning a novel cross-borough reproductive health service in community pharmacy: a practice reflection
- Understanding self-harm in young people aged 12-24 in Southwark, an inner city London borough: a mixed methods study
- Algorithm development to facilitate rapid detection of low-value interventions in response to health service savings requirement: South East London experience
- Developing the role of Public Health in responding to mental health and wellbeing needs following mass casualty incidents: experience at London Bridge and Borough Market, June 2017
- Public Health and alcohol licensing policy in local government: an observational study of licensed premises and alcohol related violence in London
- Applying prevalence models to ward-based populations to inform targeted intervention: female genital mutilation (FGM) in Southwark, Southeast London
- Controlling alcohol availability through local policy; how Public Health in local government can influence licensing policy
- How many people do we turn away? Measuring unmet demand on sexual health services. Inner South East London snapshot survey
Students in the Master’s of Public Health at Imperial College in London come to Southwark each year to undertake summer research projects on topics of local and national importance. Examples include:
- prescribing trends of dependence forming medicines; a secondary analysis of national primary care prescribing patterns
- controlling alcohol availability through local policy: an observational study to evaluate Cumulative Impact Zones in a London borough
If you have a research suggestion locally relevant to our work at Southwark Council, email publichealth@southwark.gov.uk.
Page last updated: 01 May 2024
