Health Challenge Wales Seminars
This CISHE website is an archive of past work conducted between 2003 - 2012. Please visit eitherDECIPHer or the School of Social Sciences for current information.
PHIRN, in partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government, runs a free quarterly seminar series. The Health Challenge Wales Evidence for Policy Seminar Series aims to make a major contribution to maximising the relevance of research for policy and facilitating evidence based policy for health improvement by bringing together key academics, practitioners and policy makers. Recent seminars have focused on physical activity, alcohol misuse and obesity. See a full list of seminars including speaker presentations:
Seminar Seventeen - 'Child Risk and Parental Resistance: Exploring Motivational Interviewing in Child Welfare and Protection Work' - 27th September 2011
Seminar Sixteen - 'Are Early Years Interventions effective? Reflections on Policy Trials in England and Wales' - 18th July 2011
- Dr Mike Robling, South East Wales Trials Unit, Cardiff University. Policy,
Evidence and the Family Nurse Partnership Programme
Evaluating the Family Nurse Partnership Programme in England: a randomised controlled trial
Seminar Fifteen - 'Increasing the volume, quality, relevance and impact of policy evaluation research' - 10th March 2011
Seminar Fourteen – Tackling alcohol misuse and violence in the night time economy: challenges and potential solutions – 14th December 2010
Seminar Thirteen - Promoting emotional and mental well-being in schools in Wales - 10th May 2010
Seminar Twelve - Young people's sexual health: future strategies and interventions - 23rd November 2009
Seminar Eleven - Evaluating the impact of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places in Wales : findings and future directions - 6th July 2009
Seminar Ten - The impact of the built environment on health - 27th March 2009
Seminar Nine - The Challenge of Adolescent Smoking: research, policy and practice - 15th December 2008
Seminar Eight - The School Environment and Health Improvement - 19th September 2008
Seminar Seven - The social determinants of child health - directions for research and policy - 2nd April 2008
Seminar Six - Communities as resources for health improvement: assets based approaches to research, policy and practice - 22nd October 2007
Seminar Five - Physical activity and the importance of environment and context - 7th February 2007
Seminar Four - Tackling alcohol misuse: setting the scene for research priorities - 5th December 2006
Seminar Three - Tackling Obesity: the importance of the food environment - 3rd October 2006
Seminar Two - Launch of the Public Health Improvement Research Network (PHIRN) - 16th February 2006
Seminar One - Concepts and Contexts - 13th October 2005.