Building health and wellbeing into the built environment - the role of directors of public health in local authorities

摘要

Our built environment impacts on health and wellbeing in limitless ways, whether through individual dwellings, the planning of our urban and rural communities, or the transport links between them. Therefore one of the most exciting results of public health teams moving from the NHS into local authorities is that they can now work more closely with services such as planning, regeneration, housing, leisure, transport, licensing, environmental services and public protection. The Association of Directors of Public Health enables public health workers to identify good practice, share experiences and engage in discussions of policy and practice with the Government and important organisations such as the TCPA.