Mar 12
Clean air campaigners are mounting an aggressive effort to improve the Canterbury environment. With the backing of the city’s MP Rosie Duffield, campaign group Clean Air met on Saturday 10 March to discuss air quality issues. CHSS Director Professor Stephen Peckham, who is currently working with Dr Ashley Mills gathering data on air quality in …
Feb 26
2pm, Wednesday 25 April, 2017 Portcullis House, House of Commons, Westminster, London This Parliamentary reception at Portcullis House will share the findings from the EU-funded EXCEPT project. “Social Exclusion of Youth In Europe: Cumulative Disadvantage, Coping Strategies, Effective Policies and Transfer” (EXCEPT) is an innovative EU-funded research project which aims to develop effective policy initiatives …
Feb 19
CHSS is working with Yale School of Public Health as part of a global project to promote breastfeeding. Sally Kendall, Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health, is leading the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) programme for England, Scotland and Wales. The BBF programme involves a five-step process to accurately assess barriers to successful breastfeeding on …
Feb 09
‘General Practice Forward View and a vision for the future of primary care’ – Dr Arvind Madan 1830, 18 April 2018, Grimond Lecture Theatre #chssopen18 The CHSS 2018 Open Lecture will be delivered as one of the University’s ‘Distinguished Visitor’ series. We expect the event to attract an audience from a very wide range of backgrounds. …
Dec 04
Integrating Primary and Community Care: an International Perspective Registration now open at http://bit.ly/2B5bvhw The Symposium will be held at the Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, 9am-5pm Friday, 2 March, 2018. More details on our events page: #efpckent18
Nov 27
The Darzi Fellowship is a highly prestigious opportunity and the Kent Surrey and Sussex award holder will undertake a standardised assessment of breastfeeding in Kent and Medway through the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) project under the supervision of CHSS Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health, Sally Kendall BBF UK is a national project being …
Nov 20
CHSS Director was expert witness For the first time, a judge has denied a developer’s appeal against refusal of planning permission on air quality grounds. Earlier this year Stephen Peckham was expert witness for a Planning Inquiry where Swale Borough Council refused planning permission on air quality grounds. Developers wanted to build 470 homes in …
Nov 13
On Tuesday 7 November Stephen Peckham spoke at a clean air conference at Port Lympne in Kent. His presentation was ‘how can we ensure cleaner air for the people of Kent?’ The one day event aimed to help address the air quality challenge for business in the south east. Stephen emphasised that businesses must take on …
Oct 23
CHSS is offering a 3 year (fulltime) or 5 year (part time) PhD studentship to undertake research in health services and evaluation based in the Centre commencing in September/October 2018. We are looking for a student who is enthusiastic about health services research and can become part of the research endeavour within CHSS. Applicants will …
Oct 13
CHSS Senior Research Fellow Dr Erica Gadsby works in public health, health policy and systems research. In a new Guest blog published on the Royal Society for Public Health website, she discusses how the media’s focus on obesity is obscuring another concern affecting children in our poorer households: that of hunger. **Erica will also feature in our …
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