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Public Health Matters

By: Institute of Public Health in Ireland and Northern Ireland
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  • This podcast is brought to you by the Institute of Public Health, which works in Ireland and Northern Ireland. In the first series 'Lessons from Public Health’ we will look at some key public health issues, such as health inequalities, alcohol, and tobacco, to assess what progress has been made and what challenges remain. We speak to experts in the field about the social determinants of health, MUP for alcohol, and how Ireland achieved its groundbreaking smoking ban among other issues.
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  • Public Health Matters: S3 Ep1: Dr Austin O’Carroll on Making Sense of Street Chaos

    Public Health Matters: S3 Ep1: Dr Austin O’Carroll on Making Sense of Street Chaos
    Nov 22 2023

    To get a flavour of what's to come at this year's North South Joint Public Health Conference, we spoke to one of the keynote speakers, Dr Austin O'Carroll, about Making Sense of Street Chaos.

    This year the conference theme is the 'Health-Wealth Divide: Leaving No One Behind' and in this episode (recorded on 13 November) we discuss everything from the recent cluster of heroin overdoses in Dublin to the root causes of homelessness, such as poverty and deprivation, and much more.

    The all-island Health-Wealth Divide conference takes place online on 29 November, from 10am-3pm.

    For more information about this free, online, one-day conference visit www.jointpublichealthconference.org.

    Thanks for listening and don’t forget to subscribe to Public Health Matters!

    https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instituteofpublichealth

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    39 mins
  • Episode Trailer S3 Ep1: Dr Austin O’Carroll on Making Sense of Street Chaos

    Episode Trailer S3 Ep1: Dr Austin O’Carroll on Making Sense of Street Chaos
    Nov 17 2023

    Public Health Matters is back! Ahead of the North South Joint Public Health Conference on 29 November we spoke to one of the keynote speakers, Dr Austin O'Carroll, about Making Sense of Street Chaos.

    This teaser gives a flavour of what is to come in the full episode dropping next week and the Health-Wealth Divide conference later this month.

    For more information about this free, online, one-day conference visit www.jointpublichealthconference.org

    So stay tuned for our next episode and don’t forget to subscribe!
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    2 mins
  • S2 Ep2: Healthy Planet, Healthy People – How health and economics should inform our response to the Climate Crisis, with Professor John Barry

    S2 Ep2: Healthy Planet, Healthy People – How health and economics should inform our response to the Climate Crisis, with Professor John Barry
    Nov 15 2022

    In Ep2 of Series 2 in our #PublicHealthMatters podcast series, Professor John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy at Queens University Belfast, discusses the relationship between health, the economy and climate change.

    In this episode, Prof Barry shares some insights in advance of his keynote presentation at the Healthy Planet, Healthy People conference on 30 November. 

    The all-island public health conference is online and free to attend  - register here >>> https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DC8ZOfMyRkaYCHTC2N-VZg 

    The Public Health Matters podcast speaks to experts about the big public health issues of the day and is available on Anchor by Spotify here – https://anchor.fm/instituteofpublichealth

    All episodes are also available on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Amazon Music, Castbox, and Pocket Casts.

    If you have a query about IPH’s new Public Health Matters podcast please email communications@publichealth.ie.
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    34 mins
Physical Illness & Disease Hygiene & Healthy Living
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