{"title":"Patient and public involvement in health research: a way forward.","authors":"Muralidhar M Kulkarni, M Hayter, A Ahankari","doi":"10.1177/17579139261433977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261433977","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261433977"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School attendance is a public health issue: lessons for the UK from a new US framework.","authors":"C Falconer, T De Aguiar Chaves, D Hargreaves","doi":"10.1177/17579139261440226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261440226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261440226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaboration to improve health literacy and confidence through drama for those facing language barriers.","authors":"A K Smith, M Gibbon","doi":"10.1177/17579139261434889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261434889","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261434889"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why public health needs creative and arts-based futures thinking.","authors":"C Velez, E Guichenal, G Dimitropoulos, S N Iyer","doi":"10.1177/17579139261430638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261430638","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plain Language Summary<b>Why Public Health Needs Creative and Arts-Based Futures Thinking</b>Global crises like climate change, unregulated technologies, inequality, and mental health struggles are creating fear and uncertainty. This article shows how creative foresight - using arts, imagination, and participation - can help communities, particularly those previously left out, envision fairer futures, build hope, strengthen trust, and take collective action for public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261430638"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LGBTQ+ inclusion in local authority public health: a review of needs assessments in England.","authors":"D J Connolly, E Bausas, R Cullinan, J Yang","doi":"10.1177/17579139261433889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261433889","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>A Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) is the process through which health and wellbeing boards in England assess the needs of their local populations to identify inequalities in health and its wider determinants and inform both commissioning priorities and a Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We sought to determine how and to what extent JSNAs address the needs of LGBTQ+ people in England.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The local authorities in receipt of a Public Health Grant in 2024 were identified and their websites searched for current (i.e. published in 2020 or later) JSNAs. Those which referenced LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing were assessed against pre-specified methodological and content criteria indicative of LGBTQ+-inclusive practice (e.g. LGBTQ+ community involvement in JSNA development). Counts and percentages described the frequency with which each criterion was met across the eligible JSNAs, and choropleth maps illustrated patterns of inclusion across England.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 142 local authorities with an eligible JSNA, 108 referenced LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing at least once. However, few local authorities considered the diversity within LGBTQ+ communities or the impact of intersecting marginalised characteristics. Most disaggregated data for LGBTQ+ people concerned mental illness, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and substance use.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Currently, English JSNAs do not adequately characterise the needs of local LGBTQ+ communities and disproportionately focus on highly stigmatised behaviours and conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261433889"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147730118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming public health practice through artificial intelligence: strengthening youth community health volunteer capacity.","authors":"R Sutan, A Hussain, R A Manaf, Z Md Isa","doi":"10.1177/17579139261440243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261440243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261440243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147724231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilising creative practice and the arts to develop public health policy: the voices of children and young people in Newcastle.","authors":"L Brennan, V Sanderson, L M Kroese, A Wiseman","doi":"10.1177/17579139261430640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261430640","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261430640"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147692822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food and social connectedness for young people: an opportunity for public health.","authors":"R Taheem, J Sofaer, M Barker, K Woods-Townsend","doi":"10.1177/17579139261440241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261440241","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261440241"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147655265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'We don't just ink skin': a qualitative exploration of the experiences of tattoo artists responding to their clients' mental health disclosures.","authors":"M Pearson, K Whittingham, D Doran","doi":"10.1177/17579139261423488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261423488","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>This research analysed the lived experiences of tattoo artists in response to clients' mental health-related disclosures. The aim was to explore the potential public mental health function and impact they might have and the impact on them in providing this.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Narrative interviews were undertaken with tattoo artists, inviting them to tell their stories in relation to working as a tattoo artist and responding to disclosures about mental health. Fifteen participants were successfully recruited and interviewed, and their audio-transcribed interviews were subjected to thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results/findings: </strong>Among the rich data available from the stories, five themes emerged: tattoo therapy, tattoo artist and client relationship, tattoo studio environment, impact on tattoo artists, and training opportunities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results indicate that tattoo artists are spending large amounts of time and emotional labour in talking about mental health with their clients, serving as an under-appreciated public mental health resource. Tattoo artists are often lacking training and support to manage these disclosures and their own emotional responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261423488"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Deane, S Kemp, R Redd, N Patel, O Olaleye, H Morris, B Francis, A Byron, H McFarlane, C Onwuegbute, P Richards, L Hylton, L Sharp
{"title":"'Communicating cancer project' empowering African and Caribbean communities through forum theatre: a culturally responsive approach to early head and neck cancer detection.","authors":"J Deane, S Kemp, R Redd, N Patel, O Olaleye, H Morris, B Francis, A Byron, H McFarlane, C Onwuegbute, P Richards, L Hylton, L Sharp","doi":"10.1177/17579139261430623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139261430623","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139261430623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147494775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}