{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Joanna Saunders, Theo Stickley","doi":"10.1177/17579139251368981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139251368981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":"145 5","pages":"234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145132271","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}
G C Richards, J Carpenter, E Okpalugo, D J Howard, C Heneghan
{"title":"Assessing housing exposures and interventions that impact healthy cities: a systematic overview of reviews.","authors":"G C Richards, J Carpenter, E Okpalugo, D J Howard, C Heneghan","doi":"10.1177/17579139231180756","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139231180756","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>There are direct links between housing and health. However, there is a lack of systematic reviews that bring together the evidence to outline the health impacts of exposures in housing and housing interventions. This article aims to address this gap by synthesising systematic reviews on the themes of housing exposures and interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched four databases: Scopus (Elsevier), PsycINFO (OvidSP), Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection), and the Sociology Collection (Proquest). We used keywords related to 'health' and 'city*' and included all types of reviews. We extracted data into a predesigned extraction form and synthesised information narratively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>745 articles were identified and screened, of which 256 reviews were included and 16 (6%) related to housing. All reviews related to housing exposures found that poor housing, including crowding, coldness, dampness, mould, and indoor air pollution had a negative impact on health. Most reviews found that housing interventions such as housing refurbishment, heating, and energy efficiency interventions positively impacted health outcomes. An online toolkit was developed to disseminate and communicate this research: https://www.healthycitiescommission.org/toolkit/.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Governments have a pivotal role in addressing health issues related to housing interventions and exposures in housing. This includes interventions through building regulations following international guidance and financial assistance to encourage housing modifications that will improve health.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"272-276"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12457718/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9940381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Youth Educating Peers (YEP) project: making adaptions for youth peer-led sexual health education.","authors":"K McCausland, L Geraghty, R Lobo","doi":"10.1177/17579139241303647","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139241303647","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"249-252"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12457716/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144567986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A George, D Ahmed, L Guo, N Dissanayake, P Clarke, B Dalrymple
{"title":"Embedding systems thinking in local authority public health practice: a case study.","authors":"A George, D Ahmed, L Guo, N Dissanayake, P Clarke, B Dalrymple","doi":"10.1177/17579139251317480","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139251317480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"246-248"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555338","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":"Medicalisation of vaping in the UK? E-cigarette users' perspectives on the merging of commercial and medical routes to vaping.","authors":"E Ward, L Dawkins, R Holland, I Pope, C Notley","doi":"10.1177/17579139231185481","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139231185481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the UK, most smokers choosing e-cigarettes to quit smoking will access vaping via commercial routes. In recent years, however, a shift towards medicalisation of vaping has become apparent, with public health guidance supporting e-cigarettes for smoking cessation and increased partnership working between healthcare professionals and the vaping industry. To achieve the UK's Smokefree 2030 target, the UK Government has set out measures to use e-cigarettes in National Health Service (NHS) settings and to move towards streamlining processes to make e-cigarettes available to a million smokers. This article aims to understand acceptability of different approaches by seeking perspectives of people with lived experience of e-cigarette use for smoking cessation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Mixed methods data collected between March 2018 and March 2019 as part of a broader study of e-cigarette use trajectories (ECtra study). Data here relate to the views of partnership working and medicalisation of vaping extracted from 136 interviews/extended surveys of people who had used e-cigarettes to try to stop smoking. Qualitative data were thematically analysed. Participant ratings of interventions were presented descriptively, and differences in participant characteristics and ratings were reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three qualitative themes were identified: pro-partnership, anti-partnership and medicalisation dissonance. Medicalisation was discussed for its potential to reassure smokers about e-cigarette harms and its potential to reach smokers from disadvantaged backgrounds. Concerns were raised about cost-effectiveness, quality of support, conflicts of interest and limiting product choice. Most participants rated interventions involving partnership working as potentially helpful in switching from smoking to vaping. There were no statistically significant associations between age, gender and socioeconomic status, and helpfulness ratings.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Both commercial and medical routes to vaping offer perceived benefits to vapers and may complement and reinforce each other to support smoking cessation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"277-287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12457728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9943397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teetering on a cliff edge: Britain's relationship with alcohol.","authors":"C Kennedy, M Missen","doi":"10.1177/17579139241296479","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139241296479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"241-242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144585263","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":"Time for action: introduction of a national planning policy to promote a healthier food environment in England.","authors":"A Bannerman, T Bhatia, M Chang, S Reeve, H Burn","doi":"10.1177/17579139251329003","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139251329003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is a commentary on the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024 by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), which breaks new ground in relation to policy on hot food takeaways and fast-food outlets with reference to health inequalities and outlines its relevance to public health as part of a whole systems approach to obesity and overweight.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"243-245"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188277","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}
N Helsper, L Dippon, L Birkholz, A Rütten, S Kohler, P Weber, K Pfeifer, J Semrau
{"title":"What makes community-based, multilevel physical activity promotion last? A systematic review with narrative synthesis on factors for sustainable implementation.","authors":"N Helsper, L Dippon, L Birkholz, A Rütten, S Kohler, P Weber, K Pfeifer, J Semrau","doi":"10.1177/17579139231186693","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139231186693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To follow the need for more research and strategies to enhance the knowledge of sustainable implementation, we examined cases of community-based, multilevel physical activity-related health promotion after initial funding has ceased and aimed to identify factors that influence their sustainable implementation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five scientific databases (PubMed; Scopus; Ebsco Host with CINAHL, PsychInfo, and Sportdiscus; ProQuest and Web of Science) were systematically searched for relevant literature in December 2021. Three reviewers performed a title/abstract screening and independently screened the full texts of the remaining papers, followed by a quality assessment. A narrative synthesis method, including qualitative text analysis, was used to synthesise retrieved articles. As starting point, the framework of Schell et al. containing nine domains for sustainability capacity was used and new emerging themes were inductively added.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search revealed 270 potentially eligible articles out of 27,652 hits. After the systematic review process, 14 studies were included. In the synthesis, 14 factors influencing the sustainablity of community-based, multilevel physical activity-related health promotion were identified of which six are new factors compared to Schell et al. In particular, our findings bring forth a novel understanding of the importance of the factors 'Participation and Partnerships', 'Empowerment and Capacity Building' and 'Community Support'. A dynamic interplay and high connectedness between factors were visible.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The identified factors can help establish a better understanding of sustainability processes within whole-system approaches intervening on multiple levels in the community with the aim of systems change. They are relevant for practitioners, researchers and policy makers alike. Future research should more closely examine based on further theoretical elaboration how an interplay between the factors can promote sustainability and which interdependencies are of particular importance in facilitating sustainable and equitable change.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"260-271"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12457715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9934579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health and multihazard early warning systems in the media.","authors":"Ana Raquel Nunes","doi":"10.1177/17579139251342156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139251342156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>The media's influence on public opinion and support for policy change, particularly concerning climate action and its intersection with public health, has gained significant attention. The media serves as a significant platform for delivering public health messages to the general population. This article explores the central role of media in shaping public understanding and support for mitigation and adaptation efforts, with a specific focus on its implications for public health advocacy. It does this by investigating how health and multihazard early warning systems (MHEWS) have been covered in newspaper articles worldwide.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Through thematic content analysis, we examined how newspaper articles portray messages and use narrative techniques. The objective is to show differences in reporting strategies and understand the symbolic connotations linked to media discourse on health and MHEWS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis identified seven key themes in the media's coverage of health and MHEWS. The themes cover strategies to reduce vulnerability to disasters, including health-related risks, governmental roles in policy implementation and resource allocation, international collaboration, community engagement, technological advancements, financial challenges, and health impacts and preparedness. They emphasise the importance of holistic approaches, local participation, and global cooperation in disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and resilience-building.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The research highlights the potential of media advocacy in raising awareness about the complex links between health and climate-related hazards, as well as the media's role in increasing support for planning and action. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the opportunities and challenges associated with the media to promote resilience and improve public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139251342156"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144973977","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}
G Chêne, M Préau, P Lenert, Y Martin-Prével, R Giorgi
{"title":"Making the invisible visible: Data, leadership, and the future of public health.","authors":"G Chêne, M Préau, P Lenert, Y Martin-Prével, R Giorgi","doi":"10.1177/17579139251361786","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17579139251361786","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47256,"journal":{"name":"Perspectives in Public Health","volume":" ","pages":"17579139251361786"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144817905","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}