Cook it! Fun, fast food for less: community nutrition education programme

Cook it! is a nutrition programme that has been developed for use in local communities in Northern Ireland. It can be used with a wide range of groups including young/single parents, young people leaving residential care, offenders during rehabilitation programmes, older people in sheltered accommodation and now people from certain black and minority ethnic (BME) groups.  

The programme offers hands-on, practical experience of cooking and preparing food, as well as improving knowledge of healthy eating and food safety.

A Delphi study to identify research priorities for the therapy professions in Northern Ireland

A study by the University of Ulster, funded by Health and Social Care Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency, enabled members of six Allied Health Professions (AHPs) to express opinions on research needs within their areas of expertise.

Enjoy Christmas - and eat for health!

With the festive season now in full swing and people’s minds turning to the culinary delights over the Christmas period, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has come up with top tips on how to enjoy the holidays without overindulging on calories and fat. Food is one of the central elements of celebrating over Christmas. However, many of us can end up eating a little too much, resulting in an average weight gain of 5lbs (2kg) over the festive season. And getting that weight off in the New Year is a lot harder than putting it on!

Shaping the future

This half-day event organised by PHA Health and Social Care R&D aims to bring together policy makers, commissioners, academics and research leaders within health and social care to share their views and examine how the processes of research and knowledge transfer could be more effectively integrated into the overall systems of health and social care. 

“It’s Not About the Money”

Cuba has managed to create a first class health and social wellbeing system that is, in some respects, better than many developed countries, despite being considered a third world country.

A nurse, midwife and health visitor from Northern Ireland, Dr Una Lynch, has been studying the Cuban health system and the reasons behind its conspicuously good outcomes for over six years. She argues that Cuba teaches the importance of health policy based on systematic needs assessment and strong political commitment to public health.

Suicide prevention - Protect Life - Ministerial workshop report

The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Mr Edwin Poots MLA, asked Department officials and the Public Health Agency to organise a workshop to support the implementation of the Protect Life Strategy and to consider what further action is needed in order to tackle the high level of suicides and self harm in Northern Ireland.

The resulting report from the event is attached below.

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