South West Public Health Observatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Reports and Publications

  Domestic Violence is a common, serious and stigmatising problem within our society. For too long it has been considered a 'private matter' that should be kept behind closed doors. This bulletin aims to address why Domestic Violence should be brought into the spotlight and recognised for the serious societal problem that it is. December 2004.

Children in the South West   These web pages outline reports and progress on the health of children and young people across the South West, led by the South West Public Health Observatory (SWPHO) and Regional Public Health Group, in conjunction with key partners. September 2004.

  This is an updated guide to local and national quantitative data that can be used for planning and monitoring sexual health services and health promotion activities. May 2004.

Teenage parents and housing need: a review of need and availability in the South West   (with a toolkit for local teenage pregnancy co-ordinators to assess the provision of supported housing to teenage parents). Report prepared by: Susanna Giullari and Mary Shaw. November 2003.

Using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES): Patterns of hospital treatment for psychiatric illness in the South West region 1995–2000. December 2003

Estimates of smoking-attributable premature mortality from lung cancer and vascular disease Health and lifestyle in the South West bulletins. 01 September 2003

Health and the 2001 Census. 1: Local Authority area results for the South West
SWPHO Bulletin. September 2003

Rural deprivation and service need : a review of the literature and an assessment of indicators for rural service planning.  October 2002

The Health of Travellers in the South West Region : a review of data sources and a strategy for change: a report prepared by: Lesley Doyal , A ilsa Cameron , Sarah Cemlyn , Shailen Nand y. August 2002

Infant mortality in the South West of England SWPHO Bulletin . August 2002

Waste management and public health: the state of the evidence : a review of the epidemiological research on the impact of waste management activities on health. July 2002

The impact of drug misuse on health in the South West, 1996-2001
The South West Public Health Observatory (SWPHO) commissioned this report in February 2001, to gauge the scale of problem drug misuse and associated illnesses in the region. May 2002.

Coronary revascularisation in the South West region, 1991-2000 : equity in the use of CABG and PTCA by gender, age, deprivation and geography. Prepared by Shah Ebrahim, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Davidson Ho Roy Maxwell, Steven Oliver, Mary Shaw. February 2002.

SWPHO Bulletin December 2001
Smoking in the South West of England

Patterns of deprivation in the South West of England:
Mapping the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Indices of Deprivation. September 2001

Inequalities and health in the South West Region, August 1999

Infectious Disease in South West England 1997–99 :  
A report from the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre South West (link to 342Kb pdf file)

Teenage pregnancy in the South West of England (1992–1998)
By Dr Erika Duffell and Helen Cooke - Jan 2001.

SWPHO Bulletin May 2001
( Teenage pregnancy update using 1999 data)

Report of the Health Impact Assessment Conference 
held at Lyngford House, Taunton 19 June 2001

Internet Current Awareness Bulletins
Occasional list s of links to web sites containing new data of interest to Observatory and public health information activity.

SWPH Observatory Newsletter . Autumn 2001

Association of Public Health Authorities (APHO) reports
Extracts from national reports with links to full text

Public Health Observatories in England: progress and prospects 2000/01; a report to the National Governing Board

Developing Public Health Information for PCG/PCTs
 

The Public Health Observatory is part of the South West Observatory, a wider Regional intelligence function, currently supported by the South West Regional Assembly, the Department of Health, Government Office South West, the South West of England Regional Development Agency and the Environment Agency.