Public Health Matters

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 [www.jointpublichealthconference.org]. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to subscribe to Public Health Matters! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instituteofpublichealth [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instituteofpublichealth]

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!

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 [https://healthyplanetconference.org/]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 [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.

In Ep1 of Series 2 in our #PublicHealthMatters podcast series, Professor Pat Goodman from the Technological University in Dublin, an expert in environmental and medical physics, discusses the roll out of new solid fuel regulations in Ireland and how they fit into the bigger picture of air pollution, climate change and our health. The new solid fuel regulations restrict the commercial sale of smoky fuels, such as coal, turf and wet wood and set new emissions standards for approved fuels and take effect from 31 October. 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.

In Ep5 of our #PublicHealthMatters podcast, Dr Eric Carlin shares some personal insights into what lessons can be learnt from the Scottish experience of introducing Minimum Unit Pricing or MUP for alcohol. Dr Carlin was Director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems when Scotland became the first country to roll out MUP and today works as a consultant Public Health Expert in Alcohol Policies with the World Health Organisation in Europe.  The Public Health Matters Podcast speaks to experts about the big public health issues of the day and what lessons we can learn from past challenges. This is the last episode in this first series, Lessons from Public Health, but stay tuned to stay informed about Public Health Matters as we plan and develop new episodes in the coming months. The Public Health Matters Podcast is available on Anchor by Spotify here – https://anchor.fm/instituteofpublichealth  It is 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.