Health
2011
UK physical activity guidelines factsheets
The Department of Health have also produced a number of factsheets outlining the guidelines for each group.
Start active, stay active: a report on physical activity from the four home countries' Chief Medical Officers
The four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) have published new physical activity guidelines covering early years (under-fives), children and young people (5-18), adults (19-64) and older adults (65+). 'Start Active, Stay Active' updates the existing guidelines for children, young people and adults, and includes for the first time in the UK, new guidelines for early years and older people. The flexibility of the guidelines creates new ways to achieve the health benefits of an active lifestyle, while retaining a strong link to previous recommendations. For all age groups, they highlight the risks of excessive sedentary behaviour, which exist independently of any overall volume of physical.
County Durham Health Profile 2011
This profile gives a picture of health in County Durham. It is designed to help local government and health services understand their community's needs, so that they can work to improve people's health and reduce health inequalities.
County Durham CVD Profile
This Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Health Profile brings together a wide range of data on cardiovascular disease in each PCT area in the country and in associated Cardiac & Stroke Networks. Its aim is to provide information to health care professionals, commissioners and other interested parties about CVD issues in their local community, as an aid to planning and development.
Swimming: taking the plunge for a fitter lifestyle
The key aim of 'Swimming - taking the plunge for a fi tter lifestyle', is to get more people swimming more often - by transforming the way swimming is delivered. This includes creating a clear framework for the health agenda and implementing strong leadership in swimming pools and outdoor swimming environments.
2010
Health Survey for England 2009: Health and lifestyles
The Health Survey for England is a series of annual surveys designed to measure health and health-related behaviours in adults and children living in private households in England. The 2009 Health Survey for England focused on long term health conditions and self-assessed general health. It looked at the effectiveness and use of personal care plans, which were introduced in 2006 as part of the strategy to support and empower those with long term conditions. The survey had a secondary focus on kidney disease, renal function and diabetes.
MEND 7-13 Programme Durham and Chester-le-Street Portfolio Report
Programme report on the BIG Lottery Funded MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition... Do It!) Programme, tackling childhood obesity by getting children and their families fitter, healthier and happier.
2009
Health Survey for England 2008: Physical activity and fitness
The Health Survey for England is a series of annual surveys designed to measure health and health-related behaviours in adults and children living in private households in England. The 2008 Health Survey for England focused on physical activity and fitness. Adults and children were asked to recall their physical activity over recent weeks, and objective measures of physical activity and fitness were also obtained.
National Child Measurement Programme 2008/09 School Year Report
This report summarises the key findings from the Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) 2008/09. The report provides high-level analysis of the prevelance of underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese children in reception and Year 6 measured in the school year 2008/09.
Health & Wellbeing Partnership LAA Delivery Plan
This Delivery Plan looks at the measures to be taken to achieve the long term health goals in County Durham.
County Durham Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy 2009-2012
The County Durham Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy will coordinate the different activities undertaken by partner organisations across County Durham concerned with alcohol related issues.
Deliver 2010: The Public Health Delivery Plan NHS County Durham and Darlington
Deliver 2010 is the second Delivery Plan published by the Directorate of Public Health for NHS County Durham and NHS Darlington. Deliver 2010 is a Delivery Plan for the Public Health System.
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On
This report sets out the progress to date but also the areas which require focus over the next year. The report sets out how the drive to combat obesity will be continued by helping people to make healthier choices, creating an environment that promotes healthy weight, providing quality services that identify, advise, refer and treat those at risk, and strengthening the delivery system.
County Durham Community Health Profile
This profile gives a snapshot of health in the area. It is designed to help local government and primary care trusts tackle health inequalities and improve people's health.
Fit as a Fiddle: Making a difference to our older people's health and well-being
Fit as a Fiddle is designed to address current inequalities in older people's health and well-being. By building on the successful Ageing Well programme, it will empower older people to live more healthy, active and fulfilling lives with the support of their peers and communities.
2008
National Child Measurement Programme 2007/08 School Year Headline Results
This report summarises the key findings from the Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) 2007/08. The report provides high-level analysis of the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, overweight and obese children in reception and Year 6 measured in the school year 2007/08.
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Consumer Insight Summary
This report is a summary of the results of research carried out for the Department of Health into families' attitudes and behaviours relating to diet and activity.
Ambitions for health: A strategic framework for maximising the potential of social marketing and health-related behaviour
This strategic framework sets out how the Department of Health plans to make sure that policy development and all public health interventions are informed by an understanding of what motivates people.
Health Inequalities: Progress and Next Steps
This reviews the progress of Tackling Health Inequalities: A Programme for Action in 2003.
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Guidance for Local Areas (Department of Health and Department of Children, Schools and Families)
This document provides local areas with guidance on what they can do to promote healthy weight and tackle obesity. It sets out suggestions for how local partners can develop their own plans, from understanding the scale of the problem in their communities, to setting local goals and choosing interventions where it is agreed that local action is required, right through to ensuring that progress is monitored and evaluated.
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross-Government Strategy for England (Department of Health and Department of Children, Schools and Families)
This cross-government strategy is the first step in a sustained programme to support people to maintain a healthy weight. It will be followed by a public annual report that assesses progress, looks at the latest evidence and trends, and makes recommendations for further action.
Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet: England
This statistical report presents a range of information on obesity, physical activity and diet, drawn together from a variety of sources. Topics covered include overweight and obesity prevalence among adults and children, physical activity levels among adults and children, trends in purchases and consumption of food and drink, and energy intake, and health outcomes of obesity.
Take action on active travel: Why a shift from car-dominated transport policy would benefit public health
The UK's leading organisations working on all areas of public health, including those who shape the environment we live in, have come together to give government expert views on active travel and health.
Health Survey for England 2007 Volume 1 Healthy lifestyles: knowledge, attitudes and behaviour
This Health and Social Care Information Centre document looks at the findings of the seventeenth annual survey of health in England.
Health Survey for England 2007 Health lifestyles: knowledge attitudes and behaviour, Summary of key findings
This Health and Social Care Information Centre document summarises the findings of the seventeenth annual survey of health in England.
NHS County Durham 5 Year Strategic Plan
This plan sets out the vision and the four strategic aims through which this vision will be achieved.
2007
Tackling Obesities: Future Choices - Project Report (Government Office for Science)
The far-reaching research and evidence in this report gives new insights into the challenges being faced in tackling obesity.
Better Health, Fairer Health: Consultation on a Strategy for 21st Century Health and Well-Being in North East England (Public Health North East)
This consultation document aims to fill a significant gap in what is happening at regional level that will make a significant difference to work already going on.
The 'Healthy Living' Social Marketing Initiative: A Review of the Evidence (Medical Research Council 2007)
This report provides a focus for the collective work to improve dietary habits and increase physical activity. It builds on the NICE guidance (on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children) and input from across government on obesity.
2006
The Health Impact of the 2012 Games: A Screening Health Impact Assessment of the North East's draft vision for the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2012
This Health Impact Assessment is the start of the process of trying to get health and wellbeing embedded as key parts of regional and national strategies.
A-CLASS Project Research Findings & Executive Summary - Does 2 hours of PE and 2 hours of school sport make a difference to children's health?
The A-CLASS (Active City of Liverpool, Active Schools and Sportslinx) project was designed to assess the effectiveness of the extra 2 hours of after school sport on the health, fitness, skill and fatness of 160 9-10 year old Liverpool girls and boys who lived in deprived areas of the city.
2005
Tackling Obesity in Adults in County Durham and Darlington: A Strategy for Prevention and Management
This strategy highlights the problem of obesity in the adult population of County Durham and Darlington and what needs to be done locally to prevent and treat the problem.
2004
Choosing Health: Making healthy choices easier (Department of Health)
This White Paper looks at helping people to make healthier choices for themselves, protecting people's health from the actions of others, and recognising the particular needs and the importance of emotional and physical development of the young. 'Choosing health' sets out a starting point for national renewal of practical and acceptable action to make a difference to the health of people in England.
Tackling Obesity in Children and Young People in County Durham and Darlington: A Strategy for Prevention and Treatment
This strategy highlights the problem of obesity in children and young people and what needs to be done locally to prevent obesity and to develop services to treat obesity.
At least five a week: Evidence on the impact of physical activity and its relationship to health (Department of Health)
This report sets out the available evidence from around the world for the impact that physical activity has on public health.
Department of Health: Choosing Health, Choosing Activity
The documents looks at how to increase activity by encouraging people to choose activity and ensuring that they can choose activity in education, the workplace, travel and the community, as well as considering the roles of the health and social care system and local delivery.
National Statistics: The health of children and young people - diet, nutrition, dental health and exercise
This chapter of the report examines the diet and nutrition intakes of children and adolescents, and other aspects that affect their well-being such as eating disorders, overweight, obesity, dental health care and physical exercise.
2002
The National Diet & Nutrition Survey: adults aged 19 to 64 years - foods consumed
This national survey aims to gather information about the dietary habits and nutritional status of the British population.
The National Diet & Nutrition Survey: adults aged 19 to 64 years - energy, protein, carbohydrate, fat and alcohol intake
This national survey aims to gather information about the dietary habits and nutritional status of the British population.
The National Diet & Nutrition Survey: adults aged 19 to 64 years - nutritional status (anthropometry and blood analytes), blood pressure and physical activity
This national survey aims to gather information about the dietary habits and nutritional status of the British population.
The National Diet & Nutrition Survey: adults aged 19 to 64 years - Summary Report
This national survey aims to gather information about the dietary habits and nutritional status of the British population.