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Our research is bringing together and enhancing existing UK strengths in population health research, with a focus on producing evidence-informed solutions to new and longstanding challenges. We are exploiting existing evidence, including large scale population data resources.
Research consortia
Each of the areas of research within PHI UK is being driven by a consortium of organisations from research, policy, practice and the third sector, addressing separate but complementary challenges.
Examining how population health is affected by features of the urban environment such as walkability, air quality, housing, public transport, access to schools, parks, social and community assets, healthy food, and health services.
Understanding how the products and practices of the commercial sector, alongside other building blocks of health, impact on local communities. Using that knowledge to identify, implement and evaluate the interventions most likely to improve health, wellbeing and equity at scale.
Developing computer models to estimate how planned policies impact people's economic circumstances, and in turn their health. This evidence will help policymakers understand how different groups and places are affected unequally, leading to better policy design and improved outcomes.
Creating new opportunities for population-based improvements in mental health across the country, focusing on children and young people, suicide and self-harm prevention, and multiple long-term conditions.
The goal is to create a holistic picture of the various influences on health and wellbeing, in order to develop and evaluate innovative and impactful interventions at the population level. PHI UK will pursue a systems approach to health improvement, one that:
considers all the interacting parts of how the complex modern world affects our health
is driven by data and evidence
has an inclusive approach to incorporating different perspectives from across society.
Publications
You will be able to find all academic publications from all our consortia, as well as other key outputs, on our publications page.
