Welcome to Public healthy!

What is Public healthy?

Practising (or interested in) public health in the UK?  Watch a brief video introduction to the site.  We carry loads of up-to-date information and references on public health topics - the kinds of things you need frequently but can never remember where to find - including:

• Useful datasets for public health practice
• Current public health vacancies
• Major policy and legislation underlying public health practice in the UK
• A glossary of public health terms
• A directory of public health organisations and institutions
• Recommended public health books
• A number of new and historic articles on public health topics, including What is public health?, an Introduction to public health training and tips for Part A and Part B MFPH exams

Want to contribute?

Are you a current public health consultant, specialist or trainee?  If so, why not write an article on a public health topic you know a lot about or feel passionate about (both preferably!) which will be read by a wide audience interested in public health...  Please get in touch if you think you could help.

Finding your way around

Click on the menu on the left, or search the site in the box above.  To see all the pages on the site, go to the sitemap.  Think you might want to visit us again?  Press Ctrl-D to bookmark us.

Dr Tom Porter
Founder and Manager, Public healthy
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Oxfordshire PCT
Project Manager, Public Health Commissioning Network

PS. Public healthy is accredited by the Health-on-the-Net (HON) Foundation which seeks to ensure quality amongst medical and health websites.

You can read more about the HONcode on the About page.