Public Health Observatories in England – the first three years

Authors

  • John Wilkinson North East Public Health Observatory, School for Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Stockton on Tees, UK
  • David Chappel North East Public Health Observatory, School for Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Stockton on Tees, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2427/6136

Keywords:

observatories, health monitoring, regions, public health

Abstract

Public health observatories (PHOs) were created in England in 2000. Since then they have been engaged in
a variety of activities to support the health improvement agenda in England. This article describes these
activities, the key responsibilities and outputs of PHOs. It also describes the links with other observatories
in Europe.

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Published

2004-06-30

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1-2 (2004)

Section

Theme Papers