Faculty of Public Health
The Faculty of Public Health is the standard setting body for specialists in public health in the UK. We support this report because we believe that it says all the right things about empowerment and the promotion of wellbeing. It usefully complements the recent report from the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health and helps to fill many of the gaps between mental health and inequalities, including the crucial links between negative health behaviours and poor physical health. We very much welcome its emphasis on promoting wellbeing - the focus on developing resilient individuals, communities and environments being particularly timely during the current global economic crisis.
The Faculty of Public Health is the standard setting body for specialists in public health in the UK. We support this report because we believe that it says all the right things about empowerment and the promotion of wellbeing. It usefully complements the recent report from the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health and helps to fill many of the gaps between mental health and inequalities, including the crucial links between negative health behaviours and poor physical health. We very much welcome its emphasis on promoting wellbeing - the focus on developing resilient individuals, communities and environments being particularly timely during the current global economic crisis.
