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Type	Document Title	Description	Created Date
	Invest to Save: Improving outcomes in cardiovascular disease		07/10/2008
	ChaMPs Public Health Network Strategy 2008-2013		07/10/2008
	Lung cancer in the North West	This report evaluates trends in lung cancer in the North West of England with particular focus on the epidemiology and treatment of lung cancer, and future impact of the smoking ban. The report builds upon and expands on previously published work on lung cancer in Cheshire and Merseyside, and covers the whole of the North West	03/10/2008
	Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 8: Alcohol	This eighth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) is on alcohol. It contains 36 different indicators of alcohol-related harm, health and behaviour across all nine English regions; with analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible. The Executive Summary is also available as a separate document at: www.nwph.net/alcohol/alcohol_indications_summary.pdf	24/09/2008
	Alcohol Profile for the Liverpool City Region	The North West Public Health Observatory provided up-to-date, evidence-based research support to the Liverpool City Region Health is Wealth Commission, which was established to examine the growing gap between the City Region’s booming economic performance and its worsening public health status and to look at why this might be happening, and to make recommendations as to what might be done to help improve the situation. One of the Commission's key themes was alcohol, and so NWPHO produced this summary report profiling the impact of alcohol-related harm in the area to assist the Commission in producing such recommendations. The Commission's final report, which also contains an appendix produced by NWPHO on the general health of Liverpool City Region residents, is available at http://www.healthiswealthcommission.org.uk/	22/09/2008
	Incapacity Benefit Profile for the Liverpool City Region	The North West Public Health Observatory provided up-to-date, evidence-based research support to the Liverpool City Region Health is Wealth Commission, which was established to examine the growing gap between the City Region’s booming economic performance and its worsening public health status and to look at why this might be happening, and to make recommendations as to what might be done to help improve the situation. One of the Commission's key themes was incapacity benefit, and so NWPHO produced this summary report profiling incapacity benefit in the area to assist the Commission in such recommendations. The Commission's final report, which also contains an appendix produced by NWPHO on the general health of Liverpool City Region residents, is available at http://www.healthiswealthcommission.org.uk/	22/09/2008
	Top Tips for Healthier Workplaces		08/09/2008
	Top Tips for Healthier Workplaces		08/09/2008
	Urban Parks and Public Health: exploiting a resource for healthy minds and bodies	This comprehensive report brings together current information about the available urban park resource in the North West and explores the potential for promoting well-being amongst the local community.	08/09/2008
	Returning Urban Parks to their Public Health Roots	This synthesis report traces the hostory of public urban parks in England, examines the current provision and usage of urban parks in the North West and factors affecting this, discusses the potential public health benefits of parks, and proposes recommendations for maximising the potential of urban parks for improving the health of people living in the North West.	08/09/2008
	HIV & AIDS in the North West of England 2007	A full version of the report and extra analyses are available at http://www.nwpho.org.uk/hiv2007	14/08/2008
	Alcohol-attributable fractions for England	The most up-to-date review of the relationships between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms. This report examines the major causes of ill-health and mortality due to alcohol and determines what proportion of cases in England are caused by alcohol. Figures presented include the latest data for levels of hospital admission and number of deaths.	22/07/2008
	Sexual Health Quarterly Bulletin - June 2008 edition	Department of Health Update; Sexual Health Network Update; HPV Vaccine News; North West Sexual Health Profile; Lesbian Health; News and Events.	14/07/2008
	North West regional Health Profile	The North West regional Health Profile is an output from the third round of local Health Profiles that were released on 24 June 2008. These profiles contain new indicators as well as filling some of the indicator gaps that have previously existed. All indicators are compared to the England average and inequalities within areas are also shown. Health Profiles complement other sources of information available to local partnerships. The Public Health Observatories are working to incorporate national indicators, such as NHS Vital Signs, into local health intelligence. We have launched an online health profiler tool www.nwpho.org.uk/healthprofiler All national health profiles are available for download at www.healthprofiles.info, a newly launched website which also lets users create comparisons with other areas as well as maps and charts. Local profiles for the North West region can be found at www.apho.org.uk/resource/view.aspx?RID=50215®ION=50151 To view the North West Local Authorities Summary across all Health Profile Indicators please click here http://www.nwpho.org.uk/healthprofiler/HP_2008_summaryNW.pdf	24/06/2008
	HIV and AIDS New Diagnoses	Newsletter Issue 2 - June 2008	19/06/2008
	Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Health Trainers training pack		16/06/2008
	Business Plan 2008/09		16/06/2008
	Health is Wealth Commission Interim Report		29/05/2008
	Sexual Health quarterly bulletin March 2008		29/05/2008
	Sexual Health quarterly bulletin December 2007		29/05/2008
	National enhanced syphilis surveillance data to end of Q4 2007		29/05/2008
	North West Reports of new HIV diagnoses 2006		29/05/2008
	Men Too: National Chlamydia screening programme		29/05/2008
	Local Sexual Health Profile NW Region April 2008		29/05/2008
	New HIV diagnoses surveillance tables	UK data to end of December 2007	29/05/2008
	Waiting times audit at genitourinary medicine clinics August 2007	Trend data May 2006 to August 2007 audits	29/05/2008
	Waiting times audit at genitourinary medicine clinics August 2007	National & Regional, Residence & Clinic based results from quarterly one week sample surveys	29/05/2008
	Waiting times audit at genitourinary medicine clinics August 2007	Results	29/05/2008
	Waiting times audit at genitourinary medicine clinics August 2007	Introduction and methodology	29/05/2008
	Evaluation of One-Stop shop models of sexual health provision	Executive summary	29/05/2008
	Review of National Strategy for Sexual Health & HIV		29/05/2008
	High Level azithromycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae		29/05/2008
	10 High Impact Changes for Genitourinary Medicine 48 hour access		29/05/2008
	NWRA Regional BME Study		29/05/2008
	Demography, Migration & Diversity in the North West		29/05/2008
	Ethnicity & Inequalities in Health & Social Care	New journal vol 1 issue 1 - by subscription	29/05/2008
	Moving on up? The Way Forward	bme final report 2007	29/05/2008
	Britain's Immigrants: an economic profile		29/05/2008
	Equality Scheme 2008-09		29/05/2008
	Race Equality Scheme Progress Report		29/05/2008
	Nursing Conferences April to July	Nursing Conferences April to July	26/05/2008
	Invest to save - guidance for commissioning primary prevention		14/05/2008
	Finding public health knowledge and information - a guide for the North West	The leaflet contains a list of ‘key’ public health knowledge and information resources.	14/05/2008
	Our Life in the North West		07/05/2008
	Sexual Health Quarterly Bulletin March 2008 Edition	Department of Health Update; Sexual Health Network Updates; Evidence Briefing Updates; Sexual Health Profile North West; Department of Health Press Release; News and Events.	23/04/2008
	Evidence Briefing for Public Health Action	Presenting a table that identifies research evidence and guidance in support of the statements derived from Staying Healthy.	23/04/2008
	ChaMPs News April 2008		16/04/2008
	North West Children and Young People's Health Indicators	This report shows the picture of the health of 1.7 million children and young people in the North West by comparing the health and wellbeing of under-18s in local areas across the region against 50 different indicators. It is published alongside an online health profiler tool at www.nwph.net/cayphi which will enable local authorities, the NHS and other local agencies to use these indicators at a district level to identify and tackle their own local issues.	03/04/2008
	Risky drinking in North West school children and its consequences: A study of fifteen and sixteen year olds	A study of 9,833 15-16 year old school children in the North West, examining relationships between risky drinking behaviours (binge drinking, frequent drinking, drinking in public places) and demographics, income, leisure activities and access to alcohol. Negative consequences of risky drinking such as violence and regretted sex are also investigated.	28/03/2008
	North West Child Height & Weight Measurement 2007	This analysis of child overweight and obesity data has been produced by the North West Public Health Observatory on behalf of PCTs in the region in order to look at inequalities across deprivation quintiles and to produce Local Authority District measures of child obesity.	22/02/2008