Lifestyles

This section of the website points to key resources and information around lifestyle and indivdual behaviour. YHPHO have built resource collections drawing on local and national data, documents/reports, guidance, links to relevant organisations etc. for each lifestyle factor.

YHPHO Resource Collections

Click on a topic to be directed to the resource collection:

Public Health Observatories with lead roles around lifestyle factors

The following Public Health Observatories have taken on the national lead for intelligence around lifestyle factors:

North West:

Lead areas - Drug Misuse, Alcohol, Crime & Violence
www.nwpho.org.uk

South West:

Lead area - Sexual Health
www.swpho.nhs.uk

East Midlands:

Lead areas - Food & Nutrition, Teenage Pregnancy
www.empho.org.uk

London:

Lead area - Tobacco
www.lho.org.uk

South East:

Lead areas - Physical Activity, Obesity, Transport
www.sepho.org.uk

There are also links below to sections within other PHO sites dedicated to resources and information around lifestyle factors.

Lifestyles

South West PHO: Web section on information around individual behaviour
http://www.swpho.nhs.uk/resource/browse.aspx?RID=49

Obesity

South East PHO: Web section on obesity
http://www.sepho.org.uk/Topics/obesity.aspx

North East PHO: Web section on work in progress looking into relationship between obesity and pregancy:
http://www.nepho.org.uk/index.php?c=627

East Midlands PHO: Web section on obesity
http://www.empho.org.uk/themes/obesity/obesity.aspx

London Health Observatory: Web section on obesity
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/Obesity.aspx

Eastern Region PHO: Web section on obesity
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Diet/default.aspx

Physical Activity

East Midlands PHO: Web section on physical activity
http://www.empho.org.uk/THEMES/activity/activity.aspx

London Health Observatory: Web section on physical activity
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/PhysicalActivity.aspx

Eastern Region PHO: Web section on physical activity
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Physical_activity/default.aspx

South East PHO: Web section on physical activity
http://www.sepho.org.uk/Topics/physActivity.aspx

Diet & Nutrition

East Midlands PHO: Web section on diet
http://www.empho.org.uk/themes/diet/diet.aspx

London Health Observatory: Web section on diet and nutrition
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/DietNutrition.aspx

Eastern Region PHO: Web section on diet and nutrition
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Diet/default.aspx

Smoking

East Midlands PHO: Web section on smoking
http://www.empho.org.uk/THEMES/smoking/smoking.aspx

London Health Observatory: Web section on smoking
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/Smoking.aspx

Eastern Region PHO: Web section on smoking
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Smoking/default.aspx

Alcohol

North East PHO: Web section on information around alcohol:
http://www.nepho.org.uk/index.php?c=623

London Health Observatory: Web section on alcohol
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/Alcohol.aspx

Eastern Region PHO: Web section on alcohol
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Alcohol/default.aspx

Drug Misuse

London Health Observatory: Web section on drugs and health behaviour
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/Drugs_And_Health_Behaviour.aspx

Eastern Region: Web section on drug misuse
http://www.erpho.org.uk/topics/Drug_misuse/default.aspx

Sexual Health and Teenage Pregnancy

East Midlands PHO: Web section on sexual health
http://www.empho.org.uk/THEMES/sexual_health/sexual_health.aspx

East Midlands PHO: Web section on teenage pregnancy
http://www.empho.org.uk/themes/teenagepregnancy/teenagepregnancy.aspx

London Health Observatory: Web section on sexual health
http://www.lho.org.uk/HIL/Lifestyle_And_Behaviour/SexualHealth.aspx

South East PHO: Web section on sexually transmitted infections
http://www.sepho.org.uk/Topics/stis.aspx