Welcome to the Institute of Public Health in Ireland

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The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) promotes cooperation for public health between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland by:

We work with a range of partners to bring people and organisations from across the island together to promote collective action for sustained improvements in health. Tackling inequalities in health across the island of Ireland is a focus for all our work. Over the past ten years the Institute has produced over 50 publications, held over 30 conferences and workshops and responded to relevant policy consultations. IPH was established in 1998 and has offices in Belfast and Dublin.

IPH is a key partner in two recently established research centres, the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health (Northern Ireland), one of five UK centres created as part of a new £20 million investment, and the national HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research which aims to provide evidence based policy for diet and nutrition policy in Ireland.

IPH is a member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), a global venture dedicated to strengthening global public health capacity by strengthening and linking national public health institutes.

 

'The Spirit Level - why more equal societies almost always do better'

(Left to right:
Kate Pickett, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of York
Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus, University of Nottingham Medical School, Owen Metcalfe, Associate Director of Institute of Public Health in Ireland.)

Authors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett recently discussed their new book The Spirit Level – why more equal societies almost always do better at two seminars hosted by IPH.  The Spirit Level highlights that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone – rich as well as poor.  This ground-breaking book, based on thirty years of research, opens up a major new approach to improving our health, quality of life and environmental sustainability.  The presentation slides, a Youtube interview with the authors, photographs from the events and IPH press release can be accessed below.

Richard and Kate presented to over 250 people in Dublin and Belfast. They are also Directors of The Equality Trust which campaigns for greater equality of income as the best way to create a better society which can be accessed at http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk

 

Latest publications

Health Impacts of Education: a review Levelling Up. Securing health improvement by securing social inclusion Tackling food poverty
All-Ireland Health and Wellbeing Data Set
 Tackling health inequalities. An All-Ireland approach to social determinants Tackling Food Poverty: Lessons from the Decent Food for All (DFfA) intervention

 

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