Working in Public Health

Fiona Sim is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a visiting chair at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She is a former Head of Public Health Development at the Department of Health, where she was responsible for the national development of the public health workforce. Jenny Wright is executive director of Solutions for Public Health, the largest NHS public health agency in the UK. She has been involved with the development of the public health competence framework and led the project developing and running the UK-wide public health careers website, Phorcast.

Foreword Duncan Selbie Foreword Martin McKee Section 1: Introduction to this Book Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Section 2: Functions Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 2.1 Health Improvement Richard Parish and Em Rahman 2.2 Health Intelligence Alison Hill 2.3 Healthcare Public Health Diane Bell and Jan Yates 2.4 Health Protection Peter Sheridan, Lorna Wilcox, Ian Gray and Surindar Dhesi 2.5 Academic Public Health Katie Cole, Muireann Kelly, Jane Wills and Helen Hogan 2.6 Global Public Health Mala Rao Section 3: Settings Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 3.1 Local Government Anita Parkin, Clare Ebberson, Martin Seymour and Rebecca Hams 3.2 National Health Service (NHS) Frances Fairman 3.3 Health Policy Mohit Sharma 3.4 International and Global Jenny Amery, Manpreet Singh and Manuelle Hurwitz 3.5 UK Voluntary & Community Paul Lincoln, Claire Everett and Sue Lloyd Section 4: Getting into Public Health Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 4.1 Courses Jane Wills and Helen Hogan 4.2 Public Health Specialist Training Amy Potter 4.3 Personal and Professional Development Em Rahman Section 5: How to Proceed from Here Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Advice from the PHORCaST team Conclusion Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Appendices List of useful professional organizations for public health