South West Public Health Scientific Conference 2025
Category: Regional Public Health Events - Other
Date: March 18th 2025
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre, Redcliffe Way, Bristol BS1 6NJ
SOUTH WEST PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Tuesday 18th March 2025
DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, BS1 6NJ (face to face only)
The aim of the Scientific Conference is to showcase both service and university based public health research and evaluation from across the South West.
The conference will be of interest to the wide range of public health academic and service professionals throughout the region, appealing to those working in local authorities, educational institutions, the NHS, UKHSA, OHID, business and the community and voluntary sector. If you are unsure if you are in the target audience for the conference, please email england.publichealth.sw@nhs.net to see if your attendance would be relevant.
The Scientific Conference offers a unique opportunity to showcase both service and university based public health research and evaluation from across the South West.
The event will promote debate and new learning across the full range of public health disciplines in the South West.
Registration is now OPEN.
To book your place at the Scientific Conference, please visit https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/healtheducationyh/south-west-public-health-scientific-conference-18th-march-2025-
Once you have registered online, you will receive email confirmation of attendance within 5 working days.
Please note that your attendance is not confirmed until a confirmation email has been received.
Draft Conference Programme (subject to change)
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9.30 |
Tea/Coffee & registration |
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10:00 |
Welcome from the Chair Professor Maggie Rae, Head of School of Public Health
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10:10 |
NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration
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10:40 |
‘Exploring the Perceptions of Smokers Living in Social Housing in Somerset on the Barriers and Facilitators to Smoking Cessation’ (Highly Commended Abstract) Lorelei Bolston, formerly Behavioural Science Officer, Somerset Council |
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11:00 |
Tea/Coffee
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11:35 |
Parallel Sessions (4 parallel sessions of 3 presentations)
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12.35 |
Lunch (provided)
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13.45 |
Parallel Mini-Oral sessions (3 parallel sessions of 4 mini-oral presentations/1 local authority showcase)
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14.10 |
Parallel Sessions (4 parallel sessions of 2 presentations)
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14:50 |
Tea/Coffee
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15.15 |
Chair/Award presentation Professor Maggie Rae, Head of School of Public Health
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15.25 |
‘Developing films to support vaccine-hesitant, ethnically diverse parents’ decision-making about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine: a codesign study’ (Highly Commended Abstract) Harri Fisher, Researcher, University of Bristol |
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15:45 |
‘Reducing repeat child removals in Torbay: use of an integrated public health and social care approach to develop the Breathing Space service’ (Highly Commended Abstract) Felicity Thomas, Associate Professor of Culture and Health Inequalities, University of Exeter |
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16.05 |
Closing remarks
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16.15 |
Close
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Please note that this conference will be recorded.