I couldn’t help thinking of Eleanor at Give a Brick as well as her personal site at WritingSmiles when I got stuck into the book I mentioned I had ordered from Amazon following my day in London last week.  The second chapter is entitled, “When you smile, the world smiles with you.”

Happiness is good for you

The basis of this chapter is that happiness is good for you.  So by spreading happiness and love, you help prolong the… Read the rest

The Infectious Disease Research Network held a fascinating conference on Friday 11th June entitled “Understanding behavioural responses to infectious disease outbreaks”. The programme was still available last time I looked at: www.idrn.org/events/upcoming/behavioural.php. This seemed the ideal opportunity to see if others felt there were opportunities to explore the internet technologies in getting people engaged in discussions around public health issues – something that this whole site is aiming to do.

Communicating an issue is one thing; getting people to change… Read the rest

Welcome to this new venture.  I have made no secret within my own organisation, Public Health Wales, that as a pragmatist, I would register the domain phw.org.uk as I felt that someone from the organisation needed to grab it and at least provide a route to our formal website www.publichealthwales.org

However, as I clearly state in the “About” section of this web site, the views and opinions expressed on this site are entirely my own or those of other authors who may… Read the rest