In addition to developing prison/offender management-specific regional infrastructures and providing resources, it conducted a baseline audit of health promotion within North West prisons, researched and assessed needs and carried out specific action-focused research on particular issues such as sexual health, tobacco control and mental well-being.
Lead Investigator
Dr Mark Dooris
Project Staff
Michelle Baybutt
Collaborators
North West prisons
North West Prisons Area Office
Funding Organisation
Department of Health (North West) / North West Prison Area Office, £66,000
Timeline
2004-06
Public Outputs
Baybutt, M., Hayton, P. and Dooris, M. (2006) Prisons in England and Wales: an important public health opportunity?
Chapter in J. Douglas, S. Earle, S., S. Handsley, C. Lloyd & S. Spurr (Eds.) A Reader in Promoting Public Health: Challenge and Controversy. London: Sage/Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Case study within: Dooris, M. & Hunter, D. (2007) Organisations and settings for promoting public health.
Chapter in C. Lloyd, S. Handsley, J.Douglas, S. Earle & S. Spurr (Eds.) Policy and Practice in Promoting Public Health. London: Sage/Milton Keynes: Open University.
Papers and workshops presented at UK Public Health Association and International Union of Health Promotion and Education Conferences, 2004-07.