Health at Every Age can be defined as maintaining good health and living well at every stage of the life course. In this category, we expect to see tailored interventions and programmes of work that relate specifically to at least one of the five stages of the life course articulated in The Marmot Review 2010 and which contribute to the goal of health equity in each of these life phases.

2024 Winners

University of Southampton - LifeLab

LifeLab is a unique, educational programme helping children and adolescents develop the skills and awareness to support better decision-making about their health and wellbeing. Through engaging scientific discovery, LifeLab improves the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents now, and in the future and the health of their future families.

Finalists

Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP) - Oral health in the earliest years

LEAP worked in areas of Lambeth, south London, that had greater inequalities for young children than the rest of the borough. To address the gap in early years oral health promotion within the LEAP area we developed an oral health service that delivered a suite of evidence-based oral health activities.

Worcestershire County Council - Taking a partnership approach to reduce smoking in pregnancy rates

Worcestershire’s smoking at time of delivery rate has historically been higher than the national average. Over the last few years Public Health have co-ordinated a partnership approach, working with closely with maternity and health visiting colleagues to review the whole pathway of support from booking to post birth to bring the smoking at delivery rates down.” 

Award Criteria

Entered projects and programmes should demonstrate:

• Novel approaches to keeping populations healthy in the here and now, as well as in creating opportunities for individuals to be healthy in the future. This could include work focused on pre-natal or post-natal care, programmes of work to improve the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people, health screening initiatives for older age groups and community-focused approaches to improving health and wellbeing of a targeted population group.
• As with all categories, we would expect to see evidence of the needs assessment underpinning your intervention and we encourage approaches that can demonstrate effective co-production. 
• For this year, given the extreme challenges we have faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are very keen to encourage examples of activity that helped to build resilience in the face of the pandemic.
• Applications should demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of age as a protected characteristic, as described within the Equality Act 2010. This understanding will also be reflected in the design, delivery and evaluation of the programmes or interventions that you are submitting for the award.

The winners are announced at the RSPH Awards ceremony, taking place in London on 28th November 2024. To register your interest sign up below. 

 

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