Emma Bird's Outputs (7)

Planning for healthy places: Co-development of guidance to systematically embed health in Local Plans in England (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aim: Drawing upon in-depth research and over a decade of practice supporting local authorities across the UK, TRUUD researchers and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have collaborated on the co-development of evidence based and user-fr... Read More about Planning for healthy places: Co-development of guidance to systematically embed health in Local Plans in England.

Healthy policies for healthy places: A framework to systematically embed health in local development plans in England (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The places in which people live have a profound influence over the opportunities they have and the choices they can make to live healthy and happy lives. Some of the most pressing health challenges faced by the UK: such as obesity, mental health issu... Read More about Healthy policies for healthy places: A framework to systematically embed health in local development plans in England.

Planning for healthy places: A practical guide for local authorities on embedding health in local plans and planning policies in England (2024)
Report

Local plans are key documents through which local authorities can plan, design and influence environments to create and maintain health, and yet they are often weak and inconsistent on how exactly this can be achieved.

The Planning for healthy pla... Read More about Planning for healthy places: A practical guide for local authorities on embedding health in local plans and planning policies in England.

School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report (2024)
Report

This is a report on the RE-AIM evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran from... Read More about School Health Assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of verweight children aged 4-5 years: Evaluation report.

School health assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of overweight children aged 4-5 years. Evaluation report: Executive Summary (2024)
Report

This is an executive summary of the evaluation of a healthy weight extended brief intervention (EBI), a pilot project developed by Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, and South Gloucestershire Council, with Sirona care and health, which ran... Read More about School health assistant delivery of an extended brief intervention for parents and carers of overweight children aged 4-5 years. Evaluation report: Executive Summary.

Integrating health in Local Plans: An impact evaluation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aim: This research sought to improve the systematic integration of health in Local Plan policies, as part of the TRUUD (Tackling the Root causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development) project.

Background: Local Plans are used by local planning... Read More about Integrating health in Local Plans: An impact evaluation.

Integrating health in local plans: An impact evaluation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Local Plan is a statutory policy document through which local planning authorities in England seek to shape urban regeneration and other land use management. Research suggests that for planning policy to have a meaningful impact on promoting heal... Read More about Integrating health in local plans: An impact evaluation.