Promoting integration of the health and built environment agendas through a workforce development initiative.
There is a renewed and growing recognition of the links between public health and the built environment, which has underlined the need for improved joint working between public health and built environment professionals. However, currently there is little engagement between these two sectors. This paper outlines a workforce development initiative that aims to increase capacity for such joint working, through shared learning and reflection between professionals from the built environment sector and those from the specialist public health workforce. This paper demonstrates how shared learning through facilitated learning sets and other activities has identified issues that both hinder and potentially help the greater integration of health into built environment thinking. It documents a number of responses to the issues that have arisen, as well as suggesting ways forward and future work that can help to bring public health and built environment professionals closer together for the benefit of society.
Pilkington
Paul
P
Centre for Public Health Research, University of the West of England, Glenside Campus, Blackberry Hill, Bristol BS16 1DD, UK. paul.pilkington@uwe.ac.uk
Grant
Marcus
M
Orme
Judy
J
D002958:City Planning / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011361:Professional Competence; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D013192:Staff Development; D006113:United Kingdom