RSPH Presents: Spread the Health

• How do we solve the crisis of youth mental health?

  Content warning: this episode discusses youth suicide and depression.This month, William speaks to mental health campaigner Ben West, who, after the tragic suicide of his brother as a teenager, decided to try and make a difference to how youth mental health is understood and treated in the UK. Ben discusses how his experiences shaped his campaign work, why policy takes such a long time to produce change in this country, and how we should be planning to make a long-term difference.Alongside that, Laura joins from the RSPH team to discuss our recent climate change e-learning offer.Got a question for the podcast? Email [email protected] and share your thoughts!Credits:Hosted by William RobertsProduced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie SeamerRecorded and edited by Ben KosmaMusic by Ceton via Pixabay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Why better homes mean better health

  We all know that damp and mould are bad for us, but the link between housing quality and staying healthy goes far deeper.To help explain the causes, effects and solutions to housing's effect on health, we're joined by Faye Sanders, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Bath.For more from Faye, check out her academic work and follow her on LinkedIn.Plus, we hear from RSPH Deputy Chief Executive Matthew Bazeley-Bell about the good, the bad and everything in between from the new NHS ten-year plan.Got a question for the podcast? Email [email protected] and share your thoughts!Credits:Hosted by William RobertsProduced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie SeamerRecorded and edited by Ben KosmaMusic by Ceton via Pixabay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Could healthy high streets save our town centres?

  The decline of the Great British high street has been ongoing for a long time now, with out-of-town and online shopping diminishing the focal points of our town centres. Making matters worse, the replacements for shuttered shops are often a detriment to their local area.This episode we ask: can we reverse the decline? And are healthy high streets the way to do it?We speak to Mark Robinson, Head of Regeneration at "resilient retail" developer New River, about the problems facing our high streets, how we can fix them, and why making places work for their communities has a personal importance to him and his health.We also hear from Fernanda Aguilar Perez, RSPH's Senior Policy and Research Advisor, about Streets Ahead, our own recent report into healthy high streets, as well as from Head of Comms David Utley-Williams about updates from our last episode on child poverty and our new climate change educational offering.Got a question for the podcast? Email [email protected] and share your thoughts!Credits:Hosted by William RobertsProduced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie SeamerRecorded and edited by Ben KosmaMusic by Ceton via Pixabay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Why haven't we fixed child poverty yet?

  It's 2025, so why are we seeing child poverty – something often associated with the Victorian era – having such an effect on children and families?To get to the bottom of the issue and its very real, direct solutions, William speaks to Sara Ogilvie, Director of Policy, Rights and Advocacy at the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).Plus, the team tells us about the latest from RSPH including our new high streets report and our major new public health education pathways offering.Find out more about the Child Poverty Action Group at www.cpag.org.ukGot a question for the podcast? Email [email protected] and share your thoughts!Credits:Hosted by William RobertsProduced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie SeamerRecorded and edited by Ben KosmaMusic by Ceton via Pixabay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Are we losing the fight for global public health?

  For the first ever episode of Spread the Health, host William Roberts speaks to Georges Benjamin, Executive Director at the American Public Health Association, in a fascinating chat about the setbacks to global health in recent months and how we can push back against them.Georges tells us about decisions by the Trump administration and how they're impacting both domestic and international public health, the issues on the ground – such as social media and disinformation – that are affecting health in the United States, and what needs to be done to turn the tide back in the right direction.Alongside the interview, the team at RSPH talk about recent public health topics including World Immunisation Week, mental health training for MPs and a recent award nomination for our work in violence prevention and reduction (VPR).Credits:Hosted by William RobertsProduced by David Utley Williams, Ben Kosma and Connie SeamerRecorded and edited by Ben KosmaMusic by Ceton via Pixabay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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