Literature review

• Cold homes and their association with health and well-being: A systematic literature review

  As part of a wider project to determine whether current indoor temperature standards for households in Wales are optimal for people’s comfort, health, and well-being, this review aims to identify […]

• Does universal access to assessment of need have an impact on child health and development inequalities: A brief scope of the literature

  This document outlines a brief overview of the findings of a scoping search conducted by the Evidence Service within Public Health Wales to identify sources relevant to identifying if universal […]

• Universal free school meals scoping report

  This scoping document outlines a brief overview of the findings of a scoping search conducted by the Evidence Service to identify sources relevant to outcomes relating to health inequalities arising […]

• International horizon scanning and learning: Summary report on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and increasing vulnerability

  The COVID-19 pandemic has posed challenges to societies, health systems and decision-makers worldwide and has resulted in long-term economic, social and health and well-being impacts. Mental health has been negatively […]

• International horizon scanning and learning to inform Wales’ COVID-19 public health response and recovery summary calendar update April 2021 – March 2022

  This International Horizon Scanning and Learning Summary Calendar is an update from the previous Summary Calendar which can be found here and covered the period of April 2020 through to […]

• ‘Trauma-informed’: Identifying key language and terminology through a review of the literature

  Although the link between traumatic events and poor health outcomes is consistently documented, the terminology and components of trauma-related approaches and practices studied by researchers and used by practitioners are […]

• An exploration of the trauma informed terminology and approaches being used by significant projects, programmes, and interventions in Wales

  There is national and international recognition of the importance of working in a trauma informed way when interacting with others, and public statements to that effect by services and organisations […]

• International horizon scanning and learning to inform Wales’ COVID-19 public health response and recovery – summary calendar

  This Summary Calendar has collated, synthesised and presented a clear and concise summary of the COVID-19 International Horizon Scanning Reports over the past year, since April 2020 through to March […]

• Uncharted territory review

  This timely new review led by the ACE Support Hub, provides an update on the recommendations of the original report but also reflects on the progress made in the light […]

• Urgent Primary Care Centre Pathfinders in Wales: Annex B – literature review

  In a review of urgent and emergency care terminology (Turnbull et al 2019), it was found that four broad constructs are used in forming their definitions: physiological factors, relational language, […]