Publications

The Public Health Directorate produces a range of reports and publications. Please view the latest editions below.

The Directorate of Public Health Summary Business Plan 2011-2012

• The Directorate of Public Health Summary Business Plan 2011-2012 (PDF 367 kb - 26 pages)

Adult Health and Lifestyle Survey

• Adult Health and Lifestyle Survey 2004 (PDF 2.57 mb - 46 pages)

Director of Public Health Annual Reports

• Public Health Annual Report 2008 - 2010 (PDF 944 kb - 51 pages)

Emergency Planning

• NHS Forth Valley Major Emergency Plan (PDF 305 kb - 49 pages)

Healthy Weight Strategy Documents

• Obesity: Weapon on (body) mass destruction - by Naveed Sattar (PDF 3.21 mb - 52 pages)

Screening

• NHS Forth Valley Breast Screening Programme Report - 6th Round (2008) (PDF 136 kb - 13 pages)
• NHS Forth Valley Cervical Screening Programme Report 2007 - 2008 (PDF 310 kb - 24 pages)

Young Person's Lifestyle Survey (YPLS) - 2008

A Young Person's Lifestyle Survey was carried out in Forth Valley in 2008. 

Invited:  All state secondary schools in Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Council areas were invited to participate in the Young Person's Lifestyle Survey by the NHS Forth Valley Child Health Commissioner. Seven out of 19 schools agreed.

Respondents:  

Pupils in S2 and S4 classes from three schools in Clackmannanshire, two schools in Falkirk and two schools in Stirling.

Pupils responded to online questions using 'Survey Monkey' from Monday September 1, 2008 to Friday September 19, 2008.

Details of the methodology, the contributors, the survey questionnaire and key findings can be accessed.

Additional findings will be added as these become available.

** IMPORTANT NOTE **

HMRC identified an error in the data they provided to Scottish Government for the calculation of the income domain of SIMD 2009. The SIMD 2009 income domain and the overall SIMD 2009 have been revised as a result.

The following documents have been amended in light of the revised SIMD 2009.

• Questionnaire (PDF 61 kb - 14 pages)
• Acknowledgements (PDF 10 kb - 2 pages)
• Introduction (PDF 56 kb - 4 pages)
• Alcohol - with SIMD2009 v2 (revised) (PDF 29 kb - 4 pages)
• Physical Activity (PDF 16 kb - 2 pages)
• Smoking (PDF 50 kb - 3 pages)
• SALSUS 2006 Smoking (PDF 22 kb - 3 pages)