VPPHIG Introduction
The aims of the Violence Prevention Public Health Interest Group (VPPHIG):
to improve work to prevent violence through Public Health action; to share experience, knowledge, and approaches for taking forward Public Health including early-stage ideas;
- To raise the profile of violence prevention practice as a domain of Specialist Public Health Practice.
- To provide an informal network of those involved in violence prevention work in Public Health;
- To facilitate cross-Board collaborative work as appropriate; and
- To provide a conduit to general advice on approaches to violence prevention practice and access to public health expertise across Scotland, as appropriate.
The scope of the VPPHIG will include:
- Developing violence prevention Public Health to identify good practice;
- Sharing examples of violence prevention Public Health;
- Learning violence prevention Public Health through CPD and peer review; and
- Supporting each other – for example, to help publish the results of our work
To view the group’s aims/ objectives please access the Terms of Reference and Workplan, available on this page.