Communications and Knowledge Management

The Communications and Knowledge Management function, within the Operations Directorate, is overseen by Stephen Wilson, Assistant Director of Communications and Knowledge Management.

Communications

• looks after development of the PHA’s internal and external communications functions;
• undertakes work to meet the communications requirements of the PHA;
• is made up of a multi-disciplinary team including specialists in publications development, design and electronic communications, public information campaigns and public and corporate affairs that includes public relations, event management and corporate communications.

Health intelligence

• involves analysis and interpretation of information; survey design and analysis; critical appraisal; evaluation techniques; and research eg evidence reviews of smoking interventions and teenage pregnancy, evaluations of suicide training programmes etc;
• supports public information campaigns and evaluating their impact;
• prepares briefings on a range of topics including Traveller health, life expectancy and road traffic accidents, and provides core data tables for the Director of Public Health Annual Report;
• works with partners inside and outside the PHA to develop and makes available knowledge or information about public health issues.