Bryony and Emma from the Wales VPU have had a busy couple of days at the 13th International Club Health Conference! This conference brings together experts on protecting and promoting health in nightlife settings, to share knowledge and learning and explore opportunities for collaboration.
We were delighted to have three presentations accepted this year, to share more about how we and our partners are building a Wales without violence.
Bryony presented on our developing approach of using behavioural science to support professionals implementing a public health approach to violence prevention. This work has grown from two Roundtables we hosted last summer, and we are looking forward to sharing more details soon!
Click here for the Wales Without Violence Framework
Emma shared more about our work in engaging men and boys in violence prevention across two presentations. She shared about our Engaging Men and Boys Toolkit, and how it is vital to build evidence of what works when developing and delivering interventions aiming to engage men and boys. Emma also presented findings from behavioural insights work we commissioned on supporting men as prosocial bystanders against sexual harassment in the nighttime economy.
Click here for the Engagement Men and Boys Toolkit
It was great to see further Wales representation, including from Bangor University colleagues who shared about a recent research collaboration with Public Health Wales and the Wales VPU on the experiences of bystanders to violence in Wales. This research explored findings from a cross-sectional survey, Time to Talk Public Health, on people’s confidence and skills to respond when witnessing violence, and willingness to undertake bystander training.
The conference was fantastic opportunity to share knowledge and insight developed through the dedicated work of partners across Wales.
Time to Talk Public Health is a nationally representative group of around 2,500 people from across Wales who support the work of Public Health Wales. Click here to find out more.