South West Public Health Training Scheme Tutorial Programme Mental Health and Well-being   Monday, 12 April 2010, Exeter Corn Exchange, George Street, Exeter EX1 1BU    Directions   09:30 Coffee/Tea on Arrival   10:00 Introduction - Mental Health and Well-being: everybody's business   Mike Wade and Kyla Thomas 10:05 A public health approach to mental health and well-being   Mike Wade 10:45 Suicide in England and Wales- 1861-2007 Kyla Thomas   11:20 Coffee/Tea   11:45 Developing a ‘Mental Health Atlas Rob Nelder – Head of Intelligence (NHS Plymouth)   13:30 Lunch   13:45 Introduction to Recovery principles and implications for public health practice   Dr. Elina Baker (Devon Partnership NHS Trust) Elaine Hewis (Trainer & Lecturer in Mental Health)   14:45 Break   15:00 Challenging stigma  Sharon Claridge (Vocational Services Manager and Social Inclusion Lead – NHS Plymouth) Kevin Parish (Service User Advocate)   16:00 Evaluation     16:10 Close    Aim:  To further understand (debate and challenge) public health’s contribution to improving mental health and well-being at population-level  Objectives: By the end of the tutorial – participants will:    be introduced to current national strategy regarding mental health at population level and how elements of this can be incorporated into local strategic planning / commissioning  consider the breadth of interventions at population level that contribute to improving public mental health and well-being  understand the epidemiology of suicide in England and Wales - (age, sex and method specific)  understand the impact of method restriction on suicide rates.  gain an overview of data sources that can be used to develop a mental health atlas and their implications for strategy development and commissioning understand the impact of stigma on individuals who have experienced poor mental health and strategies to challenge stigma Relevant ARCP Competencies  1.1 Show awareness of avaialble data to describe the health status and determinants of a local population and compare with other populations using appropriate statistical and standardisation techniques and identify  localities of groups with poor health   1.5 Use a range of routine information sources and surveillance systems including as a minimum, mortality, hospital admission, census, primary care, communicable disease, cancer registry, reproductive and sexual health data and government surveys to support public health activity 3.1 Display awareness of current national public health policies 3.2 Recognise the need for policy work to address problems 5.1 Debate the relative importance of individual and society decisions for health and ethical issues relating to health improvement 5.3 Debate the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of health improvement interventions directed at large populations including social marketing*  *social marketing might feature in discussions but does not feature specifically in the programme Directions How to get to the Exeter Corn Exchange Train station: Exeter St David’s For car users: There is an NCP car park directly below in Guinea Street, and there is also a large car park across the road in Mary Arches Street - 3 minutes walk from the venue entrance.