Allied Health Professionals Handbook of Profession-Specific Descriptors for Public Health

AHPs play a crucial role in supporting the public's health.These descriptions, and the accompanying handbook,highlighttheir contributions across the four key domains of public health:the wider determinants of health,health improvement,population health,health protection, and health inequalities. Theyfocus on where and how AHP support worker roles can influence and improve the public’s health and encourages the reader to reflect on their current and potential roles and responsibilities.

These descriptors provide a range of examples of the different ways each AHP profession engages in public health. The list is not intended to be exhaustive. Many examples will span more than one area of public health practice so for the purpose of simplicity these have been positioned in the most obvious domain.

This resource forms part of theAllied Health Professions hubwhich has a wealth ofresources to support allAllied Health Professionals across the UK. As the third-largest workforce in the NHS, Allied Health Professionswork across a range of valuable areas of health and well-being. The aim of the hub is to provideinformation, encouragebest practice, and tell success stories of professionalswho do incredible work every day to protect and improve the public's health.