This one is all about public health. But what does that actually involve? Frances explores a few perspectives of public health past and present - she chats to Helen Donovan and Helen Bedford who have dedicated their life to public health, and are our go-to experts for anything vaccination related.

Historian Sally Frampton then gives us some historical context, looking back to 19th Century measures to tackle smallpox, and how the explosion of print journalism at that time affected public health messaging.

And we finish up with a chat with Ying Butt, who tells us how public health caught her attention as a 6 year old in Jamaica, and what she has learned from her patients.

Producer: Natalie Steed

Links:

Helen Donovan is chair of the Self Care Forum. Check out their brilliant work: http://www.selfcareforum.org/ and on twitter @SelfCareForum

Any RCN member listeners can get involved with the public health forum https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/forums/public-health-forum @nurses4ph

History of vaccine scepticism - fab article by Sally Frampton: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/23/vaccine-scepticism-how-to-tackle-it