About the BSPHN
We are a UK charity dedicated to advancing the use of behavioural and social sciences to help solve public health challenges.
What is the BSPHN?
The Behavioural Science in Public Health Network (BSPHN) is a community of professionals and academics working in the behavioural and social sciences and public health.
Our mission is to promote the use of the behavioural and social sciences to improve population health, the health care system, health policy formation, and help prevent illness and disability. The BSPHN provides a forum to connect those working in public health to share knowledge, evidence-based approaches and best practice for integrating behavioural and social sciences into public health initiatives.
Why we exist
To make it easier for public health professionals with the behavioural and social sciences to connect, disseminate work and share best practice.
All public health teams share a common and often challenging goal: to improve population health. We therefore have much to learn from one another — what initiatives succeed or fail, when and why? The behavioural and social sciences have great potential to help us answer these questions. By pooling our expertise, we can help more colleagues to leverage behavioural and social sciences and accelerate improvements to population health.
Our work
Throughout the year, we host a range of events, including an annual conference, webinars and training opportunities offered through our regional hubs. We produce our own podcast, Real World Behavioural Science, and peer-reviewed journal, Behavioural Science and Public Health. We are a charity committed to making our work accessible to all, so our podcast is freely available and our resource library and journal are open-access.
Join the BSPHN Community of Practice – it’s free!
Sign up to the BSPHN Community of Practice to receive updates on our work and be the first to hear about upcoming events and training opportunities. By joining our Community of Practice, you can:
- Collaborate – Connect with experts in the behavioural and social sciences working in public health, both nationally and internationally to expand your professional network.
- Share – Share your work, raise challenges and help develop evidence-based solutions based on best practice within the behavioural and social sciences.
- Progress – The BSPHN provides training opportunities to learn how to apply the behavioural and social sciences to public health initiatives, as well as information on related careers and employment opportunities.
Join the BSPHN Community of Practice
We invite you to join the Community of Practice if you are a behavioural scientist, health psychologist, health psychology postgraduate, public health consultant, public health practitioner, social scientist, behavioural economist, or other professional working in public health and behavioural or social science linked to health. You can also follow us on social media to stay updated with our work and events.
You can also follow us on social media to stay updated with our work and events.