About Us
The South East Public Health Observatory (SEPHO) is one of nine regional Observatories throughout England and Wales and is a member of the Association of Public Health Observatories.
SEPHO’s aim is to improve health and reduce inequalities in the South East region by providing information and support to local organisations, partners and stakeholders. We do this by:
- providing authoritative and appropriate public health information knowledge and skills;
- producing interpretive reports and briefings on topical issues;
- developing the technical systems to enable users to access and share resources and:
- supporting networks of public health organisations, professionals and practitioners.
SEPHO incorporates the Drug Treatment Monitoring Unit of the South East and works in close collaboration with the University of Oxford.
SEPHO is one of the teams which make up the umbrella organisation Solutions for Public Health. Another of the teams is the Oxford Cancer Intelligence Unit.
SEPHO is the lead observatory for work related to Coronary Heart Disease, Physical Activity, Stroke, Obesity, and Transport.
Correspondence for SEPHO and the DTMU can be directed to:
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| | 4150 Chancellor Court
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| | Oxford Business Park South
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| | Oxford
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| | OX4 2GX
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| | tel. 01865 334714
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| | fax 01865 334715
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To contact a specific individual of either team, please refer to our Contact Us page. If you are looking for directions on how to get to SEPHO, please refer to our Find Us page.
Delivering Choosing Health
The White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthy Choices Easier (2004) sees PHO's making a significant contribution locally, regionally and nationally. It states “this will ensure that the Public Health Observatories are better placed to support directors of public health and their teams with information and skills to promote local action and monitor its impact on health.”
Last review Jul 2009.