This event directed a spotlight on ‘state of the art’ thinking and approaches to collaborative efforts to tackle some of the toughest problems in the community. The conference themes struck a chord and, apart from anything else, highlighted the underexplored and often unrecognised nexus between law enforcement and public health, in all its complex forms.
LEPH2012 conference themes included a wide range of complex social issues where law enforcement – particularly police – have a critical role to play, and the partnership with public health is of key importance. The Conference’s Marketplace of Ideas showcased successful police-public health collaborations and initiatives, to build a knowledge base of ‘what works’ across the widest range of public health issues including:
Mental health
Family, gender-based and community violence prevention
Communicable disease and epidemic control
Emergency and disaster management including major events
Alcohol management and regulation
Drug and alcohol affected persons
Indigenous health
Road trauma
Illicit drugs and harm reduction
Health in the Developing World