David Halpern: nudging improvements in public health

Public health

Dr David Halpern, Director of the Cabinet Office's Behavioural Insights Team, spoke at Nudging improvements in public health, the last in our series of events about health and the Big Society.

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Taken from the third in our series of events on health and The Big Society, this audio features the questions asked to the panel as they discussed nudgeing improvements in public health.

Nudging improvements in public health: questions from the floor part two

Taken from the third in our series of events on health and The Big Society, this audio features questions on community change and case studies, health inequalities and the balance of legislation and action.

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