Public Health with Professor Kelechi Nnoaham

In this session I speak with  Professor Kelechi Nnoaham. We
examine the prevailing themes of public health within the
contemporary pandemic. We examine some of the key aspects of
public health necessary to overcome one of the most challenging
public health issues since the inception of the NHS. We dissect
some of the fundamental principles of public health, the
info-demic war of information, the contemporary evidence-based
research, decentralised leadership and more.


Professor Kelechi is the Executive Director of Public Health and
lead for Research & Development, Innovation and Value-Based
Health for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Wales.
Kelechi has held Honorary Professorships in Public Health and
Epidemiology at Plymouth University (since 2015) and Cardiff
University (since 2021) medical schools and previously worked as
the Director of Public Health for Plymouth and Bristol City
Councils. He has subsequently worked throughout leadership roles
in public health and healthcare leadership across the UK. Kelechi
has an MPH in Global Health Science (with Distinction) at Oxford
University and followed that up with a PhD in Public Health &
Epidemiology at Oxford University in 2011. In the conversation we
examine: 


The current public health climate – acute versus chronic
needs, secondary infection rates.

Collaboration – joined up working versus independent
initiative

The information war – The ‘info-demic’

‘Press release’ medicine – effectiveness and impact.

The principles of public health - The big 5
- population health management, prevention, population health
research, knowledge mobilisation and collaborative working with
communities.

The 4, 4, 54 principles within a public health context

Empirical research in the current climate; disaggregation of
data (lack of sub-group analysis), action with absence of
published data, equity of authorship, retraction of papers,
robustness of evidence, retraction of studies, increase in
corrections in 2020, decrease in RCTs & Meta analysis,
decrease in ethics and consent.

Decentralised ownership of health (internal locus of
control).



Professor Kelechi can be contacted through the following
platforms; 


• Twitter - @CwmTaf_DPH, @KelechiNnoaham


• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/kelechi-nnoaham-1649937


Please enjoy this interview with an insightful and fascinating
guest.