Sustaining and strengthening community resilience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Community engagement in deprived neighbourhoods during the COVID-19 crisis: perspectives for more resilient and healthier communities

An evidence-based framework on community-centred approaches for health: England, UK

A knowledge translation project on community-centred approaches in public health

Putting the public (back) into public health: leadership, evidence and action

Evaluation (Key Concepts for Public Health Practice)

People-Centred Public Health (Evidence for Public Health Practice)

Leeds Beckett University transforms the lives and prospects of thousands of individuals and organisations every day in the city, the wider region, and beyond. Our mission is to ensure we use our knowledge and resources to make a positive and decisive difference to people, communities and organisations.

The university is investing £200m in its campuses with an ambitious programme of development, focusing on sport and the creative industries, and holds silver status in the Teaching Excellence Framework for its high quality teaching.

There are more than 28,000 students on Leeds Beckett University programmes in the UK and overseas across our 13 academic schools and a diverse student population from 143 countries.

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Professor South is Professor of Healthy Communities working in the field of community engagement and public health. Her research focuses on how community life and volunteering contribute to good health.

As an academic leader, Jane has been at the forefront of establishing an evidence base for integrating community-centred approaches into public health. She has published widely on community-based prevention and is an expert on volunteer and peer interventions. From 2014-2023, she worked as a national adviser on communities for Public Health England (later the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities). She authored the PHE & NHS England (2015) Guide to community centred approaches for health and wellbeing, which has had considerable impact in policy and practice.

Passionate about research that makes a difference, Jane established CommUNIty - an innovative community-campus partnership for health initiative aimed at strengthening university links with local communities. She is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.

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Leeds Beckett reports finds “community champions” could help with wider impacts of COVID – Research News

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