Public Health Pathways

Public Health Pathways (PHP) was a UK-based charity founded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which later closed in 2024. Its mission was to help reduce the gap between scientific knowledge and lived experience. To humanise inequalities the charity's methodology was health research literacy. It comprised listening, co-creating, and knowing when to step back. The trustees, members, and volunteers unanimously agreed to close the charity in 2024, feeling that Public Health Pathways had fulfilled its purpose and with the feeling that the next generation will take their methodology to new levels. A few numbers that show our process to bridge lived experience to build on the best science we know at the time. The community: Over 60 volunteers. Over 30 countries. Over 30 languages. Media output: Over 1,000,000 impressions. Over 500 posts. Over 50 reports. Over 20 videos. Live events: Over 2,000 views. Over 10 live events, with over 20 event speakers. Methodological legacy: Over 4 new or reinvented methodologies. Health Research Literacy around the Globe. Human-centred design. Systems thinking. Lay and Participatory Epidemiology. Community legacy: Over 10 spin-out public health NGOs and companies started within the PHP community in over four countries over four years. Thank you for being part of our story. Our call to action: continue to shape a world where all generations can discover, create, and build healthier futures.