Factors outside of healthcare services determine our health and this involves many different sectors. Health for All Policies changes the argument about intersectoral action, from one focusing on health and the health sector to one based on co-benefits a ‘Health for All Policies’ approach.
Contraception was the subject of intense controversy in twentieth-century Ireland. Banned in 1935 and stigmatised by the Catholic Church, it was the focus of some of the most polarised debates before and after its legalisation in 1979. This is the first comprehensive, dedicated history of contraception in Ireland from the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 to the 1990s. Drawing on th…