By Dr Claire Neill, Specialty Registrar in Public Health, Public Health Agency.
Understanding COVID-19: Viewpoints
![Home accident prevention](/sites/default/files/2020-06/home%20safety%20small.png)
Hilary Johnston, PHA, and Pauline Herbison, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), discuss a way we can all help reduce pressure on the health service during lockdown.
![Volunteering graphic](/sites/default/files/2020-06/Volunteering%20small.png)
A reflection on volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic from Denise Hayward, CEO, Volunteer Now, and Maurice Meehan, PHA.
![Contact tracing graphic](/sites/default/files/2020-05/contact%20tracing%20smaller.png)
Brendan Bonner, PHA, considers COVID-19 contact tracing.
![Elevate NI logo](/sites/default/files/2020-05/Elevate%20small.png)
Paul Braithwaite, Community Foundation, and Maurice Meehan, Public Health Agency and Building Change Trust Director on how might we ‘Build Back Better’ in Northern Ireland.
![PHA logo](/sites/default/files/2020-05/PHAlogo%20small.png)
Brendan Bonner, Assistant Director at the Public Health Agency, explores the determinants of wellbeing and the protective role they can play against the virus and its effects on communities.
![Kindness is contagious](/sites/default/files/2020-05/Blog_Kindness%203.jpg)
Geraldine Hamilton, HSCB, and Fiona Teague, PHA discuss the important role of kindness and compassion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Scientists in a laboratory](/sites/default/files/2020-05/Blog_Research%202.png)
Dr Gail Johnston, Programme Manager, HSC Research & Development Division, discusses the importance of clinical research in the fight against COVID-19.
![Older woman](/sites/default/files/2020-05/Blog_Ageing%20small.jpg)
Brendan Bonner, Public Health Agency, discusses how a positive self-perception is a key resilience factor in dealing with COVID-19.