Councils have called on the Government to increase investment in the public health grant in the Autumn Budget.
Five Scottish institutions have been awarded £1m in funding each to conduct major research programmes into public health.
The Liberal Democrats have pledged a £1bn a year investment to reverse cuts to the Public Health Grant.
Public health services such as sexual health and drug and alcohol programmes have seen their budgets reduced by more than other health care services, thinktank reveals.
Poverty and the cost of living crisis is impacting public health in almost every part of England, an NHS Providers survey has found.