A Reader in Promoting Public Health
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The book is organised into five sections, each with an accessible and student-friendly introduction that pulls together the key themes and issues:
- Back to the future? Reflections on multidisciplinary public health takes stock of the scope and ambition of contemporary public health;
- Research for evidence-based practice explores research methods, tools and techniques for developing effective public health practice;
- Promoting health through public policy examines policy challenges, responses and key debates at national, international and global level :
- Promoting public health at a local level explores public health and health promotion in a participatory and community context;
- Public health for the 21st century: whose voices? whose values? examines debates which expose alternative futures, priorities and boundaries for public health work.
This second edition includes new material on health inequalities, health protection, social marketing and health promotion, as well as highlighting the practical requirements of public health work through 'grass roots' accounts of practice. It will be essential reading for all students of public health and health promotion, as well as for health and social care professionals.
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Persons
Sarah Earle is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care and Assistant Director of the Health and Social Care Programme. Her background is in medical sociology and her main research interests include the study of human reproduction, women′s health and sexuality. Sarah is Convenor of the British Sociological Association′s Human Reproduction Study Group.
Stephen Handsley is a Lecturer in Health and Social Care at The Open University. He has a background in medical sociology and his key research interests include the sociology of death and mourning, sociology as applied to healthcare and health and social care education, the sociology of religion, the use of qualitative research methods in health and social care and urban regeneration and renewal. Recent publications include: "But What About Us?" The residual effects of sudden death on self-identity and family relationships (Mortality, 2002).
Linda Jones is Professor of Health in the Faculty of Health and Social Care and Director of the Open University-Royal College of Nursing Strategic Alliance. Her academic background is in social policy and public health. Her major research focus is on the impact of transport and environment on health, especially in relation to vulnerable groups.
Cathy E. Lloyd is a Senior Lecturer in Health & Social Care at The Open University. She has a background in public health and epidemiology, with particular interests in psychological factors and diabetes. Previously at The Open University she has co-written a second level course Working for Health, a first level course Diabetes Care, and pre-registration nursing courses in mental health and adult nursing. Recent publications include Cross-cultural comparisons of anxiety and depression in adults with type 1 diabetes. (Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews 2003), Stress and Diabetes: A Review of the Links (Diabetes Spectrum 2005). She is co-editor of Working for Health (Sage 2001).
Sue Spurr is a Course Manager in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University and has contributed to a wide range of course materials associated with health and social care. She has co-edited Perspectives in Complementary and Alternative Medicine and its associated Reader (Routledge, 2005) and also Understanding Care, Welfare and Community: A Reader (Routledge, 2002).
Content
PART ONE: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REFLECTIONS ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC HEALTH?
Introduction - Linda Jones and Sarah Earle
The Rise of Modern Multidisciplinary Public Health - Jenny Douglas
Millennium Report to Sir Edwin Chadwick - Iqbal Sram and John Ashton
How Is Health Experienced? - Mildred Blaxter
Older People's Health: Applying Antonovsky's Salutogenic Paradigm - Moyra Sidell
Inequalities and Ethnicity: Evidence and Intervention - Hannah Bradby and Tarani Chandola
Poverty and Health: Global and National Patterns - Hilary Graham
Health Impact Assessment: A Practitioner's View - Kate Arden
Health Promotion: Not Drowning but Waving? - Jane Wills
Putting Social Marketing into Practice - Gerard Hastings and Laura Mcdermott
PART TWO: RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Introduction - Linda Jones and Cathy E. Lloyd
Dilemmas in Public Health Research: Methodologies And Ethical Practice - Fran Baum
The Evaluation of Health Promotion Practice: 21st Century Debates on Evidence and Effectiveness - David V Mcqueen
Epidemiology - To Be Taken With Care - Joe H. Abramson
Feminist Research and Health - Gayle Letherby
Researching the Views of Diabetes Service Users from South Asian Backgrounds: A Reflection on Some of the Issues - Cathy E. Lloyd
Setting Priorities in Public Health Research - John Bell
PART THREE: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY
Introduction - Jenny Douglas And Linda Jones
What Would The Ottawa Charter Look Like If It Were Written Today? - Don Nutbeam
Prisons in England and Wales: An Important Public Health Opportunity? - Michelle Baybutt, Paul Hayton and Mark Dooris
Considerations in the Prevention of Obesity among Children and Adolescents: First, Do No Harm - Jennifer A. O'Dea
Global Public Health - Ilona Kickbusch and Birahim Seck
Terrorism and Public Health - John Middleton and Victor W. Sidel
Global Health Promotion: How Can We Strengthen Governance And Build Effective Strategies? - Kelley Lee
PART FOUR: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AT A LOCAL LEVEL
Introduction - Stephen Handsley and Linda Jones
Perceptions of Community Participation and Health Gain in a Community Project for the South Asian Population: A Qualitative Study - Gunjit Bandesha and A. Litva
Healthy Nightclubs and Recreational Substance Use: From A Harm Minimisation to A Healthy Settings Approach - Mark A. Bellis, Karen Hughes and Helen Lowey
Dirty Whores and Invisible Men: Sex Work and The Public Health - Sarah Earle and Keith Sharp
Does Social Capital Have A Role To Play In The Health Of Communities? - Andrew Gibson
Evaluating the Empowering Potential of Community-Based Health Schemes: The Case of Community Health Policies in the UK Since 1997 - Paul Bridgen
Promoting Social Responsibility for Health: Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Public Policy at the Community Level - Maurice B. Mittelmark
PART FIVE: PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: WHOSE VOICES? WHOSE VALUES?
Introduction - Linda Jones
Health Promotion, Globalisation and Health - Ron Labonte
The Market Dominated Future of Public Health? - Jeff French
Yoga and Promoting Public Health - Sue Spurr
Death and Contagion: Contaminating Bodies - Stephen Handsley and Carol Komaromy
Disability Rights, Genetics and Public Health - Bill Albert
Mental Health Promotion - Lynne Freidl
Community Regeneration: From Apathy to Anger to Positive Energy - Hazel Stuteley and Richard Parish