Public Health
Description
The third edition of this highly-regarded text has been revised and updated throughout. It introduces readers to the importance of the concepts of power and empowerment; provides a methodology to plan, implement and evaluate public health programmes; and investigates the implications of empowerment on public health practice.
Reviews / Votes
An essential textbook for public health that links empowerment theory with participatory practice. It is a great resource for anyone interested in health equity and how effective community-level action can be built. * Jane South, Professor of Healthy Communities, Leeds Beckett University, UK * The 4th Edition of Public Health: Power, Empowerment and Professional Practice is an essential tool and must-read for any public health program manager or practitioner that wants to bring empowerment approaches into their daily work. Easy to read and full of practical tools and recommendations, highly recommended. * Dr. Pierre Pratley, Health Advisor, KIT The Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands *More details
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Person
Glenn Laverack is an Independent Public Health Adviser. He has had a distinguished career in public health for more than 25 years working in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific regions.
Content
Public health practice in context.- Power and empowerment.- Empowerment and public health programmes.- Helping individuals to become empowered.- Patient empowerment.- Helping groups to become more critically aware.- Helping communities to become empowered.- Helping communities to become empowered in disease outbreaks.- Helping migrant populations to become empowered.- The measurement and visual representation of community empowerment