Policy and Practice in Promoting Public Health

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).

Cathy 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).