Community Centred Health and Wellbeing
Approaches and Cases
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 4. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
342 pages
978-1-032-66262-6 (ISBN)
Description
This insightful volume examines how the principles and practice of person-centred care can extend to operate at the level of community health and wellbeing.
Split into three parts, the book articulates the conditions whereby community-centred health and wellbeing can be made possible, discussing issues such as capacity building, community participation, determinants of health (social, economic and cultural), and the political landscape around governmental and non-governmental organizations. The first part sets the context, highlighting the reorientation of care from a bio-medical model to a psychosocial one. The second part outlines a number of different approaches through which community-centred health and wellbeing can be fostered, while the final part features some of these approach in action, from social prescribing and adult education to early childhood visiting and integrated care technology for older people.
Thought-provoking and cohesive, this important collection will interest students, scholars, policy makers and voluntary organizations working across Public Health, Social Care and Community Development.
Split into three parts, the book articulates the conditions whereby community-centred health and wellbeing can be made possible, discussing issues such as capacity building, community participation, determinants of health (social, economic and cultural), and the political landscape around governmental and non-governmental organizations. The first part sets the context, highlighting the reorientation of care from a bio-medical model to a psychosocial one. The second part outlines a number of different approaches through which community-centred health and wellbeing can be fostered, while the final part features some of these approach in action, from social prescribing and adult education to early childhood visiting and integrated care technology for older people.
Thought-provoking and cohesive, this important collection will interest students, scholars, policy makers and voluntary organizations working across Public Health, Social Care and Community Development.
Reviews / Votes
"Phelan and Lloyd have assembled a highly informative and readable text that focuses first on what the concept of equitable, person centred care can actually mean and then how to operationalise that in practice. They provide living examples from community action researchers in several countries and across the life course, but particularly focused on the care of older people. I expect this to be a go-to publication that will be widely used by health professionals across many caring disciplines." - Cecily Kelleher, Professor of Public Health Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin"The authors offer a comprehensive and integrative overview of the diverse perspectives and contexts that together form a compelling vision of person-centred care as a collective endeavour. [...] This is an invaluable contribution to the field, providing a nuanced understanding of 'community' as a dynamic network of shared identity, mutuality and evolving relationships, rather than a fixed geographical space." - Axel Wolf, Professor, Senior consultant Anesthesia (CRNA) & Affiliated researcher at the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC).
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
15 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 13 s/w Tabellen, 15 s/w Abbildungen
13 Tables, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-66262-6 (9781032662626)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
approx. 03/2026
1st Edition
Routledge
€194.50
Not yet published
E-Book
03/2026
Routledge
€55.49
Available for download
E-Book
03/2026
Routledge
€55.49
Available for download
Persons
Amanda Phelan, Professor of Ageing and Community Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Helen Lloyd, Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, UK.
Helen Lloyd, Associate Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, UK.
Content
Part 1: Laying The Foundations for Person-Centred Approaches in Community Wellbeing 1. Introduction 2. Translating Person-Centred Care to The Community 3. Community Engagement, Profiling and Action Planning 4. Health Inequalities and The Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing 5. Social Capital and Community Wellbeing 6. The Generative Community: An Asset-Based Community Development Approach to Wellbeing 7. The Role of Trust and Leadership Sponsorship to Enable Public and Patient Involvement in Health Systems Part 2: Practice Innovations to Promote Community Wellbeing 8. Social Prescribing: Can a Person-Centred Approach also Benefit the Community? 9. Implementing Person-Centred Care into A Community Setting: Can the Combined Use of Distributed Leadership and A Community Recovery Model Help? 10. Early Childhood Home Visiting - A Collaborative Person-Centred Community Approach 11. Third Age: Celebrating Community 12. Civic Action for Real World Impact: Trinity College Dublin's Journey in Advancing Civic Engagement for Societal Impact Part 3: Research Applying Person-Centred Approaches to The Community 13. Re- Imagining Care - The Australia Cares Project 14. Co-Designing Integrated Care Technology with Older People and Their Support Network in The Community: Insights from The Valuecare Project 15. Age-Friendly Indoor and Outdoor Environments to Promote the Sense of Community 16. Approaches In Education for Person-Centred and Community-Centred Care