Tort / Paula Giliker

A reflective and challenging book which analyses all the current key themes in public health.

Contents: Introduction - Challenge and Controversy in Promoting Public Health - Cathy E. Lloyd 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