Promoting Health: Politics and PracticeLee Adams, Mary Amos, James Munro SAGE, 2002 M04 26 - 224 páginas `A very interesting melange of descriptive material - in the form of case studies - and more analytical and conceptual pieces covering the broad span of the health and well-being agenda′ - Health Matters Promoting Health provides an up-to-date and accessible introduction to current health promotion and public health developments in the UK. The text provides both an outline of health promotion theory and draws on the experience of practitioners to demonstrate health promotion practice and provide students, policymakers and practitioners with practical and theoretical inspiration.
Promoting Health: - shows clearly the links between health promotion theory and practice, by featuring a range of practical case studies - includes short papers on key issues within health promotion - provides a British focus on health promotion but within an international context This highly accessible volume seeks to present views of health promotion from a materialist perspective - a view widely shared in practice, but not previously explored fully within the literature. |
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... agencies, multinationals and nation–states. HFA has inspired the support of many national and local groups and professionals, but it has barely influenced mainstream socio-economic policy. Powerful international agencies such as the ...
... agencies and other bodies. There are a number reasons for this relative neglect. First, HFA represents a paradigm shift in terms of its approach to health. Health 21 is consistent with the 'new public health' but not mainstream ...
... agencies have tried to improve Glasgow's economic fortunes, with some success. Glasgow now is the second biggest shopping centre in the UK outside London and is a major site for service industries. Despite this, many of the new jobs ...
... agencies, addressing their concern to engage staff and community members in their work, at the same time as keeping the door open for community members to represent their interests and put pressure on services. NOTE 1 This case study ...
... agencies, notably Sheffield City Council. We will show how we tried, explicitly, to draw upon, develop and articulate a coherent set of principles and evidence base for our work, and will describe how this work developed. For much of ...
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Chapter 2 Sustainable development and health | 34 |
Chapter 3 Community development | 63 |
Chapter 4 Social exclusion discrimination and the promotion of health | 92 |
Chapter 5 Regeneration and health | 119 |
Chapter 6 Public services and health | 149 |
Conclusion | 179 |
Bibliography | 183 |
Index | 203 |
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Promoting Health: Politics and Practice Lee Adams,Mary Amos,James Munro Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Promoting Health: Politics and Practice Lee Adams,Mary Amos,James Munro Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |