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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... deprived community medicine specialists of their control of environmental health departments and shifted them back into hospital administration, and also abandoned the annual reports that were a key component of the watchdog role of the ...
... deprived of their rights to health. In the light of history, it is clear that the fundamental test of health promotion is yet to come as it struggles to exercise any influence at all in a world increasingly shaped by global economic ...
... of the best and worst health in Scotland and the UK, reflecting patterns of wealth and deprivation in the city. Poor health is particularly marked in Glasgow, as ten of its electoral PRACTISING HEALTH FOR ALL IN THE UK 15.
... deprivation on a wide range of indicators including unemployment, receipt of benefits and free school meals, single ... deprived communities remain prevalent. Regeneration initiatives in Glasgow continue to try to solve these problems ...
... deprived areas were agreed as the highest priority and we provided a member of staff to each area, particularly to help in securing regeneration funds such as the Single Regeneration Budget, SureStart, Education Action Zone, On Track ...
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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 |