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People-Centred Public Health
Jane South
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Description for People-Centred Public Health
Paperback.
People-centred public health examines how members of the public can be involved in delivering health improvement, primarily as volunteers or lay health workers. With a foreword by Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr Mike Grady, this timely book draws on a major study of lay engagement in public health, using case studies and real life examples to provide a comprehensive and accessible overview of policy, practice and research in this area. In an economic and political climate where there is renewed interest in the role of the citizen, the authors challenge old orthodoxies in public health and build a coherent ... Read more
People-centred public health examines how members of the public can be involved in delivering health improvement, primarily as volunteers or lay health workers. With a foreword by Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr Mike Grady, this timely book draws on a major study of lay engagement in public health, using case studies and real life examples to provide a comprehensive and accessible overview of policy, practice and research in this area. In an economic and political climate where there is renewed interest in the role of the citizen, the authors challenge old orthodoxies in public health and build a coherent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447305309
SKU
V9781447305309
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Ref
99-50
About Jane South
Jane South is Professor of Healthy Communities and Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Metropolitan University. Judy White is a Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion at Leeds Metropolitan University with many years experience of practice and research in community engagement. Mark Gamsu is a Visiting Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University, and has worked on health ... Read more
Reviews for People-Centred Public Health
"Acknowledging citizens are part of the solution, not the problem, could lead to a 21st century flourishing of Public Health as important as the first one in the 19th century." Trevor Hopkins, Asset Based Consulting & co-author of 'A glass half-full' “Participation is essential to health promotion action and people have to be at the centre of decision-making processes for ... Read more