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People Centred Public Health
South, Jane; White, Judy; Gamsu, Mark
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Description for People Centred Public Health
hardcover. People-centred public health provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of policy, practice and research in how members of the public can be involved in delivering health improvement as volunteers or lay health workers, drawing on a major study of lay engagement in public health, and using case studies and real life examples. Series: Evidence for Public Health Practice. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. .
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
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Evidence for Public Health Practice
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447305316
SKU
V9781447305316
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Ref
99-50
About South, Jane; White, Judy; Gamsu, Mark
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 inequalities ... 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