Community Public Health in Policy and Practice: A SourcebookSarah Cowley This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Since the first edition of this book was published, there has been considerable change across public health, health visiting and community nursing. The positive emphasis on developing and describing all services in relation to their purpose and client/user group is reflected in this second, emphasizing multi-disciplinarity and service focus rather than individual professions, whilst retaining the essential emphasis on policy and practice. Familiar occupational titles, such as health visitor, community development worker, midwife or nurse are still used within the chapters, recognizing the continued division of labour and major contributions to public health made by specific grass roots occupations. This second edition has been completely reorganised, expanded and updated to keep up with the rapid progress across the field of community public health.
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Contents
Contributors | |
Preface xv | |
The search for health needs 1 | |
the key to public health 28 | |
Evidence base of the family partnership approach Conclusion | |
The stimulation of an awarness of health needs 49 | |
a public health issue 68 | |
Introduction Family and parenting support Incorporating policy into | |
Understanding effectiveness for service planning 193 | |
Public health and health promotion 213 | |
The facilitation of healthenhancing activities 231 | |
Introduction Historical background The Innocenti Declaration | |
a public health imperative 258 | |
Leadership through alongsideness 284 | |
the 357 Model 305 | |
ethics effectiveness organisation 337 | |
Common terms and phrases
achieve action activities agencies approach assessment authorities behaviour benefits breastfeeding child childhood client community development complex context Department of Health determinants disease early Education effective et al evaluation evidence example experience families focus framework groups health needs health promotion health visitors identify immunisation impact important improve increased individual inequalities infant initiatives integrated intervention involved issues Journal knowledge lives London measurement Medical mental mothers nurses offered organisations outcomes parents particular partnership patients planning population practice practitioners prevention primary problems professionals programme promotion protection public health questions relation relationship responsibility result risk role skills social strategy Sure Trusts understanding University vaccine values visiting women workers World young