COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health

“We live in fast-moving and challenging times of pandemic, climate change, war, cyber-terrorism and political instability. Yet necessity is the mother of invention. This timely contribution to public debate emphasises the need for partnership and joint venture to address societies’ ‘wicked’ problems.” Eileen Kaner, Newcastle University

“Post COVID-19 and the subsequent financial crisis the public sector creaks and groans under the growing pressures of increasing need and reduced resources. This book considers the wicked issues of public health and the often overlooked role of relationalism in strengthening partnership working to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people and communities.” Christina Cooper, Northumbria University

Adrian Bonner is Honorary Professor at the University of Stirling, and a consultant in community-based research for The Salvation Army. He was formerly Director of the Addictive Behaviour Group, in the Centre for Health Service Studies at the University of Kent.

Foreword ~ Richard Smith

Introduction ~ Adrian Bonner

Part I: Wicked issues and relationalism ~ Adrian Bonner

1. Using relationalism to navigate wicked issues: investing for a ‘relational dividend’? ~ Richard Simmons

2. Relationalism, wicked issues and social determinants of health ~ Adrian Bonner

3. Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a sociopolitical perspective ~ David Hunter

4. Giving children the best start in life? ~ Edward Kunonga, Brighton Chireka, Tsitsi Chawatama and Victoria Cooling

Part II: Regionalism and geopolitical environments ~ Adrian Bonner

5. Levelling up in the North and North- East England: complex and fragmented governance and the new National Health Service and local government partnerships ~ John Shutt

6. UK local council strategies post COVID- 19: the local economy, climate change and community wellbeing ~ Manuel Abellan

7.1 Case study: Racism and xenophobia: America’s deadly preexisting conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first year ~ Joanna Sharpless and Annie Dell

7.2 Case study: Safe at home? Exploring intersecting vulnerabilities under COVID-19 and the role of faith actors in the South African context ~ Selina Palm

7.3 Case study: COVID-19 and increased vulnerabilities to human trafficking and modern slavery: perspectives from India and Nepal ~ Tribeni Gurung, Nishan Lo, Lalliankunga and Vijaya Lama

7.4 Case study: COVID-19 and governing for health and wellbeing in New Zealand: putting communities at the centre ~ Peter Mckinlay and Anna Matheson

Part III: Public sector, COVID- 19 and culture change ~ Mike Bennett

8. Changing context of public governance and the need for innovation and creating public value ~ Joyce Liddle

9. The effect of COVID- 19 on the financial sustainability of local government ~ Aileen Murphie

10. UN Sustainability Goals and social value: local authority perspectives ~ Rob Whiteman, Tim Reade and Dave Ayre

11. Housing policy and provision after COVID- 19 ~ Peter Murphy

12. Employment and support ~ Elizabeth Taylor, Andrew Morton and Annie Dell

Part IV: The third sector ~ Clare Bonham

13. Relational collaboration and innovation in responding to need and austerity: food banks ~ Alex Murdock

14. Volunteering and small charities ~ Chris O’Leary and Rita Chadha

15. Creating added value: the third sector, local and national government approaches to address domestic abuse ~ Emily Hodge

16. Wicked issues: a faith- based perspective ~ Drew McCombe and Dean Pallant

PART V The case for relationalism ~ Richard Smith

17.1 Case study: A relationalism exemplar ~ Richard Smith

17.2 Case study: Housing and homelessness ~ Adam Cunnington

17.3 Case study: Environmental planning in a post-COVID-19 world ~ Nigel Saunders

17.4 Case study: Central England Co-operative society ~ Luke Olly and Hannah Gallimore

PART VI Engagement and proposed changes

Introduction ~ Richard Smith

18. Soft and hard measures in optimising wellbeing through procurement, commissioning and partnering ~ Mark Cook

19. Relational procurement: translating lessons learned from large infrastructural projects ~ Mike Bresnen, Sarah-Jane Lennie and Nick Marshall

20. The impact of ‘the lost decade’ on developing a relational culture in public– private partnering ~ Michael Burton

21. When the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable: has the moment arrived for the wholesale adoption of relationism? ~ Nigel Ball

Conclusion ~ Adrian Bonner

Appendix: The Centre for Partnering