Evidence for Public Health Practice
Series Editors: Stephen Peckham, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Academic Director, NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D Programme, and David J. Hunter, Durham University and Chair, UK Public Health Association
Improving health and wellbeing is at the forefront of current health policy and practice. This series, with its focus on the health of communities rather than individuals, will add to the knowledge base for UK public health and address issues in policy, service delivery and organisation.
Governance, Commissioning and Public Health
By exploring the impact of different dimensions of governance on decision-making, this book argues that governance and population health are inextricably linked. Relevant to students, practitioners, policy-makers and anyone interested in governance and decision-making for public health.
Partnership Working in Public Health
Partnership working in public health presents the findings from a detailed study of public health partnerships in England which are used to explore the government’s changes in public health now being implemented.
People-Centred Public Health
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.
The public health system in England
This timely and wide-ranging book offers an accessible assessment of challenges confronting a public health system, which will appeal to public health professionals and students.