Community Public Health in Policy and Practice: A Sourcebook / Edition 2

by Sarah Cowley BA, PhD, PGDE, RGN, RHV, HVT

Overview

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.

•‘Key issues' boxes identify major topics within each chapter•Discussion questions stimulate debate•Boxes present information in a reader friendly, memorable format•Each chapter provides extensive research, conceptual critique, information about sources, and resources for further information.

•Seven totally new chapters on Partnership Working; Parenting and Family Support; Complex Community-based Initiatives; Leadership through Alongsideness; Quality in a Public Health Service and Immunization•Four chapters completely rewritten: Health Needs Assessments; Collaborating for Health; Breastfeeding and Public Health; Safeguarding Children•All remaining chapters have been substantially updated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702028083
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	12/12/2007
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: THE SEARCH FOR HEALTH NEEDSSection Introduction 1 Health Needs Assessments 2 Partnership Working: The Key to Public HealthSECTION 2: THE STIMULATION OF AWARENESS OF HEALTH NEEDSSection Introduction 3 Collaborating for Health 4 Parenting and Family Support: A Public Health Issue 5 Community Development as a Public Health Function 6 Complex Community-based InitiativesSECTION 3: THE INFLUENCE ON POLICIES AFFECTING HEALTHSection Introduction 7 Planning Public Health Strategies 8 Understanding Effectiveness for Service Planning 9 Public Health and Health PromotionSECTION 4: THE FACILITATION OF HEALTH-ENHANCING ACTIVITIESSection Introduction 10 Breastfeeding and Public Health 11 Safeguarding Children: A Public Health Imperative 12 Leadership through Alongsideness 13 Quality in a Public Health Service: The 3-5-7 Model 14 Immunization: Ethics, Effectiveness, OrganizationINDEX