Public Health: Policy and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780230537934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 512 str.

Rob Baggott

Opis

Incorporating the latest developments from the field, this eagerly awaited new edition once again provides an important and comprehensive analysis of the key issues in public health. Exploring the underlying political context and policy processes, this text is core reading for all those interested in the essentials of this area.

Spis treści

Preface Public Health Concepts and Frameworks The Historical Context of Public Health Public Health in the Twentieth Century Health Strategies in the UK Public Health in a Global Context Public Health and the NHS Public Health Beyond the NHS Public Health Services The Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People Health and the Environment: Pollution and Accidents Climate Change and Sustainable Development Food Safety, Security and Sustainability Diet, Nutrition and Obesity Illicit Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco Socio-economic Factors and Health Inequities and Inequalities Policy Conclusion.

O autorze

ROB BAGGOTT is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Health Policy Research Unit at De Montfort University, UK.

Blurb

Public health continues to pose ideological, economic and moral dilemmas for policy makers. For example, how involved should health care practitioners become in ensuring the absence of illness or promoting wellbeing? To what extent should health be a matter of state, rather than individual, responsibility?
 
In this new edition of a highly regarded text, Rob Baggott visits the contemporary debate surrounding public health, exploring the many facets of health improvement and promotion within their historical, socioeconomic and political contexts. Both timely and engaging, the book:
? examines the successes and limitations of current health strategy and public health campaigns
? assesses the impact of factors such as lifestyle, environment and socioeconomic inequality on public health
? investigates international dimensions and global issues including environmental health, climate change and world poverty
? evaluates the past 13 years of Labour policy and considers the future under a coalition government.
 
Heavily revised to incorporate the latest British, European and international developments, Public Health explores the ever-changing political environment and policy processes that frame current approaches.
 
Now providing detailed analysis of regional diversity within UK policy, this text is core reading for all those with interests in health, social and welfare policy, the development of the NHS and the voluntary sector and the essentials of contemporary public health.