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Public Health
Building Innovative Practice

First Edition

Edited by:

Linda J Jones - The Open University
Jenny Douglas - The Open University

Series:
Published in association with The Open University

Other Titles in:
Other Health Specialties | Public Health

December 2011 | 528 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Public Health: Building Innovative Practice examines the main challenges facing public health today and fosters an informed and creative response by practitioners. It explores effectiveness in team working, communication, managing change and inter-agency working, ethics and reflective practice. It addresses the key areas of public health practice including:

" analysis and use of information to improve health and wellbeing

" collaborative working to plan and implement programmes and interventions

" assessing evidence of effectiveness

" managing risk and reducing health inequalities

" reviewing and influencing public health policy.

Public Health: Building Innovative Practice provides students with knowledge and skills from which to build innovative practice. It is an ideal text for courses on public health and health promotion.

PART ONE: THE SCOPE AND FOCUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduction

Structure, focus, themes and learning in Part 1

Public Health in Context

The Public Health Challenge

PART TWO: DEVELOPING WORKFORCE CAPABILITIES

Introduction

Structure, focus, themes and learning in Part 2

Working in Organisations:

Skills and approaches

Developing as a Reflective Practitioner

Ethical Issues in Public Health

Building Evidence-Based Practice

Statistics and epidemiology

Building Evidence-Based Practice

Qualitative approaches and triangulation

Using Evidence in Public Health Planning

Understanding and Using Theories and Models

Educating for Health

PART THREE: WORKING AND PARTNERING FOR HEALTH

Introduction

Structure, focus, themes and learning in Part 3

Working at the Local Level

Settings for Promoting Health

Building Partnerships and Alliances

Evaluating Public Health Interventions

PART FOUR: ADDRESSING THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduction

Structure, focus, themes and learning in Part 4

Understanding and Influencing Policy Change

Building Healthy Futures

Barriers and Enablers

This book is an excellent complement to some of the more introductory public health and health promotion literature. The discussion of concepts is thoughtful and accessible, and I will recommend this to be used by my final year undergraduate students to broaden their personal and critical thinking around the practical application of public health.

Mrs Nina Quinlan

Sport, Health, Leisure and Nutrition, Leeds Trinity and All Saints

January 20, 2012

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A comprehensive book which will enable public health nurses to develop their role.

Mrs Janet Gargiulo

Health and Social Care, Glyndwr University

January 12, 2012

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