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Health and Inequality: Applying Public Health Research to Policy and Practice by
How can research on the social determinants of health be translated into real life public health practice? Challenging the research-practice gap, this text shows readers from a range of professions how their practice can help to minimise health inequalities. The social model of health embraces individual lifestyles, social and community networks, socio-economic, political and cultural influences and the plethora of factors that can impact on public health, for instance, education, work, welfare benefits, environment, housing, health and social care. All of these can have a significant effect on people s experiences of health and well-being, and are often unrecognised sources of health inequalities. This innovative textbook outlines and discusses key public health principles and the social model of health. Drawing on a range of case studies and the international literature, it looks at how public health research has been applied to policy and practice. The book discusses the transferability that these findings have had and their capacity to influence and provide evidence for practice. "Health and Inequality" covers a broad range of social determinants of health, encountered throughout the life-course, including: Pre-birth and early years Breastfeeding and teenage mothers Health inequalities for mothers and babies in prison Children in full time education Sexuality, relationships and sexual health of young people Early adulthood Welfare rights and health benefits Women, employment and well-being Adults in later life Practical and clearly structured, this text will be useful to a range of health and social care professionals involved in public health work, particularly those undertaking courses on public health, health promotion or the social determinants of health. "
ISBN: 9781136209369Publication Date: 2014
Making Data Talk by
The demand for health information continues to increase, but the ability of health professionals to provide it clearly remains variable. The aim of this book is (1) to summarize and synthesize research on the selection and presentation of data pertinent to public health, and (2) to provide practical suggestions, based on this research summary and synthesis, on how scientists and other public health practitioners can better communicate data to the public, policy makers, and the press in typical real-world situations. Because communication is complex and no one approach works for all audiences, the authors emphasize how to communicate data "better" (and in some instances, contrast this with how to communicate data "worse"), rather than attempting a cookbook approach. The book contains a wealth of case studies and other examples to illustrate major points, and actual situations whenever possible. Key principles and recommendations are summarized at the end of each chapter. This book will stimulate interest among public health practitioners, scholars, and students to more seriously consider ways they can understand and improve communication about data and other types of scientific information with the public, policy makers, and the press. Improved data communication will increase the chances that evidence-based scientific findings can play a greater role in improving the public's health.
Call Number: Access OnlineISBN: 9780199864782Publication Date: 2009
Major Sources
- Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchList of thirteen health research institutes in Canada.
- Canadian Public Health Association: Policy and AdvocacyCPHA lists all of their policies and position statements, alongside their conceptual framework document and policy blog.
- Community Commons"An interactive mapping, networking, and learning utility for the broad-based healthy, sustainable, and livable communities’ movement." Community Commons is an initiative of Advancing the Movement (ATM) "a distributed network of leaders from communities, philanthropy, government agencies, and the private, academic, voluntary and civic sectors".
- Community ToolboxProduced by the U. of Kansas' Work Group for Community Health and Development, this site provides links and resources for designing and evaluating programs.
- Global Go to Think Tanks Index Report“The Global GoTo Think Tank Index is the result of an international survey of over 1,950 scholars, public and private donors, policy makers, and journalists who helped rank more than 6,500 think tanks using a set of 18 criteria developed by the TTCSP.” Report includes the “Top Health Policy Think Tanks” and “Top Social Policy Think Tanks”
- Institute of Population and Public HealthProvides detailed documentation on research priorities (Health Cities, Equitable AI, Global Health Policy and more).
- OpenGrey"Open access to 700.000 bibliographical references of grey literature (paper) produced in Europe"