From public health to wellbeing: the new driver for policy and action

From public health to wellbeing: the new driver for policy and action

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Charting the history and evolution of the public health agenda, this insightful reader argues the place of wellbeing in local and national strategy. With contributions from academics and practitioners in the public and private sectors, it explores current thinking and policy in a range of settings, such as theNHS, the workplace and the community. PAUL WALKER Lecturer in the Division of Integrated Health and Social Care,Department of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, UK. MARIE JOHN Senior Lecturer in the Division of Integrated Health and Social Care, Department of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan, UK. INDICE: Foreword;' M.Aylward' - Introduction; 'P.Walker - 'On Public Health and Wellbeing; 'P.Walker' - Wellbeing Meaning, Definition, Measurement and Application; 'P.Walker' - Wellbeing: A Guiding Concept for Health Policy?; 'M.Longley' - Wellbeing and Spatial Planning; 'A.Joyner' - Wellbeing and Children and Young People; 'S.Lloyd-Jones' &' D.Holtom' - Wellbeing and Older People;'M.John' - Wellbeing and Work'; G.Pates' - Wellbeing and Community Action'; D.Thomas' - Partnership Working - the Lynchpin of Wellbeing;' M.Ponton '& 'M.John'- Drugs Policy -a Case Study for Applying the Wellbeing Framework; 'R.Pates' - A Greatest Wellbeing Principle -its Time Has Come; 'P.Walker '&' M.Longley '

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-27885-1
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 208
  • Fecha Publicación: 02/12/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés