Overview

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.

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Author:   Sarah Cowley (Emeritus Professor of Community Practice Development, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College, London, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Bailliere Tindall
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9780702028083

ISBN 10:   0702028088
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   31 October 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780702079443
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: THE SEARCH FOR HEALTH NEEDS Section Introduction 1 Health Needs Assessments 2 Partnership Working: The Key to Public Health SECTION 2: THE STIMULATION OF AWARENESS OF HEALTH NEEDS Section 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 Initiatives SECTION 3: THE INFLUENCE ON POLICIES AFFECTING HEALTH Section Introduction 7 Planning Public Health Strategies 8 Understanding Effectiveness for Service Planning 9 Public Health and Health Promotion SECTION 4: THE FACILITATION OF HEALTH-ENHANCING ACTIVITIES Section 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, Organization INDEX

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