Social determinants of health
Chapter Nine. Social determinants of health Key points • The influence of social determinants on health • Approaches to addressing the social determinants of health – Legislation and regulation –…
NURSING
Evidence-based practice
Chapter Three. Evidence-based practice Key points • Defining evidence-based practice in public health and health promotion • Skills for evidence-based practice – Finding the evidence – Appraising the evidence –…
The policy context
Chapter Four. The policy context Key points • Defining policy • The policy process • The role of values and ideology • Stakeholders’ impact on policy • The ‘implementation gap’…
Empowerment
Chapter Eight. Empowerment Key points • Empowerment as a cornerstone of health promotion • Giving information • Enhancing self-efficacy • Developing skills • Enabling change • Empowerment dilemmas in practice:…
Theory into practice
Chapter One. Theory into practice Key points • Relationship between public health and health promotion • Professional roles • Process and principles • Skills for public health and health promotion…
Partnership working
Chapter Seven. Partnership working Key points • Defining partnership working • Types of partnerships • The impetus for collaboration • Understanding effective partnership working OVERVIEW Partnership working or collaboration is…
Tackling health inequalities
Chapter Five. Tackling health inequalities Key points • Definition and scope of inequalities • The link between social and health inequalities • Tackling inequalities: policies and strategies • Tackling inequalities:…
Research for public health and health promotion
Chapter Two. Research for public health and health promotion Key points • Nature of research • Positivist and interpretivist paradigms • Research for public health and health promotion: – Lived…
The Research Proposal: Communicating Research Findings
Introduction This chapter is linked to the dissemination of findings section of the web program. Unlike the previous chapters in this book, it is not devoted to the theory behind…
The Research Proposal: Analysing Data
Introduction This chapter is linked to the analysing data section of the web program. As well as describing how you intend collecting the data for your research study in your…
