Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

ix

 

Foreword   Angela Mawle

xi

 

Foreword   Cheryll Adams

xiii

 

Preface

xv

 

Acknowledgements

xvii

 

Introduction

xix

SECTION 1

THE SEARCH FOR HEALTH NEEDS

1

Chapter 1

Health Needs Assessments   Sarah Cowley

2

 

Health Needs

 

 

Need and Needs Assessment

 

 

Assessing Community Health Needs

 

 

Need for Prevention

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion

 

 

Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

 

Resources

 

Chapter 2

Partnership Working: The Key to Public Health   Christine Bidmead and Hilton Davis

28

 

Introduction

 

 

Family Partnership Model for Health and Wellbeing

 

 

Evidence Base of the Family Partnership Approach

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

SECTION 2

THE STIMULATION OF AN AWARNESS OF HEALTH NEEDS

49

Chapter 3

Collaborating for Health   Pauline Craig and Moira Fischbacher

50

 

Introduction

 

 

Development of Collaboration and Integration in Health and Social Care

 

 

Integration of Planning for Improving Health

 

 

Why Collaborate?

 

 

From Policy to Practice: The Case of Networks

 

 

Benefits of Networked Organizations

 

 

Costs of Networked Organizations

 

 

Managing and Sustaining Networks

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

Points to Consider

 

 

References

 

Chapter 4

Parenting and Family Support: A Public Health Issue   Christine Bidmead and Karen Whittaker

68

 

Introduction

 

 

Family and Parenting Support

 

 

Incorporating Policy into Practice: Evidence of What Works in Parenting and Family Support

 

 

Conclusions and Implications for Practice

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

 

Resources

 

Chapter 5

Community Development as a Public Health Function   Yvonne Dalziel

108

 

Introduction

 

 

Community Development: Origins and Influences

 

 

Elements of Community Development

 

 

Working With and For Communities to Improve Health and Wellbeing

 

 

Community Development Activity

 

 

Applying the Community Development Process to Key Areas of Child Public Health

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

Chapter 6

Complex Community-Based Initiatives   Anna Houston

129

 

Introduction

 

 

Policy

 

 

Sure Start: A CCI

 

 

Ongoing Policy Commitment to a Child-Centred Approach

 

 

Explaining the Complexity of CCIs-Criticisms of the CCI Approach

 

 

What are the Components of Intensive Community-Based Work?

 

 

Is there a Public Health Role for Community Practitioners in a CCI?

 

 

What Lessons can Community Professionals Learn from a CCI Approach?

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

 

Resources

 

SECTION 3

THE INFLUENCE ON POLICIES AFFECTING HEALTH

161

Chapter 7

Planning Public Health Strategies   Jean Rowe

162

 

Introduction

 

 

Health Strategy

 

 

A Strategy for Health

 

 

Developing a Proposal for a Development Project

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

 

Resources

 

Chapter 8

Understanding Effectiveness for Service Planning   Peter Griffiths

193

 

Introduction

 

 

Defining Effectiveness

 

 

Evidence-Based Health Care

 

 

Critical Appraisal

 

 

Evaluation and Public Health Interventions

 

 

Role of Guidelines

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

Chapter 9

Public Health and Health Promotion   Pauline Pearson

213

 

Introduction

 

 

What is Health?

 

 

What is Public Health?

 

 

Promoting Health

 

 

Where does Primary Health Care Fit?

 

 

Distinctions Between Medical, Social and Lay Definitions of Health

 

 

Theoretical Perspectives Underpinning Health Promotion Work in Practice

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

SECTION 4

THE FACILITATION OF HEALTH-ENHANCING ACTIVITIES

231

Chapter 10

Breastfeeding and Public Health   Sally Kendall and Francesca Entwistle

232

 

Introduction

 

 

Historical Background

 

 

The Innocenti Declaration

 

 

Incidence and Prevalence of Breastfeeding in the UK

 

 

Public Health Benefits of Breastfeeding

 

 

When Breastfeeding is Contraindicated

 

 

Women’s Perspectives on the Benefits of Breastfeeding

 

 

Why Don’t More Women Breastfeed?

 

 

Community Practitioners and the Promotion of Public Health through Breastfeeding

 

 

Conclusions

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

Chapter 11

Safeguarding Children: A Public Health Imperative   Jane Appleton and Jill Clemerson-Trew

258

 

Introduction

 

 

Safeguarding Children and Public Health

 

 

Safeguarding Children: Policy

 

 

Impact on Public Health: Statistics

 

 

Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children

 

 

Individual and Organisational Responsibilities

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

Chapter 12

Leadership through alongsideness   Robyn Pound and Ruth Grant

284

 

Introduction

 

 

Ruth’s Story: Practice Development

 

 

Robyn’s Story: From Public Health Action to Practical Alongsideness

 

 

Integrating Our Insights: Leadership by Alongsideness

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

Acknowledgements

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

Chapter 13

Quality in a Public Health Service: The 3-5-7 Model   Sinead Hanafin

305

 

Introduction

 

 

Categories of Measurement

 

 

Themes, Models, Frameworks and Dimensions of Quality

 

 

A Focus on Process

 

 

A Holistic Model of Service Quality

 

 

Using the Framework to Explain Judgements of Service Quality

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

Chapter 14

Immunisation: Ethics, Effectiveness, Organization   Helen Bedford

337

 

Introduction

 

 

UK Childhood Immunisation Programme

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

Discussion Questions

 

 

References

 

 

Further Reading

 

 

Index

357