The Future for Health Promotion

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Taking in to account the practical and ethical issues involved in deciding the appropriate approach to take in efforts to reduce health inequalities, the book assesses what might be the best path forward for health promotion. THE FUTURE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION......Page 2 Contents......Page 4 List of abbreviations......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Defining terms......Page 10 The impact of public health and health promotion interventions......Page 19 What is the purpose of health promotion?......Page 21 Motives for improving people’s health......Page 24 The future for health promotion......Page 31 Diseases in Britain before and during the 19th century......Page 34 Monitoring and surveillance......Page 44 Key legislation in the 20th century prior to the establishment of the NHS......Page 51 The New Public Health......Page 56 Concluding thoughts......Page 61 3. Evidence base and methods for evaluation......Page 64 Performance indicators (PIs)......Page 67 RCTs......Page 70 Two extended health promotion projects......Page 73 Alternatives to RCTs: qualitative methods......Page 78 Focus groups......Page 79 Other qualitative methods......Page 80 Health promotion towards ‘empowerment’......Page 82 Concluding thoughts......Page 88 Alternative interpretations of the route to better health......Page 92 Causes of ill health......Page 93 Poverty in the UK......Page 94 Health surveys......Page 101 Health promotion strategies......Page 108 Concluding thoughts......Page 118 Defining terms: economics and health economics......Page 122 Costing unhealthy lifestyles......Page 131 Is prevention better than cure?......Page 134 Expenditure on the NHS......Page 137 Limitations of health economics......Page 143 Estimating costs of health promotion......Page 144 Concluding thoughts......Page 146 Mental illness......Page 150 NHS policy......Page 152 Scottish Health Survey......Page 154 Wales......Page 155 Physical and mental illness......Page 156 Mental health charities......Page 158 Mental health promotion......Page 164 Locations for mental health promotion......Page 169 Economic evaluations of mental health promotion......Page 177 Concluding thoughts......Page 179 The global picture......Page 182 The WHO......Page 190 WHO regions......Page 194 Equality and equity......Page 208 Concluding thoughts......Page 210 Civil society organisations......Page 212 Homelessness......Page 213 Then and now......Page 215 Risks and health promotion......Page 221 A final word on empowerment......Page 223 Research evidence and evaluation......Page 226 The future for health promotion......Page 229 References......Page 234 Index......Page 258