Description
Book SynopsisPeople-centred public health provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of policy, practice and research in how members of the public can be involved in delivering health improvement as volunteers or lay health workers, drawing on a major study of lay engagement in public health, and using case studies and real life examples.
Trade Review"Acknowledging citizens are part of the solution, not the problem, could lead to a 21st century flourishing of Public Health as important as the first one in the 19th century." Trevor Hopkins, Asset Based Consulting & co-author of 'A glass half-full'
“Participation is essential to health promotion action and people have to be at the centre of decision-making processes for it to be effective. This book offers a valuable, critical and timely analysis as government policy develops on active citizenship.” Jane Wills, Professor of Health Promotion, London South Bank University
"I recommend this book to anyone interested in the future of public health. It offers a compelling guide to the policies, research and practice for anyone that is engaged in helping people and communities to become active citizens taking control of the factors that will radically improve their health." David Buck, Senior Fellow, Public health and health inequalities, Kings Fund
Table of ContentsForeword ~ Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr Mike Grady; Preface ~ Dr Stephen Peckham and Professor David Hunter; Introduction; The policy context; Lay health workers in practice; Benefits and value; The lay perspective; Walking for Health: a case study; Sexual health outreach: a case study; Community Health Educators: a case study; Citizen involvement in neighbourhood health: a case study; Commissioning and delivery; Dispelling the myths; Future directions.
