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People-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 cas...

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Main Authors: South, Jane (Author), Gamsu, Mark (Author), White, Judy (Lecturer in health promotion) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : The Policy Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
Volunteers.
Patient-Centered Care.
Public Health.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • One. Introduction
  • Two. The policy context
  • Three. Lay health workers in practice
  • Four. Benefits and value
  • Five. The lay perspective
  • Six. Walking for Health
  • a case study
  • Seven. Sexual health outreach
  • a case study
  • Eight. Community Health Educators
  • a case study
  • Nine. Citizen involvement in neighbourhood health
  • a case study
  • Ten. Commissioning and delivery
  • Eleven. Dispelling the myths
  • Twelve. Future directions.

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