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In 1997 the World Health Organisation introduced the concept of "health targets" - a framework for government policies designed to enhance the health of citizens. Health targets have since developed as major instruments of public policy in Europe.
The book focuses on improving health throughout Europe and discusses the strategies for doing this at all levels from small initiatives to nationwide programmes.
Written by experts in the field the chapters include overviews of the history of health trageting in Europe, the philosophical and moral implications of health targeting, range of values and beliefs that underpin it and the visions for the future of health governance in Europe.
List of contents
Contributions. Acknowledgements.
1. Evidence and Imagination. (Marshall Marinker).
2. Historical Perspectives on European Health and Policy. (Loes can Herten and Louise J. Gunning-Schepers.
3 For and Against Health Targets. (James McCormick and Naomi J. Fulop).
4 Sweden (Claes Ortendahl).
5 Lithuania (Vilius Grabasukas).
6 Spain (Carlos Alvarez-Dardet).
7 Germany (Hans Stein).
8 North Rhine-Westphalia (Birgit Weihrauch).
9 Finland (Seppo V. Koskinen and Tapani A. Melkas).
10 Italy (George France).
11 England (David J. Hunter).
12 A European Review (Morton Warner).
13 Values, Beliefs and Implication (Martin McKee).
Perspectives on Health Governance in the 21st Century. (Ilona Kickbusch).
Index.
About the author
Marshall Marinker is the editor of Health Targets In Europe: Polity, Progress and Promise, published by Wiley.
Clifford Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Summary
Focusing on improving health throughout Europe, this book discusses possible strategies, using examples ranging from local initiatives to nationwide programmes. Contributions come from leading health policy makers from countries throughout Europe.
