Health Action Zones - Partnerships for Health Equity

Informationen zum Autor Marian Barnes is Professor and Director of Social Research in the Institute of Applied Social Sciences! University of Birmingham! and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at South Birmingham Mental Health Trust.Linda Bauld is Senior Lecturer and Director of the MA in Public Policy in the Department of Urban Studies! University of Glasgow.Michaela Benzeval is Research Project Director of the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study! MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit! Glasgow.Ken Judge is Head of Public Health and Health Policy and Director of Health Promotion Policy Unit! in the Faculty of Medicine! University of Glasgow.Mhairi Mackenzie is Lecturer in Public Health and Health Policy! in the Faculty of Medicine! University of Glasgow.Helen Sullivan is Research Director! Urban Governance in the Cities Research Centre! University of the West of England! Bristol. Klappentext Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon after it came to power in 1997. Written by the team undertaking the national evaluation of HAZ! this multidisciplinary book analyses the initiative's development and impact from a variety of perspectives. Zusammenfassung Written by the team undertaking the national evaluation of Health Action Zones, this multidisciplinary book analyses the initiative's development and impact from a variety of perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Promoting and Managing Social Change 2. The Legacy of Health Inequalities 3. Partnerships! Participation and Places 4. Evaluation Challenges 5. The Evolution of Health Action Zones 6. Local Strategies for Whole Systems Change 7. Building Capacity for Collaboration 8. Tackling Health Inequalities 9. Assessing the Impact of Health Action Zones 10. Towards a New Approach

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• Authors: Marian Bauld Barnes
• Assisted by: Marian Barnes (Editor), Barnes Marian (Editor), Linda Bauld (Editor), Bauld Linda (Editor), Michaela Benzeval (Editor), Benzeval Michaela (Editor), Ken Judge (Editor), Judge Ken (Editor), Mhairi Mackenzie (Editor), Mackenzie Mhairi (Editor), Helen Sullivan (Editor), Sullivan Helen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2005
• EAN: 9780415325509
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32550-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, MEDICAL / Health Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Personal & public health, Health & personal development, Social Work, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Medical Sociology, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Personal and public health / health education