Healthy public policy argues for a revitalised public health policy, in which the HEA should play a major role. The paper's main contention is that the HEA must help give health promotion greater national prominence by becoming an active advocate for the public health. A central task for the new ...
The conference examined the role of the Community Health Council in relation to health promotion and health education. It was asked how far should and can CHCs influence the development of preventive strategies by health authorities and how far should CHCs become directly involved in such activities themselves. Health promotion ...
The book discusses the causes and prevalence of dental diseases, methods of preventing disease and promoting dental health, and compares the provision of dental services of other countries with that of Britain. The authors outline a possible future for the organisation, management and staffing of dental services within the National ...
This is one of a series of papers being produced in 2002/03 as part of the King's Fund Mental Health Inquiry. The Inquiry aims to assess whether London mental health and mental health services have improved over the last five years. In 1997 the King's Fund produced a report entitled ... and Effective promotion of mental health and well being encompasses coordinated activities for communities, families and individuals. However, little is known about the current state of mental health and well being promotion in London. This paper seeks to fill that gap, drawing evidence from three 'case study' projects promoting mental health ...
While working as a volunteer at the Latin American Elderly Project, a day centre in Islington, Lucrecia Janowicz recognised that the older members of the project were unable to access the health information that they needed because they didn't speak English. She therefore decided to organise a series of talks ...
Increased media and public attention to the potential costs of 'epidemics' such as obesity, the two Wanless reports on the future of the public's health and the recent public health White Paper 'Choosing heath' have all helped refocus priorities on a health promoting service rather than a 'sickness service'. However, ...
Increased media and public attention to the potential costs of 'epidemics' such as obesity, the two Wanless reports on the future of the public's health and the recent public health White Paper 'Choosing heath' have all helped refocus priorities on a health promoting service rather than a 'sickness service'. However, ...
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is acknowledged as a world leader in its field, yet the prevailing media image of NICE is as a controversial mechanism for denying patients expensive new drugs. Teresa Poole looks at how NICE appraises new and existing drugs through clinical and ...