An excellent book for use by masters level students. Critical considerations of the issues throughout. Well supported by a range of references. The Global Public Health chapters and case studies will be of particular interest to our growing number of international students.

• Introduction - Challenge and Controversy in Promoting Public Health - Cathy E. LloydPART ONE: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REFLECTIONS ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC HEALTH?Introduction - Linda Jones and Sarah EarleThe Rise of Modern Multidisciplinary Public Health - Jenny DouglasMillennium Report to Sir Edwin Chadwick - Iqbal Sram and John AshtonHow Is Health Experienced? - Mildred BlaxterOlder People′s Health: Applying Antonovsky′s Salutogenic Paradigm - Moyra SidellInequalities and Ethnicity: Evidence and Intervention - Hannah Bradby and Tarani ChandolaPoverty and Health: Global and National Patterns - Hilary GrahamHealth Impact Assessment: A Practitioner′s View - Kate ArdenHealth Promotion: Not Drowning but Waving? - Jane WillsPutting Social Marketing into Practice - Gerard Hastings and Laura McdermottPART TWO: RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICEIntroduction - Linda Jones and Cathy E. LloydDilemmas in Public Health Research: Methodologies And Ethical Practice - Fran BaumThe Evaluation of Health Promotion Practice: 21st Century Debates on Evidence and Effectiveness - David V McqueenEpidemiology - To Be Taken With Care - Joe H. AbramsonFeminist Research and Health - Gayle LetherbyResearching the Views of Diabetes Service Users from South Asian Backgrounds: A Reflection on Some of the Issues - Cathy E. LloydSetting Priorities in Public Health Research - John BellPART THREE: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH PUBLIC POLICYIntroduction - Jenny Douglas And Linda JonesWhat Would The Ottawa Charter Look Like If It Were Written Today? - Don NutbeamPrisons in England and Wales: An Important Public Health Opportunity? - Michelle Baybutt, Paul Hayton and Mark DoorisConsiderations in the Prevention of Obesity among Children and Adolescents: First, Do No Harm - Jennifer A. O′DeaGlobal Public Health - Ilona Kickbusch and Birahim SeckTerrorism and Public Health - John Middleton and Victor W. SidelGlobal Health Promotion: How Can We Strengthen Governance And Build Effective Strategies? - Kelley LeePART FOUR: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AT A LOCAL LEVELIntroduction - Stephen Handsley and Linda JonesPerceptions of Community Participation and Health Gain in a Community Project for the South Asian Population: A Qualitative Study - Gunjit Bandesha and A. LitvaHealthy Nightclubs and Recreational Substance Use: From A Harm Minimisation to A Healthy Settings Approach - Mark A. Bellis, Karen Hughes and Helen LoweyDirty Whores and Invisible Men: Sex Work and The Public Health - Sarah Earle and Keith SharpDoes Social Capital Have A Role To Play In The Health Of Communities? - Andrew GibsonEvaluating the Empowering Potential of Community-Based Health Schemes: The Case of Community Health Policies in the UK Since 1997 - Paul BridgenPromoting Social Responsibility for Health: Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Public Policy at the Community Level - Maurice B. MittelmarkPART FIVE: PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: WHOSE VOICES? WHOSE VALUES?Introduction - Linda JonesHealth Promotion, Globalisation and Health - Ron LabonteThe Market Dominated Future of Public Health? - Jeff FrenchYoga and Promoting Public Health - Sue SpurrDeath and Contagion: Contaminating Bodies - Stephen Handsley and Carol KomaromyDisability Rights, Genetics and Public Health - Bill AlbertMental Health Promotion - Lynne FreidlCommunity Regeneration: From Apathy to Anger to Positive Energy - Hazel Stuteley and Richard Parish

An excellent book for use by masters level students. Critical considerations of the issues throughout. Well supported by a range of references. The Global Public Health chapters and case studies will be of particular interest to our growing number of international students.

• Introduction - Challenge and Controversy in Promoting Public Health - Cathy E. LloydPART ONE: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REFLECTIONS ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC HEALTH?Introduction - Linda Jones and Sarah EarleThe Rise of Modern Multidisciplinary Public Health - Jenny DouglasMillennium Report to Sir Edwin Chadwick - Iqbal Sram and John AshtonHow Is Health Experienced? - Mildred BlaxterOlder People′s Health: Applying Antonovsky′s Salutogenic Paradigm - Moyra SidellInequalities and Ethnicity: Evidence and Intervention - Hannah Bradby and Tarani ChandolaPoverty and Health: Global and National Patterns - Hilary GrahamHealth Impact Assessment: A Practitioner′s View - Kate ArdenHealth Promotion: Not Drowning but Waving? - Jane WillsPutting Social Marketing into Practice - Gerard Hastings and Laura McdermottPART TWO: RESEARCH FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICEIntroduction - Linda Jones and Cathy E. LloydDilemmas in Public Health Research: Methodologies And Ethical Practice - Fran BaumThe Evaluation of Health Promotion Practice: 21st Century Debates on Evidence and Effectiveness - David V McqueenEpidemiology - To Be Taken With Care - Joe H. AbramsonFeminist Research and Health - Gayle LetherbyResearching the Views of Diabetes Service Users from South Asian Backgrounds: A Reflection on Some of the Issues - Cathy E. LloydSetting Priorities in Public Health Research - John BellPART THREE: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH PUBLIC POLICYIntroduction - Jenny Douglas And Linda JonesWhat Would The Ottawa Charter Look Like If It Were Written Today? - Don NutbeamPrisons in England and Wales: An Important Public Health Opportunity? - Michelle Baybutt, Paul Hayton and Mark DoorisConsiderations in the Prevention of Obesity among Children and Adolescents: First, Do No Harm - Jennifer A. O′DeaGlobal Public Health - Ilona Kickbusch and Birahim SeckTerrorism and Public Health - John Middleton and Victor W. SidelGlobal Health Promotion: How Can We Strengthen Governance And Build Effective Strategies? - Kelley LeePART FOUR: PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AT A LOCAL LEVELIntroduction - Stephen Handsley and Linda JonesPerceptions of Community Participation and Health Gain in a Community Project for the South Asian Population: A Qualitative Study - Gunjit Bandesha and A. LitvaHealthy Nightclubs and Recreational Substance Use: From A Harm Minimisation to A Healthy Settings Approach - Mark A. Bellis, Karen Hughes and Helen LoweyDirty Whores and Invisible Men: Sex Work and The Public Health - Sarah Earle and Keith SharpDoes Social Capital Have A Role To Play In The Health Of Communities? - Andrew GibsonEvaluating the Empowering Potential of Community-Based Health Schemes: The Case of Community Health Policies in the UK Since 1997 - Paul BridgenPromoting Social Responsibility for Health: Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Public Policy at the Community Level - Maurice B. MittelmarkPART FIVE: PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: WHOSE VOICES? WHOSE VALUES?Introduction - Linda JonesHealth Promotion, Globalisation and Health - Ron LabonteThe Market Dominated Future of Public Health? - Jeff FrenchYoga and Promoting Public Health - Sue SpurrDeath and Contagion: Contaminating Bodies - Stephen Handsley and Carol KomaromyDisability Rights, Genetics and Public Health - Bill AlbertMental Health Promotion - Lynne FreidlCommunity Regeneration: From Apathy to Anger to Positive Energy - Hazel Stuteley and Richard Parish