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Alliances in Health Promotion

Theory and Practice

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Angela Scriven

    1. School of Health, Bath Spa University College, UK

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  • Brings together two particularly topical themes: the promotion of health and interprofessional collaboration

    Combines theoretical perspectives with a more practical focus

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Current Issues and Future Trends

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A framework for healthy alliances

      • Robin Douglas
      Pages 3-17

    3. Exploration of conflict theory as it relates to healthy alliances

      • Sally Markwell
      Pages 18-34

    4. Healthy alliances depend on healthy social processes

      • Kathryn Backet-Milburn, Lindsay MacHardy
      Pages 35-43

    5. The influence of government policy on health promotion alliances

      • Angela Scriven
      Pages 44-52

    6. The ethics of getting on with others

      • Andrew Wall
      Pages 53-59

    7. Developing a strategic alliance using a soft-systems approach

      • Meg Elliott, Debbie Jackson
      Pages 60-69

    8. An evaluation tool for the self-assessment of healthy alliances

      • Rachel Funnell, Katherine Oldfield
      Pages 70-76

    9. The commissioning of health alliances

      • Maggie Rae
      Pages 77-84

    10. Future developments of healthy alliances

      • Viv Speller
      Pages 85-93

  3. Dissemination of Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Shared responsibilities: black community groups, black HIV specialists and the statutory sector working together in HIV/AIDS prevention and care

      • Davel Patel
      Pages 97-109

    3. Ageing Well: healthy alliances to promote the health of older people

      • Loraine Ashton
      Pages 110-119

    4. Glasgow: a smoke-free city by the year 2000?

      • Doreen McIntyre
      Pages 120-131

    5. Working together to reduce suicide in the farming community in North Yorkshire

      • Anita Hatfield
      Pages 132-142

    6. Child accident prevention through healthy alliances

      • Maggie Sims
      Pages 143-151

    7. Alliance in secondary care: health promoting hospitals

      • Noreen Kickham, Annette Rushmere
      Pages 152-159

    8. Arts in health promotion: a comparative overview of two health arts alliances

      • Helen Chambers
      Pages 160-167

    9. Communities for better health: a partnership of national and local agencies

      • Helen Howson, John Griffiths, Ann Davies
      Pages 168-175
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Keywords

About this book

A concise and accessible account of the theoretical issues relating to intersectoral collaboration, and the diversity of health promotion partnerships that have been established. The book contains contributions from a distinguished group of academics, researchers and professional practitioners, from a wide range of settings - the health service, universities, specialist health promotion agencies, local authorities, voluntary organisations and education.

The book will appeal to a broad variety of readers, including students of health promotion and practitioners confronting the realities of collaborative working.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Health, Bath Spa University College, UK

    Angela Scriven

About the editor

Angela Scriven BA, MEd, CertEd, is Head of the School of Health and Course Director for the MSc in Health Promotion at Bath College of Higher Education. Her research interests have focused on the impact of government policy on the promotion of health. Recent research has included the auditing of inter-agency health promotion partnerships. She has published widely and is the co-editor of 'Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives'.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alliances in Health Promotion

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Practice

  • Editors: Angela Scriven

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14297-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 224

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Public Health

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