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9780230278851

From Public Health to Wellbeing The New Driver for Policy and Action

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    9780230278851

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    023027885X

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  • Copyright: 2012-01-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Charting the history and evolution of the public health agenda, this insightful reader argues the place of wellbeing in local and national strategy. With contributions from academics and practitioners in the public, private sectors, it explores current thinking and policy within a range of settings, such as the NHS, the workplace and the community.

Author Biography

Paul Walker is a medically qualified public health specialist with more than forty years experience working for the National Health Service, local government and academe, latterly in Wales. Marie John was a senior Lecturer in Health Promotion and Health Education in the Division of Integrated Health and social Care, University of Glamorgan, UK, until her retirement in 2010. Her passion for keeping people well has led to a post with Health Promotion Wales.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tablesp. viii
Forewordp. ix
Acknowledgementsp. x
Notes on the Contributorsp. xi
List of Abbreviationsp. xiii
Introductionp. xv
On Public Health and Wellbeingp. 1
Introductionp. 1
The evolution of public health thinking and practicep. 1
Current issuesp. 11
From public health to wellbeing: the path for progressp. 16
Wellbeing: Meaning, Definition, Measurement and Applicationp. 21
Origins and development of the concept of wellbeingp. 21
Wellbeing in modern theological, philosophical, political, psychological and social policy discoursep. 22
Wellbeing: what is our current understanding of the meaning of the word and the concept?p. 24
Relationship to other similar measuresp. 25
Modern definitionsp. 26
Wellbeing as the underlying objective of all social policyp. 28
The epidemiology of wellbeingp. 28
Can we measure wellbeing?p. 31
Established measures of wellbeingp. 36
Evaluating policies, programmes and projects for wellbeingp. 39
Appraisal and evaluation in central government: the Green Bookp. 40
Wellbeing as positive psychology/wellbeing promotionp. 40
Conclusionp. 42
Wellbeing: A Guiding Concept for Health Policy?p. 47
Introductionp. 47
Peering beneath the surface of health policyp. 48
Wellbeing, politicians and managersp. 49
Wellbeing and the professionalsp. 51
Wellbeing and citizensp. 53
Devolution within the UKp. 55
Conclusionp. 56
Wellbeing and Spatial Planningp. 58
Introductionp. 58
Wellbeing and the physical environmentp. 59
Wellbeing, spatial planning and public healthp. 62
Wellbeing and improving performancep. 66
Partnership in wellbeing and community planningp. 67
Measuring sustainable wellbeingp. 70
Wellbeing in new and expanded communitiesp. 72
Conclusionp. 75
Wellbeing and Children and Young Peoplep. 79
A brief history of childhoodp. 79
The increasing role of the state as protector and promoter of wellbeingp. 81
Inequality, development and well-beingp. 82
Well-becoming: the legacy of child wellbeing for adult lifep. 84
Redefining the role of the state and familyp. 85
Defining and measuring wellbeing for children and young peoplep. 86
Current public attitudesp. 88
The evidencep. 89
Factors that influence wellbeingp. 90
Conclusionp. 91
Wellbeing and Older Peoplep. 97
Definition of the older personp. 97
Factors that affect the wellbeing of older peoplep. 101
Conclusionp. 110
Wellbeing and Workp. 115
Introductionp. 115
Setting the context of work: contemporary careersp. 116
Current policy: the government response to the Black Reportp. 118
Improving health, happiness and wellbeingp. 120
Unemploymentp. 121
Ageing workforcep. 123
Conclusionp. 124
Wellbeing and Community Actionp. 128
Engaging and developing communitiesp. 128
Community wellbeing: subjective and objective wellbeingp. 130
Individual capabilitiesp. 132
Community engagement as a wellbeing interventionp. 133
Case study: the Exploring Sustainable Wellbeing Toolkitp. 135
Measuring subjective wellbeing within communitiesp. 136
Implications for government policy: flip the paradigmp. 139
Conclusionp. 141
Partnership Working: The Lynchpin of Wellbeingp. 144
Introductionp. 144
Partnership in the public sectorp. 146
Social capital and asset-based community developmentp. 147
Partnership working for health and wellbeingp. 151
Drivers for partnership workingp. 155
Partnership and leadershipp. 157
Partnership in practicep. 157
Conclusionp. 158
Drugs Policy: A Case Study for Applying the Wellbeing Frameworkp. 161
Introductionp. 161
Why do we use drugs?p. 164
Prohibition as a means of controlp. 166
Legislation that could improve the conditions and wellbeing of people who use drugsp. 170
Reforming drug policyp. 171
Wellbeingp. 173
Conclusionp. 175
A Greatest Wellbeing Principle: Its Time Has Comep. 178
Perspectives on wellbeing: a synthesisp. 178
Essential steps to progressp. 180
A vision of the futurep. 183
A critique of wellbeingp. 184
Afterword: is happiness the same as wellbeing?p. 186
Indexp. 188
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