Future Public Health Burden, Challenges and Opportunities in the UK

by Dawson, Sandra; Morris, Zoë

• ISBN13: 9780230013599
• ISBN10: 0230013597
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The importance of health to society and the state of the economy cannot be overstated. This book is an edited collection of papers addressing themes related to the health of the UK population from a multidisciplinary and futures perspective. It will bring together a range of disciplines to consider issues relevant to future public health policy in the UK. It aims to address the issues comprehensively and parismoniously, to highlight the burdens, challenges and opportunities to be faced by us all in the future.

Author Biography

SANDRA DAWSON is Director of the Judge Business School and KPMG Professor of Management. ZOE MORRIS is a Nuffield Fellow in Health Policy at the Judge Business School, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
List of Figures	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xii
List of Boxes	p. xiii
Appendices	p. xiv
List of Abbreviations	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Policy Frameworks	p. 13
Devolution and Public Health Politics in the United Kingdom	p. 15
International Public Health-The Future Place of Primary Care	p. 39
Improving Public Health: Balancing Between Poles	p. 58
Social Marketing: Putting the Public, Not Professionals, at the Heart of Public Health; Don't Rain on my Parade!	p. 75
Influencing Outcomes	p. 93
Promoting Healthy Behaviour: Evidence from Psychology	p. 95
Embedding Public Health Policy in the Social Context: Sexual Behaviour and Perceptions of Risk	p. 135
In Sickness and in Health? Dynamics of Health and Cohabitation in the United Kingdom	p. 155
Successful Ageing: A Useful Concept for the Future?	p. 175
Developing an Index of Capability for Older People: A New Form of Measure for Public Health Interventions?	p. 193
Recruitment into Lifestyle Modification Programmes: A Cross-Atlantic Perspective	p. 207
Evaluation and Measurement for Public Health	p. 231
Evaluating the Societal Costs of Potentially Preventable Illnesses: Developing a Common Approach	p. 233
What Use Has Been Made of Economic Evaluation in Public Health? A Systematic Review of the Literature	p. 248
Towards Investment in Public Health: The Emergence of a Burden of Economic Proof	p. 265
The Challenges of Developing Cost-Effective Public Health Guidance: A NICE Perspective	p. 276
Conclusion: Accepting Burdens, Meeting Challenges and Creating Opportunities	p. 292
Index	p. 302
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