Description: This book argues that the traditional government approach of exhorting individuals to live healthier lifestyles is not enough - action to promote public health needs to take place not just through public agencies, but also by engaging community assets and resources in their broadest sense.
Brief description: Steve Cropper is Professor of Management in the Centre for Health Planning and Management at Keele University. Alison Porter is a researcher at the School of Medicine at Swansea University. Gareth Williams is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Sandra Carlisle is currently Research Fellow in the Public Health Section of the University of Glasgow. Robert Moore is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Liverpool. Martin O'Neill Academic Coordinator on the Gates project at Gamorgan University. Chris Roberts is a social researcher in the Public Health and Health Professions Department, Welsh Assembly Government. Helen Snooks is Professor of Health Services Research at Swansea University.
Review Quotes:
"We understand health inequalities pretty well. We're less clear what to do
about them. This book shows what can be achieved by activists, researchers
and policy makers working together. It takes us beyond description to
action for health." Professor Graham Hart, University College London