Front cover -- half title -- Title -- Copy right -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Policy for 21st century public health -- Chapter 1 Judy Orme, Jane Powell, Part Taylor And Melanie Grey -- What is public health? -- A public health for the 21st century -- An evidence base for public health -- Historical perspectives on public health -- Who contributes to public health? -- Building capacity in public health -- Where does public health take place? -- The international context -- Devolution -- The regional context and 'powers of well-being' -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 David j. hunter -- Introduction -- The state of public health policy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Chris miller Public health in the local authority context: more opportunities not to be missed? -- Introduction -- The policy context -- Cross-cutting themes for public health -- Public health in alliance with a restructured local government? -- Local Strategic Partnerships -- Local Area Agreements -- Public Service Agreements -- 'Double' devolution -- Conclusion -- Part 2 Participation and partnerships in 21st century public health -- Chapter 4 stephen peckham -- Introduction -- What are partnerships? -- Why partnerships for public health? -- The nature of public health -- Joined-up governance -- The collaborative dimension -- Types of partnership -- Who are the partners in public health? -- Partnerships with communities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Gillian barett, jennie naidoo and judy orme -- Introduction -- The public health workforce -- Public health skills and competencies -- The public health professional project -- Conclusion -- Case study: asylum seekers -- Chapter 6 Pat Taylor The lay contribution to public health -- Introduction -- Structure of this chapter.

What is lay involvement and why is it important to public health? -- The changing nature of public involvement in the NHS -- Lay perspectives in the history of public health -- Understanding lay perspectives -- Medical perspectives on lay involvement -- Promoting an effective lay contribution to public health -- Conclusion - challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 7 Selena gray The contribution of health services to public health -- The contribution of health care to population health -- The three domains of public health practice -- Quality improvement -- Heath improvement -- Organizational structures for delivery of the three domains of public health practice -- Sustainability -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Alison Gilchrist Community development and networking for health -- Introduction -- Community development for health -- Promoting health 'in the community' -- The 'community' dimension to health and well-being -- Informal networks and health -- The concept of social capital -- Networks and community participation -- Building relationships, sharing power -- Indirect outcomes of social networks -- Networking in practice -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Part 3 Major contemporary themes in public health -- Chapter 9 David evans New directions in tackling inequalities in health -- Introduction -- The evidence for socio-economic inequalities in health -- The UK policy response -- UK policy effectiveness -- Potential policies for reducing inequalities in health -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Murray stewart Neighbourhood renewal and regeneration -- Urban policy and neighbourhood renewal: historical context -- The development of the neighbourhood focus -- Neighbourhood policies and health inequalities -- Public health and the neighbourhood -- Chapter 11 Colin fudge Implementing sustainable futures in cities -- Introduction.

Urbanization, urban change, development and policy -- Ecological modernization -- Strategic issues for the future of sustainability -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 12 Stuart Mc Clean Globalization and health -- Introduction -- The globalization debate -- Globalization - a contested term -- Key features of globalization in relation to public health -- The Janus faces: positive and negative impacts on public health -- The promoters of economic globalization and other key players -- Global trade policy and the UK health care context -- Global inequalities in health: the local impact of global divisions -- Globalization and emerging public health risks -- Health care organizations -- Conclusion: the challenges for public health in a global era -- Chapter 13 Melanie grey, Mike Studden and joyshri sarangi Protecting the public's health -- Health threats and emerging health protection policy -- The organizational framework for protecting health -- Health protection: principles and practice -- Overview: the challenges -- Part 4 Evaluation evidence and guidance in 21st century public health -- Chapter 14 Tony Harrison Evidence-based multidisciplinary public health -- Introduction -- Defining evidence-based multidisciplinary public health -- The development of evidence-based public policy and public health -- Main problems of evidence-based systems for multidisciplinary public health -- The role of theory in evidence-based public health -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15 Jon pollock Epidemiology for 21st century public health -- Defining the scope -- Identifying appropriate epidemiological approaches for contemporary public health -- Epidemiology: changes to support 21st century public health -- Future developments in public health epidemiology: concepts and methods -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16 Jane Powell Health economics and public health.

Key concepts in health economics for public health professionals -- Incorporating health economics in public health guidance -- Economic evaluation methods -- A case study example: the economic evaluation of family and child alcohol services -- Strengths of economic evaluation -- The ethical stance of public health professionals -- The ethical stance of economists -- Efficiency and equity - the trade-off and ethical dilemma -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17 Stuart Hashagen and susan paxton Frameworks for evaluation of community health and well-being work -- Introduction -- Powers of well-being in Scotland -- The Scottish Community Development Centre: Learning Evaluation and Planning framework -- Case study - Building Healthy Communities in Dumfries and Galloway -- Conclusion -- Chapter 18 Gabriel scally Sustainable development and public health: arm in arm -- Introduction -- Recapturing the common ground -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.