| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 499 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction. Effectiveness and efficiency in public health / Ammlda Killoran and Michael P. Kelly -- pt. 1. Public health challenges of the 21st century -- 1. Trends and scenarios in public health in the UK / Mel Bartley and David Blane -- 2. Policy and evidence-based public health / Catherine Law -- 3. Ethics and evidence in health promotion / David V. McQueen -- pt. 2. Evidence-based frameworks -- pt. 2a. Theory-driven approach -- 4. Theory-driven evaluation of public health programmes / Ray Pawson and Sanjeev Sridharan -- pt. 2b. Equity, risk, and vulnerability -- 5. Equity, risk, and the life-course: a framework for understanding and tackling health inequalities / Hilary Graham and Chris Power -- 6. Vulnerability, disadvantage, and sexual health / Roger Ingham and Debbie Smith -- 7. Social context and youth health: understanding and mitigating exclusion / M. Judith Lynam -- pt. 2c. Public health and resource allocation -- 8. Economic evaluation of public health interventions / Susan Griffin, Nigel Rice and Mark Sculpher -- 9. Equity and efficiency in public health: the contribution of health economics / Stephen Morris, David Parkin and Nancy Devlin -- 10. Measuring overall population health: the use and abuse of QALYs / Richard Cookson and Anthony Culyer -- pt. 2d. Ethics and public health -- 11. Ethics and public health: the ethics of intervention choices / Lord Krebs and Harald Schmidt -- pt. 3. Generating evidence -- 12. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: an introduction to the new Medical Research Council guidance / Peter Craig, Paul Dieppe, Sally Macintyre, Susan Michie, Irwin Nazareth and Mark Petticrew -- 13. Child health and well-being in the early years: the National Evaluation of Sure Start / Edward Melhuish, Jay Belsky and Jacqueline Barnes -- 14. Smoking cessation interventions / Robert West and Lion Shahab -- 15. development of a diabetes prevention programme for a South Asian population: translating evidence and theory into practice / Kamlesh Khunti, Thomas Yates, Jacoui Troughton, Margaret Stone and Melanie Davies -- 16. Gatehouse Project: a multi-level integrated approach to promoting well-being in schools / Lyndal Bond and Helen Butler -- 17. Workplace and mental well-being: Whitehall II study / Mika Kivimaki, Jane E. Ferrie and Michael Marmot -- 18. Improving population health through area-based social interventions: generating evidence in a complex world / Steven Cummins -- 19. Built environment: walkability of neighbourhoods / Klaus Gebel, Adrian E. Bauman and Fiona C. Bull -- 20. Fiscal policy and health-related behaviours / Anne Ludbrook -- pt. 4. Synthesizing evidence and developing guidance -- 21. process of systematic review of public health evidence: quality criteria and standards / Mark Petticrew -- 22. Assessing evidence and prioritizing clinical and public health guidance recommendations: the NICE way / Peter Littlejonns, Kalipso Chalkidou, Jeremy Wyatt and Steven D. Pearson -- 23. Social values in developing public health guidance / Nick Doyle -- 24. nudge in the right direction: developing guidance on changing behaviour / Catherine Swann, Lesley Owen, Chris Carmona, Michael P. Kelly, Clare Wohlgemuth and Jane Huntley -- 25. Promoting the emotional and social well-being of children in primary education: evidence-based guidance / Amanda Killoran, Antony Morgan and James Jagroo -- 26. What environmental changes can increase physical activity? / Hugo Crombie, Amanda Killoran and Bhash Naidoo -- 27. Developing evidence-based guidance for health technologies: the NICE experience / David Barnett, Andrew Stevens, Meinders Boysen and Carole Longson -- 28. Supporting implementation of public health guidance: NICE experience / Val Moore, Nick Baillie, Annie Coppel and Julie Royce -- pt. 5. Knowledge, evidence, and policy -- 29. individual and the social level in public health / Michael P. Kelly -- 30. Informing public health policy with the best available evidence / Laurie M. Anderson and David V. McQueen -- 31. Changing policy: reflections on the role of public health evidence / Virginia Berridge -- synopsis: effectiveness and efficiency in public health / Amanda Killoran |
| Summary |
Public health decisions are often based on short-term demands rather than long-term study, and policies & programs are sometimes developed from anecdotal evidence. To enhance evidence-based practice, this book provides practical guidance on the methodology and evaluation of such programs & policies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Great Britain)
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Great Britain) |
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Great Britain) fast |
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Public health -- Research -- Methodology
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Evidence-based medicine.
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Public health administration -- Great Britain -- Evaluation
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Evidence-based medicine -- Great Britain -- Evaluation
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Public health administration.
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Public Health Administration
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Evidence-Based Practice
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Program Evaluation
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
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Public health administration
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Evidence-based medicine
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Public health administration -- Evaluation
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Public health -- Research -- Methodology
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Evidenz-basierte Medizin
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Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen
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Santé publique -- Administration -- Grande-Bretagne.
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Médecine basée sur la preuve.
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United Kingdom |
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Killoran, Amanda.
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Kelly, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1953-
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780191575860 |
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0191575860 |
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9780191722554 |
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0191722553 |
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1283581574 |
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9781283581578 |
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