| Description |
1 online resource (x, 175 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and boxes -- About the author -- Source statement -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Foundations of health activism -- Activism -- Strategies for activism -- Health activism -- Women and activism -- Social justice, equity and health inequity -- Power -- The radical perspective -- Hard power -- Soft power -- Three faces of hard power -- Power-from-within -- Power-over -- Power-with -- Powerlessness -- Empowerment -- 2 International experiences of activism -- The role of social movements -- Health social movements |
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5. Implementation -- 6. Evaluation -- The story of the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic -- A partnership with the Ministry of Health -- Influencing policy -- 5 Activism and the social determinants of health -- The social determinants of health -- 1. Tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources -- 2. Measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action -- 3. Improve daily living conditions -- Activism and the social determinants of health -- Employment and health -- The eight-hour-day movement -- Food justice movements |
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Do people really want to be, or can they become, empowered? -- Do health practitioners want to help to empower people or to simply change their behaviour? -- A bottom-up approach -- Grounded citizens' juries -- Lay epidemiology and health activism -- 4 Strategies to influence healthy public policy -- Community empowerment for social and political change -- What is policy? -- The policy process -- Models of the policy process -- A six-step strategy to influencing healthy public policy -- 1. Identify issues -- 2. Policy analysis -- 3. Undertake consultation -- 4. Move towards decisions |
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International activist movements -- The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament -- Environmentalism -- The animal rights movement -- Counter tactics by commercial and corporate interests -- What works and what does not in activism -- 3 Activism and the health practitioner -- Health programming -- The role of the health practitioner -- Philosophical considerations -- Ethical considerations -- Who, at the expense of others, should get priority for programme support and assistance? -- What if the group in question is involved in unpalatable activities? |
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The New York City Food Movement -- The housing movements -- Market intervention -- The construction of social housing -- Community control -- Autonomous movements -- 6 Activism and the media -- Media advocacy -- Citizen journalism and the alternative press -- The mass media -- Community radio and television -- Information and communication technology -- Every Australian Counts -- The Short Message Service -- Internet activism -- The World Wide Web -- 7 The individual as activist -- The role of the health activist -- Strategies for individual activists -- Critical consciousness -- Photovoice |
| Summary |
The first book to be published on a topic which is rising on the agenda in health studies and public health. The book will be recommended reading for those studying and working in public health and health promotion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Health promotion.
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Health education.
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Health Promotion
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Health Education
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MEDICAL / Public Health.
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Health education
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Health promotion
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Gesundheitserziehung
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Gesundheitsförderung
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Aktivismus
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781299311985 |
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1299311989 |
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9781446274781 |
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1446274780 |
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9781446270004 |
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1446270009 |
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9781446291924 |
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1446291928 |
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