Public health evidence : tackling health inequalities / editors, Amanda Killoran, Catherine Swann, Michael P. Kelly ; editorial board, Simon Ellis [and others].
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xxii, 586 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0198520832
- 9780198520832
- Tackling health inequalities
- 362.10941 22
- RA418.3.G7 P83 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Patterns and trends in inequalities in health : an international phenomenon / Mel Bartley, Martin Bobak and Michael Marmot -- 2. The development of an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities in Britain / Michael P. Kelly -- 3. Social determinants and public health policy in the UK / Hilary Graham -- 4. Building the evidence base : the contribution of the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme (England) / Christine McGuire -- 5. The centre for reviews and dissemination / Amanda Sowden and Julie Glanville -- 6. The Cochrane collaboration / Mike Clarke -- 7. Accumulating evidence to bring policy, practice, and research together / Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden and Ann Oakley -- 8. The centre for evidence-based public health policy : part of the ESRC evidence network / M. Petticrew, M. Whitehead, C. Bambra, M. Egan, H. Graham, S. Macintyre and E. McDermott -- 9. What works for children? / Kristin Liabo, Sarah Frost, Diana McNeish, Trevor Sheldon and Helen Roberts -- 10. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence / Peter Littlejohns -- 11. Health evidence bulletins Wales / Alison Weightman and Edward Coyle -- 12. Evidence, policy, and practice : developing collaborative approaches in Scotland / Erica Wimbush, Helen Harper, Daniel Wight, Laurence Gruer, Matthew Lowther, Jackie Gordon and Shirley Fraser -- 13. Simple principles for the evaluation of complex programmes / Ray Pawson -- 14. Systematic or unsystematic, is that the question? : some reflections on the science, art, and politics of reviewing research evidence / Martyn Hammersley -- 15. Research synthesis for tackling health inequalities : lessons from methods developed within systematic reviews with a focus on marginalized groups / Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden, Jonathan Shepherd and Ann Oakley -- 16. Evidence from qualitative and quantitative research / Mary Dixon-Woods -- 17. Evidence for public health practice : conceptual and methodological challenges / Catherine Swann, Bhash Naidoo and Michael P. Kelly -- 18. What evidence do we have on implementation? / Helen Roberts, Lisa Arai, Katrina Roen and Jennie Popay -- 19. The Bayesian approach to decision-making / Jack Dowie -- 20. Teenage pregnancy policy and practice : the application of evidence / Catherine Dennison and Geraldine McCormick -- 21. Smoking cessation : an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities? / Amanda Killoran, Lesley Owen and Linda Bauld -- 22. Ethnicity / Mark R. D. Johnson -- 23. Tackling health inequalities at the community level : neighbourhood renewal and the new deal for communities / Jean Peters and Elizabeth Goyder -- 24. Healthy living centres / Dione Hills and Elliot Stern -- 25. Health action zones / Michaela Benzeval -- 26. Evidence into practice for service improvement in health care : experience from the NHS Modernization Agency / Diane Ketley and Rose Gollop -- 27. Public policies and inequalities in health : challenges and lessons from Finland / Meri Koivusalo -- 28. Sweden / Sven Andreasson, Sven Bremberg, Carina Kallestal, Bernt Lundgren, Paul Nordgren, Liselotte Schafer Elinder and Eva Wallin -- 29. Assessing and addressing health inequalities : the Canadian experience / John Frank, Cam Mustard, Jim Dunn, Nancy Ross and Ericia Di Ruggiero -- 30. An evidence-based approach to public health and tackling health inequalities in Ireland and Northern Ireland / Leslie Boydell and Jane Wilde -- 31. Bringing about social change : implications for health / Phil Hanlon -- 32. Tackling health inequalities : improving the health of poor groups, narrowing health gaps, and reducing health gradients / Hilary Graham -- 33. Mapping the life world : a future research priority for public health / Michael P. Kelly.
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