Evidence-based public health : effectiveness and efficiency / edited by Amanda Killoran and Michael P. Kelly. - xxvii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Public health challenges of the 21st century -- Trends and scenarios in public health in the UK / Policy and evidence-based public health / Ethics and evidence in health promotion / Evidence-based frameworks -- Theory-driven approach- 'programme theories' /'theory of change' concepts / Equity, risk and the life course: a framework for understanding and tackling health inequalities / Vulnerability, disadvantage and sexual health / Social context and youth health: understanding and mitigating exclusion / Use of economic methods to evaluate the cost effectiveness of public health interventions / Equity and efficiency: the contribution of health economics / Valuation of health in public health in economic evaluations / Ethics and public health: the ethics of intervention choices / Generating evidence -- Developing and evaluating complex interventions / Child health and wellbeing in the early years: the national evaluation of Sure Start / Smoking cessation / Diabetes-population based prevention programmes among South Asians / The Gatehouse project: a multi-level integrated approachto promoting wellbeing in schools / Workplace and mental wellbeing - Whitehall 2 Study / Area-based initiatives in deprived neighbourhoods / Built environment - 'walkability' of neighbourhoods / Fiscal policy and health-related behaviours / Synthesising evidence and developing guidance -- Assessing evidence: study quality / Assessing evidence and prioritising clinical and public health guidance recommendations / Social values in developing public health guidance / Developing guidance on changing behaviour / What works in promoting the emotional and social well being of children in primary education? / What environmental measures are effective in promoting physical activity? / Developing evidence based guidance for health technologies: the NICE experience / Supporting implementation of public health guidance: NICE experience / Knowledge, evidence and policy -- The individual and social level of public health / Informing public health policy with the best available evidence / Changing policy: reflections on the role of public health evidence / Mel Bartley & David Blane -- Catherine Law -- David V McQueen -- Ray Pawson & Sanjeev Sridharan -- Hilary Graham & Chris Power -- Roger Ingham & Debbie Smith -- M Judith Lynam -- Susan Griffin, Mark Sculpher & Nigel Rice -- Steve Morris, Nancy Devlin & David Parkin -- Richard Cookson & Tony Culyer -- Lord Krebbs & Harald Schmidt -- Peter Craig, Susan Michie, Irwin Nazareth, Professor Paul Dieppe, Professor Mark Petticrew & Sally Macintyre -- Edward Melhuish, Jay Belsky & Jacqueline Barnes -- Robert West & Lion Shahab -- Kamlesh Khunti, Thomas Yates, Jacqui Troughton, Margaret Stone & Melanie Davies -- Lyndal Bond, Helen Butler -- Mika Kivimaki, Jane E Ferrie & Sir Michael Marmot -- Steve Cummins -- Klaus Gebel, Adrian Bauman & Fiona Bull -- Anne Ludbrook -- Mark Petticrew -- Peter Littlejohns, Kalipso Chalkidou, Jeremy Wyatt & Steven D Pearson -- Nick Doyle -- Catherine Swann, Lesley Owen, Christopher Carmona, Michael P Kelly, Clare Wohlgemuth & Jane Huntley -- Amanda Killoran, Antony Morgan & James Jagroo -- Hugo Crombie, Amanda Killoran & Bhash Naidoo -- David Barnett, Meindert Boysen, Carole Longson & Andrew Stevens -- Val Moore, Nick Baillie, Annie Coppel & Julie Royce -- Mike Kelly -- Laurie Anderson -- Virginia Berridge. Part 1. 1. 2. 3. Part 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part 3. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Part 4. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Part 5. 29. 30. 31.

0199563624 9780199563623

2009032939


National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Great Britain)


Public health--Research--Methodology
Evidence-based medicine.
Public health administration--Evaluation--Great Britain
Evidence-based medicine--Evaluation--Great Britain
Evidence-Based Practice
Program Evaluation

RA440.85 / .E95 2010

362.10972