Quality, Evidence and Effectiveness in Health Promotion

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-17966-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Quality, Evidence and Effectiveness is unique in bringing together, for the first time, the critical concepts of quality assurance and effectiveness in relation to health promotion and research.Contributions from leading health promotion specialists around the world discuss how best to push forward evidence of the value of health promotion as an effective investment strategy. They examine particular examples of health promotion interventions, focusing on both practical suggestions and the concepts underlying them.Contributions are divided into three core sections:* the examination of effectiveness studies through the application of different evaluation methodologies * practice-based quality assurance programmes * the examination of examples of health promotion interventionsQuality, Evidence and Effectiveness will be invaluable to students, researchers and policy-makers in health promotion and all professionals who are committed to the effective and efficient delivery of New Public Health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, John Kenneth

MacDonald, Gordon

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Reflection and Vision: proving and improving the promotion of health PART I: Methods for assessing evidence and effectiveness 2. Reviewing the evidence for health promotion in the United States 3. Evaluating health promotion in four key settings 4. Measuring effectiveness in community-based health promotion PART II: Methods for assessing quality 5. A quality assurance instrument for practitioners: an example from Sweden 6. The development of two instruments to measure the quality of health 7. Quality assessment in health promotion settings PART III: Approaches to synergism 8. Paradigms, values and quality criteria in health promotion: an application to primary care 9. Quality measures and evaluation of Healthy City policy initiatives: the Liverpool experience 10. Quality and effectiveness: International Perspectives 11. Beyond uncertainty: leading health promotion into the 21st century

Über Autor(innen)

John Kenneth Davies is Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion at the University of Brighton; Gordon MacDonald is Professor of Health Promotion Policy and Development at the University of Glamorgan.