Evidence-based public health : effectiveness and efficiency / edited by Amanda Killoran and Michael P. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Killoran, Amanda.

Kelly, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1953-

Oxford University Press.

Oxford Scholarship Online

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research--Methodology.

Public health.

Evidence-based medicine.

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Great Britain).

Public health administration--Great Britain--Evaluation.

Public health administration.

Evidence-based medicine--Great Britain--Evaluation.

Public Health Administration.

Evaluation.

United Kingdom.

Evidence-Based Practice.

Program Evaluation.

Great Britain.

Medical Subjects:

Public Health Administration.

United Kingdom.

Evidence-Based Practice.

Program Evaluation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 499 pages) : illustrations

monochrome

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

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. Evidence-Based Public Health: Effectiveness and Efficiency continues the themes raised in Public Health Evidence: tackling health inequalities. Written by the same team, this book is a comprehensive reference to evidence-based approaches in public health. It covers the context and role of evidence-based public health in England; frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of public health policies and interventions; diversity, vulnerability and risk as a focus for understanding the role of social context in influencing health-related behaviours; approaches and methods to generate and synthesize evidence of what works to improve health and tackle health inequalities; current best available evidence on the effectiveness of a diverse range of interventions; and the role of evidence-based guidance and standards in changing policy and practice.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Evidence-based public health : effectiveness and efficiency.

ISBN:

9780191575860

0191575860

9780191722554

0191722553

OCLC:

567955474

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