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Public Health Evidence
Tackling health inequalities
Edited by Amanda Killoran, Catherine Swann, and Michael P Kelly
With Advisory Editors Simon Ellis, Astero Kanaris, Antony Morgan, Louise Millward, Bhash Naidoo, and Loraine Taylor
608 pages
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46 black and white line illustrations, and a 2 side colour plate section
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246x171mm
978-0-19-852083-2
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Paperback
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17 August 2006
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- Describes trends in health inequalities as an enduring and international phenomenon; acknowledged in England by government targets for reducing health inequalities by the year 2010
- Documents developments in evidence-based public health and health inequalities, focusing on the experience of the UK in particular
- Highlights some of the difficulties involved in advancing evidence-based public health, and ways they are being addressed
- Provides case studies of how evidence is influencing both policy and practice, covering such areas as smoking, teenage pregnancy, alcohol and cancer, and area-based programmes and initiatives designed to tackle the multiple dimensions of deprivation and health inequalities
- Brings together expert contributors from a range of research groups in the UK and abroad
- Covers a subject of political concern and public relevance
As public health issues have gained an increasingly high political profile, the need for policy and management decisions to be informed by robust evidence of the effectiveness is now viewed as crucial. While evidence-based medicine is a well accepted feature in clinical health care, public health interventions are inherently more complex and present both significant challenges and opportunities for advancing this approach.
In England, developments include the setting up of the Centre of Public Health Excellence, at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), with the responsibility for providing evidence and
guidelines on the effectiveness of interventions and programmes in priority areas of public health. Further important contributions are also being made by many other research centres and groups. This book presents many of these contributions and provides a state of the art compendium on this subject. Inequality in health is a widespread problem, and the themes discussed here can be used for international comparison and application.
Public health evidence examines: international trends in social inequalities in health; the role of evidence in public health policy development and practice; the infrastructure of the UK evidence-based approach; selected examples of how evidence is being applied to reduce health inequalities in England; the methodological challenges
involved in evaluating interventions and the synthesis of evidence; and how to take this approach forward.
The key message is that tackling health inequalities and implementing the evidence-based approach will require commitment from all those involved; researchers, academics, policy makers, the public and private sector, practitioners, the NHS, and local government. But health inequalities are a common problem facing more developed countries, and the book has international relevance. This timely contribution pushes the boundaries of thinking on research in public health.Readership: Academics, researchers and policy makers concerned with research and evidence in public health, and in
addressing health inequalities in the UK, will be interested in this book. Postgraduate students in public health, health research and medical sociology will also find the book an important resource for the curriculum. In addition, the book will appeal to the above groups based in other developed countries, who can draw on the British experience.
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Edited by Amanda Killoran, Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, Catherine Swann, Senior Research Specialist, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, and Michael P Kelly, Director of Centre for Public Health Excellence at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK With Advisory Editors Simon Ellis, Associate Director, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, Astero Kanaris, Information Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, Antony Morgan, Associate Director, National
Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, Louise Millward, Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, Bhash Naidoo, Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UK, and Loraine Taylor, Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, London, UKContributors:
Sven Andréasson, Department for Alcohol and Drugs Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden
Lisa Arai, Child Health Research and Policy Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, City University, London, UK
C Bambra,
Centre for Public Policy & Health, School for Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University, UK
Mel Bartley, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Linda Bauld, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK
Michaela Benvezal, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK
Martin Bobak, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Leslie Boydell, Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Belfast, UK
Sven Bremberg, Department for Society and Health, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden
Mike Clarke, UK Cochrane Centre, NHS R&D Programme and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of
Oxford, UK
E Coyle, National Public Health Service for Wales, UK
Catherine Dennison, Children & Young People's Public Health, Department of Health, UK
Erica Di Ruggiero, CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health, Toronto, Canada
Mary Dixon-Woods, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Jack Dowie, Public Health and Policy Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Jim Dunn, Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH), Toronto, Canada
M Egan, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK
John W Frank, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada
S Fraser, Health Scotland, UK
Sarah Frost, Research and
Development Team, Barnardo's, UK
Julie Glanville, The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, UK
Rose Gollop, East Midlands (Trent), Central Region, Healthcare Commission, UK
J Gordon, Scottish Executive, UK
Elizabeth Goyder, University of Sheffield, UK
Hilary Graham, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
L Gruer, Health Scotland, UK
Martyn Hammersley, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, The Open University, UK
Phil Hanlon, Public Health, University of Glasgow, UK
Angela Harden, Research Officer; Senior Research Scientist in Evidence Synthesis, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
H Harper,
University of Glasgow, UK
Dione Hills, The Tavistock Institute, London, UK
Mark Johnson, Diversity in Health & Social Care Mary Seacole Research Centre, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, De Montfort University Leicester, UK
Carina Källestål, Research Department Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden
Michael Kelly, Centre for Public Health Excellence at the National Institute for Clinical and Health Excellence (NICE), London, UK
Diane Ketley, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, University of Warwick, UK
Amanda Killoran, Centre for Public Health Evidence, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), London, UK
Meri Koivusalo, Research and Development Centre for
Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
Kristin Liabo, Child Health Research and Policy Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, City University, London, UK
Peter Littlejohns, Centre for Public Health Excellence at the National Institute for Clinical and Health Excellence (NICE), London, UK
L Lowther, Health Scotland, UK
Bernt Lundgren, Unit for Public Health Policy Analysis, Research Department, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden
S MacIntyre, University of Glasgow, UK
Michael Marmot, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Geraldine McCormick, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), London, UK
E McDermott, The Institute for
Health Research, Lancaster University
Christine McGuire, Research and Development, Department of Health, London, UK
Di McNeish, Child Health Research and Policy Unit, City University
Cam Mustard, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada
Bhash Naidoo, Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Evidence, London, UK
Paul Nordgren, Department for Health Behaviours, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden
Ann Oakley, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy; Founding Director of the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Sandy Oliver, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Lesley Owen,
National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, UK
Ray Pawson, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK
Jean Peters, Section of Public Health, University of Sheffield, UK
M Petticrew, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK
Jennie Popay, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK
Helen Roberts, Child Health Research and Policy Unit, City University, UK
Katrina Roen, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK
Nancy Ross, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Department of Health Behaviours, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm,
Sweden
Trevor Sheldon, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Jonathan Shepherd, Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development, University of Southampton, UK
Amanda Sowden, The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York, UK
Elliott Stern, The Tavistock Institute, London, UK
Catherine Swann, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), London, UK
James Thomas, EPPI-Centre Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Eva Wallin, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Alison Weightman, Arts & Social Studies Library, Cardiff University, UK
M Whitehead, Department of Public Health, University of
Liverpool, UK
Jane Wilde, the Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Belfast, UK
Erica Wimbush, Head of Policy Evaluation and Appraisal, NHS Health Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
D Wright, MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK
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"Although we have a wealth of information about evidence-based practice in healthcare very little has been written about evidence-based public health to date. This year has seen the emergence of the first texts along thsee lines and one would hope that they will encourage the principles of evidence-based practice to filter into public health practice....[recommended] to individuals working in applied public health settings, particularly newcomers to the field, researchers, and students on public health courses." - Critical Public Health "...this book provides a useful picture of the current level of development of evidence-based public health policy and practice, and specifically action to address health inequalities in the UK.
It has a practical 'real life' focus and will be of interest primarily to academics and public health practitioners based in the UK. ...Overall, cause for optimism isprovided with some significant advances being made in public health research methods and creative ideas about future directions being displayed. s"
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SECTION 1: TOWARDS EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY AND PRACTICE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
1: Mel Bartley, Martin Bobak, Michael Marmot: Patterns and trends in inequalities in health: an international phenomenon
2: Michael Kelly: The development of an evidence based approach to tackling health inequalities in England
3: Hilary Graham: Social determinants and public health policy in the UK
SECTION 2: SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES FOR DEVELOPING AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO TACKLING HEALTH INEQUALITIES
4: Christine McGuire: Building the evidence base - the contribution of the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme (England)
5: Amanda Sowden, Julie Glanville: The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
6: Mike Clarke: The Cochrane Collaboration
7: Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden, Ann Oakley: Accumulating evidence to bring policy, practice and research together
8: M Petticrew, M Whitehead, C Bambra, M Egan, H Graham, S MacIntyre, E McDermott: The Centre for Evidence-based Public Health Policy: part of the ESRC Evidence Network
9: Kristin Liabo, Sarah Frost, Di McNeish, Helen Roberts, Trevor Sheldon: What Works for Children?
10: Peter Littlejohns: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
11: Alison Weightman, E Coyle: Health Evidence Bulletins Wales
12: Erica Wimbush, H Harper, D Wright, L Gruer, L Lowther, J Gordon, S Fraser: Evidence, policy and practice - developing collaborative approaches in Scotland
SECTION 3: CONCEPTS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION AND SYNTHESIS OF THE EVIDENCE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
13: Ray Pawson: Simple Principles for the Evaluation of Complex Programmes
14: Martyn Hammersley: Systematic or Unsystematic, is that the question? Some reflections on the science, art and politics of reviewing research evidence
15: Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden, Jonathan Shepherd, Ann Oakley: Research synthesis for tackling health inequalities: lessons from methods developed within systematic reviews with a focus on marginalised groups
16: Mary Dixon-Woods: Evidence from qualitative and quantitative research
17: Catherine Swann, Bhash Naidoo, Michael P Kelly: Evidence for public health practice: conceptual and methodological challenges
18: Helen Roberts, Lisa Arai, Katrina Roen, Jennie Popay: What evidence do we have on implementation?
19: Jack Dowie: The Bayesian approach to decision making
SECTION 4: PUTTING EVIDENCE INTO POLICY AND PRACTICE: EXAMPLES AND LESSONS
20: Catherine Dennison, Geraldine McCormick: Teenage pregnancy policy and practice: the application of evidence
21: Amanda Killoran, Lesley Owen, Linda Bauld: Smoking cessation: an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities?
22: Mark Johnson: Ethnicity
23: Jean Peters, Elizabeth Goyder: Tackling health inequalities at the community level: Neighbourhood Renewal and the New Deal for Communities
24: Dione Hill, Elliott Stern: Healthy Living Centres
25: Michaela Benzeval: Health Action Zones
26: Diane Ketley, Rose Gollop: Evidence into practice for service improvement in health care: experience from the NHS Modernisation Agency
SECTION 5: DEVELOPMENTS AND EXPERIENCES INTERNATIONALLY
27: Meri Koivusalo: Public policies and inequalities and health - challenges and lessons from Finland
28: Bernt Lundgren, Sven Andréasson, Sven Bremberg, Carina Källestål, Paul Nordgren, Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Eva Wallin: Sweden
29: John Frank, Cam Mustard, Jim Dunn, Nancy Ross, Ericia Di Ruggiero: Assessing and Addressing Health Inequalities: The Canadian Experience
30: Lesley Boydell, Jane Wilde: An evidence based approach to public health and tackling health inequalities in Ireland and Northern Ireland
SECTION 6: THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
31: Phil Hanlon: Bringing about social change-implications for health
32: Hilary Graham: Tackling health inequalities: improving the health of poor groups, narrowing health gaps and reducing health gradients
33: Michael P Kelly: Mapping the life world: a future research priority for public health
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