Evidence Based Public Health – Effectiveness and Efficiency

Citation

(2010), "Evidence Based Public Health – Effectiveness and Efficiency", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2010.06223cae.001

Evidence Based Public Health – Effectiveness and Efficiency

Evidence Based Public Health – Effectiveness and Efficiency

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 3

Amanda Killoran and Mike KellyOUPISBN 9 780 199563623

Keywords: Public healthcare, Evidence based practice, Health equality management, Healthcare policy

Evidence Based Public Health: Effectiveness and Efficiency continues the themes raised in Public Health Evidence – tackling health inequalities. Written by the same author 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. This book will be essential reading for all those concerned with advancing an evidence-based approach to public health, and tackling health inequalities, including academics, researchers, policy makers, postgraduate students in public health, and anyone involved across different sectors of public health, including local government, health and education, Whilst based on work done in England by NICE, the book contains generic principles which are applicable internationally.

Contents include:

1. 1.

   Introduction

2. 2.

   Pt 1. Public health challenges of the 21st century.

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     “Trends and scenarios in public health in the UK Policy and evidence-based public health”.

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     “Ethics and evidence in health”.

3. 3.

   Pt 2. Evidence-based frameworks.

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     “Theory-driven approach”.

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     “Theory-driven evaluation of public health programmes”.

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     “Equity, risk, and the life-course: a framework for understanding and tackling health inequalities”.

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     “Vulnerability, disadvantage, and sexual health”.

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     “Social context and youth health: understanding and mitigating exclusion”.

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     “Economic evaluation of public health interventions”.

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     “Equity and efficiency in public health: the contribution of health economics”.

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     “Measuring overall population health: the use and abuse of QALYs”.

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     “Ethics and public health: the ethics of intervention choices”.

4. 4.

   Pt 3. Generating evidence. “Smoking cessation interventions”.

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