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Health promotion and the policy process / edited by Carole Clavier and Evelyne de Leeuw.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191632617
  • 0191632619
  • 1299916449
  • 9781299916449
  • 9780191765780
  • 0191765783
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Health promotion and the policy process.DDC classification:
  • 353.6274 23
LOC classification:
  • RA427.8 .H43 2013eb
NLM classification:
  • 2014 A-548
  • WA 540.1
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1 Framing public policy in health promotion: ubiquitous, yet elusive; 2 Policy change theories in health promotion research: a review; 3 Coalition advocacy action and research for policy development; 4 Policy change and the social determinants of health; 5 Actor-network theory: the governance of intersectoral initiatives; 6 Emerging theoretical frameworks for global health governance; 7 Getting knowledge on 'wicked problems' in health promotion into action; 8 Health policy networks: connecting the disconnected.
9 Action theory and policy analysis: the ADEPT model10 Health in All Policies from international ideas to local implementation: policies, systems, and organizations; 11 Wrap-up: practise a new health political science; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.
Summary: Scholars and governments recognize the importance of policy development and implementation for population health, but there is a lack of systematic theoretical and conceptual development in the health field to address the issue. Health Promotion and the Policy Process is the first book to take an in-depth look at the theoretical advances in the political sciences, including discussing the significance of political economy and sociology, which so far have made littleprogress in health promotion development. The book argues that focusing on how public policies work makes it possible to move beyo.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Scholars and governments recognize the importance of policy development and implementation for population health, but there is a lack of systematic theoretical and conceptual development in the health field to address the issue. Health Promotion and the Policy Process is the first book to take an in-depth look at the theoretical advances in the political sciences, including discussing the significance of political economy and sociology, which so far have made littleprogress in health promotion development. The book argues that focusing on how public policies work makes it possible to move beyo.

Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1 Framing public policy in health promotion: ubiquitous, yet elusive; 2 Policy change theories in health promotion research: a review; 3 Coalition advocacy action and research for policy development; 4 Policy change and the social determinants of health; 5 Actor-network theory: the governance of intersectoral initiatives; 6 Emerging theoretical frameworks for global health governance; 7 Getting knowledge on 'wicked problems' in health promotion into action; 8 Health policy networks: connecting the disconnected.

9 Action theory and policy analysis: the ADEPT model10 Health in All Policies from international ideas to local implementation: policies, systems, and organizations; 11 Wrap-up: practise a new health political science; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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