Category: Health Visiting

Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance, 2nd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Margaret Somerville, K. Kumaran and Rob Anderson. Pages: 304  Format: EPUB Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell;
5 Aug. 2016
eISBN-13: 978-1118999325

Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance is a highly visual introduction to the key concepts and major themes of population health. With comprehensive coverage of all the core topics covered at medical school, it helps students understand the determinants of health and their study, from personal lifestyle choices and behaviour, to environmental, social and economic factors. This fully updated new edition features: More coverage of audit and quality improvement techniques Brand new sections on maternal and child health, and health of older people New chapters on social determinants of health and guideline development Expanded self-assessment material This accessible guide is an invaluable resource for medical and healthcare students, junior doctors, and those preparing for a career in epidemiology and public health.

Ewles & Simnett’s Promoting Health: A Practical Guide, 7th ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Angela Scriven ; Foreword By Shirley Cramer. Pages: 281 Size: 2.86 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Published: 30 June, 2017
eISBN-13: 9780702066948

Retaining the features that characterized the phenomenal success of previous editions – namely, authority, accessibility and a user-friendly style – the latest edition of Ewles & Simnett’s Promoting Health: A Practical Guide, continues to offer readers with a sound introduction to the theory and practice of promoting public health.

Organised into three parts, the first section, ‘Thinking About Health, Health Promotion and Public Health’, explains what health, health promotion, public health and health education entail. The second part, ‘Planning and Managing Health Promotion and Public Health Practice‘ focuses on the health promoter’s daily work, beginning with a basic planning and evaluation framework followed by a discussion of how to identify and assess needs and priorities. The final part of the book, ‘Competence in Health Promotion and Public Health Practice‘, examines how readers can develop their competence in carrying out a range of activities, including enabling clients to learn in one-to-one and group settings, working with communities and changing policies and practices.

Fully updated throughout by a renowned author, the latest edition of this classic book includes the latest research on the comparative effectiveness of different approaches to health promotion and public health practice, and explores the development of public health communication strategies, including social marketing, social media campaigns, and use of pressure groups and ‘nudging’. The book also highlights the latest thinking on a wide variety of topics to ensure relevance to a broad array of practitioners working across differing settings.

Richly endowed with a wide range of interactive exercises and helpful case studies, Ewles & Simnett’s Promoting Health: A Practical Guide, seventh edition, will be ideal for anyone involved with health promotion and public health wherever they are based.

  • New edition of a seminal text fully updated for today’s reader
  • Focuses on the theories, principles and competencies for practice across a wide range of settings ranging from communities, schools, and workplaces, to GP surgeries and hospitals
  • Authoritative and accessible writing style helps make learning easy
  • Reflective activities help students consolidate their learning
  • Case studies – many from real life – provide practical examples to help readers apply concepts to their own setting
  • Gives emphasis to good communication and the effective use of communication tools
  • Practice points help readers structure their study and recap on what they have learned
  • Describes changes to the structure and organisation of public health within the UK, including the latest national standards for work in health promotion and public health
  • Outlines new research on the comparative effectiveness of different approaches to health promotion and public health practice
  • Explores the development of public health communication strategies, including social marketing, social media campaigns, and use of pressure groups and ‘nudging’
  • Highlights the latest ‘current thinking’ across a variety of different settings, to ensure relevance to a broad array of practitioners working across differing settings
  • Explores the increasing use of the internet to help individuals monitor and support their own wellbeing

Safeguarding and Protecting Children in the Early Years

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By James Reid With Steven Burton. Pages: 257 Size: 5.66 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Routledge Ltd
Published: 09 October, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781315559551

This new edition provides a comprehensive guide for safeguarding and child protection in the early years. Aimed at both students and practitioners, it offers clear insight and guidance into the legal and policy foundations for effective safeguarding practice, together with both the historical context and also more contemporary developments in safeguarding practice in the early years sector.  It has been fully updated to reflect current legislation and includes new material on interagency work, supporting children’s resilience and safeguarding all children. Drawing on the everyday dilemmas and experiences of early years professionals, it helps you to find solutions to both practical and moral issues in a context of legal duties and responsibilities. The chapters consider:

  • the historical context of safeguarding and child protection
  • the legislative framework around safeguarding and child protection
  • safeguarding through inter-professional and multidisciplinary work
  • the identification of neglect in early years children
  • the consequential abuse that can occur as a result of parental behaviours
  • safeguarding children’s health and wellbeing
  • safeguarding as a member of a team, and the importance of communication
  • safeguarding against the misuse of technology.

Safeguarding and Protecting Children in the Early Years has been written by a multidisciplinary team of academics from a breadth of UK universities, with a wealth of experience in safeguarding and child protection, the EYFS, health visiting, social work, the police and in leading and managing services for children and families. This second edition is essential reading for anyone working with or aspiring to work with children in the early years.

Foundations for Health Promotion, 4th ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Jennie Naidoo, Principal Lecturer, Health Promotion And Public Health, University Of The West Of England, Bristol, Uk, Jane Wills, Professor Of Health Promotion, London South Bank, University, London, UK. Pages: 349 Size: 4.17 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 19 February, 2016
eISBN-13: 9780702054440

The fourth edition of Foundations for Health Promotion continues to offer a wealth of information in a friendly, easy-to-read format. This edition has been comprehensively updated and includes a new feature of learning activities with indicative answers to help students and practitioners to reflect on their practice. ‘Pull out’ boxes of case studies and examples help the reader to identify the evidence base for health promotion and illustrate the range of health promotion practice. Divided into four parts, the book first explains the theoretical concepts of health, health education and health promotion and the ethical and political aspects of practice. The second part explores strategies to promote health and some of the dilemmas that they pose. The third part explores how a range of different settings, such as hospitals and schools, can be oriented towards positive health and well-being. The fourth part focuses on the implementation of health promotion interventions and is designed to help practitioners to reflect on their practice by examining what drives their choice of strategy.

Foundations for Health Promotion, Fourth Edition will be ideal for a range of disciplines including health service professionals in primary and acute settings, those working in local and municipal authorities to promote health and wellbeing, health educators and trainers.

  • Comprehensive updating and expansion to reflect recent research findings and major organizational and policy changes
  • Clear structure and signposting for ease of reading and study
  • Wide choice of examples and illustrative case studies reflect the needs of a variety of professional groups in health services, local and municipal services and education
  • Ineractive learning activities with indicative answers help readers consolidate their learning
  • Comprehensively updated and expanded to reflect major organizational and policy changes
  • Interactive learning activities with indicative answers at the end of each chapter
  • ‘Pull out’ boxes illustrate recent research findings and case studies of practice

Community and Public Health Nursing, 5th ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By David Sines [and Five Others]. Pages: 365 Size: 2.71 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 09 October, 2013
eISBN-13: 9781118426906

“An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing” – Journal of Advanced Nursing The fifth edition of Community and Public Health Nursing is an essential source of information for all those working in primary and community healthcare. Comprehensive and accessible, it draws on the knowledge of a wide range of experts and conveys all the information and skills nurses working in modern primary care settings require. It includes material on policy developments, research perspectives, health visiting, practice and district nursing, team working, advanced nursing practice, non-medical prescribing, inter-professional practice, and user involvement. New edition of the definitive textbook on community healthcare nursing Covers learning disability nursing, caring for patients with mental health conditions, and community children`s nursing and school nursing Written by experts in the field — providing authority and insight Thorough, comprehensive, and up-to-date with the latest policy guidelines Community and Public Health Nursing is an invaluable resource for novice and experienced practitioners, and for all healthcare professionals who work in the primary care and community setting, including practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.

Health Visiting: Preparation for Practice

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By Karen A Luker, Gretl A McHugh, Rosamund Bryar. Pages: 309 Size: 1.85 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 22 July, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781119078593

The fourth edition of this seminal text retains its focus on placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children, families, individuals and communities. Health Visiting: Preparation for Practice has been fully revised and updated to reflect the changes and developments in health policy, public health priorities, and health visiting. It considers the public health role of the health visitor, and the important role and responsibilities the health visitor has with safeguarding children to ensure the child has the best possible start in life. Key features:

  • Fully updated throughout, with new content on practice and policy developments
  • Takes into account the challenges and changing role of the health visitor, and the need to ensure that their practice is evidenced-based
  • Includes an additional chapter on working in a multicultural society with a discussion on some of the challenges faced by health visitors
  • Discusses and debates the practice of public health and working with communities
  • Examines the role of the health visitor with safeguarding and child protection, as well as working within a multi-professional team
  • Features case studies and learning activities

Health Visiting: Preparation for Practice is essential reading for student health visitors, public health nurses, and those on community placements, as well as other health practitioners working with and in the community.