Healthy Urban Planning
Healthy Urban Planning

Author: Hugh Barton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-04

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 113515936X

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Healthy Urban Planning aims to refocus urban planners on the implications of their work for human health and well-being. If many of the problems faced in cities are to be resolved, improving health will be the fundamental goal of urban planners. Poor housing, poverty, stress, pollution, and lack of access to jobs, goods and services all impact upon health. This book provides practical advice on ways to integrate health and urban planning and will be essential reading for urban planners, developers, urban designers, transport planners, and those working in the fields of regeneration and renewal. It will also be of interest to those with an interest in sustainable development.

Care Staff in Transition
Care Staff in Transition

Author: Peter Allen

Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Attempts to solve staffing issues in the development of local community services. The book uses the results of a study of staff working in two organizations - an NHS long-stay hospital subject to closure and a new local authority staffed housing service.

Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development

Author: Stoecker , Randy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-04-08

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1839100974

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This Handbook is a critical resource for carefully considering the possibilities and challenges of strategically integrating participatory action research (PAR) and community development (CD). Utilizing practical examples from diverse contexts across five continents, it looks at how communities are empowering themselves and bringing about systemic change.

Bringing User Experience to Healthcare Improvement
Bringing User Experience to Healthcare Improvement

Author: Paul Bate

Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1846191769

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Offering recommendations for the future and discussion points, this book explores the underlying concepts, methods and practices for experience-based design, applying a user-focused approach to healthcare systems.

What is the Evidence on Existing Policies and Linked Activities and Their Effectiveness for Improving Health Literacy at National, Regional and Organizational Levels in the WHO European Region?
What is the Evidence on Existing Policies and Linked Activities and Their Effectiveness for Improving Health Literacy at National, Regional and Organizational Levels in the WHO European Region?

Author: Who Regional Office for Europe

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2018-08-02

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9289053194

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Health literacy is gaining increasing attention as a means of promoting health. This evidence synthesis describes health literacy policies in the WHO European Region: their distribution, organizational levels, antecedents, actors, activities and outcomes, along with the factors influencing their effectiveness. Evidence was obtained by a scoping review of academic literature in English, Dutch and German and of grey literature in English, Dutch, German and Italian, supported by a Region-wide expert enquiry. Emerging findings were presented to representatives from 19 Member States of the Region to check for accuracy and omissions. The report highlights much good health literacy policy-related activity, mostly in the health and education sectors, and proposes areas for future development. Policy considerations to facilitate the sharing of good health literacy policy practice, the development of policy aims and activities across all societal areas, and the development of robust health literacy metrics to identify the need for and monitor effectiveness are presented.