Public Health: Power and Professional Practice

Public Health: Power and Professional Practice

by Glenn Laverack (Author)

Synopsis

This book addresses for the first time, in a practical way, how public health professionals can help their clients to gain power. It offers sound theoretical principles and practical solutions for transforming power relations to improve public health practice. It also introduces readers to a new methodology to plan, implement and evaluate empowering public health programs.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 26 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 1403945608
ISBN 13: 9781403945600

Author Bio
Glenn Laverack is Director of Health Promotion at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has worked as a Public Health Consultant, and a specialist in health promotion and community capacity building for over 15 years in countries as diverse as Ghana, Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. His previous publications include Health Promotion: Power and Empowerment (2004).