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Improving health in populations in which health is poor is a
complex process. This book argues that the traditional government
approach of exhorting individuals to live healthier lifestyles is
not enough - action to promote public health needs to take place
not just through public agencies, but also by engaging community
assets and resources in their broadest sense. The book reports
lessons from the experience of planning, establishing and
delivering such action by the five-year Sustainable Health Action
Research Programme (SHARP) in Wales. It critically examines the
experience of SHARP in relation to current literature on policy;
community health and health inequalities; and action research. The
authors make clear how this regional development has produced
opportunities for developing general concepts and theory about
community-based policy developments that are relevant across
national boundaries and show that complex and sustained community
action, and effective local partnership, are fundamental components
of the mix of factors required to address health inequalities
successfully. The book concludes by indicating the connections
between SHARP and earlier traditions of community-based action, and
by arguing that we need to be bolder in our approaches to
community-based health improvement and more flexible in our
understanding of the ways in which knowledge and inform
developments in health policy. The book will be of interest to
practitioners and activists working in community-based projects;
students in community development, health studies and medical
sociology; professionals working in health promotion, community
nursing and allied areas; and policy makers working at local,
regional and national levels.
Improving health in populations in which health is poor is a
complex process. This book argues that the traditional government
approach of exhorting individuals to live healthier lifestyles is
not enough - action to promote public health needs to take place
not just through public agencies, but also by engaging community
assets and resources in their broadest sense. The book reports
lessons from the experience of planning, establishing and
delivering such action by the five-year Sustainable Health Action
Research Programme (SHARP) in Wales. It critically examines the
experience of SHARP in relation to current literature on policy;
community health and health inequalities; and action research. The
authors make clear how this regional development has produced
opportunities for developing general concepts and theory about
community-based policy developments that are relevant across
national boundaries and show that complex and sustained community
action, and effective local partnership, are fundamental components
of the mix of factors required to address health inequalities
successfully. The book concludes by indicating the connections
between SHARP and earlier traditions of community-based action, and
by arguing that we need to be bolder in our approaches to
community-based health improvement and more flexible in our
understanding of the ways in which knowledge and inform
developments in health policy. The book will be of interest to
practitioners and activists working in community-based projects;
students in community development, health studies and medical
sociology; professionals working in health promotion, community
nursing and allied areas; and policy makers working at local,
regional and national levels.
Inter-organizational relations (IOR), the study of Strategic
Alliances, Joint Ventures, Partnerships, Networks and other forms
of relationship between organizations, is a field of study that has
burgeoned over the last four decades, but is fragemented, drawing
contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, theoretical
bases, and sectoral interests. The Oxford Handbook of
Inter-Organizational Relations provides a structured overview of
the field. With contributions from leading international experts on
their particular areas of expertise, it is an authoritative
introduction to its research findings.
The material is organized in three main sections.
The first relates to research that focuses on particular
manifestations of IORs such as industry, supply, policy and project
networks, public and voluntary sector partnerships, strategic
alliances, and so on.
The second section relates to research that stems from distinct
disciplinary or theoretical bases, including social networks,
evolutionary theory, transaction cost economics, management
process, psychology, critical theory political theory, economic
geography, and the legal perspective.
The third section focuses on key topics in contemporary IOR topics
- or those that will become so in the future. These include, trust,
power, development interventions, social capital, learning and
knowledge, dynamics and change, and evaluation.
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