People-Centred Public Health (Evidence for Public Health Practice)

People-centred public health examines how members of the public can be involved in delivering health improvement, primarily as volunteers or lay health workers. With a foreword by Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Dr Mike Grady, this timely book draws on a major study of lay engagement in public health, using case studies and real life examples to provide a comprehensive and accessible overview of policy, practice and research in this area. In an economic and political climate where there is renewed interest in the role of the citizen, the authors challenge old orthodoxies in public health and build a coherent argument for radical change in the way public agencies support lay action. The book is aimed at readers with an academic or professional interest in public health and/or community involvement, including practitioners and managers within public services and the voluntary sector, and post-graduate and undergraduate students studying public health, health promotion, public sector management, social policy and community work.

Jane South is Professor of Healthy Communities and Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research, Leeds Metropolitan University.

Judy White is a Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion at Leeds Metropolitan University with many years experience of practice and research in community engagement.

Mark Gamsu is a Visiting Professor at Leeds Metropolitan University, and has worked on health inequalities at a senior level within the Department of Health, local government and the voluntary sector.