Main description:

New public health governance arrangements under the coalition government have wide reaching implications for the delivery of health inequality interventions.
Through the framework of understanding health inequalities as a 'wicked problem' the book develops an applied approach to researching, understanding and addressing these by drawing on complexity theory. Case studies illuminate the text, illustrating and discussing the issues in real life terms and enabling public health, health promotion and health policy students at postgraduate level to fully understand and address the complexities of health inequalities.
The book is a valuable resource on current UK public health practice for academics, researchers and public health practitioners.

Contents:

Introduction:
Part one: Context and theory: developing an applied approach to studying health inequalities;
Health inequalities, wicked problems and complexity;
Health inequalities: adopting a whole systems approach;
Measuring health inequalities;
Part two: health inequalities in England;
A history of health inequalities in England;
Health inequalities post 2010;
Part Three: Case studies;
Evidence for public health practice: Health Inequalities National Support Team (Professor Chris Bentley and Peter Counsell);
Qualitative Comparative Analysis case study;
Part 4: Conclusion;
Conclusion.