Using Research For Effective Health Promotion - Softcover

Oliver, Sandy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335208703 ISBN 13: 9780335208708

Publisher: Open University Press, 2001

Synopsis

"Well before evidence-based practice became fashionable beyond clinical medicine, the team at SSRU was telling us what we ought to already know - that some interventions work better than others, and that that some well-meaning attempts at health promotion, just like medicine and surgery, may do harm. This book is a must for policy makers and practitioners who want to make a real difference, and understand how research evidence can inform their practice. The book will also be an important tool for researchers, who will increasingly be using the tools of systematic review if they want to inform and influence those who deliver services." - Helen Roberts, Professor of Child Health, City University

This book bridges the gap between research and practice in health promotion. It advances evidence-based health promotion by illustrating how service providers and researchers can change their working practices to benefit the public. It addresses the need for health promotion services to be grounded in empirical research, and for research to focus on issues important to those delivering as well as those receiving the services.

Using Research for Effective Health Promotion advances the debate about the relative values of qualitative and experimental research in health promotion, and encourages an increased participation of service users in the development and evaluation of services. It provides health promotion specialists with time-saving tools to draw upon research quickly and critically; and is an important resource for students and professionals in fields such as public health, nursing, education, social work, and voluntary services.

About this title

About the Author

Sandy Oliver works within the EPPI-Centre at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London to further evidence-informed education and health promotion. She is particularly interested in developing ways to enable service users to influence what research is undertaken, and how. Her interest in research for policy and practice was stimulated by her experience of using maternity services and as an antenatal teacher and member of the Research and Information Group of the National Childbirth Trust.

Greet Peersman has been involved in the establishment and running of the EPPI-Centre from 1995 until 1999, and is now a Visiting Fellow. She is currently working at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she is involved in systematically reviewing the effectiveness of HIV-prevention, and in monitoring and evaluation of an extensive HIV-prevention and care programme in Africa and Asia. She is also an editor for the Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group. Greet previously worked in health education in Zimbabwe and as a health researcher at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335208703
• ISBN 13: 9780335208708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218