Asset-Based Approaches: Their Rise, Role and Reality (Policy and Practice in Health and Social Care): 20 - Softcover

Book 3 of 10: Policy and Practice in Health and Social Care

Fiona Garven; Jennifer McLean; Lisa Pattoni

 
9781780460529: Asset-Based Approaches: Their Rise, Role and Reality (Policy and Practice in Health and Social Care): 20
Softcover
ISBN 10: 178046052X ISBN 13: 9781780460529
Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

To achieve a just society with positive outcomes for all, there is an imperative to examine both the structural causes of poverty and inequality and the role that public services play in mitigating and reducing their impact. A deficit approach to the provision of public services has evolved in which services are designed to fill gaps and fix problems. This leads to individuals and communities becoming disempowered and dependent. An alternative lies in asset-based approaches. These change the relationship between those supported by services and those doing the supporting. Asset-based approaches have implications for the structures and culture of public services. Asset-based approaches are considered from three broad perspectives: public health; community development; and social services. The authors argue that the fundamental principles underpinning asset-based approaches are common to all three areas, as they all share the ambitions of improving health and wellbeing, reducing the inequality gap, and improving life circumstances for all. As a critical overview of the evidence for asset-based approaches, including the background and rationale for the approach; the current policy, political and economic contexts; and the implications and opportunities for the workforce, this book will assist all those seeking improvement in public services whether from policy, practice or academic perspectives.

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About the Author

Fiona Garven is Director of the Scottish Community Development Centre. Dr Jennifer McLean is a Public Health Programme Manager at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. Lisa Pattoni is Head of Innovation and Improvement at IRISS (Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services).

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Publisher
Dunedin Academic Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
178046052X
ISBN 13 
9781780460529
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
110