Alliances in Health Promotion: Theory and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A framework for healthy alliances....Pages 3-17
Exploration of conflict theory as it relates to healthy alliances....Pages 18-34
Healthy alliances depend on healthy social processes....Pages 35-43
The influence of government policy on health promotion alliances....Pages 44-52
The ethics of getting on with others....Pages 53-59
Developing a strategic alliance using a soft-systems approach....Pages 60-69
An evaluation tool for the self-assessment of healthy alliances....Pages 70-76
The commissioning of health alliances....Pages 77-84
Future developments of healthy alliances....Pages 85-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Shared responsibilities: black community groups, black HIV specialists and the statutory sector working together in HIV/AIDS prevention and care....Pages 97-109
Ageing Well: healthy alliances to promote the health of older people....Pages 110-119
Glasgow: a smoke-free city by the year 2000?....Pages 120-131
Working together to reduce suicide in the farming community in North Yorkshire....Pages 132-142
Child accident prevention through healthy alliances....Pages 143-151
Alliance in secondary care: health promoting hospitals....Pages 152-159
Arts in health promotion: a comparative overview of two health arts alliances....Pages 160-167
Communities for better health: a partnership of national and local agencies....Pages 168-175
Healthy Cities: a preliminary analysis....Pages 176-186
Sea, sand and safer sex: an alliance for HIV/AIDS prevention....Pages 187-194
Working in alliances: an inside story....Pages 195-202
Back Matter....Pages 203-206