Community Health Information in Europe (Gesellschaft und Nachhaltigkeit - Volume 1)

Community Health Information in Europe (2011)
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Gesellschaft und Nachhaltigkeit - Volume 1
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ISBN: 9783862191024......Page 5
--> Contents......Page 6
I - Introduction......Page 8
Health information – research and interventions on the community level......Page 10
1. Chance: Lifelong Learning and the idea of a “Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour”......Page 13
2. The articles......Page 17
References......Page 21
1. Introduction......Page 24
2. Social Space Analysis......Page 28
3. The meaning of the local community......Page 31
3.1 Modern community studies......Page 32
3.2 The community approach critisised......Page 33
3.3 Community work and community organizing......Page 35
References......Page 36
II - Political parameters: Health systems and EU funding strategies......Page 40
Health systems in Europe and the relevance of health information......Page 42
1. European health policy......Page 43
2. Institutions of health information in the participating countries......Page 46
3. Strategies and distributions......Page 49
4. Health information and the media......Page 53
References......Page 56
Introduction......Page 60
Lifelong Learning in European Tradition......Page 62
What is happening in the moment in Europe?......Page 64
Examples......Page 66
What is planned for the future?......Page 70
References......Page 71
III - Community based health information: The European case studies......Page 74
1. Liverpool......Page 76
1.1 Description of target locality......Page 77
2.1 Profile of households......Page 78
2.3 Perceptions of health......Page 79
2.4 Qualitative Data......Page 80
3.1 Participation of the residents......Page 81
3.2 Food hygiene as a focus for health development......Page 82
3.3 Scouse Nouse......Page 83
4. Conclusion – what next?......Page 85
References......Page 86
Health knowledge and behavior among residents in a Swedish city district – designing health information for the public......Page 88
1. The profile of the municipality and the selected city district......Page 89
2.1 Health information......Page 91
2.2 Food consumption......Page 92
2.3 Food handling......Page 93
3. Health, vulnerability, and the need for information......Page 95
4. A simplified computerized health information model......Page 98
4.1 No need for information – an information barrier......Page 99
5. Designing health information for the public......Page 100
References......Page 102
Introduction......Page 106
Community profile......Page 107
Results of the survey......Page 110
Health patterns......Page 111
Nutrition aspects......Page 113
Health behaviour......Page 115
Mobilisation for community health projects......Page 118
Results of the intervention......Page 120
References......Page 121
1. The local community “RAF”......Page 122
2.1 The “Typical Resident of RAF”: The Daily Life......Page 124
2.2 Perception of health information......Page 126
2.3 Resources, barriers and social networks......Page 127
3.1 Participation of the inhabitants......Page 128
3.2 Local activities an measures......Page 129
3.3 The Meaning of Participation......Page 130
3.4 Success assessment of the project implementation activities......Page 132
4. Summary and Conclusions......Page 133
References......Page 135
1. Introduction......Page 136
2. Description of the research area......Page 137
3. Results of the analysis of social-space......Page 138
4. Intervention ”Healthy Simmering”......Page 145
References......Page 148
Appendix......Page 150
Turning a “community of space” into a “community of interests” – local health networks in Germany......Page 152
1. Community-based policies and measures in Germany......Page 153
2. Public Health and the setting “community‘......Page 155
3.1 Social space analysis “Fulda-Southend”......Page 156
3.2 Results of the quantitative and qualitative research......Page 158
3.3 Measures and interventions......Page 161
4. Local networking for a “Healthy Neighbourhood”......Page 162
4.1 Network analysis......Page 163
4.2 The professional view on the community......Page 164
4.4 The profits of networking......Page 165
5. Future of the interventions: What happens now?......Page 166
References......Page 167
IV - Conclusions: Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour......Page 170
1. Introduction......Page 172
2. What Did the Socio-Demographic Data Tell Us?......Page 173
3. Types of Household and Household Management......Page 175
4. Living in the Community......Page 177
5. Health and Attitudes to Life......Page 179
6. Knowledge Concerning Nutrition and Hygiene......Page 182
7. Summary and Conclusion......Page 184
References......Page 185
1. Introduction: Guidelines for tailored health information strategies......Page 188
2. The meaning of space and community......Page 190
3. The target groups of community bases health information......Page 196
4. Networking and institutional resources......Page 200
5. The “nature of projects”......Page 203
6. The future: evaluation and sustainability......Page 205
References......Page 208
List of Contributors......Page 210