Incorporating the latest developments from the field, this eagerly awaited new edition once
again provides an important and comprehensive analysis of the key issues in public health …

Background This paper reports on research undertaken for the King's Fund inquiry into
quality in general practice and examines the health promotion role of the general …

342 British Journal of Hospital Medicine, June 2011, Vol 72, No 6 est in medical
management (Ham, 2003). As noted by Kirkpatrick et al (2007), despite a concerted effort to …

English The appointment of directors of public health (DsPH) to the Primary Care Trust
(PCT) boards to work jointly with the local authorities in addressing health inequalities …

Leadership is recently known to be necessary at all levels within an organization, causing it
to be extremely important for new graduates to understand what leadership is and to be …

An incident commanders' failure to effectively lead disaster response efforts can exacerbate
humanitarian crises resulting in greater loss of life and property. A review of the literature …

It is just under 2.5 years since I took up my appointment as the Joint Director of Public Health
for Bristol and this has proved to be a professionally rewarding time to be practising public …

This paper reports on our experience of undertaking a Rapid Appraisal of Health and Social
Needs (RNA) in West Cumbria, UK. RNA aims to identify community-defined problems and …

This research investigates stakeholders' knowledge of, and experience in, public health
commissioning of alcohol services in North East England. Public health commissioning has …

The Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland, relates its overall vision of healthcare
quality to six dimensions of care as: Safe, Efficient, Effective, Equitable, Timely and Patient …