Creating Community Health
Author | : Simon Lennane |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2023-05-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781000880830 |
ISBN-13 | : 1000880834 |
Rating | : 4/5 (834 Downloads) |
Download or read book Creating Community Health written by Simon Lennane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book explores how community-based interventions can bridge the gap between health services and the voluntary sector to create more sustainable, healthy communities. Moving beyond a technologically driven, medicalised approach to healthcare, the book shows how social prescribing can provide a direct pathway to improving community health, embracing connection and challenging inequality. Written by a practicing GP, and illustrated through practical guidance, it demonstrates how this can offer a cost-effective, preventative means to improving health outcomes, enabling communities to be more resilient when confronting major issues such as climate change or pandemics. Building to a case study of how these methods were used in one town, Ross-on-Wye, the book will be invaluable reading for those working in healthcare, public health, local authorities, and the voluntary sector, as well as students and researchers interested in these areas.