A concise and accessible account of the theoretical issues relating to intersectoral collaboration, and the diversity of health promotion partnerships that have been established. The book contains contributions from a distinguished group of academics, researchers and professional practitioners, from a wide range of settings - the health service, universities, specialist health promotion agencies, local authorities, voluntary organisations and education.
The book will appeal to a broad variety of readers, including students of health promotion and practitioners confronting the realities of collaborative working.
SECTION 1: CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE TRENDS
A Framework for Healthy Alliances; R.Douglas
Exploration of Conflict Theory as it Relates to Healthy Alliances; S.Markwell
Healthy Alliances Depend on Healthy Processes; K.MiIlburn & l.MacHardy
The Influence of Government Policy on Health; A.Scriven
The Ethics of Getting On with Others; A.Wall
Developing a Strategic Alliance Using a Soft Systems Approach; M.Elliot & D.Jackson
An Evaluation Tool for the Self-assessment of Healthy Alliances; R.Funnell & K.Oldfield
The Commissioning of Healthy Alliances; M.Rae
Future Developments of Healthy Alliances; V.Speller
SECTION 2: DISSEMINATION OF PRACTICE
Shared Responsibilities: Black Community Groups, Black HIV Specialists and the Statutory Sector Working Together in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care; D.Patel
Ageing Well: Healthy Alliances to Promote the Health of Older People; L.Ashton
Glasgow: A Smoke-free City by the Year 2000?; D.McIntyre
Working Together to Reduce Suicide in the Farming Community in North Yorkshire; A.Hatfield
Child Accident Prevention through Healthy Alliances; M.Sims
Alliance in Secondary Care; Health Promoting Hospitals; N.Kickham & A.Rushmere
Arts in Health Promotion; a Comparative Overview of Two Health Arts Alliances; H.Chambers
Communities for Better Health: a Healthy Alliance between National and Local Agencies; H.Howson, J.Griffiths & A.Davies
Healthy Cities: a Preliminary Analysis; V.Walker
Sea, Sand and Safer Sex: an Alliance for HIV/AIDS Prevention; M.Inman
Working in Alliances: an Inside Story; L.Ewles.