Behavioural Policies for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ewert, Benjamin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Loer, Kathrin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Public Health Policy Research
• Subjects: Public policy.; Legislative bodies.; Political science.; Economic development.; Medical policy.; Health promotion.; Public Policy.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Governance and Government.; Development and Health.; Health Policy.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Policy-making in public health is highly complex, which is one reason why the behavioural turn is now playing a significant role in this field. Against this backdrop, this book aims to develop a theoretical understanding of how policymakers take up public health challenges and how policies change ov...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Understanding the challenges in public health policymaking: Introduction
• Chapter 2. Underlying assumptions in health promotion policymaking
• Chapter 3. Approaches and instruments in health promotion and the prevention of diseases
• Chapter 4. Healthy nations: behavioural approaches in public health policy
• Chapter 5. Who are the policymakers and what are their interests?
• Chapter 6. Conclusion: Towards a behaviourally-informed health citizenship.