Policy and Practice in Promoting Public Health offers an up-to-date analysis of the key policy and practice issues involved in promoting public health - from local and community levels, to international settings. The book equips readers with a sound understanding of the policy process, and has a critical edge that encourages readers to reflect on how those involved in multidisciplinary public health can use and influence policy in order to inform practice. Key issues discussed in the book include: the impact of globalization on health ; developments of public health since New Labour, and the political tensions arising from the modernization of the NHS ; changes in theoretical, conceptual and ideological perspectives on multidisciplinary public health, and the shift towards reducing health inequalities ; the role of health workers, local authority ; workers, the voluntary sector, individuals, and families in public health practice participatory and community approaches to promoting public health ; the ethical dilemmas associated with working at community and local levels. [Ed.] [Contents] : Part I: Promoting public health through public policy. Ch. 1. Promoting public health in a global context. 2. The development of healthy public policy. 3. Making and changing healthy public policy. 4. Organisations and settings for public health. 5. Partnerships and alliances for health. 6. Addressing poverty and health. - Part II. Promoting public health at the local level. Ch. 7. The potential for promoting public health at a local level: community strategies and health improvement. 8. Community involvement and civic engagement in multi-disciplinary public health. 9. Developing local alliance partnerships through community collaboration and participation. 10. Working with communities to promote public health. 11. Gauging the effectiveness of community-based public health projects. 12. Promoting mental health and social inclusion.