Public Health Explored : 50 Stories to Change the World (Paperback)

Introduction Section 1: Concepts 1. Defining the problem 2. On forgetting your principles 3. The world is a fast flowing river 4. Elephants on a train in Africa 5. Elephants and the prevention of infant deaths 6. Eating an elephant 7. The age of Hygieia 8. William Morris on health 9. ‘Doing health’: reclaiming the ‘H’ word 10. Foreseeing and forestalling Section 2: Issues 11. A fish is the last one to see the water 12. Not invented here 13. Listen to the community 14. Beware of healthism 15. Go to the people 16. Conspiracies against the laity 17. We’re doing it already 18. Prophets are never recognised in their own country 19. Professionals should be on tap not on top 20. Primum non Nocere Section 3: Getting to go 21. Less is usually more 22. Starting where they are 23. Don’t follow the yellow brick road 24. Caveat emptor 25. Community organisers beware 26. Self fulfilling prophecy kills 27. Politics is medicine on a large scale 28. Columbus on the need for strategy 29. Starting a rumour 30. Edwin Chadwick and The Times Section 4: Making a difference 31. The half-life of evidence 32. Proof and evidence 33. The art and science of public health 34. On strategic underview 35. The hidden health care system 36. Be careful what you are selling 37. The conspiracy of silence 38. Achieving change 39. Let the dough rise slowly 40. A sense of place Section 5: Reflections 41. Public health is an investment 42. William Henry Duncan’s establishment 43. On growing potatoes 44. Life and risk 45. The importance of humour 46. Killing with kindness 47. Every silver lining has a cloud 48. Making things happen 49. Success and failure 50. The dilemma of capital cities