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Imagining Regulation Differently

Co-creating for Engagement

by Annie Oliver, David Frayne, Penny Evans, Makala Cheung, Ari Cantwell, Greg Leo Bond, Jenny Barke, Janet Newman, Bronwen Morgan, Eva Elliott0, Gareth Thomas1, Gabrielle Ivinson2, Emma Renold3, Nathan Evans4, Debbie Watson5, Kitty Webster6, Naomi Millner7, Helen Thomas-Hughes8, Helen Manchester9, Therese O’ Toole0, Sue Cohen1, Martin Innes2, Marilyn Howard3 ...

Series series Connected Communities
There is an urgent need to rethink relationships between systems of government and those who are ‘governed’. This book explores ways of rethinking those relationships by bringing communities normally excluded from decision-making to centre stage to experiment with new methods of regulating for engagement.Using original, co-produced research, it innovatively shows how we can better use a ‘bottom-up ... Read more

$47.69 USD

There is an urgent need to rethink relationships between systems of government and those who are ‘governed’. This book explores ways of rethinking those relationships by bringing communities normally excluded from decision-making to centre stage to experiment with new methods of regulating for engagement.Using original, co-produced research, it innovatively shows how we can better use a ‘bottom-up
... Read more
COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy, and Practice

Volume 1: The Challenges and Necessity of Co-production

by Helen Walker, Fiona Quigley, Lauren O’Connell, Iain Cameron, Chris Rintoul, Anne Campbell, Allan Herbert, Eva Elliott, Mashmooma Din, Amal Beyrouty, Cordelia Ruck, Lucy Allwright, Ellen Clifford, Bob Singh Virdee, Harvinder Kaur Dulku, Felipe Szabzon, Cristian R. Montenegro, Glenn Robert, Sally Brearley, Graham Martin, Amit Desai, Giulia Zoccatelli, Jacqui Dyer, Lela Kogbara, Yasmin Ibison, Celestin Okoroji, Natalie Creary, Sophie Staniszewska, Usha Boolaky, Alison Allam, Savitri Hensman ...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now largely being ignored in developing responses to it.This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates ... Read more

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now largely being ignored in developing responses to it.This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates
... Read more

Health Promotion

A Practical Guide to Effective Communication

Edited by Merryn McKinnon ...

Health Promotion: A Practical Guide to Effective Communication introduces students to the fundamental principles of health promotion in Australian and international public health contexts. Combining the core principles and theories of health promotion with those of effective communication, the text guides readers through the practical steps of planning, implementing and evaluating programs that ... Read more

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Health Promotion: A Practical Guide to Effective Communication introduces students to the fundamental principles of health promotion in Australian and international public health contexts. Combining the core principles and theories of health promotion with those of effective communication, the text guides readers through the practical steps of planning, implementing and evaluating programs that
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Ethical Evidence and Policymaking

Interdisciplinary and International Research

Edited by Ron Iphofen, Dónal O’Mathúna ...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This important book offers practical advice for using evidence and research in policymaking. The book has two aims. First, it builds a case for ethics and global values in research and knowledge exchange, and second, it examines specific policy areas and how evidence can guide practice.The book covers important policy areas including ... Read more

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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This important book offers practical advice for using evidence and research in policymaking. The book has two aims. First, it builds a case for ethics and global values in research and knowledge exchange, and second, it examines specific policy areas and how evidence can guide practice.The book covers important policy areas including
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Mental Health

Edited by Jeremy Weinstein ...

Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
Mental health social work is at an impasse. On the one hand, the emphasis in recent policy documents on the social roots of much mental distress ,and in the recovery approaches popular with service users seems to indicate an important role for a holistic social work practice. On the other hand, social workers have often been excluded from these initiatives and the dominant approach within mental ... Read more

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Mental health social work is at an impasse. On the one hand, the emphasis in recent policy documents on the social roots of much mental distress ,and in the recovery approaches popular with service users seems to indicate an important role for a holistic social work practice. On the other hand, social workers have often been excluded from these initiatives and the dominant approach within mental
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COVID-19 Collaborations

Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic

Edited by Kayleigh Garthwaite, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Anna Tarrant, Rosalie Warnock ...

Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone – but, for some, existing social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need for research. Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic. ... Read more

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Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone – but, for some, existing social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need for research. Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic.
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Practising Social Work Ethics Around the World

Cases and Commentaries

Edited by Sarah Banks, Kirsten Nøhr ...

Ethics is an increasingly important theme in social work practice. Worldwide, social workers experience common ethical challenges (how to be fair, whether to break a rule, how to act in politically tense situations) in very different contexts – from disaster relief in China to child protection work in Palestine.This book takes as its starting point real life cases featuring ethical problems in the ... Read more

$75.99 USD

Ethics is an increasingly important theme in social work practice. Worldwide, social workers experience common ethical challenges (how to be fair, whether to break a rule, how to act in politically tense situations) in very different contexts – from disaster relief in China to child protection work in Palestine.This book takes as its starting point real life cases featuring ethical problems in the
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Racism at Work

The Danger of Indifference

by Binna Kandola ...

Racism has not been eradicated, despite the enormous strides taken over the past fifty years. It has mutated into new and subtler forms and has found new ways to survive. The racism in organisations today is not characterised by hostile abuse and threatening behaviour. it is not overt nor is it obvious. Today racism is subtle and nuanced, detected mostly by the people on the receiving end, but ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Racism has not been eradicated, despite the enormous strides taken over the past fifty years. It has mutated into new and subtler forms and has found new ways to survive. The racism in organisations today is not characterised by hostile abuse and threatening behaviour. it is not overt nor is it obvious. Today racism is subtle and nuanced, detected mostly by the people on the receiving end, but
... Read more
Defending Women's Spaces

by Karen Ingala Smith ...

Who counts as a woman? This question lies at the heart of many public debates about sex and gender today. While we increasingly recognise the desire of some to eliminate the sex binary in law, a particular boiling point emerges through conflicting demands over women’s spaces. Which should govern access to these – sex or gender identity?Karen Ingala Smith, a veteran campaigner for women’s and girls ... Read more

$18.00 USD

Who counts as a woman? This question lies at the heart of many public debates about sex and gender today. While we increasingly recognise the desire of some to eliminate the sex binary in law, a particular boiling point emerges through conflicting demands over women’s spaces. Which should govern access to these – sex or gender identity?Karen Ingala Smith, a veteran campaigner for women’s and girls
... Read more
Promoting Health

The Primary Health Care Approach

by Lyn Talbot, Glenda Verrinder ...

The new edition will provide readily accessible material for public health educators and practitioners, in a number of professions, who are increasingly being required to address the challenges emerging from the inter-related impacts of the social and environmental factors impacting on health in an era of globalisation. ... Read more

$83.69 USD

The new edition will provide readily accessible material for public health educators and practitioners, in a number of professions, who are increasingly being required to address the challenges emerging from the inter-related impacts of the social and environmental factors impacting on health in an era of globalisation.
... Read more
COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy, and Practice

Volume 2: Co-production Methods and Working Together at a Distance

by Hana Riazuddin, Charlotte Kühlbrandt, Hannah Cowan, Peter Lewis, Kudzai Kanyere, Sapfo Lignou, Biggy Dziro, Kiran Manku, Vanessa Bennett, Rosemary Musesengwa, Shuranjeet Singh, Catherine Hale, Andy Guise, Lucy Platt, Paniz Hosseini, Sujit D Rathod, Michelle Cornes, Pj Annand, Nguyen Hoang Yen, Ragil Dien, Mary Chambers, Niccola Hutchinson-Pascal, Cristina Serrao, Katherine Barrett, Scott Ballard-Ridley, Alison Allam, Ursula Ankeny, Gemma Wheeler, Ian Gwilt, Aaron Davis, Niki Wallace, Joe Langley, Lucy Potter, Maria Carvalho, Lesley Wye, Becki Meakin, Elke Loeffler, Kerrie Portman, Emily Niner, Dr Lisa Dikomitis, Leny Trad, Anastasia Koch, Samira Ben Omar, Kay Ollivierre, Nafsika Thalassis, Phayza Fudlalla, Bethany Golding, Fatima Elguenuni, Adeola Adeleke, Chakshu Sharma, Sharon Tomlin, Janet Wildman, Sarah Stayt ...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now being largely ignored in developing responses to it.This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates ... Read more

Free

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now being largely ignored in developing responses to it.This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates
... Read more
Violence Against Women During Coronavirus

When Staying Home Isn’t Safe

by Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate, Silke Meyer, Marie Segrave ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This open access book brings together leading international violence researchers to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on experiences of, and responses to, domestic and family violence. In April 2020 the United Nations predicted that for every three months the COVID-19 lockdowns continued an additional 15 million cases of domestic violence would occur worldwide, termed the "shadow ... Read more

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This open access book brings together leading international violence researchers to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on experiences of, and responses to, domestic and family violence. In April 2020 the United Nations predicted that for every three months the COVID-19 lockdowns continued an additional 15 million cases of domestic violence would occur worldwide, termed the "shadow
... Read more

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