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26.5.2016 "Better Health, Improving Health Care†is a strategic briefing document prepared by the Department for the incoming Minister for Health, in advance of the publication of the Programme for Government. It sets out some strategic considerations to inform the task of developing a clear and coherent agenda for action to improve the health service. Better Health, Improving Health Care

Much of our social and political effort, including a portion of the research in this university, is directed towards the promotion of one goal: health. But what is health? Or rather, how should we define health so that it is an identifiable goalpost for our social policies and technological developments? This lecture will discuss whether an appropriate goal for our health minded social policies and technological developments can be identified.

The impact of the United Nations "Healthy Prisons" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations. This invaluable book discusses the many health and medical issues that arise or are introduced into prisons from the perspective of both inmates and prison staff. Health and Health Promotion in Prison places key issues in prison healthcare into a historical perspective and investigates contemporary policy drivers. It then addresses the significant legal issues relating to health in prison settings and the human rights implications and question.

1. The need for correctional public health and health promotion -- 2. Health in prisons : a historical perspective -- 3. Approaching health and human rights in prison : comparing England and Wales and the European Court of Human Rights, and the United States -- 4. The resurrection of the body in penology : prison health care as physical punishment in a twentieth-century US correctional system -- 5. On giving good care to bad people : examining the principles of prison health care -- 6. Pedagogy for prisoners : an approach to peer health education for inmates -- 7. Prison staff occupational health and safety and its relationship with inmate health -- 8. Ensuring health in prison and achieving healthy prisons : the TECH model -- 9. Mental health and treatment in prisons : hospitals of last resort or rehabilitation? -- 10. Conclusions : some principles of public health and health in prisons.

The focus of this book is on public health psychiatry, from the need for mental health and addiction services, to access to these services. The meeting that featured this topic advanced knowledge of the social and environmental risk factors for psychiatric disorders, and ideas for preventing them as well. Chapters are written by experts from around the world and include such public health concerns as Veteran's mental health, mental health disparities among minorities, causes of addictions, and mortality of these disorders.