COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Wicked Issues and Relationalism

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Adrian Bonner
Policy Press, Jan 20, 2023 - Medical - 450 pages
Health and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have been exacerbated by central government-imposed austerity budgeting by local authorities and the health service. This book, part of the Social Determinants of Health series, extends the ideas developed in the previous volumes by reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on local and national governance from the perspectives of public health, social care and economic development. Drawing on case studies from across the UK and beyond, it explores the pandemic and other ‘wicked’ issues including climate change, homelessness, unemployment and domestic abuse through the lens of relationalism, and proposes necessary system changes.
 

Contents

PARTI Wicked issues and relationalism
17
Relationalism wicked issues and social determinants of health
41
a sociopolitical perspective
56
Giving children the best start in life?
70
Regionalism and geopolitical environments
83
the local
100
Public sector COVID 19 and culture change
151
The effect of COVID 19 on the financial sustainability of local
170
The third sector
241
Volunteering and small charities
258
the third sector local and national
268
a faith based perspective
282
The case for relationalism
307
Engagement and proposed changes
333
translating lessons learned from
351
The impact of the lost decade on developing a relational
366

local authority
192
Housing policy and provision after COVID 19
210
Employment and support
230
Conclusion
392
Index
407
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Adrian Bonner is Honorary Professor at the University of Stirling, and a consultant in community-based research for The Salvation Army. He was formerly Director of the Addictive Behaviour Group, in the Centre for Health Service Studies at the University of Kent.

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