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Scottish solutions

Article Abstract:

A green paper on public health in Scotland recognizes that people's circumstances are an important factor in their health and suggests establishing a working party to promote community health. Health visitors could do more community health work if their role was re-organised to allow more time. The white paper should recommend that health promotion is expanded into nurseries and creches. It should also consider promoting welfare and benefit entitlement to those in need by ensuring that patients have access to a benefits advice worker.

Scotland, Public health, Health planning

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Facts of life

Article Abstract:

There are significant health promotion implications associated with the fact that the UK government has publicly recognized that there are links between poverty and poor health. Health promotion has traditionally placed responsibility for disease prevention with the individual, emphasizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle, especially in preventing heart disease. However, it now seems that health promotion will have to place disease causation and prevention in a socio-economic and environmental context.

Management, Health promotion

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Poverty and the health divide

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning social inequalities with respect to health care in the United Kingdom are discussed. Particular attention is given to political aspects of poverty and health care, namely to Labor Party's health provisions for the poor in Britain.

Health aspects, Political aspects, Poverty, Poor

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