Published in association with the Open University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Promoting public health in a global context -- The development of he althy public policy -- Making and changing healthy public policy -- Org anisations and settings for promoting public health -- Partnerships and alliances for health -- Addressing poverty and health -- The potential for promoting public health at a local level -- Community involvement and civic engagement in multidisciplinary public health -- Developing l ocal alliance partnerships through community collaboration and particip ation -- Working with communities to promote public health -- Gauging t he effectiveness of community-based public health projects -- Promoting mental health and social inclusion.