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Promoting Health, Preventing Disease: the Economic Case

1st Edition

0335262279 · 9780335262274

By David McDaid, Franco Sassi, Sherry Merkur

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Contents
About the authors
Acknowledgements
List of tables and figures
Abbreviations
Executive summary
Part I: Introduction
- Introduction to the economics of health promotion and disease prevention
- Supporting effective and efficient policies: The role of economic analysis
- Measurement challenges in the economic evaluation of public health interventions
  Part II: Making the economic case for tackling key risk factors for health
  - Curbing tobacco smoking
  - Tackling alcohol-related harms
  - Promoting physical activity
  - Appendix: the effectiveness of interventions for physical activity
  - Improving the quality of nutrition
  - Addressing environmental risks for child health
  - Preventing road-related injuries
  - Protecting mental health, preventing depression
    Part III: Broader perspectives on the economics of health promotion and disease prevention
    Social determinants of health: Early childhood development and education
    Health promotion, disease prevention and health inequalities
    Part IV: Translating evidence into policy
    Evidence into policy: The case of public health
    Making an economic case for intersectoral action
    The economics of health promotion and disease prevention: The way forward

This book provides an economic perspective on health promotion and chronic disease prevention, and gives a rationale for assessing the economic case for action. It provides a comprehensive review of the evidence base in support of a broad range of public health interventions, addressing not only their effectiveness in improving population health, but also their implementation costs, impacts on health expenditures and wider economic consequences.

An economic perspective is about more than counting the costs associated with poor health. It is about understanding how economic incentives can influence healthy lifestyle choices in the population. The book provides tools for developing effective and efficient policy strategies and addressing trade-offs between the goals of improving population health, while being mindful of the need to tackle inequalities in health outcomes across individuals and populations.

The book:

practically illustrates methods and measures of cost and outcome used in the evaluation of interventions
covers specific risk factor areas including tobacco smoking, alcohol, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, poor mental health and harmful environmental factors
considers cross-cutting themes including key implementation issues, health inequalities, and the merits of early life interventions

The book is designed for health policy makers and all those working or studying in the areas of public health, health research, medicine or health economics.

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