Health Assets in a Global Context Theory, Methods, Action

Health Assets in a Global Context: Theory, Methods, Action Edited by Antony Morgan, Maggie Davies, and Erio Ziglio As global health inequities continue to widen, policymakers are redoubling their efforts to address them. Yet the effectiveness and quality

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Antony Morgan    Maggie Davies    Erio Ziglio ●

Editors

Health Assets in a Global Context Theory, Methods, Action



Editors Antony Morgan Department of Public Health Sciences Karolinska Institutet SE-171 77 Stockholm Sweden and National Institute for Health and   Clinical Excellence (NICE) High Holborn 71 London UK [email protected]

Maggie Davies Health Action Partnership   International (HAPI) Tavistock House (Entrance D) Tavistock House London WC1H 9LG England [email protected]

Erio Ziglio WHO European Office for Investment for   Health and Development, Venice WHO Regional Office for Europe Campo S. Stefano San Marco 2847I-30124 Venice, Italy [email protected]

ISBN 978-1-4419-5920-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-5921-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-5921-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930690 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in ­connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Editorial Board

Stephanie Allen, Independent Consultant Rhiannon Barker, Independent Consultant Chris Brookes, International Project Manager, Department of Health, England Maggie Davies, Executive Director, Health Action Partnership International (HAPI) Amanda Killoran, Analyst, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence, England Antony Morgan, Associate Director, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence Erio Ziglio, Head, WHO Regional Office for Investment for Health and Development

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Acknowledgements

We hope the ideas and concepts in this book will inspire those interested in improving the lives of populations across the world to think positively about what can be done to maximise the chances of individuals, groups and communities to attain and sustain, long happy and fulfilled lives. The overarching framework for this book - ‘the asset model’ was developed over a period of time during meetings in London, Venice and Budapest. The editors would like to thank a number of people who have contributed to the process and thinking along the way. They are Enis Baris Anja Baumann, Chris Brown, Harry Burns Concha Colomer, Cristina Comunian, Mariano Giacchi Theadora Koller, Marcia Faria-Westphal, Dominic Harrison, Lowell Levin, Aldo Morrone and Elisa Radisone. The book is dedica