1. Public Health Concepts and Frameworks -- What is Public Health? -- Ideological Perspectives -- Risk -- Models of the Policy Process -- Conclusion -- 2.Historical Context of Public Health -- Victorians -- Victorian Public Health: Preventive Medicine -- Conclusion -- 3. Public Health in the Twentieth Century -- Public Health before the NHS -- Public Health and the NHS -- Towards a Public Health Strategy -- Conclusion -- 4. Health Strategies in the UK -- Health of the Nation Strategy -- Our Healtheir Nation -- NHS Plan and its Aftermath -- Choosing Health -- Conclusion -- 5. Public Health in a Global Context -- International Public Health -- European Institutions and Public Health -- Conclusion -- 6. Public Health and the NHS -- NHS Structures and Processes -- Public Health Workforce -- Primary Health Care -- Conclusion -- 7. Public Health Beyond the NHS -- Partnerships -- Blair Government's Partnership Agenda -- Rationalizing Partnerships -- Assessing the Impact of Partnership Initiatives -- Partnership with Communities -- Voluntary and Private Sectors -- Conclusion -- 8. Public Health Services -- Protection from Infections Disease -- Screening -- Health Education and Health Promotion -- Conclusion -- 9. Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People -- Why Focus on Children and Young People? -- Sure Start -- Health Services for Children and Young People -- Healthy Schools -- Protecting Children and Young People -- Conclusion -- 10. Health and the Environment: Pollution and Accidents -- Pollution -- Pollution Policy -- Accidents and Violence -- Conclusion -- 11.Climate Change and Sustainable Development -- Global Environmental Threats -- Promoting Sustainability -- Kyoto -- EU, Sustainable Development and Climate Change -- Sustainable Development and Climate Change Policy in the UK -- Sustainable Development and Climate Change at the Subnational Level -- Conclusion -- 12. Food Safety, Security and Sustainability -- Food Security and Sustainability -- Food Safety -- Food Safety Regulation -- Conclusion -- 13. Diet, Nutrition and Obesity -- Diet and Disease -- Obesity and Overweight People -- Diet and Nutrition Policy -- Conclusion -- 14. Illicit Drugs -- Illicit Drugs -- Drug Policies -- Impact of Policy -- Criticism of Government Policies -- Other Countries' Approaches -- International Policies -- Conclusion -- 15. Alcohol and Tobacco -- Tobacco -- Alcohol -- Conclusion -- 16. Socioeconomic Factors and Health -- Concepts of Poverty and Inequality -- Health Inequalities -- Dimensions of Health Inequality in the UK -- Explaining Inequalities -- Health and Place -- Other Health Inequalities -- Conclusion -- 17. Inequities and Inequalities Policy -- Conservative Governments of Thatcher and Major -- Blair and Brown Governments -- Further Steps on Health Inequalities -- Other Inequalities -- International Developments -- Conclusion -- 18. Conclusion -- Ideological Perspectives -- Risk -- Policy Processes.