Mark P. Petticrew

Oct 29, 2024 | ias.org.uk | Nason Maani |Mark P. Petticrew

When faced with the need to respond to pressing public health challenges, it is often said solutions must involve a “whole of society approach”, in which as many stakeholders as possible are involved, reflecting the urgency and scale of the problem. While conceptually appealing, this approach can be influenced and co-opted in damaging and self-defeating ways. If you are in desperate need of protecting your hen house, should a whole of society approach mean you need to involve foxes?

Apr 4, 2024 | bmj.com | Nason Maani |Alice Wiseman |Mark P. Petticrew

Nason Maani, lecturer in inequalities and global health policy, Global Health Policy Unit, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, May CI van Schalkwyk, honorary research fellow, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Alice Wiseman, director of public health, Gateshead, Gateshead Council, Gateshead, Mark Petticrew, professor of public health evaluation, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and...