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Chapter 24 - Public Health Values and Evidence-Based Practice

from Section 4 - Scaffolding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2019

By
Jonathan Montgomery  and
Richard Williams
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
S. Alexander Haslam ,
Catherine Haslam ,
Kamaldeep S. Bhui  and
Susan Bailey
Edited in association with
Daniel Maughan
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Healthplanning Ltd.
S. Alexander Haslam
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Catherine Haslam
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Kamaldeep S. Bhui
Affiliation:
Queen Mary University of London
Susan Bailey
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health
Daniel Maughan
Affiliation:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

The foci of this book are on the social determinants of health, and the importance to our health of our social connectedness and social support that turn on shared social identities. In Chapter 23, Reicher surveys these matters and makes three important concluding points. First, shared social identity in groups creates bonds between people and converts those bonds into social capital. Second, he asserts that the key to a new social model of mental and physical health lies in understanding how to support people in building and consolidating their own social groups. But, importantly, he also points out that social identity can work for good outcomes but also for those that are seen as less positive.

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Social Scaffolding
Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Healthcare
 , pp. 227 - 243
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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