Community & Health
A regular newsletter looking at the evidence requiring health care to rethink how it works with communities, including commentary on current initiatives – available online and emailed to subscribers
Building on my writing and research to date, I explore how health care in high-income countries can better appreciate how people and communities define their health, and respond accordingly. It includes reviewing often-overlooked evidence, sharing the work of courageous community-oriented practitioners, and commenting on work increasingly being described as ‘community health’ or the ‘social determinants of health’.
Newsletters
What I’m Doing in 2020
By Pritpal S Tamber |
Looking at the medical literature to see whether having agency (A) and a sense of belonging (B) can change (C) the odds on health
Pay Attention to the Surprises
By Pritpal S Tamber |
How unearthing and unleashing the surprises in ‘community health’ work is crucial to the field – but rarely done well or systematically (and goodbye for now)
Not Sentimentalizing Community
By Pritpal S Tamber |
How understanding the flow of care made possible by social cohesion is fundamental – and may need more ruthless employers
Exploring the Nuance Under the Buzz
By Pritpal S Tamber |
How looking underneath buzz terms like ‘deaths of despair’ and ‘asset-based community development’ is key to finding solutions
On Power, Co-Production and Feeling Overwhelmed
By Pritpal S Tamber |
How co-production, self-management and health promotion all have the potential to increase social inequity, and what you can do about it
Why Provision is not Enough
By Pritpal S Tamber |
How atomising problems and providing programmes ignores what really matters in enabling people to turn their lives around