Health Service Journal
David Woodhead
David Woodhead is joint head of Healthy Communities in Hackney
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David and Hilary Woodhead on combining NHS efforts with local social care
16-Apr-2009
A recent family lunch led to discussions about new jobs and the challenges of work, punctuated by the demands of restless kids and attentive waiters. Despite interruptions, the adults persevered. -
David Woodhead on an NHS revolution
8-Dec-2008
'All that is solid', wrote Marx in 1848, 'melts into air'. He was reflecting on what happens when the certainties that give our life structure and meaning are inverted. -
David Woodhead on tackling alcohol abuse
21-Jul-2008
The evidence is clear. We should drink less. As a nation, we stumble and fall after lengthy bouts of drinking. Pints are downed and spirits are necked. -
David Woodhead and Adrian Kelly on reducing teenage pregnancy
9-Jun-2008
With the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in western Europe, the UK needed to take serious steps to meet its goal of halving incidents by 2010 -
David Woodhead and Valerie James on tackling decommissioning
17-Mar-2008
Government is stepping away from setting central targets and relinquishing direct control over delivery. Locally identified needs and priorities will take their place. Directors of public health and commissioning will be at the vanguard of service reform in the health service and local councils. -
David Woodhead on patient satisfaction
28-Jan-2008
France and the UK may have different approaches to healthcare delivery, but many of the challenges they face are the same -
David Woodhead on looking to the French for public health cues
10-Dec-2007
Tackling obesity means watching how - and not just what - we eat. French eating habits could be a good example for the UK -
David Woodhead on healthcare for heartbreak
8-Oct-2007
The health impact of personal distress on service users as well as staff can be heavy and is a real public health challenge, says David Woodhead -
David Woodhead on community hooks
10-Sep-2007
'New research seeks to assess the importance of incidental people in our lives - the local taxi driver, the neighbour who gives out hymn books at church or the shopkeeper who engages us in trivial conversation' -
David Woodhead on gathering evidence
25-Jun-2007
'Science might come up with some interesting ideas, but ultimately the likelihood of adopting evidence is driven by our values. Mass sterilisation of young men might be an effective method of reducing teenage pregnancies, although for good reasons it would not be considered practical' -
David Woodhead on the qualities of commissioners
14-May-2007
'Driving change in numerous organisations demands particular skills. We no longer spoke of what people needed to know, or what their qualifications might be, but of the qualities they had and how they approached their work' -
David Woodhead on social marketing
16-Apr-2007
'It is naive to suggest that the effectiveness of interventions alone is the only issue we face in seeking to change behaviour. There are wider challenges in terms of respecting diversity and ensuring our work is culturally appropriate' -
David Woodhead on lessons from Peru
8-Jan-2007
'I met a group of local women who were trained in contraception and hygiene; they each had trained six women, who in turn were training others. The process had increased their confidence. And in the basement was a co-operative bakery which provided affordable bread but also made a profit.' -
David Woodhead on public health
1-Jan-2007
'Vicky was patronised by health professionals unwilling to listen to her views or take note of her experiences' -
David Woodhead on love and understanding
13-Nov-2006
'If love is all around us, why is it seldom discussed? What is the exact role of love in promoting health? And if love were a desired outcome, how would we recognise it?' -
David Woodhead on gardening for the mind
5-Oct-2006
'She was clear that picking up a spade and plunging it into the ground enabled her to channel some of the anger she had felt the previous week at work.' -
David Woodhead on public health
10-Aug-2006
'We were facing our just desert for all the desserts we had just crammed in out faces' -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON PUBLIC HEALTH
1-Dec-2005
Published: 01/12/2005 Volume 115 No. 5984 Page 25 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON PUBLIC HEALTH
13-Oct-2005
Published: 13/10/2005 Volume 115 No. 5976 Page 29 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON PUBLIC HEALTH
8-Sep-2005
Published: 08/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5972 Page 31 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON BULLYING
11-Aug-2005
Published: 11/08/2005, Volume II5, No. 5967 Page 25 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON PUBLIC HEALTH
9-Jun-2005
Published: 09/06/2005, Volume III, No. 5959 Page 31 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON PRIMARY CARE
12-May-2005
Published: 12/05/2005, Volume II5, No. 5955 Page 31 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON PRIMARY CARE
7-Apr-2005
Published: 07/04/2005, Volume II5, No. 5949 Page 33 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON DISTORTING DIAGRAMS
10-Mar-2005
Published: 10/03/2005, Volume II5, No. 5946 Page 29 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON UNHEALTHY PLEASURES
10-Feb-2005
Published: 10/02/2005, Volume II5, No. 5942 Page 33 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON ENGAGING COMMUNITIES
13-Jan-2005
Published: 13/01/2005, Volume II5, No. 5938 Page 27 -
DAVID WOODHEAD ON SMOKING CESSATION
2-Dec-2004
Published: 02/12/2004, Volume II4, No. 5934 Page 29
