Health improvement strategies often target where people live, but do they work? This book aims to tackle this question by exploring several perspectives. It uses complexity theory to understand the inter-relationships between neighbourhood change, the emergence of states of health, and policy interventions managed using performance indicators.

It is also written for practitioners in health services, local government and voluntary agencies seeking a conceptually-based and evidence-informed underpinning to neighbourhood renewal and health improvement work.

Policy &
places
Health, neighbourhoods and complexity
Emergence and environment press
The neighbourhood effect
Neighbourhood renewal and health inequalities
Health inequality as a policy priority
Conclusion: neighbourhoods in the wider picture.