Community wellbeing: key references and evidence

References

Billings JR. Community development: a critical review of approaches to evaluation Journal of Advanced Nursing 2000; 31 (2): 472-480.

Chanan G. Community Development Foundation Measure of community a study for the Active Community Unit and Research. London: Development and Statistics Unit of the Home Office, 2002.

Community Planning Implementation Group. Final Report of the Community Planning Implementation Group. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2004.

Community Planning Task Force. Final report of the Community Planning Task Force. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive, 2003.

Forward Scotland and the Scottish Council Foundation. Wellbeing A better way of measuring society's progress. (1.92 mb)

Hird S. Community Well-being: A discussion paper for the Scottish Executive and Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics. Glasgow: Health Scotland, 2003. (108 kb)

Local Government in Scotland Bill (2003): Community Planning (part 2, sections 15 to 19). Edinburgh: The Stationery Office Limited, 2003.

Parkes A, Kearns A. The multidimensional neighbourhood and health: a cross-sectional analysis of the Scottish Household Survey, 2001 Health & Place 2006; 12: 1-18.

Parkinson J. NHS Health Scotland National Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing Indicators for Scotland. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland, 2007.

Scottish Executive, COSLA. Our community's health: guidance on the preparation of joint health improvement plans 2002 (57.9 kb)

Taulbut M, Parkinson J, Catto S, Gordon D. Scotland's mental health and its context: adults 2009. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland, 2009.

Wismer S. From the ground up: quality of life indicators and sustainable community development Feminist Economics 1999; 5 (2): 109-114.

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish Briefings on NICE public health guidance - Index page

NHS Evidence: Public health evidence - Home page

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page

Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page