Developing the public health workforce

A ‘Communities of Practice’ Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6326464
AutoresSara Mallinson (0000-0002-6786-9814, Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, UK), Jennie Popay (0000-0001-9234-908X, Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, UK), Ute Kowarzik (Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, UK), Sara Mackian (0000-0002-2837-9767, University of Manchester)
Ano2006
Volume34
Fascículo2
Páginas265-285
Data de publicação2006-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
EditoraBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557306776315859
OpenAlexW2080911800
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5

English The qualitative research described in this article aims to explore the dynamics of routine public health practice and policy within two local health systems. Using a theoretical framework drawn from social science and management literatures on ‘communities of practice’ (Wenger, 1998), we seek to illuminate the values and ideas that shape the way in which public health practice and policy making is ‘done’ on a routine basis. In particular, we suggest that people's narratives about their daily work resonate with the concepts of engagement, peripheral participation and marginalisation used in the communities of practice literature

Community of practice · Narrative · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social practice · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Workforce · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education