COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health

Adrian Bonner is Honorary Professor at the University of Stirling, and a consultant in community-based research for The Salvation Army. He was formerly Director of the Addictive Behaviour Group, in the Centre for Health Service Studies at the University of Kent.

• Foreword ~ Richard Smith Introduction ~ Adrian Bonner Part I: Wicked issues and relationalism ~ Adrian Bonner 1. Using relationalism to navigate wicked issues: investing for a ‘relational dividend’? ~ Richard Simmons 2. Relationalism, wicked issues and social determinants of health ~ Adrian Bonner 3. Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a sociopolitical perspective ~ David Hunter 4. Giving children the best start in life? ~ Edward Kunonga, Brighton Chireka, Tsitsi Chawatama and Victoria CoolingPart II: Regionalism and geopolitical environments ~ Adrian Bonner 5. Levelling up in the North and North- East England: complex and fragmented governance and the new National Health Service and local government partnerships ~ John Shutt 6. UK local council strategies post COVID- 19: the local economy, climate change and community wellbeing ~ Manuel Abellan7.1 Case study: Racism and xenophobia: America’s deadly preexisting conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first year ~ Joanna Sharpless and Annie Dell7.2 Case study: Safe at home? Exploring intersecting vulnerabilities under COVID-19 and the role of faith actors in the South African context ~ Selina Palm7.3 Case study: COVID-19 and increased vulnerabilities to human trafficking and modern slavery: perspectives from India and Nepal ~ Tribeni Gurung, Nishan Lo, Lalliankunga and Vijaya Lama7.4 Case study: COVID-19 and governing for health and wellbeing in New Zealand: putting communities at the centre ~ Peter Mckinlay and Anna MathesonPart III: Public sector, COVID- 19 and culture change ~ Mike Bennett8. Changing context of public governance and the need for innovation and creating public value ~ Joyce Liddle 9. The effect of COVID- 19 on the financial sustainability of local government ~ Aileen Murphie 10. UN Sustainability Goals and social value: local authority perspectives ~ Rob Whiteman, Tim Reade and Dave Ayre11. Housing policy and provision after COVID- 19 ~ Peter Murphy 12. Employment and support ~ Elizabeth Taylor, Andrew Morton and Annie Dell Part IV: The third sector ~ Clare Bonham 13. Relational collaboration and innovation in responding to need and austerity: food banks ~ Alex Murdock 14. Volunteering and small charities ~ Chris O’Leary and Rita Chadha15. Creating added value: the third sector, local and national government approaches to address domestic abuse ~ Emily Hodge 16. Wicked issues: a faith- based perspective ~ Drew McCombe and Dean Pallant PART V The case for relationalism ~ Richard Smith17.1 Case study: A relationalism exemplar ~ Richard Smith17.2 Case study: Housing and homelessness ~ Adam Cunnington17.3 Case study: Environmental planning in a post-COVID-19 world ~ Nigel Saunders17.4 Case study: Central England Co-operative society ~ Luke Olly and Hannah GallimorePART VI Engagement and proposed changesIntroduction ~ Richard Smith18. Soft and hard measures in optimising wellbeing through procurement, commissioning and partnering ~ Mark Cook19. Relational procurement: translating lessons learned from large infrastructural projects ~ Mike Bresnen, Sarah-Jane Lennie and Nick Marshall20. The impact of ‘the lost decade’ on developing a relational culture in public– private partnering ~ Michael Burton21. When the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable: has the moment arrived for the wholesale adoption of relationism? ~ Nigel BallConclusion ~ Adrian Bonner Appendix: The Centre for Partnering