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 Cooling





Part 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 Abellan


7.1 Case study: Racism and xenophobia: America’s deadly preexisting conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first year ~ Joanna Sharpless and Annie Dell


7.2 Case study: Safe at home? Exploring intersecting vulnerabilities under COVID-19 and the role of faith actors in the South African context ~ Selina Palm


7.3 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 Lama


7.4 Case study: COVID-19 and governing for health and wellbeing in New Zealand: putting communities at the centre ~ Peter Mckinlay and Anna Matheson





Part III: Public sector, COVID- 19 and culture change ~ Mike Bennett


8. 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 Ayre


11. 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 Chadha


15. 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 Smith


17.1 Case study: A relationalism exemplar ~ Richard Smith


17.2 Case study: Housing and homelessness ~ Adam Cunnington


17.3 Case study: Environmental planning in a post-COVID-19 world ~ Nigel Saunders


17.4 Case study: Central England Co-operative society ~ Luke Olly and Hannah Gallimore





PART VI Engagement and proposed changes


Introduction ~ Richard Smith


18. Soft and hard measures in optimising wellbeing through procurement, commissioning and partnering ~ Mark Cook


19. Relational procurement: translating lessons learned from large infrastructural projects ~ Mike Bresnen, Sarah-Jane Lennie and Nick Marshall


20. The impact of ‘the lost decade’ on developing a relational culture in public– private partnering ~ Michael Burton


21. When the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable: has the moment arrived for the wholesale adoption of relationism? ~ Nigel Ball





Conclusion ~ Adrian Bonner





Appendix: The Centre for Partnering