Infection prevention and control : a social science perspective / edited by Paul Elliott, Julie Storr, Annette Jeanes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Psychosocial theories and approaches : their impact upon infection prevention and control / Paul Elliott -- The psychosocial nature of infection prevention and control / Paul Elliott -- The concept of truth / Paul Elliott -- Leadership and influence in infection prevention and control / Julie Storr -- Power and compliance within infection prevention and control practice / Annette Jeanes -- Patient safety, governance, leadership and infection prevention and control / Helen Hughes -- Communicating with compassion: service user perspectives / Melissa Klein Bingham, Nanah Mensah Abrampah, Loius Ako-Egbe, Shamsuzzoha Babar Syed -- The weaponising of IPC and its heart breaking consequences / Julie Storr, Claire Kilpatrick, Sheila Hall -- Why do we choose to work in infection prevention and control? / Annette Jeanes -- Human factors engineering in infection prevention and control / Hugo Sax -- How we talk about infection prevention and hand hygiene matters for behaviour change / Claire Kilpatrick & Julie Storr -- Do campaigns make you anxious: A focus on unintended consequences / Julie Storr -- Educating, engaging, campaigning social media as an adjunct to infection prevention and control / Julie Storr, Annette Jeanes, Claire Kilpatrick -- Unshackling infectiousness and dismantling stigma : Gay men and HIV / John Gilmore-Kavanagh -- Physician Associates and their role in reducing the transmission of  infection - a personal perspective / Pam Trangmar -- Infection prevention and control in healthcare-built environments / Annette Jeanes -- Musings on philosophy and infection prevention and control / Julie Storr.

"An understanding of the social sciences within infection prevention and control (IPC) is important for those working in health and social care. This new book, Infection prevention and control: a social science perspective positions the specialty of IPC as more than a technical discipline concerned with microbes. It is about people and their behaviour in context and the book therefore explores a number of relevant social sciences and their relationship to IPC across different contexts and cultures. IPC is relevant to every person who works in, and accesses health care and it remains a global challenge. Exploring novel approaches and perspectives that expand our collective horizons in an ever changing and evolving IPC landscape therefore makes sense"--