ISBN:
9780702072642
Copyright:
2016
Publication Date:
04-14-2016
Page Count:
340
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$34.99
Foundations for Health Promotion Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780702072642
Copyright:
2016
Publication Date:
04-14-2016
Page Count:
340
Imprint:
Elsevier
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- Comprehensive updating and expansion to reflect recent research findings and major organizational and policy changes
- Clear structure and signposting for ease of reading and study
- Wide choice of examples and illustrative case studies reflect the needs of a variety of professional groups in health services, local and municipal services and education
- Interactive learning activities with indicative answers help readers consolidate their learning
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- Comprehensively updated and expanded to reflect major organizational and policy changes
- Interactive learning activities with indicative answers at the end of each chapter
- 'Pull out' boxes illustrate recent research findings and case studies of practice
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PART 1: THE THEORY OF HEALTH PROMOTION
1. Concepts of health
2. Influences on health
3. Measuring health
4. Defining health promotion
5. Models and approaches to health promotion
6. Ethical issues in health
7. The politics of health promotion
PART 2: STRATEGIES & METHODS8. Reorienting health services
9. Developing personal skills
10. Strengthening community action
11. Developing healthy public policy
12. Using media in health promotion
PART 3: SETTINGS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION13. Health promotion in schools
14. Health promotion in the workplace
15. Health promotion in neighbourhoods
16. Health promotion in health services
17. Health promotion in prisons
PART 4: IMPLEMENTING HEALTH PROMOTION18. Assessing health needs
19. Planning health promotion interventions
20. Evaluation in health promotion
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Jane Wills, BA, MA, MSc, PGCE, Professor of Health Promotion, London South Bank University, London, UK and Jennie Naidoo, BSc, MSc, PGDip, PGCE, Principal Lecturer, Health Promotion and Public Health, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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