cover image - Promoting Health - E-Book VBK, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780729598507
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 05-01-2025
Page Count: 436
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $51.99

Promoting Health - E-Book VBK, 8th Edition

by Jane Taylor, BEd, GradCertIntHlth, MHlthProm, PhD(PubHlth) and Lily O’Hara, BSc, PostgradDipHlthProm, MPH, PhD(PubHlth)

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Promoting Health - E-Book VBK, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780729598507
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 05-01-2025
Page Count: 436
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $51.99

$51.99

Or $0.00 with a valid access code

Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach 8e supports a broad range of practitioners to understand the key values, principles, concepts and practices of health promotion in a primary health care context and apply these in their everyday work as health professionals.

The book comprehensively explores the role of structural and systemic determinants of health and health equity, and the social, cultural, economic, commercial, political, natural and built environments.

Fully updated throughout, the eighth edition addresses current global and local issues that impact on population health, including political and economic instability, climate change and pandemics.

    • End of chapter reflective questions that enable users to consolidate their learning through practice activities and develop their health promotion competencies
    • Covers hot topics, including climate and health, health equity, and the social, commercial and political determinants of health and wellbeing
    • Each chapter aligned to core professional competencies for health promotion practice
    • Aligned to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion action areas
    • Practice insights are presented throughout to demonstrate the application of concepts


    Student resources on Evolve:

    • Chapter reflective questions
    • Chapter quiz questions


    Facilitator resources on Evolve:

    • Model responses to
      • Chapter reflective questions
      • Chapter quiz questions
    • Image Gallery
  • 1. Critical health promotion practice in a comprehensive primary health care context
    2. Socio-ecological determinants of health and wellbeing
    3. Ecological sustainability and human health and wellbeing
    4. Health promotion practice
    5. Building healthy public policy and creating supportive environments
    6. Strengthening community action
    7. Developing personal skills through health education
    8. Developing personal skills through social marketing
    9. Reorienting health services

    Appendix
    1. Declaration of Alma-Ata
    2. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
    3. Shanghai Declaration on Promoting Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
    4. Declaration of Astana on Primary Health Care
    5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    6. The Earth Charter Preamble
    7. Geneva Charter for Well-being

  • Jane Taylor, BEd, GradCertIntHlth, MHlthProm, PhD(PubHlth), School of Health, University of Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia and Lily O’Hara, BSc, PostgradDipHlthProm, MPH, PhD(PubHlth), School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD

$51.99

Or $0.00 with a valid access code