Foundations for health promotion.

By:

Wills, Jane

Publication details: [London] : Elsevier, 2023Edition: 5th edDescription: xi, 355p. ; ill. : 24cmISBN:

9780702085062

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleNLM classification:

WA 590

Contents:

PART I: The theory of health promotion -- Concepts of health -- Influences on Health -- Measuring health -- Defining health promotion -- Models and approaches to health promotion -- Ethical issues in health promotion -- The politics of health promotion -- PART II: Strategies and methods -- Preventing disease and health protection -- Reorienting health services -- Developing personal skills -- Strengthening community action -- Developing healthy public policy -- Communicating about health -- PART III: Settings and supportive environments for health promotion -- Health promoting schools -- Health promoting universities -- Health promoting workplaces -- Health promoting neighbourhoods -- Health promoting health services -- Health promoting prisons -- PART IV: Implementing health promotion -- Assessing health needs and assets -- Finding and using evidence for health promotion -- Planning and implementing health promotion interventions -- Evaluating health promotion interventions.

Summary: This hugely popular textbook provides a broad-based and user-friendly introduction to health promotion and its use in practice. Written by Professor Jane Wills, the book takes the reader through health promotion theory, strategy and methods, settings and implementation. It is clearly structured and accessibly written, with a discursive style that will appeal to readers of all levels and sufficient theoretical depth for undergraduates and postgraduates alike. Foundations for Health Promotion is suitable for students and practitioners of nursing, medicine, dentistry, allied health and social work, who will learn the essentials of health promotion as a discipline and reflect on its potential for their own work. Key Features • Packed with interactive exercises to consolidate learning. • Focus on application of knowledge to practice. • Self-reflection on practice in each chapter to encourage deeper engagement. • Case studies and research examples provide evidence base for health promotion in different professions and areas of practice.

List(s) this item appears in: North Middlesex - New books Sept 2023

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Previous edition: published as by Jennie Naidoo, Jane Wills. 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This hugely popular textbook provides a broad-based and user-friendly introduction to health promotion and its use in practice. Written by Professor Jane Wills, the book takes the reader through health promotion theory, strategy and methods, settings and implementation. It is clearly structured and accessibly written, with a discursive style that will appeal to readers of all levels and sufficient theoretical depth for undergraduates and postgraduates alike. Foundations for Health Promotion is suitable for students and practitioners of nursing, medicine, dentistry, allied health and social work, who will learn the essentials of health promotion as a discipline and reflect on its potential for their own work.

Key Features

• Packed with interactive exercises to consolidate learning.
• Focus on application of knowledge to practice.
• Self-reflection on practice in each chapter to encourage deeper engagement.
• Case studies and research examples provide evidence base for health promotion in different professions and areas of practice.

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