Foundations for Health Promotion
Elsevier Health Sciences (Verlag)
978-0-7020-8506-2 (ISBN)
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.
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
New chapters on health protection, communicating health and healthy universities
New chapter on evaluating research and evidence - key components of workforce competencies
Thoroughly revised and updated throughout to reflect recent changes in health promotion theories, practice and policy
Accompanying videos narrated by Professor Wills give an overview of key topics
Jane Wills is Professor of Health Promotion in the School of Health and Social Care at South Bank University and is also Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Improvement and Innovation (CApRII). She has over 25 years of experience of teaching public health and health promotion. Her research focuses on health education and health literacy and behavioural interventions particularly in relation to obesity. She is a trained counsellor and also teaches motivational interviewing and counselling skills to health care professionals. She has also held numerous external examiner and independent assessor posts, maintaining the discipline of health promotion. Initially qualifying as a teacher, she has a strong interest in pedagogy and student development, regularly publishing with students.
Part 1: 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
The politics of health promotion
Part 2: Strategies and methods
Reorienting health services
Developing personal skills
Strengthening community action
Developing healthy public policy
Using media in health promotion
Health promotion and infection control
Part 3: Settings for health promotion
Health promotion in schools
Health promotion in universities
Health promotion in the workplace
Health promotion in neighbourhoods
Health promotion in health services
Health promotion in prisons
Part 4: Implementing health promotion
Assessing health needs
Planning health promotion interventions
Evaluation in health promotion
The importance of being research and evidence informed
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.04.2022 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Public Health and Health Promotion |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 750 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7020-8506-5 / 0702085065 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7020-8506-2 / 9780702085062 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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