Foundations for Health Promotion

Hugely popular with students, Health Promotion is now in its third edition, and has been thoroughly updated to provide the theoretical framework that is vital for health promotion. It offers a foundation for practice that encourages students and practitioners to identify opportunities for health promotion in their area of work.

Contents 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 promotion
7. The politics of health promotion
PART 2: STRATEGIES & METHODS
8. Developing personal skills
9. Strengthening community action
10. Using media in health promotion
11. Re-orienting health services
12. Developing healthy public policy
PART 3: SETTINGS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
13. Health promotion in schools
14. Health promotion in the workplace
15. Health promotion in neighbourhoods
16. Health promotion in primary health care and hospitals
17. Health promotion in prisons
PART 4: IMPLEMENTING HEALTH PROMOTION
18. Assessing health needs
19. Planning health promotion interventions
20. Evaluating health promotion
Glossary Index