Promoting Health and Wellbeing: For Nursing and Healthcare Students - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1908625856 ISBN 13: 9781908625854

Casa editrice: Lantern Pubns, 2020

Riassunto

Promoting Health and Wellbeing is an introductory textbook for nursing and healthcare students seeking to understand how to promote health and prevent ill health.

Through clear explanations, case studies and activities, the book will help you to understand the principles of health promotion and how to apply them in your practice. You will learn:

• Theoretical perspectives of health promotion, health education and public health
• How to identify and apply models to support behaviour change and overcome barriers to change
• How health inequalities and social determinants of health affect public health practice
• How to enable, mediate and advocate in promoting physical and mental health and wellbeing
• How to understand and implement evidence-based health promotion in practice

This book will help you to develop the underpinning knowledge and skills you require to carry out your role in promoting health and wellbeing.

Essentials is a series of accessible, introductory textbooks for students in nursing, health and social care. The books feature clear explanations, scenarios, activities and case studies to help students get to grips with the subject quickly and easily.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dr Clare L. Bennett is a registered nurse with a background in immunology, HIV infectious diseases and sexual health. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University and teaches health promotion, public health, leadership and quality improvement on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for nurses and allied health professionals. Clare is also an honorary lecturer at the University of Freiburg, Germany. She is a researcher in the field of sexual health promotion, teaches research methods and supervises doctoral students. She is widely published in academic journals and has co-authored three textbooks.

Sue Lillyman is a registered nurse and midwife with a background in older people, end of life, long-term conditions and care of people with dementia and frailty. She is an associate lecturer for the University of Worcester and programme lead for Education for Health. She also teaches management and leadership in healthcare, teaching and learning for clinical practice, reflective practice and ethical issues. She is an active researcher in the fields of international students, student exchange and end of life issues. She is widely published including educational books and in academic journals.

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The concepts of health promotion, health education and public health are central to nursing practice. In this chapter we introduce these concepts and their foundations in the context of contemporary practice. Social and political drivers that influence decisions and practices surrounding health will be introduced and links to relevant national and international organisations in the field will be explored. Models of health will be presented to help you consider your views on health and wellbeing and examples will be given highlighting a holistic approach to health.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Lantern Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1908625856
• ISBN 13: 9781908625854
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Bennett Clare, Lillyman Sue
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile