Promoting Health: A Practical Guide

Linda Ewles BSc SRD MSc MA, Ina Simnett MA(Oxon) DPhil Cert Ed

ISBN 10: 0702026638 / ISBN 13: 9780702026638

Editore: Bailliere Tindall, 2003

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Riassunto:

'Promoting Health' is a seminal text that has been used in the training and education of health promoters over the last 25 years and has shaped health promotion practice in the UK. This 6th edition has undergone significant revision by a new author, Angela Scriven, a leading academic widely published in the health-promotion field, bringing it up to date with current practice.

The text provides an accessible practical guide for all those involved in health promotion. Concerned with the what, why, who and how of health promotion, it is invaluable to students of the discipline.

• Fully updated to meet the needs of today's public health practitioners
• Case studies and exercises enable application of ideas
• Provides practice and guidance on report writing, running meetings and working with the media and influencing policy
• Discusses working with groups and networks, as well as individual clients
• User-friendly, interactive style
• New, contemporary format.

Contenuti:

PART 1 THINKING ABOUT HEALTH AND HEALTH PROMOTION

1 What is Health?

2 What is Health Promotion?

3 Aims, Values and Ethical Considerations

4 Who Promotes Health?

PART 2 PLANNING AND MANAGING FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE

5 Planning and Evaluating Health Promotion

6 Identifying Health Promotion Needs and Priorities

7 Evidence and Research in Health Promotion

8 Skills of Personal Effectiveness

9 Working Effectively with Other People

PART 3 DEVELOPING COMPETENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION

10 Fundamentals of Communication

11 Using Communication Tools in Health Promotion Practice

12 Educating for Health

13 Working with Groups

14 Enabling Healthier Living

15 Working with Communities

16 Influencing and Implementing Policy

Glossary

Index

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Titolo: Promoting Health: A Practical Guide
Casa editrice: Bailliere Tindall
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New
Edizione: quinta edizione o successive