
Promoting Health
The Primary Health Care Approach
- 7th Edition - August 22, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Jane Taylor, Lily O’Hara, Lyn Talbot, Glenda Verrinder
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 3 5 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 8 1 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 8 8 9 5 - 9
The seventh edition of Promoting Health is an essential book for a range of health practitioners to guide their health promotion practice within a comprehensive primary health ca… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe seventh edition of Promoting Health is an essential book for a range of health practitioners to guide their health promotion practice within a comprehensive primary health care context.
With a new author team featuring Jane Taylor and Lily O’Hara, the book explores the socio-ecological determinants of health and wellbeing as a foundation for holistic, ecological, salutogenic health promotion practice. The health promotion practice cycle, including evidence-based community assessment, program planning, implementation and evaluation, is described in detail. The book also includes chapters on five health promotion action areas.
Promoting Health
is a comprehensive, easy-to-understand resource that students and practitioners will find themselves returning to throughout their studies and professional practice.- Grounded in internationally recognised WHO health promotion frameworks including the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and subsequent charters and declarations
- The role of systemic determinants of health and wellbeing including the social, economic, cultural, political, natural and built environments for a sustainable future
- Sets of questions on putting the Ottawa Charter into practice
- Tables that map chapter content to relevant International Union for Health Promotion and Education core competencies
- More to Explore sections with additional resources
- Reflective questions that enable consolidation of learning through practice activities
- An eBook included with all print purchases
Additional resources on evolve
• eBook on VitalSource
Instructor resources:
• Chapter reflective questions and model responses
• Chapter quiz questions with correct responses
• Image Gallery
• Weblinks
Student resources:
• Chapter reflective questions
• Chapter quiz questions
• Weblinks
Part 1: Health promotion development and concepts
• Chapter 1: Health promotion in context
• Chapter 2: Core concepts informing health promotion practice
• Chapter 3: Ecological sustainability and human health and wellbeing
Part 2: Health promotion practice
• Chapter 4: Program development and evaluation
• Chapter 5: Healthy public policy: creating environments and settings that support wellbeing and health promotion
• Chapter 6: Community development action for social and environmental change
• Chapter 7: Health education and health literacy
• Chapter 8: Health information and social marketing
• Chapter 9: Immunisation, screening, risk assessment and surveillance
- Edition: 7
- Published: August 22, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729543538
- eBook ISBN: 9780729588126
- eBook ISBN: 9780729588959
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