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Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

3rd Edition
May 1, 2020
Sarah Cowley + 1 more
English

Designed for public health nurses and health visitors at every stage of their career from students to experienced practitioners Community Public Health in Policy and Practice: A Source Book provides an overview of theoretical constructs and principles for community public health practice, including underpinning research. Written by leading experts the book is designed to support innovation and practice development, including dealing with major policy changes and changes to theory and the evidence base. For this edition the text has been completely reorganised and updated including eight brand new chapters. New chapters include current information and research about contemporary topics such as digital health, economics and implementation science. Updated chapters focus upon relevant knowledge required for current practice, including both seminal theories and research, along with new international frameworks. Brief introduction to the long-lasting impacts of Covid-19, as the pandemic unfolds.

Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

3rd Edition
May 1, 2020
Sarah Cowley + 1 more
English

Designed for public health nurses and health visitors at every stage of their career from students to experienced practitioners Community Public Health in Policy and Practice: A Source Book provides an overview of theoretical constructs and principles for community public health practice, including underpinning research. Written by leading experts the book is designed to support innovation and practice development, including dealing with major policy changes and changes to theory and the evidence base. For this edition the text has been completely reorganised and updated including eight brand new chapters. New chapters include current information and research about contemporary topics such as digital health, economics and implementation science. Updated chapters focus upon relevant knowledge required for current practice, including both seminal theories and research, along with new international frameworks. Brief introduction to the long-lasting impacts of Covid-19, as the pandemic unfolds.

Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

3rd Edition
May 1, 2020
Sarah Cowley + 1 more
English

Designed for public health nurses and health visitors at every stage of their career from students to experienced practitioners Community Public Health in Policy and Practice: A Source Book provides an overview of theoretical constructs and principles for community public health practice, including underpinning research. Written by leading experts the book is designed to support innovation and practice development, including dealing with major policy changes and changes to theory and the evidence base. For this edition the text has been completely reorganised and updated including eight brand new chapters. New chapters include current information and research about contemporary topics such as digital health, economics and implementation science. Updated chapters focus upon relevant knowledge required for current practice, including both seminal theories and research, along with new international frameworks. Brief introduction to the long-lasting impacts of Covid-19, as the pandemic unfolds.

Health Behavior Change

3rd Edition
September 19, 2018
Pip Mason
English

Based upon a tried and tested framework of intervention, Health Behavior Change, third edition, brings together the field of communication, the study of motivation and how people change, and insights derived from listening to and observing patients over many years, to provide a helpful source of advice on how to encourage individuals to embrace behaviour change and then maintain it. This popular paperback is written in a friendly and accessible writing style, and contains an abundance of ‘real-life’ clinical cases, sample interviews, and the latest evidence-base regarding best practice. The book also contains information on learning the necessary techniques, overcoming personal barriers to success, and how to use the techniques in a wide variety of settings. Learning aids include ‘Useful Questions’ boxes, to help learners structure consultations, ‘Key Points’ boxes, to summarise the crucial ‘take home’ message, and ‘What to Avoid’ boxes, which give the benefit of extensive experience. The new edition now comes with an EVOLVE© website which contains a helpful video demonstration of a successful interview, an explanatory transcript of which is given within the book, and downloadable Patient Worksheets. Suitable for a wide-ranging readership ranging from primary care physicians and nurses to physiotherapists and sports therapists, this book will be perfect for use in the primary care setting, inpatient or outpatient departments, community health projects, the A&E department, leisure facilities and occupational health clinics.

Promoting Health: A Practical Guide

7th Edition
June 30, 2017
Angela Scriven
English

Leading the field in public health for over 30 years, Ewles & Simnett’s seminal text is now in its seventh edition. This new edition, the second to be revised by Angela Scriven, has been thoroughly updated and aligned with national standards to provide an accessible, current, practical guide for all those involved in the what, why, who and how of health promotion and public health practice.

Public Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes

1st Edition
August 5, 2015
Josie Evans + 1 more
Angela Scriven
English

Public Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes provides up-to-date, evidence-based information in a convenient pocket-sized format. Diabetes is a worldwide public health concern and is being referred to as the ‘global epidemic of diabetes’, the ‘silent epidemic’ and the ‘diabetes timebomb’. The increasing incidence of diabetes, the heavy burden of morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes, and its spiralling healthcare costs, underpin the importance of a public health approach to its prevention and management. This Mini-Guide explores in more detail how public health practice might address some of these issues.

Public Health Mini-Guides: Alcohol Misuse

1st Edition
June 14, 2014
Ken Barrie + 1 more
Angela Scriven
English

Public Health Mini-Guides: Alcohol Misuse provides up-to-date, evidence-based information in a convenient pocket-sized format. Alcohol Misuse is a major public health concern in the UK, and its impact is significant on a global scale. This Mini-Guide presents resources, research and examples relating to this challenge, exploring the causes of alcohol misuse along with the approaches to reduce alcohol problems at both individual and population levels.

Public Health Mini-Guides: Obesity

1st Edition
January 3, 2014
Nick Townsend + 1 more
English

Obesity and its linked morbidity and mortality is a significant public health challenge on a global scale and places a burden not only on the individual but also on society as a whole. This Mini-Guide presents key themes relating to this challenge, including the means of measuring obesity, the most recent prevalence and trends, the health consequences and causes of obesity along with approaches to counter obesity both at an individual and a population level. "..useful for anyone preparing a presentation or policy on the topic." Reviewed by Nerys Williams on behalf of Occupational Medicine, January 2015

Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion

3rd Edition
June 1, 2010
Jennie Naidoo + 1 more
English

This package provides you with the book plus the eBook – giving you the printed book and also giving access to the complete book content electronically. Evolve eBooks allows you to quickly search the entire book, make notes, add highlights, and study more efficiently. Buying other Evolve eBooks titles makes your learning experience even better: all of the eBooks will work together on your electronic 'bookshelf', so that you can search across your entire library of Nursing eBooks. Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion is the second title in the ‘Public Health and Health Promotion Practice’ series, expanding on the best-selling introductory textbook, Foundations for Health Promotion. Developing Practice is an essential text for the many different practitioners, professionals and specialists who contribute to public health and health promotion, enabling them to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence.

Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion

3rd Edition
June 1, 2010
Jennie Naidoo + 1 more
English

This package provides you with the book plus the eBook – giving you the printed book and also giving access to the complete book content electronically. Evolve eBooks allows you to quickly search the entire book, make notes, add highlights, and study more efficiently. Buying other Evolve eBooks titles makes your learning experience even better: all of the eBooks will work together on your electronic 'bookshelf', so that you can search across your entire library of Nursing eBooks. Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion is the second title in the ‘Public Health and Health Promotion Practice’ series, expanding on the best-selling introductory textbook, Foundations for Health Promotion. Developing Practice is an essential text for the many different practitioners, professionals and specialists who contribute to public health and health promotion, enabling them to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence.

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Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

Health Behavior Change

Promoting Health: A Practical Guide

Public Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes

Public Health Mini-Guides: Alcohol Misuse

Public Health Mini-Guides: Obesity

Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion

Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion

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