Promoting Health , 7th Edition
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 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.
Key Features
- 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
New to this Edition
- Updated framework for health promotion practice including distinction between comprehensive and selective primary health care approaches, and the addition of the health promotion practice cycle
- Introduction to the values and principles of critical health promotion and their application within a comprehensive primary health care context
- Increased focus on indigenous perspectives, with current Australian and New Zealand examples
- Quizzes to check understanding of the content of each chapter
| ISBN | 9780729543538 |
|---|---|
| Table of Content | Part 1: Health promotion development and concepts Part 2: Health promotion practice |
| Author Information | By Jane Taylor, PhD, M Hlth Prom, Grad Cert Int Hlth, BEd, Associate Professor in Public Health (Health Promotion), University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia; Lily O'Hara, PhD, M Pub Hlth, Postgrad Cert Hlth Prom, BScPhD, M Pub Hlth, Postgrad Cert Hlth Prom, BSc, Associate Professor in Public Health (Health Promotion), Qatar University, Qatar; Lyn Talbot, Dr Pub Hlth, M Hlth Sc, Grad Dip Hlth Sc, Grad Cert Higher Ed, RN , Corporate and Community Planner-Strategy, City of Greater Bendigo, VIC, Australia and Glenda Verrinder, PhD, M Hlth Sc, Grad Dip Hlth Sc, Grad Cert Higher Ed, Cert CHN, RN, RM , Senior Lecturer, La Trobe Rural Health School, School of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, VIC, Australia |
| Trim | 245 x 175mm |
| Pages | 496 |
| Publication Date | 15-09-2020 |
| Stock Status | In Stock |
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