The Essential Guide to Public Health and Health Promotion

Designed to help readers develop the practical skills needed to become effective public health practitioners, this concise text gives a highly accessible overview of the theory and practice of public health and health promotion.

Autorentext

Susan R. Thompson has worked in the field of public health and health promotion for over 30 years within nursing, health promotion services and academia. She holds a masters degree in Public Health and has been an academic since 2005. In addition to this publication, she has published a range of articles and delivered international conference presentations and workshops. She is a trustee and board member of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, an international body which seeks to support health promoters in their work and contribute to and lobby for policy change in the field of health promotion and public health.

Inhalt

Foreward. 1.What is Health? 2.The Main Killers. 3.Health Inequalities. 4 Approaches and Models Used to Promote Health. 5.Health Needs Assessment. 6.Health Education and Information. 7.Supporting People Through Behaviour Change. 8.Programme Planning. 9.Focus on Health Promotion in Diverse Ethnic Communities. 10.Focus on Psychological Therapies and Mental Health Promotion in Young People. 11.Focus on a Strategy to Promote the Health of People with a Learning Disability. 12.Focus on Health Promotion for Children and Young People. 13.Focus on Physical Activity Promotion. 14.Future and Persistent Challenges in Public Health