Promoting Health
A Practical Guide
3rd Edition
Published in March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-873853-17-7 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this book is to provide an easy-to-read, practical guide for all those who practise health promotion in their everyday work. The book is designed to be used as a self-teaching aid and as a source of material and ideas for course tutors. Included in the book are exercises, case-studies, quizzes, questionnaires and cartoons to make learning stimulating, relevant and enjoyable.
The aim of this book is to provide an easy-to-read, practical guide for all those who practise health promotion in their everyday work. The book is designed to be used as a self-teaching aid and as a source of material and ideas for course tutors. Included in the book are exercises, case-studies, quizzes, questionnaires and cartoons to make learning stimulating, relevant and enjoyable.
The aim of this book is to provide an easy-to-read, practical guide for all those who practise health promotion in their everyday work. The book is designed to be used as a self-teaching aid and as a source of material and ideas for course tutors. Included in the book are exercises, case-studies, quizzes, questionnaires and cartoons to make learning stimulating, relevant and enjoyable.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 168 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-873853-17-7 (9781873853177)
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09/1998
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Content
Part 1 Thinking about health and health promotion: what is health promotion?; philosophical issues in health promotion; identifying health promoters and their roles. Part 2 Moving from theory to practice: identifying health promotion needs and priorities; planning and evaluating; some key aspects of managing health promotion. Part 3 Developing competence in health promotion: fundamentals of communication; working with groups; helping people to make health choices; teaching and instructing; working with communities; changing policy and practice; using and producing health promotion materials; working with the mass media.