Promoting the Health of the Nation

Introduction. Learning Profile SECTION 1 REFLECTIONS on HEALTH: the Practitioner as Health Promoter. What Is Health?. Health. Whose Responsibility?. Models of Health Promotion SECTION 2 the NATURE of HEALTH PROMOTION: Defining Health Promotion. The WHO Principles of Health Promotion SECTION 3 APPROACHES to HEALTH PROMOTION: the Preventive Approach. The Empowerment Approach. The Radical Approach. Approaches to Health Assessment SECTION 4 STRATEGIES for HEALTH PROMOTION: the Importance of Policy in Health Care. Health Promotion Strategy in England. Health Promotion Strategy in Wales. Health Promotion Strategy in Scotland. Health Promotion Strategy in North Ireland SECTION 5 PREVENTING CORONARY HEART DISEASE: the Scope of the Problem. The Targets. Implications for Practice SECTION 6 COPING with CANCER: the Scope of the Problem. The Targets. Implications for Practice. Promoting the Health and Well-Being of People with Cancer SECTION 7 PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH: the Scope of the Problem. The Targets. The Nature of Mental Health. The Concept of Coherence. Implications for Practice SECTION 8 PROMOTING SEXUAL HEALTH: the Scope of the Problem. The Targets. Implications for Practice SECTION 9 REDUCING CHILDHOOD ACCIDENTS: the Targets. The Nature of Childhood Accidents. Strategies for Accident Prevention. Implications for Practice SECTION 10 HEALTH PROMOTION in PRACTICE: from Policy to Practice /Purchasing for Health. Planning a Health Promotion Programme Learning Review. Annotated Further Reading. References READER: Offprints: Looking After Ourselves: an Individual Responsibility?. Health Education: Prevention or Subversion?. Every Picture Tells the Story. Community Mothers: Trick or Treat?. Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: Example 2. Improving Diet for Low-Income Families. Mental Illness: Example 1. Providing Post-Natal Day Services. And Today's Remedy Will Be.... Effectiveness of Health Checks Conducted By Nurses in Primary Care: Final Results of the OXCHECK Study. Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Screening and Intervention in General Practice: Principal Results of British Family Heart Study. Skin Cancer: Do Early Childcare Centres Provide Protection?. Woman Accused of Abbie Abdunction 'Could Not Cope After Shame of Losing Own Baby'. What Is Community Mental Health?. The Picture of Childhood Accidents: Questionnaire. The Picture of Childhood Accidents: Information Sheet. Children's Safety in the Home: Parents' Possession and Perceptions of the Importance of Safety Equipment. Accident Prevention: a Community Approach. Extracts from Purchasing for the Health of the Nation