
Health Promotion for All
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
Published on 7. August 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-0-443-05089-3 (ISBN)
Description
An in-depth book that covers all the important topics that relate to health promotion and health education, a field of growing importance to nursing. It includes applications to all four branches of nursing and also to midwifery. It is research-based and full of reliable information which will help nurses and midwives cope successfully with their widening 'health promotion' role. Features: * gives nursing and midwifery students (as well as qualified practitioners) all the essential information they need in order to be able to fulfil their increasingly important 'health promotion' role * written in a user-friendly and readable style * research-based and therefore includes reliable and authoritative information and guidance * specially written with the needs of nurses and midwives in mind.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primarily pre-registration nurses, post-registration nurses especially those who were trained before Project 2000
Illustrations
7 ills.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-05089-3 (9780443050893)
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Content
SECTION 1 an INDIVIDUAL and COMMUNITY FOCUS for HEALTH PROMOTION: What Is Health Promotion?. Why Health Promotion?. Health Promotion Now: The Development of Policy. Health Promotion: Models and Approaches. Values and Ethical Issues. SECTION 2 PRACTISING HEALTH PROMOTION: Information and Health Promotion. Communication in Health Promotion. Groups and Teams. Education for Health. A Life-Cycle Approach to Health Promotion. SECTION 3 BROADENING the VISION for HEALTH PROMOTION: Settings for Health Promotion. Inequalities in Health and Health Promotion. Health and the Environment. Towards an Integrated Model of Health Promotion in Nursing Practice. SECTION 4 FURTHER ACTIVITIES: Organising Information and Exploring Ideas.