Health Promotion
Professional Perspectives
2nd Edition
Published on 31. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-333-94834-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thoroughly revised and updated to take account of recent changes in health policy, this new edition offers an extensive insight into a wide variety of professional perspectives on health promotion. New chapters highlight recent significant changes in the NHS, the emerging role of primary care groups, the enhanced role of community nurses including policy initiatives such as health action zones, and health promotion in higher education.
Reviews / Votes
'An excellent read for anyone wanting to understand the key issues and drives in health promotion today...the book has a great deal to recommend it.' - Di Swanston and Hannah Cinamon, Health Service Journal '[T]he book is an excellent first port of call for anybody needing a basic understanding of the types of health promotion work and new opportunities relating to particular settings.' - Journal of Child Health CareMore details
Edition
2nd ed. 2001
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
272 p.
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Weight
427 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-94834-7 (9780333948347)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-11320-7
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
04/1996
Palgrave Macmillan
€19.83
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Persons
ANGELA SCRIVEN is Award Leader for Professional Health Programmes and Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Human Sciences at Bath Spa University College.
JUDY ORME is Award Leader for Public Health and Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England.
JUDY ORME is Award Leader for Public Health and Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England.
Content
Introduction; A.Scriven.- SECTION ONE: ISSUES CONCERNED WITH THEORY AND PRACTICE.- SECTION TWO: HEALTH SERVICE.- SECTION THREE: LOCAL AUTHORITY.- SECTION FOUR: EDUCATION AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS.- SECTION FIVE: VOLUNTARY SECTOR.- SECTION SIX: WORKPLACE.