Health promotion for all

Author(s)

    • Pike, Susan
    • Forster, Diana

Bibliographic Information

Health promotion for all

edited by Susan Pike, Diana Forster

Churchill Livingstone, c1995

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA26465717
  • ISBN
    • 0443050899
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Edinburgh ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 220 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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