Health Promotion
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Health Promotion

Evidence and Experience

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Health Promotion

Evidence and Experience

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About This Book

?In short, Lloyd and Lucas? approach is challenging in its emphasis on a ?positive? and holistic orientation to health and always humane in its emphasis on quality of life and, in the authors? words, ?the indivisibility of the individual from society? -Professor Keith Tones

Health Promotion is a major focus of government policy and an expanding area of practice involving a range of public health professionals. At the same time, there is much debate about what is meant by "health" and the best strategies for improving, developing and promoting it. In light of these debates, Health Promotion offers a major reappraisal of health promotion activity, examining the evidence for what actually works and highlighting issues for improving efficacy.

The field of health promotion has traditionally drawn from diverse fields including health psychology, epidemiology, political science and educational theory. The authors argue that the effect of this has often been an unhelpfully fragmented view of people and their health. They propose an alternative, more integrated view as means of better understanding people and for making public health strategies more effective.

Health Promotion: Evidence and Experienc e makes thought-provoking reading for all those involved in public health and those with an interest in finding new ways to improve health outcomes.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2005
ISBN
9781848605428
Edition
1
Topic
Medicina
Subtopic
Sanità, amministrazione e assistenza pubblica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. A personal perspective: Barbara Lloyd
  5. A personal perspective: Kevin Lucas
  6. Chapter 1 - Health and health promotion: 'Theory', models and approaches
  7. Chapter 2 - Health, disease and illness: the voice of authority
  8. Chapter 3 - Health, social indicators and the quality of life
  9. Chapter 4 - Social capital for all?
  10. Chapter 5 - Reasoned Action? More theory than evidence
  11. Chapter 6 - Risky behaviour? Judging the odds
  12. Chapter 7 - The indivisibility of the individual from society
  13. Chapter 8 - Human perspectives in health promotion
  14. References
  15. Author Index
  16. Subject Index