Health Sciences & Professions
With Its Accessible Language And Emphasis On Practical Application, This Text Helps Readers Grasp New Theories Easily And Shows Readers How To Use These Theories Effectively When Designing Programs In Community, School, Work-Site, Or ...
This book covers the philosophical and ethical foundations of the professional practice of health education in school, community, work site and hospital settings, as well as in health promotion consultant activities.
The text shows how their application to health and health behaviors within communities can empower people to make healthy choices, so they can live longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, and premature death.
The Fourth Edition of Principles and Foundations connects you to research, resources and practitioners in health education while providing a solid foundation in the history, philosophy, theory, and ethics of health education.
The fourth edition of Foundations for Health Promotion continues to offer a wealth of information in a friendly, easy-to-read format.
This edition responds to new developments in health behavior theories and their application in new settings, to new populations, and in new ways.
Principles and Foundations of Health Promotion and Educationprovides introductory-level health education readers with a solid understanding of the scope and practice of health educators historically, philosophically, theoretically, and ...
We here expand the understanding of health promotion beyond health protection and disease prevention. The book focuses on describing and explaining salutogenesis as an umbrella concept, not only as the key concept of sense of coherence.
In Australia, Taiwan, an Turkey, the TMC has focused on smoking cessation and avoiding secondhan smoke, while in France, research focused on physical activity (Bernard et al 2014; Campbell et al., 2013; Ergul & Temel, 2009; Huang, Guo, ...
New topics in this edition include: Climate change, genetic testing and epidemiology; new methods for measuring the burden of disease; life course approaches to epidemiology, behavioural economics; and physical activity, health and ...