Promoting Health: A Practical Guide - E-Book , 6th Edition

Description

Promoting Health is a seminal text that has been used in the training and education of health promoters over the last 25 years and has shaped health promotion practice in the UK. This 6th edition has undergone significant revision by a new author, Angela Scriven, a leading academic widely published in the health-promotion field, bringing it up to date with current practice.

The text provides an accessible practical guide for all those involved in health promotion. Concerned with the what, why, who and how of health promotion, it is invaluable to students of the discipline.

Key Features

• Fully updated to meet the needs of today’s public health practitioners
• Case studies and exercises enable application of ideas
• Provides practice and guidance on report writing, running meetings and working with the media and influencing policy
• Discusses working with groups and networks, as well as individual clients
• User-friendly, interactive style

• New, contemporary format

Readership

• Nursing and Allied Health students doing modules on Health Promotion, Publich Health, Health Studies or Publich Health Nursing.
• Students studying for a diploma or BSc in Health Promotion, Public Health, Health Studies or Public Health Nursing.

Author Information

By Angela Scriven, BA(Hons), MEd, CertEd, FRSPH, MIUHPE, Reader in Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, London, UK and Angela Scriven, BA(Hons), MEd, CertEd, FRSPH, MIUHPE, Reader in Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, London, UK