Foundations for health promotion / Jennie Naidoo, Jane Wills.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Rev. ed. of: Health promotion / Jennie Naidoo, Jane Wills. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts of health -- Influences on health -- Measuring health -- Defining health promotion -- Models and approaches to health promotion -- Ethical issues in health promotion -- The politics of health promotion -- Reorienting health services -- Developing personal skills -- Strengthening community action -- Developing healthy public policy -- Using media in health promotion -- Health promotion in schools -- Health promotion in the workplace -- Health promotion in neighbourhoods -- Health promotion in primary care and hospitals -- Health promotion in prisons -- Assessing health needs -- Planning health promotion interventions -- Evaluation in health promotion.

Fully revised and updated, this book offers a foundation for practice that encourages students and practitioners to identify opportunities for health promotion in their area of work.