Foundations for Health Promotion

<p>This hugely popular textbook provides a broad-based and user-friendly introduction to health promotion and its use in practice.</p> <p>Written by Professor Jane Wills, the book takes the reader through health promotion theory, strategy and methods, settings and implementation. It is clearly structured and accessibly written, with a discursive style that will appeal to readers of all levels and sufficient theoretical depth for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.</p><i> <p>Foundations for Health Promotion </i>is suitable for<i> </i>students and practitioners of nursing, medicine, dentistry, allied health and social work, who will learn the essentials of health promotion as a discipline and reflect on its potential for their own work.</p><ul> <li>Packed with interactive exercises to consolidate learning</li> <p> <li>Focus on application of knowledge to practice</li> <p> <li>Self-reflection on practice in each chapter to encourage deeper engagement </li> <p> <li>Case studies and research examples provide evidence base for health promotion in different professions and areas of practice</li> </ul><ul> <li>New chapters on health protection, communicating health and healthy universities </li> <p> <li>New chapter on evaluating research and evidence - key components of workforce competencies</li> <p> <li>Thoroughly revised and updated throughout to reflect recent changes in health promotion theories, practice and policy</li> <p> <li>Accompanying videos narrated by Professor Wills give an overview of key topics</li> </ul>