| Description |
xix, 451 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Health as a socio-ecological approach -- Primary health care : principles and practices -- Promoting health in an era of globalisation -- Enabling health and wellness : practice roles and models of care -- Healthy families -- Healthy children -- Healthy adolescents -- Healthy adults -- Healthy ageing -- Health and gender : healthy women, healthy men -- Cultural inclusiveness : safe cultures, healthy indigenous people -- Building the evidence base : research to practice -- Inclusive policies, equitable health care systems |
| Summary |
"This valuable new edition of Community health and wellness builds on a unique socio-ecological approach to community health and the promotion of health care across the lifespan, with an increased emphasis on health literacy, intervention and health promotion. 'The Miller Family' evolving case study runs through the text and examines issues played out by various family members. This multi-generational, extended family spans Australia and New Zealand, providing examples of primary health care issues in both countries including accessing care, child, adolescent and adult health services, contemporary family issues, ageing, and cultural support. New to this edition: focus on learning outcomes to better integrate policy, research and practice; strong pedagogy to increase engagement and emphasise key issues; reflective exercises and action points encourage readers to consider the key issues and their implications; research studies exemplify the theme of each chapter and promote evidence-based practice. Features: global insights with a focus in primary health care practice in Australia and New Zealand; promotes community health care across the lifespan; promotes a unique socio-ecological approach to community health; the Ottawa Charter; Jakarta Declaration and the Bangkok Charter are included as contemporary health promotion guidelines for practice; chapter references and useful websites provide specific, up-to-the-minute resources." |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Previous ed.: Community health and wellness: a socio-ecological approach, Sydney : Mosby Elsevier, c2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Originally published Sydney : Mosby Elsevier, c2007 |
| Subject |
Community health services -- Australia.
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Health promotion -- Australia.
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Health promotion -- New Zealand.
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Health promotion -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Public health -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Public health -- Australia.
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Public health -- New Zealand.
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Social medicine -- Australia.
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Social medicine -- New Zealand.
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Health Promotion.
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Social Medicine.
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Public Health.
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Community Health Nursing.
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Health Promotion.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Clendon, Jill.
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| ISBN |
0729539547 (paperback) |
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9780729539548 (paperback) |
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