| Description |
1 online resource (157 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; 1 What is health?; 2 The main killers; 3 Approaches and models used to promote health; 4 Health needs assessment; 5 Health education and information; 6 Supporting people with behaviour change; 7 Programme planning; 8 The same or different? Health promotion in ethnically diverse communities; 9 Focus on mental health promotion, obesity and alcohol; 10 Persistent and future challenges in public health; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
In the twenty-first century, public health is everyone's business. The nursing and medical professions are well placed to provide advice to their clients, especially in respect to lifestyle change, and public health initiatives are supported by a range of statutory and voluntary organisations and health workers, ranging from health promotion specialists to smoking cessation advisers and nutrition assistants. Designed to help readers develop the practical skills they need to become effective public health practitioners, this concise text gives an easily digested overview of public hea |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health.
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Health promotion.
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Public Health Practice
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Public Health
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Health Promotion
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public health.
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Health promotion
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Public health
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135082697 |
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1135082693 |
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