This hugely popular textbook provides a broad-based and user-friendly introduction to health promotion and its use in practice.
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.
Foundations for Health Promotion is suitable for 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.
Key Features
- Packed with interactive exercises to consolidate learning
- Focus on application of knowledge to practice
- Self-reflection on practice in each chapter to encourage deeper engagement
- Case studies and research examples provide evidence base for health promotion in different professions and areas of practice
New Features
- New chapters on health protection, communicating health and healthy universities
- New chapter on evaluating research and evidence - key components of workforce competencies
- Thoroughly revised and updated throughout to reflect recent changes in health promotion theories, practice and policy
- Accompanying videos narrated by Professor Wills give an overview of key topics
Part 1: The theory of health promotion
- Concepts of health
- Influences on health
- Measuring health
- Defining health promotion
- Models and approaches to health promotion
- Ethical issues in health
- The politics of health promotion
Part 2: Strategies and methods
- Reorienting health services
- Developing personal skills
- Strengthening community action
- Developing healthy public policy
- Using media in health promotion
- Health promotion and infection control
Part 3: Settings for health promotion
- Health promotion in schools
- Health promotion in universities
- Health promotion in the workplace
- Health promotion in neighbourhoods
- Health promotion in health services
- Health promotion in prisons
Part 4: Implementing health promotion
- Assessing health needs
- Planning health promotion interventions
- Evaluation in health promotion
- The importance of being research and evidence informed
Undergrad and postgrad nursing
Practical exercises and stories very useful for undergraduates.
Perfectly suited to this module for year 1 students who are trying to grasp the fundamental principles of health promotion. This book offers everything they will need for the whole programme.
Well written with great examples
The latest 'Foundations' book updates the established title which has been core to the course reading list for many years
The layout is easy to read. It will work well for the programs Health promotion module and may be added to Core reading at a later date. The information is sectioned nicely and mirrors core learning plans for the module. I like how clear the summary, conclusions, research examples and case studies are. I loved how it linked with other health theory as this is not something I have noticed in other Health promotion text.
The book explains health promotion in a very clear and holistic manner . It is easy to read, easy to understand and easy to use.