Foundations for Health Promotion

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The new edition of the highly successful Foundations for Health Promotion continues to offer a wealth of information in a unique, user-friendly format. Containing over 300 artworks, tables and 'pull out' boxes, this helpful text covers the theory, strategies and methods, settings and implementation of health promotion. Applicable to a wide range of health and social care professionals and anyone engaged with education about health and wellbeing. Comprehensive updating and expansion to reflect recent research findings and major organizational and policy changes Clear structure and signposting for ease of reading and study Wide choice of examples and illustrative case studies reflect the needs of a variety of professional groups in health services, local and municipal services and education Interactive learning activities with indicative answers help readers consolidate their learning Comprehensively updated and expanded to reflect major organizational and policy changes Interactive learning activities with indicative answers at the end of each chapter 'Pull out' boxes illustrate recent research findings and case studies of practice Title page Table of Contents Copyright Preface Acknowledgements Part One. The theory of health promotion Introduction Chapter One. Concepts of health Importance of the Topic Defining health, well-being, disease, illness and ill health Well-being The Western scientific medical model of health A critique of the medical model Lay concepts of health Cultural views of health A unified view of health Conclusion Summary Chapter Two. Influences on health Importance of the Topic Determinants of health Social class and health Income and health Housing and health Employment and health Gender and health Health of ethnic minorities Place and health Explaining health inequalities Tackling inequalities in health Conclusion Summary Chapter Three. Measuring health Importance of the Topic Why measure health? Ways of measuring health Measuring health as a negative variable (e.g. health is not being diseased or ill) Mortality statistics Morbidity statistics Measuring health and disease in populations Measures of health as an objective attribute Measuring deprivation Subjective health measures Physical well-being, functional ability and health status Psychological well-being Social capital and social cohesion Quality of life Conclusion Summary Chapter Four. Defining health promotion Importance of the Topic Foundations of health promotion Origins of health promotion in the UK Public health The World Health Organization and health promotion Defining health promotion Critiques of health promotion The argument for health promotion Advocacy Enablement Mediation Conclusion Summary Chapter Five. Models and approaches to health promotion Importance of the Topic The medical approach Behaviour change The educational approach Empowerment Social change Models of health promotion Theories in health promotion Conclusion Summary Chapter Six. Ethical issues in health promotion Importance of the Topic The need for a philosophy of health promotion Duty and codes of practice Consequentialism and utilitarianism: The individual and the common good Ethical principles Conclusion Summary Chapter Seven. The politics of health promotion Importance of the Topic What is politics? Political ideologies Globalization Health as political The politics of health promotion structures and organization The politics of health promotion methods Being political Conclusion Summary Part Two. Strategies and methods Introduction Chapter Eight. Reorienting health services Importance of the Topic Introduction Promoting health in and through the health sector Primary healthcare and health promotion Primary healthcare principles Primary healthcare: strategies Primary healthcare: service provision Participation Equity Collaboration Who promotes health? Public health and health promotion workforce Specialist community public health nurses Mental health nurses School nurses Midwives General practitioners Practice nurses Dentists Pharmacists Environmental health workers Allied health workers Care workers Specialists Conclusion Summary Chapter Nine. Developing personal skills Importance of the Topic Definitions The health belief model Theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behaviour The stages of change model The prerequisites of change Conclusion Summary Chapter Ten. Strengthening community action Importance of the Topic Defining community Why work with communities? Approaches to strengthening community action Defining community development Community development and health promotion Working with a community-centred approach Types of activities involved in strengthening community action Dilemmas and challenges in community-centred practice Conclusion Summary Chapter Eleven. Developing healthy public policy Importance of the Topic Defining HPP Health in all policies (HiAP) Health impact assessment (HIA) The history of HPP Key characteristics of HPP: advantages and barriers The practitioner’s role in HPP Evaluating an HPP approach Conclusion Summary Chapter Twelve. Using media in health promotion Importance of the Topic Introduction The nature of media effects The role of mass media Planned campaigns Unpaid media coverage Media advocacy Social marketing What the mass media can and cannot do Communication tools Conclusion Summary Part Three. Settings for health promotion Introduction Chapter Thirteen. Health promoting schools Importance of the Topic Why the school is a key setting for health promotion Health promotion in schools The health promoting school Policies and practices Links with the community Effective interventions Conclusion Summary Chapter Fourteen. Health promoting workplaces Importance of the Topic Why is the workplace a key setting for health promotion? The relationship between work and health Responsibility for workplace health Health promotion in the workplace Conclusion Summary Chapter Fifteen. Health promoting neighbourhoods Importance of the Topic Defining neighbourhoods Why neighbourhoods are a key setting for health promotion Conclusion Summary Chapter Sixteen. Health promoting health services Importance of the Topic Defining a health promoting hospital Why hospitals are a key setting for health promotion Promoting the health of patients Promoting the health of staff The hospital and the community Organizational health promotion The HPH movement Health promoting pharmacies Conclusion Summary Chapter Seventeen. Health promoting prisons Importance of the Topic Why prisons have been identified as a setting for health promotion Barriers to prisons as health promoting settings Health promoting prisons Examples of effective interventions Conclusion Summary Part Four. Implementing health promotion Introduction Chapter Eighteen. Assessing health needs Importance of the Topic Defining health needs The purpose of assessing health needs Health needs assessment Setting priorities Conclusion Summary Chapter Nineteen. Planning health promotion interventions Importance of the Topic Reasons for planning Health promotion planning cycle Strategic planning Project planning Planning models Stage 1: What is the nature of the problem? Stage 2: What needs to be done? Set aims and objectives Stage 3: Identify appropriate methods for achieving the objectives Stage 4: Identify resources and inputs Stage 5: Plan evaluation methods Stage 6: Set an action plan Stage 7: Action, or implementation of the plan Planning models PRECEDE-PROCEED model Quality and audit Conclusion Summary Chapter Twenty. Evaluating health promotion interventions Importance of the Topic Defining evaluation Why evaluate? What to evaluate Process, impact and outcome evaluation Evaluation research methodologies How to evaluate: The process of evaluation How to evaluate: Gathering and analysing data Building an evidence base for health promotion What to do with the evaluation: Putting the findings into practice Conclusion Summary Glossary Index