Health Promotion: Global Principles and Practice

di Ruth Cross (Autore)

Louise Warwick-Booth (Autore)

Simon Rowlands (Autore)

CABI Publishing, 2020

Health promotion is a key mechanism in tackling the foremost health challenges faced by developing and developed nations. Covering key concepts, theory and practical aspects, this new edition continues to focus on the themes central to health promotion practice worldwide. Social determinants, equality and equity, policy and health, working in partnerships, sustainability, evaluation and evidence-based practice are detailed, and the critical application of health promotion to practice is outlined throughout the book. Beginning with the foundations of this important area, in this new edition the authors then place greater emphasis on the role of power within health and communities. Drawing upon international settings and teaching experience in the global North and South, it finishes with a summary of the future directions of professional health promotion practice. Placing a strong emphasis on a global context, this book provides an accessible and engaging resource for postgraduate students of health promotion, public health nursing and related subjects, health practitioners and NGOs.

• Autore: Ruth Cross, Louise Warwick-Booth, Simon Rowlands
• Editore: CABI Publishing
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 264 p.
• Dimensioni: 246 x 189 mm
• Peso: 736 gr.
• EAN: 9781789245332

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