×


 x 

Shopping cart
Mary Gottwald - Guide to Practical Health Promotion - 9780335244591 - V9780335244591
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Guide to Practical Health Promotion

€ 40.61
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Guide to Practical Health Promotion Paperback. Suitable for allied health professionals, nurses and students involved in health promotion practice and will help you to build confidence in your health promotion skills. This book uses case scenarios to explore how health promotion activities can empower individuals to make decisions that change their health related behaviour. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
“This book should become a key textbook of choice for a wide range of health care professionals and students. It encourages autonomous learning and helps develop critical analytical skills … Each chapter follows a logical progression using key objectives which relate to a range of activities and up to date evidenced based sources of information. The range of depth and breadth of material is contemporary and as such should meet the academic, managerial and clinical background of the reader.”
Helen Matthews, Senior Lecturer in Health and Community Care, University of West London, UK

“This text represents a useful, well-pitched contribution … ... Read more
Jane Thomas, Acting Head of College of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, UK

Do you have difficulties deciding which health promotion activities facilitate behavioural change?

This accessible book focuses on the practical activity of health promotion and shows students and practitioners how to actually apply health promotion in practice. The book uses case scenarios to explore how health promotion activities can empower individuals to make decisions that change their health related behaviour.

This book explores the role of health promotion and explores a number of practical approaches, such as developing client’s self-awareness and skills, working with groups and communities and social marketing and the mass media.

The book includes:

  • Learning outcomes, think points and implications for practice, giving readers guidance on engaging with health promotion
  • Multi-setting case studies including schools, prisons and the local community
  • Activities to develop self-awareness, self-esteem, assertiveness, empowerment, communication and life skills
A Guide to Practical Health Promotion is suitable for allied health professionals, nurses and students involved in health promotion practice and will help you to build confidence in your health promotion skills. Show Less

Product Details

Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780335244591
SKU
V9780335244591
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Mary Gottwald
Mary Gottwald is Principal Lecturer for Student Experience at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is also an occupational therapist and has worked in South Africa and the UK and teaches in the UK and Hong Kong. Jane Goodman-Brown is Programme Lead for Public Health at Oxford Brookes University, UK and teaches in the UK and Hong Kong. She is ... Read more

Reviews for Guide to Practical Health Promotion

Goodreads reviews for Guide to Practical Health Promotion


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!