Health promotion and health education in nursing : a framework for practice / edited by Dean Whitehead, Fiona Irvine.

1. Contextualizing Health Promotion:- Introduction--What is health? What influences health?--Inequalities in health--Differentiating the concepts of health education, health promotion and public health--Health education--Health promotion--Public health--Applying the concepts: the challenges for nurses--Conclusion---2. Health Promotion Theory, Models and Approaches:- Introduction--What are approaches to health promotion?-- Different approaches to promoting health--The three different approaches framework--Community development approach--Settings approach--A combination of approaches?-- Health promotion theory and models--Health promotion models--Conclusion--3. Health Promotion and the Role and Function of the Nurse:- Introduction--Who does health promotion?--Shifting the nurse\'s knowledge and understanding of health promotion--Organizational, professional and personal barriers to developing health-promoting practice--Health promotion: the nurse as a role model--Health promotion: some practical steps--Conclusion--4. A systematic Approach to Health Promotion:- Introduction--The overall process of health promotion--The precede-proceed model--Assessing health promotion--Planning health promotion--Implementing health promotion interventions--Evaluating health promotion--A systematic process for health education--Health promotion and the process of research--Health promotion and the process of evidence based practice--Conclusion--5. Settings Based Health Promotion:- Introduction--Why settings for health promotion?--Health promoting health services--Health promotion in the hospital setting--Health promotion in the school setting--Health promotion in the university setting--Conclusion--6. Evidence Based Prqactice in Health Promotion:- Introduction--What is evidence based practice (EBP) and evidence based health promotion (EBHP)?--What counts as evidence?--The debate about professional knowledge versus lay knowledge--What to measure: process or outcome?--A widescreen approach--Evidence based health promotion in practice--Barriers and solutions to implementing evidence based health promotion--Conclusion--7. Health promotion: Politics, Policy and Ethics:- Introduction--The context of HIV / AIDS in relation to health promotion -- Ethics: What it is and why is it important to health promotion--Ethics related to the well-being of individuals, communities and societies--Politics: What is it and why is it important to health promotion?--The context of the HIV / AIDS pandemic--Conclusion--8. Current and future Developments in Health Promotion:- Introduction--Improvements in global health--~Shifting patterns of health--Globalization--Inequalities in health--New patterns of health--Addressing challenges to global health-- The (in) effectiveness of policies to promote health--Conclusion.

Health promotion activity is now a fundamental requirement of the role of a health professional. This book equips students and newly-qualified health professionals with the knowledge and means to understand and implement a systematic approach to their health promotion practice.