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Health promotion : disciplines and diversity / edited by Robin Bunton and Gordon Macdonald.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 1992.Description: xii,240p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 9780415075558 (cased) :
  • pbk
  • 041505981X (pb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613 BUN
Contents:
1. Health promotion : discipline or disciplines?--2. Psychology and health promotion--3. What is the relevance of sociology for health promotion? --4. The contribution of education to health promotion --5. Epidemiology and health promotion : a common understanding--Part II: 6. Using economics in health promotion --7. Health promotion as social policy -- 8. Social marketing and health promotion--9. Communication theory and health promotion--10. The growth of health promotion theory and its rational reconstruction : lessons from the philosophy of science.
Summary: Attempts to trace the theoretical roots of health promotion in disciplines such as psychology, sociology, education and epidemiology and provides a range of practical examples of applied theory.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 613 BUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 103733
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 613 BUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 103730

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Health promotion : discipline or disciplines?--2. Psychology and health promotion--3. What is the relevance of sociology for health promotion? --4. The contribution of education to health promotion --5. Epidemiology and health promotion : a common understanding--Part II: 6. Using economics in health promotion --7. Health promotion as social policy -- 8. Social marketing and health promotion--9. Communication theory and health promotion--10. The growth of health promotion theory and its rational reconstruction : lessons from the philosophy of science.

Attempts to trace the theoretical roots of health promotion in disciplines such as psychology, sociology, education and epidemiology and provides a range of practical examples of applied theory.

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