Health promotion in practice / Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Joan Arnold, editors ; foreword by Lawrence W. Green. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c2006. - xxiii, 600 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Images of health / Joan Arnold, Laurel Janssen Breen -- Models of health promotion / Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin -- Contexts for health promotion / Aaron P. Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin -- Agents for health promotion / Laurel Janssen Breen, Joan Arnold -- Eating well / Lorraine E. Matthews -- Physical activity / Karen J. Calfas, Athena S. Hagler -- Sexual health / Theo Sandfort -- Oral health / Joan I. Gluch ... [et al.] -- Smoking cessation / Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Robert A. Schnoll -- Substance safety / Kristen Lawton Barry, Frederic C. Blow -- Injury prevention / David A. Sleet, Andrea Carlson Gielen -- Violence prevention / Lloyd B. Potter -- Disaster preparedness: mitigating the consequences of disasters: an ecological perspective / Sandro Galea, Craig Hadley -- Public health preparedness for emergencies / Stephen S. Morse -- Organizational wellness / Thomas Diamante, Samuel M. Natale, Manual London -- Enhancing development / Penelope Buschman Gemma, Joan Arnold -- Economic considerations in health promotion / Wendy Dahar, Duncan Neuhauser -- Future directions for health promotion / Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin.

A guide to promoting the health of individuals, families, communities, and groups, this work offers basic information about the concepts and methods of social and behavioural sciences relevant to the identification and the solution of public health problems.

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Physician and patient.
Medicine, Preventative.
Health promotion.
Medicine, Preventive.
Personal & public health
Health and Wellbeing.
Health Promotion--methods
Health Behavior.
Preventive Medicine--methods
Public Health.

RA427.8 / H49752 2006

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