Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice

Specifications

Book Description

The ebook Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice (PDF) introduces the theory of health promotion and presents an overview of current best practices from a wide variety of settings that include schools; workplaces; health care organizations; and communities. The 43 contributors to Health Promotion Programs focus on students and professionals interested in planning; implementing; and evaluating programs that promote health equity. In addition to the focus on best practices; each chapter contains information on:

• • Advocacy

• • Eliminating health disparities

• • Identifying health promotion programs

• • Developing and increasing program funding

• • Assessing the needs of program participants

• • Health promotion resources and career links

• • Communicating health information effectively

• • Health promotion challenges and opportunities

• • Creating and supporting evidence-based programs

• • Defining and applying health promotion theories and models

• • Evaluating; improving; and sustaining health promotion programs

• • Implementing health promotion programs: Program staff; tools and budgets

Reviews

“Health Promotion Programs . . . . explores the thinking of some of our field’s leaders and confirms its well-deserved place in the field and in our personal collections.” — Susan M. Radius; Ph.D.; CHES; program director and professor; Health Science Department; Towson University

“The most comprehensive program planning textbook to date; this ebook examines all facets of planning and implementation across four key work environments where health educators function.” — Mal Goldsmith; Ph.D.; CHES; coordinator and professor of Health Education; Southern Illinois University; Edwardsville

“The authors have clearly connected the dots among planning; theory; evaluation; health disparity; and advocacy; and have created a user-friendly toolbox for health promotion empowerment.” — Ronald L. Braithwaite; Ph.D.; professor; Morehouse School of Medicine; Departments of Community Health and Preventive Medicine; Family Medicine; and Psychiatry