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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

PART ONE: HEALTH, HEALTH PROMOTION, AND THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
1 Images of Health
Joan Arnold, Laurel Janssen Breen
2 Models of Health Promotion
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin
3 Contexts for Health Promotion
Aaron P. Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin
4 Agents for Health Promotion
Laurel Janssen Breen, Joan Arnold

PART TWO: PRACTICE FRAMEWORKS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
5 Eating Well
Lorraine E. Matthews
6 Physical Activity
Karen J. Calfas, Athena S. Hagler
7 Sexual Health
Theo Sandfort
8 Oral Health
Joan I. Gluch, Susanne K. Giorgio, Barbara J. Steinberg
9 Smoking Cessation
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Robert A. Schnoll
10 Substance Safety
Kristen Lawton Barry, Frederic C. Blow
11 Injury Prevention
David A. Sleet, Andrea Carlson Gielen
12 Violence Prevention
Lloyd B. Potter
13 Disaster Preparedness
Sandro Galea, Craig Hadley
14 Organizational Wellness
Thomas Diamante, Samuel M. Natale, Manual London
15 Enhancing Development
Penelope Buschman Gemma, Joan Arnold

PART THREE: ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS AND FORECASTING THE FUTURE OF HEALTH PROMOTION
16 Economic Considerations in Health Promotion
Wendy Dahar, Duncan Neuhauser
17 Future Directions for Health Promotion

ISBN: 0787979619 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780787979614 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Health promotion.
Medicine, Preventive.
Physician and patient.
Health Promotion--methods.
Health Behavior.
Preventive Medicine--methods.
Public Health.

Dewey Class. No.: WA 590 G669h 2006