1st Edition

Principles and Practice of Health Promotion and Public Health

Edited By Sally Robinson Copyright 2023
    438 Pages 91 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    438 Pages 91 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Principles and Practice of Health Promotion and Public Health brings together the disciplines and fields of study that inform the work of promoting health into one book and provides many examples of practice.

    It starts with understanding ourselves and our health and continues with chapters on working in health promotion and public health; epidemiology; research methods and evidence-based practice; health psychology; communicating health; health education; health promotion; public health; health protection; arts and health; tackling tobacco, alcohol and drugs; tackling overweight; promoting health in workplaces and promoting health within the National Health Service. Together these communicate the core principles of how to prevent disease and promote health when working with individuals, communities and populations in any country across the world. The book focusses on adults’ health and includes international and UK examples. Principles and Practice of Health Promotion and Public Health complements Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health, published in 2021. Both are core texts for those studying health promotion or public health and supplementary texts for students of healthcare and social care. They are ideal for public health practitioners and members of the wider public health workforce.

    Part I: Fundamentals of health promotion and public health practice

    Chapter 1- Understanding ourselves and our health

    Sally Robinson

    Chapter 2- Working in health promotion and public health

    Louise Holden, Em Rahman, Branwen Thomas and Sally Robinson

    Part II: Disciplines and fields of study

    Chapter 3- Epidemiology

    Rajeeb Kumar Sah and Gail Sheppard

    Chapter 4- Research methods and evidence-based practice

    Elisabetta Corvo, Joanne Cairns and Sally Robinson

    Chapter 5- Health psychology

    Murray Allen

    Chapter 6- Communicating health

    Sally Robinson

    Chapter 7- Health education

    Sally Robinson

    Chapter 8- Health promotion

    Sally Robinson

    Chapter 9- Public health

    Rajeeb Kumar Sah, Devendra Raj Singh, Lalita Kumari Sah and Sally Robinson

    Chapter 10- Health protection

    Meradin Peachey

    Chapter 11- Arts and health

    Trish (Patricia) Vella-Burrows and Christina Davies

    Part III: Tackling priorities for health promotion and public health

    Chapter 12- Tackling tobacco, alcohol and drugs

    Sally Robinson

    Chapter 13- Tackling overweight

    Sally Robinson

    Part IV: Promoting health within settings

    Chapter 14- Promoting health in workplaces

    Sally Robinson

    Chapter 15- Promoting health in the National Health Service

    Sally Robinson

    Biography

    Sally Robinson is a Visiting Reader in Health Promotion and Public Health at Canterbury Christ Church University.