2nd Edition
The Essential Guide to Public Health and Health Promotion
Foreward:
Dr. Patricia Owen. President Institute of Health Promotion and Education (IHPE)
1 What is Health?
Susan R Thompson
2 The Main Killers
Susan R Thompson
3 Health Inequalities
Susan R Thompson
4 Approaches and Models Used to Promote Health
Susan R Thompson
5 Health Needs Assessment
Susan R Thompson
6 Health Education and Information
Susan R Thompson
7 Supporting People Through Behaviour Change
Susan R Thompson
Mo Lockwood
8 Programme Planning
Susan R Thompson
Jane Bethea
Oliver Wilkinson-Dale
9 Health Promotion for Diverse Ethnic Communities
Vanessa McFarlane
10 Mental Health Promotion, Psychological Therapies and Young People's Mental Health
Matthew Horrocks
11 Promoting the Health of People with a Learning Disability
David Charnock
12 Health Promotion for Children and Young People
Katriona Cheng
13 Physical Activity Promotion
Michelle Turner
14 Future and Persistent Challenges in Public Health
Susan R Thompson
Biography
Susan R. Thompson has worked in the field of public health and health promotion for over 30 years within nursing, health promotion services and academia. She holds a masters degree in Public Health and has been an academic since 2005. In addition to this publication, she has published a range of articles and delivered international conference presentations and workshops. She is a trustee and board member of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, an international body which seeks to support health promoters in their work and contribute to and lobby for policy change in the field of health promotion and public health.
