Chapter 2 Promoting health
This chapter will provide the reader with a broad introduction to health and
health promotion. It is intended to stimulate thought and challenge areas of life
that are often taken for granted, promoting discussion and reflection. At the end
of this chapter, you should be able to:
- Express what health means to you
- Identify contemporary challenges to health
- Recognise that health promotion is a wide concept that includes health
education
- Define the key Our Healthier Nation targets
- Discuss the role of the nurse as a health promoter
- Evaluate health.
Throughout the chapter, exercises are given to provide an opportunity for you to
explore the notion of health in a holistic way. |
