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Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives

  • Textbook
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Angela Scriven

    1. Bath College of Health Education, UK

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  2. Judy Orme

    1. University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Angela Scriven, Judy Orme
      Pages 1-5

  3. Issues concerned with theory and practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The anatomy and ideology of health promotion: empowerment in context

      • Keith Tones
      Pages 9-21

    3. Theoretical issues in intersectoral collaboration

      • Faith Delaney
      Pages 22-32

  5. Local authority

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Health promotion, environmental health and the local authority

      • Peter Allen
      Pages 89-94

    3. Promoting health through social services

      • Linda Jones, Jon Bloomfield
      Pages 95-105

    4. Health promotion through leisure services

      • Robin Ireland
      Pages 106-115

  6. Education and youth organisations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The impact of recent government policy on the provision of health education in schools

      • Angela Scriven
      Pages 119-128

    3. The health promoting school: from idea to action

      • Alan Beattie
      Pages 129-143

    4. The role of the school nurse in promoting health

      • Stephen Farrow
      Pages 144-156

    5. Health promotion in a youth work setting

      • Miriam Jackson
      Pages 157-166
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About this book

This book offers an extensive insight into a wide variety of professional perspectives on health promotion. The text contains a critique of the opportunities and constraints to the promotion of health in health service, local authority, education, voluntary and workplace settings. Theoretical issues permeate the discussions of innovatory ideas and approaches to health promotion. The book will prove an invaluable asset to professionals and students who wish to gain a clearer understanding of current health promotion practice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bath College of Health Education, UK

    Angela Scriven

  • University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Judy Orme

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives

  • Editors: Angela Scriven, Judy Orme

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24580-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 248

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Public Health

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