Product DescriptionCommunity Health Promotion Ideas That Work, Second Edition aims to narrow the gap between what is currently being implemented in health education and promotion and what actually works. Updated with new chapters and chapter content, this edition shares the latest knowledge and experience gained by researchers and practitioners to [...]
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Product DescriptionWorksite Health Promotion has been fully updated and expanded with valuable new information and user-friendly learning aids. Now in its second edition, the book continues to be the ideal reference for aspiring and practicing health professionals who want to promote the health of employees and organizations. [...]
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Product DescriptionThis compact, spiralbound handbook makes the perfect carry-along reference on how to assess for and write wellness-oriented nursing diagnoses. An exciting new trend in healthcare, wellness focuses on maximizing health and function, and emphasizes individual patient strengths. This helpful guide covers wellness across the lifespan, in [...]
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Product DescriptionWritten by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers, Teaching Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion helps us understand how people of all ages learn about their health. The book also explains how healthcare professionasl can positively affect patients, families and diverse communities and their ability to understand, prevent, and manage their illness. Designed [...]
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Product DescriptionTheoretical Foundations of Health Education and Health Promotion introduces readers to common theories from behavioral and social sciences that are being used in health education and promotion today. With its accessible language and emphasis on practical application, this text helps students grasp new theories easily and shows students how to use these theories effectively [...]
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Product DescriptionIncorporating the latest guidelines from major organizations, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, this book offers the clinician a complete overview of how to help patients adopt healthy behaviors and to deliver recommended screening tests and immunizations. Chapters provide practical guidance on how to counsel patients about exercise, nutrition, tobacco use, substance use, [...]
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Product Description“Here is a ‘must-read’ for all health promotion researchers and practitioners eager to stay one step ahead of the pack. A panoply of insightful and promising new approaches is presented for consideration and exploration in our contemporary behavioral science arsenal.” — M. Elaine Auld, MPH, CHES, Chief Executive Officer, Society for [...]
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Product Description The Fourth Edition of Principles and Foundations connects you to research, resources and practitioners in health education while providing a solid foundation in the history, philosophy, theory, and ethics of health education. A Background for the Profession,The History of Health and Health Education, Philosophical Foundations, Theoretical Foundations, Ethics and Health Education, The [...]
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Product DescriptionContinuing to advocate for health professionals becoming health educators and a more informed, healthier aging population, David Haber has updated this fourth edition of his respected text with discussion and analysis of major issues and topics in the field, including: A Critique of the My Pyramid Food Guide How to Change Medical [...]
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Product Description A handy reference for health promotion frameworks, strategies and tools, this classic book focuses on national health promotion priorities identified in Healthy People 2010 – with special emphasis on culturally and racially diverse populations. The new edition of this text will expand upon the vision of the two new co-authors incorporated in the [...]
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