| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 -- The Settings Approach to Health Promotion; Chapter 2 -- Homes and Families as Health Promotion Settings; Commentary: Lawrence Fisher; Commentary: Ilze Kalnins; Chapter 3 -- The School as a Setting for Health Promotion; Commentary: Cheryl L. Perry; Commentary: Peter McLaren, Zeus Leonardo, and Xó chitl Pérez ; Chapter 4 -- Promoting the Determinants of Good Health in the Workplace; Commentary: Robert L. Bertera; Commentary: Joan M. Eakin; Chapter 5 -- The Health Care Institution as a Setting for Health Promotion |
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Commentary: Jane LethbridgeCommentary: Patricia Dolan Mullen and L. Kay Bartholomew; Chapter 6 -- Health Promotion in Clinical Practice; Commentary: David Butler-Jones; Commentary: Jane G. Zapka; Chapter 7 -- Community as a Setting for Health Promotion; Commentary: John Raeburn; Commentary: Evelyne de Leeuw; Addendum: Blake D. Poland; Chapter 8 -- The State as a Setting; Commentary: Marshall W. Kreuter; Chapter 9 -- Reflections on Settings for Health Promotion; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
This book is the first full-length in-depth treatment of settings as a focal point for planning, organizing and implementing health promotion. The concept of 'setting' is fundamental to theory and practice in health promotion. Internationally renowned authors describe the state-of-the-art in the theory and practice of health promotion in settings such as the home, school, workplace, community, and state and offer insightful commentaries on each other's work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Health promotion.
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Social medicine.
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Health Promotion
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Health promotion.
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Social medicine.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Green, Lawrence W. W
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Rootman, Professor Irving
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| ISBN |
9781452263465 |
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1452263469 |
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