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Ewles and Simnett’s Promoting Health: A Practical Guide

  • 8th Edition - August 9, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Angela Scriven, Gareth Morgan, James Woodall
  • Language: English

The eighth edition of this seminal guide is designed to support public health practitioners in keeping up-to-date amid the rapidly changing, complex challenges and contexts facing… Read more

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The eighth edition of this seminal guide is designed to support public health practitioners in keeping up-to-date amid the rapidly changing, complex challenges and contexts facing population health in the twenty-first century.

Suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates across a range of professions, the Practical Guide provides theories, principles and competencies for effective health promotion in multiple settings. The book is organised into three parts, covering an overview of the public health landscape, the essentials of planning and management, and how to develop capabilities across a range of activities.

The text has been fully updated to examine new issues facing public health, including restructuring of the UK sector post-European Union; COVID-19 and its public health impact and legacy; economic and cost of living influences on population health; and the role of the internet and social media misinformation.

Key features

  • Includes promotion of healthier living, working with communities and effective communication
  • Outlines new research on the comparative effectiveness of different approaches to health promotion and public health practice
  • Explores the increasing influence of the internet, both in terms of its use for health promotion and its negative influence on wellbeing and health
  • Describes changes to the structure and organisation of public health in the UK, including the latest policies and national strategies
  • Accessible writing style – makes it easy to learn and remember
  • Case studies bring theory to life
  • Practice points help readers structure study

Readership

Undergraduate nursing students and allied health students. Post-graduate students studying Master’s degrees health promotion and public health

Table of contents

PART 1 Thinking About Health, Health Promotion, and Public Health

1. What Is Health?

2. What Is Health Promotion?

3. Who Promotes Health?

4. Values and Ethical Considerations in Health Promotion and Public Health

PART 2 Planning and Managing Health Promotion and Public Health Practice

5. Planning and Evaluating Health Promotion and Public Health Interventions

6. Identifying Health Promotion and Public Health Practice Needs and Priorities

7. Evidence and Research for Health Promotion and Public Health Practice

8. Skills of Personal Effectiveness

9. Working Effectively With Other People

PART 3 Competencies in Health Promotion and Public Health Practice

10. Fundamentals of Communication in Public Health

11. Using Communication Tools in Health Promotion and Public Health Practice

12. Educating for Health

13. Working With Groups to Promote Health

14. Enabling Healthier Living Through Behaviour Change

15. Working With Communities

16. Influencing and Implementing Public Health Policy

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 16, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Angela Scriven

Angela Scriven is a Reader in Health Promotion at Brunel University in London, UK. She has been teaching and researching in the field of health promotion for over 30 years and has published widely including authoring, editing or co-editing the following books Health Promotion Alliances: Theory and Practice (1998); Health Promotion: Professional Perspectives (1996; 2001 2nd edn); Promoting Health: Global Perspectives (2005); Health Promoting Practice: The Contribution of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals (2005); Public Health: Social Context and Action (2007); Promoting Health: A Practical Guide (2010); Health Promotion for Health Practitioners (2010); Health Promotion Settings: Principles and Practice (2012). Her research is centred on the relationship between health promotion policy and practice within specific contexts. She is a member of the International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), is President Elect for the Institute of Health Promotion and Education (IHPE) and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
Affiliations and expertise
Reader in Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, London, UK