Health Promotion in Nursing Practice

Description

Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, Seventh Edition, provides a solid, up-to-date foundation for understanding and building the science and practice of health promotion. 

Teaching and Learning Experience:

• Introduces the major individual and community models and theories that guide health promotion interventions
• Offers evidence-based strategies to implement and evaluate health promotion programs for diverse populations across the lifespan
• Fosters critical thinking on the most effective interventions and methods for health promotion practice

Contents

Part I. The Human Quest for Health

1.   Toward a Definition of Health

2.   Individual Models to Promote Health Behavior

3.   Community Models to Promote Health 

Part II. Planning for Health Promotion and Prevention

4.   Assessing Health and Health Behaviors

5.   Developing a Health Promotion—Prevention Plan 

Part III. Interventions for Health Promotion and Prevention

6.   Physical Activity and Health Promotion

7.   Nutrition and Health Promotion

8.   Stress Management and Health Promotion

9.   Social Support and Health 

Part IV. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Health Promotion

10. Evaluating Individual and Community Interventions 

Part V. Health Promotion in Diverse Populations

11. Self-Care for Health Promotion Across the Life Span

12. Health Promotion in Vulnerable Populations 

Part VI. Approaches for Promoting a Healthier Society

13. Health Promotion in Community Settings

14. Promoting Health Through Social and Environmental Change 

Index