Health promotion and health education in nursing : a framework for practice / edited by Dean Whitehead, Fiona Irvine. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xiv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextualizing health promotion - Health promotion theory, models and approaches - Health promotion and the role and function of the nurse - A systematic approach to health promotion - Settings based health promotion - Evidence based practice in health promotion - Health promotion: politics, policy and ethics - Current and future developments in health promotion.

Health promotion activity is now a fundamental requirement of the role of a health professional. This book equips students and newly-qualified health professionals with the knowledge and means to understand and implement a systematic approach to their health promotion practice.

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