Principles and Practice of Health Promotion and Public Health

Principles and Practice of Health Promotion and Public Health brings together the disciplines and fields of study that inform the work of promoting health into one book and provides many examples of practice.

Sally Robinson is a Visiting Reader in Health Promotion and Public Health at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Part I: Fundamentals of health promotion and public health practice. 1.Understanding ourselves and our health. 2.Working in health promotion and public health. Part II: Disciplines and fields of study. 3.Epidemiology. 4.Research methods and evidence-based practice. 5.Health psychology. 6.Communicating health. 7.Health education. 8.Health promotion. 9.Public health. 10.Health protection. 11.Arts and health. Part III: Tackling priorities for health promotion and public health. 12.Tackling tobacco, alcohol and drugs. 13.Tackling overweight. Part IV: Promoting health within settings. 14.Promoting health in workplaces. 15.Promoting health in the National Health Service.