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Promoting Health: The Primary Health Care Approach 8e supports a broad range of practitioners to understand the key values, principles, concepts and practices of health promotion in a primary health care context and apply these in their everyday work as health professionals. The book comprehensively explores the role of structural and systemic determinants of health and health equity, and the social, cultural, economic, commercial, political, natural and built environments. Fully updated throughout, the eighth edition addresses current global and local issues that impact on population health, including political and economic instability, climate change and pandemics. End of chapter reflective questions?that enable users to consolidate their learning through practice activities and develop their health promotion competencies Covers hot topics, including climate and health, health equity, and the social, commercial and political determinants of health and wellbeing Each chapter aligned to core professional competencies for health promotion practice Aligned to the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion action areas Practice insights are presented throughout to demonstrate the application of concepts Student resources on Evolve: Chapter reflective questions Chapter quiz questions Facilitator resources on Evolve: Model responses to Chapter reflective questions Chapter quiz questions Image Gallery

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Author:   Jane Taylor, BEd, GradCertIntHlth, MHlthProm, PhD(PubHlth) (School of Health, University of Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia) ,  Lily O'Hara, BSc, PostgradDipHlthProm, MPH, PhD(PubHlth) (School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD)
Publisher:   Elsevier Australia
Imprint:   Elsevier Australia
Edition:   8th edition
ISBN:  

9780729544719

ISBN 10:   0729544710
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   01 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

PART 1 Health promotion development and concepts CHAPTER 1 Health promotion in context CHAPTER 2 Core concepts informing health promotion practice CHAPTER 3 Ecological sustainability and human health and wellbeing PART 2 Health promotion practice CHAPTER 4 Health promotion practice CHAPTER 5 Healthy public policy: to create environments and settings that support health and wellbeing CHAPTER 6 Community development action for social and environmental change CHAPTER 7 Health education and health literacy to develop knowledge and skills for health and wellbeing action CHAPTER 8 Health information and social marketing to raise awareness about health and wellbeing priorities CHAPTER 9 Vaccination, screening, risk assessment and surveillance Appendix 1  Declaration of Alma-Ata Appendix 2  The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion Appendix 3  Shanghai Declaration on Promoting Health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Appendix 4  Declaration of Astana on Primary Health Care Appendix 5  Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix 6  The Earth Charter Preamble Appendix 7 Geneva Charter for Well-being

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Jane Taylor works at the School of Health, University of Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia.

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