Measuring health
Chapter 3 Measuring health Key points • Sources of health information: • Mortality rates • Morbidity rates • Objective health measures • Measuring deprivation • Subjective health measures • Epidemiology…
Health promotion in the workplace
Chapter 14 Health promotion in the workplace Key points • The workplace setting • Relationship between work and health • Responsibility for workplace health • Health promotion in the workplace…
Concepts of health
Chapter 1 Concepts of health Key points • Defining health: – Disease – Illness – Ill health • Western scientific medical model • Critique of the medical model: – The…
Ethical issues in health promotion
Chapter 6 Ethical issues in health promotion Key points • The philosophy of health promotion • Duties in health promotion • The individual and the common good • Ethical principles:…
Health promotion in primary care and hospitals
Chapter 16 Health promotion in primary care and hospitals Key points • The concept of a health-promoting hospital • Promoting the health of patients • Promoting the health of staff…
Strengthening community action
Chapter 10 Strengthening community action Key points • The role of beliefs, attitudes and values in health-related decisions • The influence of social norms on health behaviour • The concept…
Developing healthy public policy
Chapter 11 Developing healthy public policy Key points • Defining healthy public policy (HPP) • Advantages and drawbacks to using an HPP approach • The history of HPP • HPP…
Health promotion in neighbourhoods
Chapter 15 Health promotion in neighbourhoods Key points • Definitions of neighbourhood • Neighbourhoods as settings for health promotion • Different aspects of neighbourhoods – physical, social, economic • Evaluation…
Health promotion in schools
Chapter 13 Health promotion in schools Key Points • The school setting • Relationship between schools, education and health • The context for health promotion in schools • The health-promoting…
Health promotion in prisons
Chapter 17 Health promotion in prisons Key points • Prisons as a healthy setting • Reasons for prioritizing health promotion in prisons • Barriers to using prisons as health-promoting settings…
