Planning and evaluating health promotion
Chapter 5. Planning and evaluating health promotion Chapter Contents The planning process63 The planning framework65 Summary This chapter presents an outline of a planning and evaluation cycle for use in…
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Evidence and research in health promotion
Chapter 7. Evidence and research in health promotion Chapter Contents National public health strategies93 Local health strategies and initiatives94 Evidence-based health promotion95 Using published research96 Doing your own small-scale research98…
What is health?
Chapter 1. What is health? Chapter Contents What does being healthy mean to you?3 Concepts of health4 What affects health?7 Improving health – historical overview10 International initiatives for improving health11…
Influencing and implementing policy
Chapter 16. Influencing and implementing policy Chapter Contents Making and influencing local and national health policy224 Implementing national health policies at local level224 Challenging policy226 Developing and implementing policies228 Campaigning232…
Educating for health
Chapter 12. Educating for health Chapter Contents Principles of learning for health163 Facilitating health learning164 Guidelines for giving talks170 Improving patient education173 Teaching practical skills for health174 Summary The first…
competence in health promotion
Developing competence in health promotion Part Summary Part 3 aims to provide you with guidance in how to assess, develop and improve your competencies in health promotion. Competencies are the…
Working effectively with other people
Chapter 9. Working effectively with other people Chapter Contents Communicating with colleagues122 Coordination and teamwork122 Participating in meetings124 Effective committee work125 Working in partnership with other organisations126 Summary This chapter…
Identifying health promotion needs and priorities
Chapter 6. Identifying health promotion needs and priorities Chapter Contents Concepts of need78 Need, demand and supply79 Identifying health promotion needs79 Finding and using information81 Assessing health promotion needs83 Setting…
and managing for effective practice
Planning and managing for effective practice Part Summary Part 2 aims to provide guidance on how you can: • Plan and evaluate your health promotion work using a basic framework….
Working with information and knowledge
CHAPTER 10 Working with information and knowledge Evelyn Hovenga, Sheree Lloyd LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, the reader should be able to: Describe the strategic importance of information and…
