Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion (Public Health and Health Promotion Practice)

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Developing Practice for Public Health and Health Promotion is the second title in the ‘Public Health and Health Promotion Practice’ series, expanding on the best-selling introductory textbook, Foundations for Health Promotion.

Developing Practice is an essential text for the many different practitioners, professionals and specialists who contribute to public health and health promotion, enabling them to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence.

• Case studies, activities and discussion points encourage interaction and reflection, and stimulate learning
• Unique, user-friendly approach makes learning easy
• Examines the forces that drive practice
• Focuses on the core strategies of:

• Tackling health inequalities
• User and public participation and involvement
• Working in partnerships
• Empowerment.
• Identifies current public health priorities and how to address these in practice.

• Fully updated to reflect the many changes in health promotion theory, practice and policy
• New chapter on empowerment as a key health promotion strategy

Dr Jennie Naidoo BSc, MSc, PGDip, PGCE is Principal Lecturer, Health Promotion and Public Health, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Jane Wills is Professor of Health Promotion in the School of Health and Social Care at South Bank University and is also Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Improvement and Innovation (CApRII).
She has over 25 years of experience of teaching public health and health promotion. Her research focuses on health education and health literacy and behavioural interventions particularly in relation to obesity. She is a trained counsellor and also teaches motivational interviewing and counselling skills to health care professionals. She has also held numerous external examiner and independent assessor posts, maintaining the discipline of health promotion.
Initially qualifying as a teacher, she has a strong interest in pedagogy and student development, regularly publishing with students.