Health promotion creates conditions that promote rather than damage health by bringing about changes in policy on a local, national and international level. This book outlines clearly the function and position of health promotion. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; MBNH; MQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 680. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Rethinking Health Promotion
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415164745
ISBN 13: 9780415164740
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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In today's world 'health' means far more than merely the absence of illness. In Rethinking Health Promotion Theodore H. MacDonald sweeps away the confusion surrounding the function and position of health promotion. He argues that, far from being a modern innovation, health promotion has existed as a distinct and separate enterprise for as long as biomedicine and cautions against health promotion becoming organized merely an off-shoot of medical care.
Drawing on the author's experience as a World Health Organisation consultant, the book also tackles the question of whether health promotion has relevance on an international scale or whether it is purely a eurocentric phenomenon. Against this background individual chapters explore universal factors such as sexual health, diet, unemployment, alcohol and tobacco use.
With its critical and historical approach this book breaks new ground in assessing health promotion and will be stimulating reading for the wide variety of students and professionals studying health promotion.

About the Author

Theodore H. MacDonald is Professor and Director of Postgraduate Studies in Health at Brunel University. He is a Chartered Psychologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and Consultant to the World Health Organisation (Eastern Mediterranean Region).

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