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Health Promotion in Practice

ISBN: 978-0-7879-7961-4
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624 pages
April 2006, ©2006, Jossey-Bass
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Tables, Figures, and Exhibits vii

Foreword xi
Lawrence W. Green

Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

The Contributors xix

Part One: Health, Health Promotion, and the Health Care Professional

1 Images of Health 3
Joan Arnold, Laurel Janssen Breen

2 Models of Health Promotion 21
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin

3 Contexts for Health Promotion 67
Aaron P. Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin

4 Agents for Health Promotion 124
Laurel Janssen Breen, Joan Arnold

Part Two: Practice Frameworks for Health Promotion

5 Eating Well 159
Lorraine E. Matthews

6 Physical Activity 192
Karen J. Calfas, Athena S. Hagler

7 Sexual Health 222
Theo Sandfort

8 Oral Health 254
Joan I. Gluch, Susanne K. Giorgio, Barbara J. Steinberg

9 Smoking Cessation 287
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Robert A. Schnoll

10 Substance Safety 329
Kristen Lawton Barry, Frederic C. Blow

11 Injury Prevention 361
David A. Sleet, Andrea Carlson Gielen

12 Violence Prevention 392
Lloyd B. Potter

13 Disaster Preparedness 427

Prologue 428
Sandro Galea, Craig Hadley

Disaster Preparedness 445
Stephen S. Morse

14 Organizational Wellness 460
Thomas Diamante, Samuel M. Natale, Manuel London

15 Enhancing Development 494
Penelope Buschman Gemma, Joan Arnold

Part Three: Economic Applications and Forecasting the Future of Health Promotion

16 Economic Considerations in Health Promotion 525
Wendy Dahar, Duncan Neuhauser

17 Future Directions for Health Promotion 543
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin

Name Index 569

Subject Index 586

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