Foundations for Health Promotion

Þessi afar vinsæla kennslubók veitir víðtæka og aðgengilega kynningu á heilsueflingu og hagnýtingu hennar. Professor Jane Wills fjallar um kenningar, stefnumótun og aðferðir heilsueflingar, sem og starfsvettvang hennar og framkvæmd. Bókin er skýrt uppbyggð og skrifuð á aðgengilegan og greinandi hátt sem hentar lesendum á öllum námsstigum. Jafnframt er fræðileg dýpt hennar nægileg fyrir bæði grunn- og framhaldsnema.

This hugely popular textbook provides a broad-based and user-friendly introduction to health promotion and its use in practice. Written by Professor Jane Wills, the book takes the reader through health promotion theory, strategy and methods, settings and implementation. It is clearly structured and accessibly written, with a discursive style that will appeal to readers of all levels and sufficient theoretical depth for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

Foundations for Health Promotion is suitable for students and practitioners of nursing, medicine, dentistry, allied health and social work, who will learn the essentials of health promotion as a discipline and reflect on its potential for their own work.