Fundamentals of Health Promotion for Nurses Second Edition PDF

Part One Health Promotion and Public Health 1
Chapter 1 Health and health promotion 4
Jane Wills and Linda Jackson
Introduction 4
What is health? 5
Influences on health 7
What is health promotion? 10
Health promotion and public health 15
Health promotion and nursing practice 16
Further reading and resources 19
References 20
Chapter 2 The patient in their social context 22
Jenny Husbands and Jane Wills
Introduction 22
Inequalities in health 23
Explaining health inequalities 28
Tackling health inequalities 34
Global perspective on tackling health inequalities 36
The role of the nurse in tackling health inequalities 37
Further reading and resources 39
References 39
Contents Fundamentals of Health Promotion for Nurses
Chapter 3 Approaches to promoting health 42
Susie Sykes
Introduction 42
Perspectives of health 43
Approaches to health promotion 44
Models of health promotion 50
Further reading and resources 58
References 58
Chapter 4 Creating supportive environments for health 60
Amanda Hesman
Introduction 60
Creating supportive environments 61
A health promoting health service 65
The hospital setting 66
The pharmacy setting 68
The school setting 70
The prison setting 71
Further reading and Resources 74
References 74
Part Two Public Health Priorities 77
Chapter 5 Smoking 80
Jenny Husbands and Jane Wills
Introduction 80
Factors influencing smoking 81
Prevalence of smoking 82
Smoking as a public health priority 85
Addressing smoking: tobacco control 87
Addressing smoking: creating supportive environments 90
Addressing smoking: developing personal skills and stopping people
from starting to smoke 91
Addressing smoking: developing personal skills and enabling people
to quit 92
The role of the nurse in addressing smoking 94
Further reading and resources
Fundamentals of Health Promotion for Nurses Second Edition PDF Ebook

Jane Wills is Professor of Health Promotion at London South Bank University