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Rethinking health promotion : a global approach /

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 h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacDonald, Theodore H. (Theodore Harney), 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Health promotions ancient and modern and their relationship to biomedicine
  • 2. Health promotion : what is it and where is it going?
  • 3. Origins and interpretations of first world health promotion
  • 4. Health promotion : a eurocentric phenomenon
  • 5. Biomedicine and health promotion in Britain
  • 6. The 'health of the nation' targets and health promotion
  • 7. Sexual health promotion and its evaluation
  • 8. Diet and health promotion
  • 9. The ethics of health promotion
  • 10. Health promotion and the mass media
  • 11. Health promotion in the context of employment and unemployment
  • 12. Health promotion and tobacco use
  • 13. Use and abuse of alcohol : a health promotion perspective
  • 14. The problem of assessing health promotion initiatives.