Theory in health promotion research and practice
Subtitle: thinking outside the box
By: Patricia Goodson.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780763757939
Subjects: Health promotion -- Philosophy; Health promotion -- Research; Health Promotion; Health Planning; Models, Theoretical
Description: It offers a more critical perspective of existing health promotion theories and challenges the student to create new theoretical frameworks for understanding human health and wellbeing. This unique text guides the reader to reflect on the process of thinking theoretically and provides practical strategies for applying theory to research and practice. The author employs a narrative perspective and writes in an informal, first-person style.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theory as practice: thinking theoretically about health promotion; title: Why think theoretically about health promotion?; title: Who is thinking theoretically? current use of theory in health promotion research and practice; title: Which theories? an overview of the theoretical landscape in health promotion; title: Pattern # 1. Exaggerated focus on individual-level factors: too much of a good thing?; title: Pattern # 2. Undue emphasis on rationality: what's love got to do with it?; title: Pattern # 3. Deliberate privileging of linearity: the whole or the sum of the parts?; title: Applying theory to health promotion research; title: Applying theory to program planning and evaluation; title: Bridging the gap: recommendations to enhance the use of theory in health promotion research and practice.