Health promotion in communities
Subtitle: holistic and wellness approaches
By: Carolyn Chambers Clark, editor
Contributors: Clark, Carolyn Chambers
Publisher: Springer Pub. Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Community health services; Holistic medicine; Health promotion; Medicine, Preventive
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Theory and concepts. A model for health and wellness promotion in communities. Health promotion with changing and vulnerable populations; title: Developing programs in the community. Community self-assessment. Principles of planning effective community programs. Community mobilization and participation. Marketing community health promotion programs. Evaluating community health programs. Health promotion in rural settings. Health promotion on the internet; title: Strategies for wellness. Nutrition and weight management. Fitness and flexible movement. Typical childhood communicable diseases : promoting community resiliency. Stress management. Smoking cessation. Violence-prevention skills. Environmental wellness. Complementary health care practices; title: Interaction skills. Advanced communication skills with individuals and groups. Working with groups. Working with families; title: Health promotion in a cultural context. Health promotion with African American women. Establishing a lay health promotion program in a Hispanic community. Diabetes programs in Hawaii. Parish nursing; title: Lessons from sample health promotion programs. Conducting a survey : the example of a youth service organization. Violence prevention in schools : a model violence-prevention center. Evaluating small community-based health promotion programs : lessons learned from Colorado health promotion initiatives. Health promotion in a homeless center