Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health: Explaining the Evidence for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health is a textbook that brings together evidence behind the UK's public health priorities, examining social and environmental influences, health inequalities, poverty, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, sexual health, physical inactivity, diet, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, weight, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia. It takes a holistic approach, combining scientific and epidemiological evidence with subjective experiences, and demonstrates the health benefits of positive action. It is a core text for those studying health promotion or public health and a supplementary text for students of healthcare and social care.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 532 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book brings together the evidence behind the UK's public health priorities in a comprehensive textbook, covering a range of health-related topics. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme, examining the social and environmental factors that influence people's health, health inequalities, poverty and health, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, sexual health, physical inactivity, diet, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, weight, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia.

A holistic approach is taken, combining scientific and epidemiological evidence with the subjective experiences of individuals who undergo these health journeys. The book explains the causes of poor health and provides evidence-based recommendations for good health. It also demonstrates the health benefits of positive actions.

This textbook is a core text for students studying health promotion or public health, as well as a supplementary text for students of healthcare and social care. It focuses on adults' health in the UK, with examples from the four nations, and includes some contextual international information when relevant.

Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health is an invaluable resource for busy practitioners working across the wider sectors that support people's health and wellbeing. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the key issues in health promotion and public health, making it an essential textbook for both students and professionals in the field.

Weight: 1034g
Dimension: 173 x 246 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367423414