Health Promotion and Health Education in Nursing : A Framework for Practice

All healthcare practitioners have a professional responsibility to promote good health and well-being - making health promotion and health education a fundamental part of their daily work. Using a multi-professional approach, this book provides a fascinating guide to health promotion, health education and public health issues. It supplies the knowledge and means to understand and implement a systematic approach to your own practice, including information on: health promotion in the context of the healthcare setting the role of the nurse in promoting health evidence-based practice politics, policy and ethics for health education and promotion Health Promotion and Health Education in Nursing is essential reading for all nursing students, qualified nurses and allied health professionals.