Health Promotion: A Psychosocial Approach
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Health Promotion: A Psychosocial Approach by Christine Stephens
"Stephens' important and timely book provides an urgently needed and insightful synthesis of the previously fragmented field of community health psychology. A wide range of case material from both rich and poor countries is framed within a skilfully articulated set of debates around core issues of theory, practice, research and ethics. This text should be compulsory reading for all practitioners and students of health promotion." Professor Catherine Campbell, Health, Community and Development Group, London School of Economics Can the health of individuals be improved through community health programmes?How can community health promotion programmes be more effective?How is health awareness measured and evaluated? In recent years, health promoters have focused their attention not just on individual lifestyle change, but on daily social and physical conditions that surround the individual. They are now looking towards lifestyle change based on community or socially-based interventions. This book argues for the importance of theoretical explanations that inform investigations of the social context of daily life, the social relations that affect opportunities for healthy lives, and the needs of communities. Examining theories from a critical and values oriented perspective, it looks at current theories of health and health promotion, and discusses why health inequalities exist. The book includes a practical grounding, using examples of community health promotion practice, such as community arts and local community models, based on material and research from Britain, New Zealand, Canada, the USA and South America. The media's role in health promotion is also investigated, drawing on current media theory and examining media representation and the public's interpretative response. Issues surrounding the evaluation of health promotion programmes are also discussed.Health Promotion: A Psychosocial Approach provides a critical and theoretical basis for practice in social and community approaches to health promotion. It is key reading for postgraduate students of health psychology or community psychology, as well as qualified practitioners in public health areas who are developing theory based community programmes.
Christine Stephens is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research interests are in health psychology, health promotion, community health and critical social psychology. At present she is working in a multi-disciplinary research team to develop a longitudinal study of ageing and wellbeing in New Zealand.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780335222087 |
| ISBN 10 | 0335222080 |
| Title | Health Promotion: A Psychosocial Approach |
| Author | Christine Stephens |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open University Press |
| Year published | 2008-11-16 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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