Theory in Health Promotion Research and Practice

Download or read book Theory in Health Promotion Research and Practice written by Patricia Goodson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding health behavior is a critical foundation for successful health promotion and health education programs. Yet many texts on health behavior theory tend to be encyclopedic in nature, making learning dry and tedious for students. Theory in Health Promotion Research and Practice: Thinking Outside the Box is a different kind of health promotion theory book. 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