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Promoting health / edited by Jane Wills.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Vital notes for nurses.
- Vital notes for nurses
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health nursing.
- Health promotion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Vital Notes for Nurses: Promoting Health is a concise, accessible introduction to health promotion and public health for pre-registration nursing students and newly qualified nurses. Promoting the health and well-being of patients is a vital part of the nursing role. This introductory text in the Vital Notes for Nurses series explores issues such as public health priorities, health inequalities, health promotion settings, and the role of the nurse in health promotion roles.Written in a clear, accessible style which assumes no prior knowledgeEach chapte
- Contents:
- Health and health promotion / Linda Jackson
- Influences on health / Jenny Husbands
- Approaches to promoting health / Susie Sykes
- Priorities for public health / Jenny Husbands
- Health information and epidemiology / Amanda Hesman
- Protecting the health of the population / Amanda Hesman
- Promoting healthy lifestyles / Jenny Husbands
- Promoting health for communities / Linda Jackson
- Creating supportive environments for health / Amanda Hesman.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613376008
- 9781283376006
- 1283376008
- 9781118314487
- 1118314484
- OCLC:
- 769343044
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