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List of contents
Aknowledgments
Contributors
Foreword
Part I Background
Chapter 1 A Social History of Public Health
Chapter 2 Ecological Public Health and Health Promotion
Chapter 3 National Strategies for Promoting Health in Australia
Part II Planning and Managing Health Promotion Programs
Chapter 4 Program Planning and Evaluation
Chapter 5 Managing Health Promotion Programs
Part III Setting and Communities for Health Promotion
Chapter 6 School Health Promotion
Chapter 7 Community Health Promotion
Chapter 8 Promoting Health in Indigenous Communities
Chapter 9 Workplace Health Promotion
Chapter 10 Health Promotion in Health Care Settings
Chapter 11 Promoting Health in Rural and Remote Communities
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About the author
Mary Louise Fleming is Associate Professor and Head, School of Public Health at Queensland University of Technology. She has worked with government and non-government organisations, including Queensland Health, the National Heart Foundation, the Queensland Cancer Fund and the Commonwealth Health Department. She is a member of the Queensland Health Promotion Council.
Elizabeth Parker is Acting Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Health at Queensland University of Technology. She has worked as a senior manager in the Toronto Department of Public Health, and acted as a consultant for the Canadian Public Health Association and Queensland Health.
Summary
A comprehensive introduction to health promotion for students and health professionals, fully updated and with new material on evidence based practice, new data and case studies.
