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- Health Promotion: Evidence and Experience
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âIn short, Lloyd and Lucasâ approach is challenging in its emphasis on a âpositiveâ and holistic orientation to health and always humane in its emphasis on quality of life and, in the authorsâ words, âthe indivisibility of the individual from society' -Professor Keith Tones Health Promotion is a major focus of government policy and an expanding area of practice involving a range of public health professionals. At the same time, there is much debate about what is meant by "health" and the best strategies for improving, developing and promoting it. In light of these debates, Health Promotion offers a major reappraisal of health promotion activity, examining the evidence for what actually works and highlighting issues for improving efficacy. The field of health promotion has traditionally drawn from diverse fields including health psychology, epidemiology, political science and educational theory. The authors argue that the effect of this has often been an unhelpfully fragmented view of people and their health. They propose an alternative, more integrated view as means of better understanding people and for making public health strategies more effective. Health Promotion: Evidence and Experienc e makes thought-provoking reading for all those involved in public health and those with an interest in finding new ways to improve health outcomes.
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- Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health: Theory, Research, and Practice
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Most physical and mental health professionals will agree that their time, space, and funds are generally in short supply, even under optimal conditions. Their participants (clients or patients), too, will admit to similar deficits of time and patience, even with optimal motivation. Overburdened mental health facilities are trying to cope with limited budgets and overworked and underpaid personnel. Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health addresses both sides of this shortfall by offering either self-administered or easily administered verbal and non-verbal interventions designed to promote positive health behaviors while requiring little or no outside funding. Editor Luciano LâAbate continues his long tradition of prolific innovations by identifying major changes in todayâs health care systems and explaining how targeted, prescriptive promotion/prevention strategies can enhance traditional primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions in key behavioral and relational areas: - Nutrition: weight/obesity control, diets, meal planning, vitamins and minerals, herbal supplements - Exercise, expressive movement, relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness - Writing for mental health promotion, from structured protocols/workbooks to less structured focused, expressive, and guided writing, including diaries and autobiographies - Sex, sexuality, affection, intimacy and fear of intimacy - Mother/child bonding as well as couple and family togetherness - Spirituality and forgiveness in dealing with inevitable life hurts and disappointments - Friendships and support groups - Plus leading-edge interventions, including emotional intelligence, animal companionship, and computer technology Reviews of each promotional approach are engaging, effective, and consistent with standard psychological practice for lasting results, either away from or in addition to non-clinical and clinical settings (schools, hospitals, senior citizen centers, etc.). LâAbate and his fifty colleagues have designed a future-oriented sourcebook for mental and public health professionals who want to maximize their resourcesâand those of their participants.
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