Health promotion practice has been fed by theory from a number of disciplines within the social sciences, including sociology, psychology, social policy and communication theory. Health Promotion assesses the contribution of these disciplines in forming a coherent body of theory that is specifically applied to health promotion. It brings together practitioners and academics from a wide range of specialties within health promotion and demonstrates how they are integrated in the practice of health promotion.
Author(s): Robin Bunton, Gordon MacDonald
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1992
Language: English
Commentary: 66121
Pages: 241
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
1. Discipline or disciplines?......Page 18
2. Psychology and health promotion......Page 34
3. What is the relevance of sociology for health promotion?......Page 51
4. The contribution of education to health promotion......Page 72
5. Epidemiology and health promotion......Page 90
6. Using economics in health promotion......Page 114
7. Health promotion as social policy......Page 131
8. Social marketing and health promotion......Page 155
9. Communication theory and health promotion......Page 184
10. The growth of health promotion theory and its rational reconstruction......Page 204
Glossary......Page 226
Name index......Page 233
Subject index......Page 237
