Health promotion in communities: holistic and wellness approaches

Abstract

Part 1 Theory and concepts: a model for health and wellness promotion in the communities health promotion with changing and vulnerable populations. Part 2 Developing programmes in the community: community self-assessment principles of planning effective community health programmes community mobilization marketing community health promotion programmes evaluating community health programmes health promotion in rural settings health promotion on the Internet. Part 3 Strategies for wellness: wellness nutrition fitness and flexible movement communicable disease - promoting community resiliency stress management smoking cessation violence prevention skills environmental wellness complementary health care practices. Part 4 Interaction skills: advanced communication skills with individuals and groups working with groups working with families. Part 5 Health promotion in cultural context: health promotion with African American women establishing a lay health promotion programme in a Hispanic community working with elderly diabetics in a Hawaiian community parish nursing. Part 6 Lessons from sample health promotion programmes: conducting a survey - the example of a youth service organization violence prevention in schools - a model violence prevention centre evaluating small community-based health promotion programmes - lessons learned from Colorado health promotion initiatives health promotion in a homeless centre.