Full Description
Health Promotion in Canada offers a comprehensive profile of the history, current landscape, and future directions of health promotion in Canada. Emphasizing the links between theory, research, policy, and practice, this engaging series draws on concrete Canadian examples that bring the concepts and content to life and introduces new perspectives on critical issues such as 2S/LGBTQIA health, planetary health, climate justice, and community-centered approaches to resilience. This new edition continues the critical approach of the previous four editions while offering an in-depth analysis of recent developments and innovative approaches in health promotion along with explorations of topical issues. With 20 new chapters, this edited collection contains contributions by prominent Canadian academics, researchers, and practitioners, reflecting a commitment to advancing well-being in a rapidly changing world while addressing the pressing challenges and opportunities shaping the field today. The fifth edition also offers fresh insights on topics such as the post-COVID health landscape, Indigenous health promotion, and mental health as well as updated discussions on health equity, digital health.
Featuring learning objectives, case studies, thought-provoking discussion questions, resources for further study, and accompanying supplementary resources, this is an ideal textbook for courses in public health, health promotion and education, health sciences, nursing, and related disciplines.
Contents
Foreword
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Acknowledgements Part I: The Evolution of Health Promotion in Canada
Chapter 1: Health Promotion in Canada: Looking Back to Move Forward
Chapter 2: "We Make the Road by Walking": Reflections on the Evolution
Chapter 3: Truth and Reconciliation in Health Promotion: A Guide to Allyship
Chapter 4: Sharing Commitments to Advancing the Field of Health Promotion: The Long-Standing Partnership Between IUHPE and the Canadian Health Promotion Community
Part II: Foundations of Health Promotion in Canada
Chapter 5: The Health Promotion Knowledge Base
Chapter 6: Social Theory and Health Promotion
Chapter 7: Behavioural Theories and Building Health Promotion Interventions: Persistent Challenges and Promising Perspectives
Chapter 8: Ecological Health Promotion Interventions: Foundations and Recent Expansions
Chapter 9: Contrasting Entry Points for Intervention in Health Promotion Practice
Part III: Issues in Health Promotion Practice
Chapter 10: Digital Health Promotion in Canada
Chapter 11: Mental Health Promotion: An Approach to Strengthening Positive Mental Health and Equity for Individuals and Populations
Chapter 12: Health Promotion in Clinical Practice
Chapter 13: The Invisible Sector: Intersectoral Action for Health Promotion and the Critical Leadership Role of Non-Governmental Organizations Within Civil Society
Chapter 14: The Role of Different Governance Mechanisms in Health Promotion and Health Equity
Chapter 15: Health Promotion Ethics
Part IV: Pressing Equity Issues in Health Promotion
Chapter 16: Health Equity and the Structural and Social Determinants of Health as Foundations for Health Promotion
Chapter 17: Anti-Racism in Health Promotion: Reckon, Rebuild, and Reimagine
Chapter 18: Onkwehon:we (Indigenous) Ways of Health Promotion Research and Practice
Chapter 19: Innovations in Health Promotion Practices with 2S/LGBTQIA Communities
Part V: Glocal Perspectives in Health Promotion
Chapter 20: Planetary Health Promotion: Addressing Planetary Health and Creating a Well-being Society
Chapter 21: Globalization: The Perils and Possibilities for an Equitable Health Promotion
Chapter 22: Healthy Cities—and One Health
Part VI: Transformative Approaches in Health Promotion
Chapter 23: Participatory Practice and Health Promotion in Canada
Chapter 24: Community-Centered Resilience
Chapter 25: Transformative Health Promotion Practice: The Promises of Intersectionality
Chapter 26: Digging in, Diving Deep: Community Engaged Learning and Teaching in Health Promotion through Equity-Centered Design
Chapter 27: Three Reflexive Positions in Health Promotion
Chapter 28: Decelerating in an Accelerating World: Envisioning a Relational Health Promotion
