Description
This well-known text offers a unique introduction to the interdisciplinary nature of the field of health promotion.
Each chapter looks at the contribution of a specific discipline, with examples.
Four new chapters look at community development; new genetics; ethics; advocacy.
Bunton and MacDonald are well-known internationally as editors of the journals Critical Public Health(B) and Health Promotion Internationl (MacD).
Table of Contents
1. Disciplinary and Discourse Developments for the New Millennium Section One; Primary Disciplines 2. Psychology and Health Promotion 3. What is the Relevance of Sociology for Health Promotion? 4. Epidemiology and Health Promotion 5. The Contribution of Education to Health Promotion Section Two; Other Disciplinary Contributions 6. Politics, Advocacy and Health Promotion 7. Health Promotion as Social Policy 8. Community Development for Health and Health Promotion 9. Using Economics in Health Promotion 10. Communication Theory and Health Promotion 11. Social Marketing and Health Promotion Section Three; Reflections and Developments 12. The Growth of Health Promotion Theory and its Rational Reconstruction: Lessons from the Philosophy of Science 13. The New Genetics and the Implication for Health Promotion 14. Ethics as a Science to Aid Decision Making in Health Promotion
