Every day we are exposed to toxins and toxicants that can impact our health.¡ Yet we rarely teach elementary and secondary students about these exposures and how they can reduce their risk to them.¡ In this book we highlight activities and curriculum developed at nine universiti…
Everyone has their own 'bad science' moments, encompassing everything from the useless pie charts on the back of cereal boxes to the use of the word 'visibly' in cosmetics adverts. Full of spleen, Ben Goldacre takes the reader on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey…
Everyone has their own 'bad science' moments, encompassing everything from the useless pie charts on the back of cereal boxes to the use of the word 'visibly' in cosmetics adverts. Full of spleen, Ben Goldacre takes the reader on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey…
""I have spent the last four years watching people die." With these wrenching words, diplomat and humanitarian Stephen Lewis opens his 2005 Massey Lectures. In 2000, the United Nations introduced eight Millennium Development Goals on fundamental issues such as education, health,…
"Many serious, life-threatening diseases cannot be treated using curative medicine. AIDS, cancer and heart disease are prime examples. Health education and promotion is the key to avoiding these conditions. This volume explores a range of methods for planning and implementing he…
This book is a comprehensive resource for theory, research and action in health education and health promotion. The authors describe strategies and actions for health education and health promotion based on theories for understanding, predicting and changing behavioural, social …
Many serious, life-threatening diseases cannot be treated using curative medicine. AIDS, cancer and heart disease are prime examples. Health education and promotion is the key to avoiding these conditions. This volume explores a range of methods for planning and implementing hea…
This book is a comprehensive resource for theory, research and action in health education and health promotion. The authors describe strategies and actions for health education and health promotion based on theories for understanding, predicting and changing behavioural, social …
Introduction to health promotion
Introduction to health promotion
"Understand the foundations and applications of health promotionIntroduction to Health Promotion gives students a working knowledge of health promotion concepts and methods and their application to health and health behaviors, with a special emphasis on the philosophical and the…
Introduction to health promotion
"Understand the foundations and applications of health promotionIntroduction to Health Promotion gives students a working knowledge of health promotion concepts and methods and their application to health and health behaviors, with a special emphasis on the philosophical and the…