Community Health and Wellness: Primary Health Care in Practice

In this new edition of Community Health and Wellness Anne McMurray advances the discussion of health as a product of interactions between people and their environments. The social, cultural and political determinants that affect individual and community health are explored from a multidisciplinary perspective that is relevant to students across the health professions.The established format and successful pedagogy of previous editions - including chapter objectives, real-world case studies and critical thinking questions - are retained, and the implications of globalisation continue to be examined against international benchmarks such as the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. The Jakarta Declaration on Health Promotion into the 21st Century, and the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalised World are also included as contemporary health promotion guidelines for practice.The text moves from a primary focus on risk to enhancing capacity and promoting a widespread 'health literacy'. Family as a central dynamic is emphasised with a greater developmental health focus on critical pathways across the lifespan. Gender and cultural inclusiveness provide an essential backdrop to evidence-based policy and the provision of equitable health care for all. INDICE: SECTION 1: WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES 1. Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Community 2. Communities of Place 3. Assessing the Community 4. Planning and Promoting Community Health: Principles and practices 5. Nursing Roles 6. Working with Groups SECTION 2: SUSTAINABLE HEALTH FOR FAMILY AND INDIVIDUALS 7. Healthy families 8. Healthy children 9. Healthy adolescents 10. Healthy adults 11. Healthy ageing SECTION 3: INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES 12. Inclusive communities: Gender, culture and power 13. Cultural Inclusiveness: safe cultures, healthy Indigenous people 14. Inclusive policies, equitable health care systems 15. Building the evidence base: Research to practice

• ISBN: 978-0-7295-4175-6
• Editorial: Mosby
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 588
• Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés