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Promoting Public Mental Health and Well-Being

The book is a vital resource for strategic planners working to promote mental health and wellbeing at a population level, as well as operational services delivering to specific individuals and groups. It addresses the role of generic service providers as well as being essential reading for mental health and public health students.

Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health

The book takes a holistic approach, combining scientific and epidemiological evidence with the subjective experiences of those who undergo these health journeys. Each chapter explains the causes of poor health and the evidence behind the recommendations for good health and ends by demonstrating the health benefits of positive action.

Designing Evidence-Based Public Health and Prevention Programs

Demonstrating that public health and prevention program development is as much art as science, this book brings together expert program developers to offer practical guidance and principles in developing effective behavior-change curricula.

Healthy Worker and Healthy Organization

This book presents research on the determinants of workers' health (physical and mental well-being) and the organization's health (performance and culture). It addresses the impact of psychosocial working conditions on workers' well-being, and their performance, productivity, innovation, and morale at work.

The Healthy Workforce

This book examines current challenges and future solutions to understand issues around how we can improve the health of today's and tomorrow's workforce. This book will look at why workforce health is such an important challenge for businesses, governments and for employees today and how this will increase in the future with an aging workforce.

A Humanistic Approach to Health Promotion

This book presents a distinct, ethically robust framework for improving population health when the major causes of disease, death and disability are closely associated with human behaviors.

Policy and Program Planning for Older Adults and People with Disabilities

The second edition of this landmark textbook is distinguished by its pioneering approach to encompassing disability and aging policies under one umbrella, in response to the newly developed Administration on Aging and Disability.

Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

This guide aligns with foundational public health competencies required by increasingly rigorous certification and accreditation standards. Driven by the coronavirus pandemic and a looming climate crisis, the book addresses the rapid changes in modern-day conceptions of disease prevention and health promotion.

Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth

This report examines the gap between current research and achievable national goals for the next ten years. This report identifies the complexities of childhood influences and highlights the need for a tailored approach when implementing new policies and practices.

Health Promotion and Aging, Seventh Edition

The seventh edition of this classic text champions healthy aging by demonstrating how to prevent or manage disease and make large-scale improvements toward health and wellness in the older adult population.

Introduction to Health Behaviors: A Guide for Managers, Practitioners and Educators

Written specifically for professionals new to health behavior theory and challenged to shape the health behaviors of others. With its unique applied approach, it changes the way you think and behave in relationship to planning health promotion programs.