Oral Health Promotion

ISBN-13: 9780192620033 / Angielski

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Opis

Many of the common dental diseases are behavioral in origin, and are affected by individual lifestyles. Health promotion is therefore at the heart of preventing and controlling dental ill health. Helping people to understand that they can influence whether they have good or bad teeth is of prime importance. This book presents theoretical and practical advice on a broad range of topics encompassed by the term "health promotion." It includes models and theories of health behavior, influence of social factors on oral health promotion, government health policies, health education in specific settings, national campaigns, and evaluation of interventions. The historical background to health education and promotion is also discussed. The international roster of contributors provides a diverse set of topics. The book covers the complete range of health promotion activity. The comprehensive contents list will help readers and dental health professionals to target the sections of particular interest. Other health professionals will find the oral health promotion model useful when considering strategies for public health policy in other disciplines.

Recenzje

This is an important and timely publication that will meet a long felt need for a readable and comprehensive text book on oral health promotion. The authors and editors are to be congratulated on compressing so much into a readable and useful book. It can be usefully recommended to a wide range of disciplines as a text book. Few would fail to gain a better insight into the theory and practice of effective health education.