Health Promotion Settings combines the theoretical discourse of the settings approach, covering a wide range of fundamental principles, concepts and policy issues, with real life examples of settings, including workplaces, schools, neighbourhood, cities and prisons. Frameworks and processes that are actively shaping health promotion in settings in the 21st Century are documented and the ideas and research covered will provide a vital set of indicators for those who promote health in settings. Combining theory with practical examples and case studies, the authors show how a settings approach...

A concise and accessible account of the theoretical issues relating to intersectoral collaboration, and the diversity of health promotion partnerships that have been established. The book contains contributions from a distinguished group of academics, researchers and professional practitioners, from a wide range of settings - the health service, universities, specialist health promotion agencies, local authorities, voluntary organisations and education.

The book will appeal to a broad variety of readers, including students of health promotion and practitioners confronting the realities of...

Working with an international team of academics, professionals and experts, Angela Scriven and Margaret Hodgins have edited this up to date, unique book on the increasingly important settings approach to health promotion.

This challenging and provocative book explores many contentious and debated issues associated with the promotion of health at a global level. The chapters offer insights into the key determinants of health between and within countries; how effective health promotion is in achieving health gain at a global level and the significant health challenges to be faced in the twenty-first century. The contributors are a highly distinguished group of academics and health professionals from around the world, including representatives from the World Health Organization, The International Union of Health...