Includes bibliographical references and index

Health and health promotion -- Assessing health and its determinants -- Determinants of health actions -- Health promotion planning: a systematic approach -- Information needs -- Health public policy -- Education for health -- Mass communication -- Working with communities -- Settings for health -- Evaluation -- Evidence-based health promotion

This fourth edition offers a firm foundation in the basics of health promotion before helping students understand the process of planning, implementing, and assessing programmes in the real world