Main description:

Offerinn g a timely and in-depth analysis of the past, present and future of health promotion, Health Promotion in Canada is the ideal resource for students interested in public health, health education, health policy, and nursing.

Now in its fourth edition, this text covers a broad range of key concepts and issues related to health promotion practice within cities, communities, education, and clinical care settings. Fifteen additional chapters have been developed on topics including gender transformative health promotion, wellbeing and mental health, digital media, and health promotion practices for immigrants. This new edition also features updated content on health promotion ethics, social theory, health inequities, global ecological change, intervention entry points, and the role of the reflexive practitioner.

Throughout the text, students will learn to build and implement effective promotion interventions by drawing on behavioural theories, health intervention research, and examples of participatory practice. They will also learn to recognize the impact of globalization on health promotion practice, the challenges faced by researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, and the possibilities for equitable health promotion.

Features:

discusses promising health promotion practices in Indigenous communities
includes an afterword by Ronald Labonte
incorporates thought-provoking reflections on practice and new learning objectives

Contents:

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Part I: The Context and Foundations of Health Promotion in Canada
Chapter 1: The Continuing Evolution of Health Promotion in Canada
Ann Pederson, Irving Rootman, Katherine L. Frohlich, Sophie Dupere, and Michel O'Neill
Chapter 2: Key Concepts in Health Promotion
Irving Rootman and Michel O'Neill
Chapter 3: Social Theory and Health Promotion
Simon Carroll
Chapter 4: Behavioural Theories and Building Health Promotion Interventions: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Perspectives
Lise Gauvin and Ariane Belanger-Gravel
Chapter 5: Building and Implementing Ecological Health Promotion Interventions
Lucie Richard and Lise Gauvin
Part II: Health Promotion Practice in Canada
Chapter 6: Contrasting Entry Points for Intervention in Health Promotion Practice: Situating and Working with Context
Katherine L. Frohlich, Blake Poland, and Martine Shareck
Chapter 7: Gender-Transformative Health Promotion as an Approach to Addressing Violence Against Women
Ann Pederson
Chapter 8: Implications of Inequities in Health for Health Promotion Practice
Dennis Raphael
Chapter 9: A Culture Shift Towards Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Canada
Paola Ardiles
Chapter 10: Promising Practices in Indigenous Community Health Promotion
Charlotte Loppie
Chapter 11: No One Should Be Left Behind: Identifying Appropriate Health Promotion Practices for Immigrants
Mushira Mohsin Khan and Karen Kobayashi
Chapter 12: Healthy Cities and Communities: Urban Governance for Health and Wellbeing
Trevor Hancock
Chapter 13: Promoting Educational Success, Health and Human Development Within Education: Making the Shift to a Systems Approach
Douglas McCall and Daniel Laitsch
Chapter 14: Health Promoting Universities: Shifting from Health Education to Social Innovation
Paola Ardiles, Crystal Hutchinson, Alisa Stanton, Rosie Dhaliwal, Michelle Aslan, and Tara Black
Chapter 15: Health Promotion in Clinical Care
Katherine Bertoni and Genevieve Dube
Chapter 16: Digital Media and Health Promotion Practice
Laura L. Struik, Rebecca J. Haines-Saah, and Joan L. Bottorff
Part III: Critical Reflective Practice in Health Promotion
Chapter 17: The Reflexive Practitioner in Health Promotion: From Reflection to Reflexivity
Marie Boutilier and Robin Mason
Chapter 18: Health in All Policies
Ketan Shankardass, Natalie Hemsing, and Lorraine Greaves
Chapter 19: Developing a Health Promotion Research Agenda: Learning from Population Health Intervention Research
Louise Potvin
Chapter 20: Health Promotion Ethics
Rodney Knight and Jean Shoveller
Chapter 21: Participatory Practice and Health Promotion in Canada
Jane Springett and Jeff Masuda
Chapter 22: Population Health Promotion in the Anthropocene
Trevor Hancock
Chapter 23: Globalization: The Perils and Possibilities for an Equitable Health Promotion
Ronald Labonte
Chapter 24: Reflections on the Future of Health Promotion in Canada
Ann Pederson, Irving Rootman, Katherine L. Frohlich, and Sophie Dupere
Afterword: To Go Much More Boldly Where We Have Gone Before
Ronald Labonte
About the Contributors