Important primer for undergraduate and graduate college students; Expanded ancillaries for iInstructors
Washington, DC – April 6, 2022 – The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) proudly declares the provision of the third version of its textbook, Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice. The 432-page textbook is a necessary reference for undergraduate and graduate college students in well being schooling, public well being, nursing, allied well being, and different medical professions and practitioners, managers, researchers, and instructors who’re accountable for educating, researching, designing, or main well being promotion applications.
This third edition explores the historical past of well being promotion applications over the past 30 years, augmented with modern evidence-based analysis, observe, and coverage associated to social justice, variety, fairness, and inclusion.
Extra tenets of the updated edition, obtainable in each onerous and gentle copy, are the most recent HESPA II 2020 Areas of Duty and Competencies for Well being Schooling Specialists and the HHS Wholesome Individuals 2030 Goals for the Nation.
Co- editor Carl I. Fertman, PhD, MBA, MCHES®, emeritus affiliate professor, College of Pittsburgh writes, “This third version is grounded within the newest theory-based steering for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining well being promotion applications. Greater than 40 well being promotion researchers and practitioners have contributed their pragmatic expertise and experience as chapter authors.”
Every of the textual content’s 17 chapters consists of studying goals; tables, figures, and sidebars; observe and dialogue questions; lists of key phrases; and suggestions for scholar self-reflection and utility of the content material.
“We’re particularly happy to supply school expanded ancillaries designed for in-person, on-line and hybrid course codecs,” says co- editor Melissa L. Grim, PhD, CHES®, professor and chair of the Division of Well being and Human Efficiency at Radford College. “Along with PowerPoint lecture slides, check examination questions, and syllabi, this version will characteristic scenario-based problem initiatives that promote ability improvement in wants evaluation, well being communication, advocacy, and different modern areas of well being promotion observe.”
SOPHE’s textbook additionally can be utilized as a desk reference by these finding out for the examination as a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®). Foundational theories and well being promotion program planning fashions are coated in addition to approaches for addressing racial and ethnic well being fairness and for partaking weak and underserved inhabitants teams.
Instructors can order desk evaluate copies of Health Promotion Programs: From Theory to Practice by contacting Jossey-Bass. Nationwide SOPHE members are eligible for a 15% low cost on the ebook. Contact information@sophe.org for the low cost code.
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