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Theory in health promotion research and practice : thinking outside the box / Patricia Goodson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Sudbury, Mass. Jones and Bartlett, 2010Description: xix, 245 p. ill. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780763757939
  • 0763757934
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613 22
LOC classification:
  • RA427.8
Contents:
Theory as practice: thinking theoretically about health promotion -- Why think theoretically about health promotion? -- Who is thinking theoretically? current use of theory in health promotion research and practice -- Which theories? an overview of the theoretical landscape in health promotion -- Pattern # 1. Exaggerated focus on individual-level factors: too much of a good thing? -- Pattern # 2. Undue emphasis on rationality: what's love got to do with it? -- Pattern # 3. Deliberate privileging of linearity: the whole or the sum of the parts? -- Applying theory to health promotion research -- Applying theory to program planning and evaluation -- Bridging the gap: recommendations to enhance the use of theory in health promotion research and practice.
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Book Högskolan Väst Övre plan / Upper floor 613 Goodson Available 6004300024876
Book Högskolan Väst Övre plan / Upper floor 613 Goodson Available 6004300038348
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theory as practice: thinking theoretically about health promotion -- Why think theoretically about health promotion? -- Who is thinking theoretically? current use of theory in health promotion research and practice -- Which theories? an overview of the theoretical landscape in health promotion -- Pattern # 1. Exaggerated focus on individual-level factors: too much of a good thing? -- Pattern # 2. Undue emphasis on rationality: what's love got to do with it? -- Pattern # 3. Deliberate privileging of linearity: the whole or the sum of the parts? -- Applying theory to health promotion research -- Applying theory to program planning and evaluation -- Bridging the gap: recommendations to enhance the use of theory in health promotion research and practice.