Table of Contents

• Introduction: Health Promotion in a Changing Social and Digital Environment
• PART 1: THE HUMAN QUEST FOR HEALTH
• 1. Toward a Definition of Health
• 2. Individual Models to Promote Health Behavior
• 3. Community Models to Promote Health
• PART 2: PLANNING FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION
• 4. Assessing Health and Health Behaviors
• 5. Developing a Health Promotion—Prevention Plan
• PART 3: INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION
• 6. Physical Activity and Health Promotion
• 7. Nutrition and Health Promotion
• 8. Stress Management and Health Promotion
• 9. Social Support and Health
• PART 4: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH PROMOTION
• 10. Evaluating Health Promotion Programs
• PART 5: APPROACHES FOR PROMOTING A HEALTHY SOCIETY
• 11. Empowering for Self-Care to Promote Health
• 12. Health Promotion in Diverse Populations
• 13. Health Promotion in Community Settings
• 14. Promoting Health through Social and Environmental Change

About the Author

Carolyn Murdaugh, RN, PhD, FAAN, is adjunct professor and Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona, where she was Associate Dean for Research. She has held research and research administrative positions at the National Institutes of Health and the University of South Carolina. Her clinical and research interests have focused on promoting health and quality of life and reducing health inequities in diverse populations, including adults with cardiovascular disease, women with HIV/AIDS, Japanese American caregivers of elderly men with dementia, and Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes. In addition to Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, she has co-authored three other books: Patient Centered Care: A Model for Restructuring (Parsons & Murdaugh), Strategies for Improving Patient Care: A Guide to Clinical Resource Management (Parsons, Murdaugh & Jarrell), and Interdisciplinary Care Studies in Health Care Redesign (Parsons, Murdaugh, & O’Rourke).

Mary Ann Parsons, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Distinguished Professor Emeriti and Dean Emeriti at the University of South Carolina, where she was dean of the College of Nursing. Her clinical and research interests include health promotion, primary care, and community health with a focus on health behaviors of rural adolescents and working adults. She has contributed to books on community health, distance education, faculty practice, and nursing education.