The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion

The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion
Author: Glenn Laverack
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2014-07-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0335264735

The 'Pocket Guide to Health Promotion' is a short, punchy and practical guide aimed at students and practitioners. The book includes precise definitions and examples of key concepts and methods in health promotion practice and a chapter by chapter description of the management planning, strategy selection, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes. Written in an accessible and concise style, the book offers the reader a practical and flexible resource that is ideal for students and practitioners looking to plan and implement health promotion activities. A must buy for those new to health promotion or who want a pocket guide to this core health activity. "Clearly written and practical, this excellent guide will prove indispensible to practitioners of health promotion globally, and a very useful starting point for students. It will be worth buying a pocket to put it in!" David Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion is easy to navigate with complex concepts in health promotion explained in a user-friendly way. Whether you are practicing health promotion or studying the discipline, this will be a welcome addition to any book shelf." Dr James Woodall, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research & Course Leader MSc Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Innovating with Concept Mapping

Innovating with Concept Mapping
Author: Alberto Cañas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2016-08-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 331945501X

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Concept Mapping, CMC 2016, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in September 2016. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 135 submissions. The papers address issues such as facilitation of learning; eliciting, capturing, archiving, and using “expert” knowledge; planning instruction; assessment of “deep” understandings; research planning; collaborative knowledge modeling; creation of “knowledge portfolios”; curriculum design; eLearning, and administrative and strategic planning and monitoring.

Engaging People in Sustainability

Engaging People in Sustainability
Author: Daniella Tilbury
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9782831708232

The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].

Community-Based Participatory Research for Health

Community-Based Participatory Research for Health
Author: Meredith Minkler
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2002-11-18
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780787964573

Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein have brought together, in one important volume, a stellar panel of contributors who offer a comprehensive resource on the theory and application of community based participatory research. Community Based Participatory Research for Health contains information on a wide variety of topics including planning and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and core research methods. The book also contains a helpful appendix of tools, guides, checklists, sample protocols, and much more.

Government at a Glance 2021

Government at a Glance 2021
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2021-07-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264921419

The 2021 edition includes input indicators on public finance and employment; process indicators include data on institutions, budgeting practices, human resources management, regulatory governance, public procurement, governance of infrastructure, public sector integrity, open government and digital government. Outcome indicators cover core government results (e.g. trust, political efficacy, inequality reduction) and indicators on access, responsiveness, quality and satisfaction for the education, health and justice sectors.

Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes

Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes
Author: Simone Cecchini
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211217575

Summarizes experience with conditional cash transfer or "co-responsibility" (CCT) programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean, over a period lasting more than 15 years.

Estrategia en la práctica

Estrategia en la práctica
Author: George Tovstiga
Publisher: Ediciones Granica
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2013-06-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9506417326

Este libro presenta un enfoque profesional centrado en la estrategia. Basado rigurosamente en el pensamiento actual y los conceptos teóricos en el campo de la gestión estratégica, proporcionará al profesional de la estrategia un enfoque sistemático y orientado a la reflexión para el pensamiento estratégico. ”Este libro es excelente por varias razones. Destaca cómo la estrategia puede ser mucho más práctica, más tangible. Pone un énfasis especial en las personas que hacen que las estrategias resulten eficaces. Es imprescindible tanto para los profesionales, como para los estudiantes y académicos.” Profesor Peter Lorange, del Lorange Institute of Business, Zurich, Suiza ”Estrategia en la práctica, del profesor Tovstiga, se centra en el pensamiento estratégico aplicado. Tovstiga aduce que las piedras angulares en la estrategia son el pensamiento y discernimiento estratégico más que la planificación estratégica y, en consecuencia, sienta las bases en este interesante nuevo libro para los gerentes, directores y miembros de consejos directivos que desean mejorar su pensamiento estratégico y sus habilidades en la creación de ideas estratégicas.” Leif Bergmann, consejero delegado de Henley Nordic, Copenhague, Dinamarca.

Strategies for Information Technology and Intellectual Capital: Challenges and Opportunities

Strategies for Information Technology and Intellectual Capital: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Joia, Luiz Antonio
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2007-02-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1599040832

"This book presents efficient ways for executives to understand the impact of IT on the intellectual capital of their firms, and searches for a new mandate for management that takes into consideration the pervasive role of IT on competitive boundaries. It provides a synopsis of the history, origin, taxonomies, ontologies, measurement models, and dynamics of intellectual capital"--Provided by publisher.

Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research

Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research
Author: Ralph J. DiClemente
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-06-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780787955663

"Having so many theories put together thoughtfully, proximally, in a single book will help the field come to grips with what the role is of theories as we go forward and address the individual actions, and societal and community influencers of individual action, that promote healthy behaviors." --Jim Marks, director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention New and longstanding threats to public health, such as violence, drug misuse, HIV/AIDS, and homelessness are creating an ever greater demand for innovative theories that are responsive to the changes in the larger social environment. This important work is designed to fill the demand by assembling a careful selection of new and emerging health promotion theories into a single volume, written with an emphasis on practical application of theory to health promotion and health education programs.