Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance

Karen Wild is Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Salford.Maureen McGrath worked as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Salford.

• Preface ixAcknowledgements xAuthors’ biographies xiGlossary of terms xiiUnit I What has public health to do with nursing? 11 What is public health and why is it relevant to nursing? 22 Some historical points of public health 43 Determinants of health 64 Health improvement and the role of the nurse 85 What people think about public health 106 How public health is measured: epidemiology 127 Public health outcomes and the role of the nurse 148 The prevention of premature mortality: screening 169 Health surveillance 1810 Inequalities in health 2011 Investigations into inequalities in health: reports and reviews 2212 The relationship between public health and competency standards for registered nurses 24Unit II What has health promotion to do with nursing? 271 Health promotion 282 Aspects of health promotion 303 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 1. Cardiovascular disease in men 324 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 2. Children’s dental health 345 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 3. Self-harm 366 Primary and secondary prevention of ill health and health education 4. Obesity and people with a learning disability 387 Tertiary prevention of ill health and health education: cardiovascular disease in men and dental health in children 408 Tertiary prevention of ill health and health education: self-harm; obesity in people with a learning disability 42Unit III Causes of mortality and morbidity 451 Different experiences of health through the life course 462 Long-term conditions: all ages 483 Cardiovascular diseases 504 Respiratory diseases 525 Cancers 546 Child and adolescent mental health 567 Depression 588 Dementia 60Unit IV How nurses can work with individual patients to promote health 631 Why is behaviour change difficult? 642 Models of health behaviour 663 Models and theories of behaviour change 684 Readiness to change 705 Self-efficacy and resilience 726 Skills to support behaviour change 747 Skills supporting behaviour change. Example 1: Jenna 768 Skills supporting behaviour change. Example 2: Rachel 789 Further examples of supporting behaviour change: Jenny, Shaheed and Deena 80Unit V Strategies for working with communities to improve health 831 Community health and public health 842 Factors that influence the health of communities 863 Barriers to the success of community health improvement programmes 884 Factors that may promote the success of community health improvement programmes 905 Health profiles 92Unit VI Ethics of public health and health promotion 951 Ethical principles 962 Nursing and ethics 983 Application of ethical principles to public health issues 1004 The stewardship model 1025 Acceptable health goals 1046 Opportunity and choice versus coercion 1067 Individual versus collective interests in public health strategies 1088 Individual versus collective interests in public health. Example 1 – Alcohol 1109 Individual versus collective interests in public health. Example 2 – People with learning disabilities 11210 Ethical issues in engaging people in conversations about health: an overview 114Appendix 116Reference 117Index 124