Research in health promotion and nursing

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Introduction....Pages 1-2
The theory of health promotion: implications for nursing....Pages 3-12
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The meaning of health promotion: a personal view....Pages 15-19
The ethics of health education....Pages 20-28
Health promotion — a human science?....Pages 29-35
A social behavioural approach to understanding and promoting condom use....Pages 36-42
A case study of ethical issues in health promotion — mammography screening: the nurse’s position....Pages 43-50
Nursing as health promotion — a myth accepted?....Pages 51-58
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Factors influencing nurses’ health education and health promotion practice in acute ward areas....Pages 61-71
Health education and health promotion in acute ward settings: nurses’ perceptions and practice....Pages 72-79
Opportunities for health education: an analysis of nurse-client interactions in acute areas....Pages 80-85
Lay participation in care: threat to the status quo....Pages 86-100
Hospitalisation and discharge of stroke patients: the relatives’ experiences....Pages 101-106
Client participation in health promotion encounters with health visitors....Pages 107-118
Practice nursing and health promotion: a case study....Pages 119-131
Assessment of older people at home — a missed opportunity?....Pages 132-139
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Healthier children through empowerment....Pages 145-153
Description of facilitative nursing interventions in primary health care: preliminary results....Pages 154-159
Towards healthier families....Pages 160-173
Evaluating the impact of training community psychiatric nurses to educate relatives about schizophrenia: implications for health promotion at the secondary level....Pages 174-184
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Meeting mental health education needs of patients: the potential role of the psychiatric nurse....Pages 185-193
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Knowledge and distress: implications for cardiac recovery programmes....Pages 197-203
Evaluating the effectiveness of the coronary care nurses’ role in smoking cessation....Pages 204-216
Working with a women’s slimming group: a case study of health promotion....Pages 217-224
Healthy living after illness....Pages 225-229
Teaching aids: a study of school nurses’ views of their role in HIV/AIDS education....Pages 230-236
Occupational health policies for the health service....Pages 237-246
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Development of a programme of health promotion research....Pages 249-255
From sick nursing to health nursing: evolution or revolution?....Pages 256-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-282