TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Nutbeam, Don
AU  - Harris, Elizabeth 
AU  - Wise, Marilyn 
TI  - Theory in a nutshell: a practical guide to health promotion theories
SN  - 9780070278431
U1  - 613 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Sydney 
PB  -  McGraw-Hill, 
KW  - Health promotion.
KW  -  Health planning
N1  -  	Theory --
Theories which explain health behaviour and health behaviour change by focusing on individual characteristics --
Theories on change in communities and communal action for health --
Models which guide communication to bring about behaviour change --
Models for change in organizations and creation of supportive organization practices --
Models for development and implementation of health public policy
N2  -  	
"[This book] provides practitioners and students of health promotion with an overview of the most influential theories and models used to guide health promotion practice. An explanation of the main elements of each theory id provided, followed by a commentary on it relative strengths and weaknesses, and some ideas as to how it can be related to the real world. Theories reflecting the range of activities currently undertaken by health promotion practitioners discussed n this guide include: the health belief model, the transtheoretical (stages of change) model, the social cognitive theory, the health literacy model."--Jacket
ER  -