ABSTRACT

Healthy behaviors, at the individual and community levels, are imperative to improving and sustaining better public health. With a strong focus on prevention, health promotion strategies are crucial to improving quality of life, while taking into account the various determinants of health. This book provides a global perspective, with an emphasis on contextual issues with health promotion in South Asia for understanding challenges and related strategies. Readers will be comprehensively introduced to healthy behaviors through case studies, covering theories, interventions, and approaches to promote healthy behavior, the impact of policy, and how behavior change can be sustained.

Key features:

  • Covers existing and emerging issues in health promotion
  • Input from globally renowned public health experts with a multidisciplinary approach to content and audience
  • Connects with health systems and relevant sustainable development goals
  • Provides case studies for enabling readers to understand and apply evidence-based solutions to key public health issues

part Section I|38 pages

Health Promotion Approaches

chapter |1 pages

Case Study

chapter 4|5 pages

Prevention and Management of Substance Use

Health Promotion and Behavioral Approaches

part Section II|74 pages

Application of Health Promotion Concepts and Approaches

chapter |4 pages

Case Study

Sustaining Behavior Change: Institutionalizing Health Interventions

chapter 10|13 pages

Public Health Approaches in Cancer Screening and Prevention

Experiences from Ground Level

chapter |3 pages

Case Study

Application of Health Promotion for Cancer Prevention: Lessons from the Field

part Section III|34 pages

Health Promotion Practices in Different Settings

chapter |3 pages

Case Study

Public Health Suffers through Faulty Urban Constructions

chapter |1 pages

Case Study

“UDAAN: Towards a Better Future …,” an Adolescent Education Program in Jharkhand

chapter |2 pages

Case Study

Using Creative Arts for Health Promotion

part Section IV|28 pages

Health Promotion Approaches to Address Social Determinants and Disparities

chapter |5 pages

Case Study

Using Theatre for Health Promotion

chapter |1 pages

Case Study

chapter 15|4 pages

Considering the Social, Cultural, and Contextual Factors in Health Promotion

An Anthropological Snapshot

chapter 16|7 pages

Addressing Inequities and Vulnerabilities in Health and Development

Can We Close the Gap in a Generation?

chapter |1 pages

Case Study