Theory in Health Promotion Research and Practice: Thinking Outside the Box: Thinking Outside the BoxUnlike other texts of its kind, Health Theory in Public Health Research and Practice: Thinking Outside the Box uses an applied approach from a theoretical angle. |
Contents
Thinking Theoretically About Health Promotion | 1 |
Chapter 2 Why Think Theoretically About Health Promotion? | 23 |
Chapter 3 Who is Thinking Theoretically? Current Use of Theory in Health Promotion Research and Practice | 55 |
Chapter 4 Which Theories? An Overview of the Theoretical Landscape in Health Promotion | 75 |
Exaggerated Focus on IndividualLevel Factors Too Much of a Good Thing? | 93 |
Undue Emphasis on Rationality Whats Love Got to do With It? | 107 |
Deliberate Privileging of Linearity The Whole or the Sum of the Parts? | 123 |
Chapter 8 Applying Theory to Health Promotion Research | 139 |
Chapter 9 Applying Theory to Program Planning and Evaluation | 183 |
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Theory or Model? | 225 |
How to Think Theoretically | 229 |
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