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Achievement of the full life opportunities and satisfaction is a final, most important goal of the health promotion. Especially important is the promotion of the healthy individuals working in extraterrestrial environment. Collected data have shown that the most common illnesses and causes of disability to work of the military flying personnel included 3 groups of the diseases (about 70% of cases): cardiovascular diseases − about 35%; neuroses and psychological disorders − about 20%, and spinal diseases − about 15% of cases. Therefore, programs of health maintaining in the flying personnel are so important. Proposal of health protection of the aircrew and prophylactic actions are also addressing in this article.

This article argues that efforts to improve the health and well-being of the workforce should begin with the organization itself. The term organizational health promotion is introduced to expand the scope of worksite health promotion. Organizational health promotion delves into the basic structural and organizational fabric of the enterprise—to how work is organized. The core themes of healthy work organization are introduced, and the status of our ability to identify organizational risk factors is discussed. A conceptual model of healthy work organization is presented, along with a process for expanding the health promotive capacity of the organization. The final section addresses challenges related to adopting an organizational health promotion perspective.

Much of our social and political effort, including a portion of the research in this university, is directed towards the promotion of one goal: health. But what is health? Or rather, how should we define health so that it is an identifiable goalpost for our social policies and technological developments? This lecture will discuss whether an appropriate goal for our health minded social policies and technological developments can be identified.

Health Promotion and Public Health -- Epidemiological Tools for Health Promotion -- Understanding Health and Illness Behaviours -- Health Promotion through the Lifespan -- One-to-One Communication -- Health Promotion with Groups -- Mass Media -- Print Media -- Electronic Media and the Internet -- Advocacy -- Community Settings -- Health Facility Settings -- The Workplace Setting -- Settings Used by Children and Young People -- Institutional Settings -- Planning and Management of Health Promotion -- Evaluation and Reflection.

Throughout the course of this ebook it becomes evident that school can play an important role in the promotion of mental health. What schools can achieve in mental health promotion is then elaborated on with the help of a comprehensive model showing different approaches. Available research evidence shows which interventions are more likely to be successful

The impact of the United Nations "Healthy Prisons" initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations. This invaluable book discusses the many health and medical issues that arise or are introduced into prisons from the perspective of both inmates and prison staff. Health and Health Promotion in Prison places key issues in prison healthcare into a historical perspective and investigates contemporary policy drivers. It then addresses the significant legal issues relating to health in prison settings and the human rights implications and question.

Key steps in the research process / Crosby, DiClemente & Salazar -- Philosophy of science / Salazar, DiClemente & Crosby -- Ethical issues in health promotion research / John Santelli -- Choosing a research design / Salazar, Crosby & DiClemente -- Conducting observational research / Crosby, Salazar & DiClemente -- Designing randomized controlled trials in health promotion research / DiClemente, Salazar & Crosby -- Qualitative research strategies and methods for health promotion / Salazar, Crosby & DiClemente -- Program evaluation / Nancy Thompson, Michelle Kegler & David Holtgrave -- Measurement in health promotion / Richard R. Clayton -- Improving validity of self-reports for sensitive behaviors / Zimmerman, Atwood & Cupp -- Principles of sampling / Crosby, Salazar & DiClemente -- Analytic techniques for observational research / Crosby, DiClemente & Salazar -- Analytic techniques for experimental research / DiClemente, Salazar & Crosby -- Introduction to scientific writing / Crosby, DiClemente & Salazar -- Crafting a successful research proposal / DiClemente, Salazar & Crosby.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Understanding Health Behavior -- 3. Principles of Wellness Coaching -- 4. Health Communications in the Clinical Setting -- 5. Consumer Health Information and Literacy -- 6. Advocating for Health in the Community -- 7. Wellness Assessment and Clinical Preventive Services -- 8. Counseling and Coaching on Physical Activity -- 9. Nutrition for Prevention and Health Promotion -- 10. Weight Management -- 11. Injury Prevention* -- 12. Tobacco and Substance Use -- 13. Stress Management and Stress-Related Conditions -- 14. Worksite Wellness -- 15. Retooling Your Office for Health Promotion and Wellness -- INDEX.

Sect. I. The health promotion concept: The health effects of health promotion / Jeffrey S. Harris and Jim Fries. Employer's financial perspective on workplace health promotion / Michael P. O'Donnell -- Sect. II. Program management: Design of workplace health promotion programs / Michael P. O'Donnell, with comments by Tim McDonald and John Harris. Program management of workplace health promotion programs / William B. Baun. Program evaluation / Ron Z. Goetzel and Ronald J. Ozminkowski -- Sect. III. Strategies: Awareness strategies / Larry S. Chapman. Theoretically-based strategies for health behavior change / Kenneth A. Wallston and Colin Armstong. Building supportive cultural environments / Judd Robert Allen -- Sect. IV. Interventions: Health assessment / David R. Anderson, Seth Serxner, and Paul E. Terry. Physical activity in the workplace / Mark G. Wilson, C. Shannon Griffin-Blake, and David M. DeJoy. Worksite nutrition programs / Karen Glanz and Alan R. Kristal. Worksite weight management / Gordon D. Kaplan, Valerie Brinkman-Kaplan, and Edward M. Framer. Tobacco control and cessation / Nell H. Gottlieb. Medical self-care / Paul E. Terry. Stress management / Lawrence R. Murphy. Employee assistance programs / R. Paul Maiden and Donald B. Levitt. Social health in the workplace / Kenneth R. McLeroy, Nell H. Gottlieb, and Catherine A. Heaney -- Sect. IV. Perspectives: Workplace health promotion in small business / Daniel Stokols, Shari McMahan, and Kimari Phillips. Aging and workplace health promotion / David Gobble. Global perspectives in workplace health promotion / Wolf Kirsten. Connecting the workplace to the community / Paul Terry and Michelle Nunn. The future of workplace health promotion / Don R. Powell and Elaine Frank

A significant portion of the deaths in the United States could have been prevented or postponed using known interventions. One reason this did not occur is because medical science and medical education are disease, not health, oriented. Since physicians are at the center of the health care delivery system, their disease orientation pervades the industry. Historically, there have been calls for physicians to focus more on disease prevention; however, medical education does not teach disease prevention/health promotion. There are several reasons for this: 1) medical school faculty conceptual discordance between "certainty" of curative disease vs. the "probability" of risk factor reduction; 2) gaps in the knowledge of effective interventions; 3) the concept that health promotion/disease prevention are outside the province of physicians; 4) the significant role of biomedical research grants on medical school funding; 5) the close association of medical education and the acute care hospital; and 6) the use of rote memory/lecture based teaching methods of traditional medicine vs. the problem-based learning necessary to teach disease prevention/health promotion. Some medical schools have begun to use problem based learning and to introduce health promotion concepts. Widespread and long-lasting change requires support of the leadership in medical schools and the preventive medicine/public health community, and grant funding from state and federal sources to support research on medical education research and change.

Behavior problems are approaching epidemic levels in many schools and mental health issues in school-aged children is an international concern. Similarly, parents, caregivers, and other concerned adults report behavioral disturbances in homes and in other settings despite the ongoing effort to ease access to mental health services. Student mental health has also been demonstrated to have a direct impact on student behavior and performance. This book discusses methods by which educators can promote student mental health, similar to the ways in which schools already promote physical health. Promoting student mental health may mean doing things differently than are currently being done, but does not involve doing more than what is already is being done. Professional educators, counselors and readers interested in public mental health matters will greatly benefit from this book.