HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE: BUILDI

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How can health promotion practitioners help communities to become more empowered How do you encourage different communities to work together towards a shared goal How can you focus your resources to be most effective in building empowered communities How do you evaluate your success and failures in building empowered communities Power and empowerment are two complex concepts that are central to health promotion practice People experience empowerment in many different ways and this book explains an approach that has been used by health promoters to intentionally build and evaluate empowerment The book provides a special focus on communities and is illustrated throughout with useful field experiences in the United Kingdom Asia North America the Pacific region and Africa The book aims to provide the reader with An understanding of the key concepts of power and empowerment and the link to improved health outcomes in the context of health promotion programmes An understanding of practical approaches that can be used in health promotion programming to build and evaluate empowered communities Case study examples of how communities can be empowered in practice This unique book offers sound theoretical principles to underpin the practical approaches used to build empowered communities and brings together new and innovative approaches in health promotion practice Health Promotion Practice is essential reading for health promotion students and practitioners who want to learn more about innovative approaches to build empowered communities in their everyday work It will inspire them to work in more empowering ways in health promotion practice and to carefully contemplate how they can influence the way others gain power Glenn Laverack is Director Health Promotion at the School of Population Health University of Auckland He has worked in health promotion public health and community development for twenty years in Africa Asia and the Pacific regions His Ph D investigated the mechanisms of community empowerment How can health promotion practitioners help communities to become more empowered How do you encourage different communities to work together towards a shared goal How can you focus your resources to be most effective in building empowered communities How do you evaluate your success and failures in building empowered communities Power ...and empowerment are two complex concepts that are central to health promotion practice People experience empowerment in many different ways and this book explains an approach that has been used by health promoters to intentionally build and evaluate empowerment The book provides a special focus on communities and is illustrated throughout with useful field experiences in the United Kingdom Asia North America the Pacific region and Africa The book aims to provide the reader with An understanding of the key concepts of power and empowerment and the link to improved health outcomes in the context of health promotion programmes An understanding of practical approaches that can be used in health promotion programming to build and evaluate empowered communities Case study examples of how communities can be empowered in practice This unique book offers sound theoretical principles to underpin the practical approaches used to build empowered communities and brings together new and innovative approaches in health promotion practice Health Promotion Practice is essential reading for health promotion students and practitioners who want to learn more about innovative approaches to build empowered communities in their everyday work It will inspire them to work in more empowering ways in health promotion practice and to carefully contemplate how they can influence the way others gain power Glenn Laverack is Director Health Promotion at the School of Population Health University of Auckland He has worked in health promotion public health and community development for twenty years in Africa Asia and the Pacific regions His Ph D investigated the mechanisms of community empowerment

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