This inspiring and practical guide to people-centred health promotion focuses on:- Putting a people perspective at the centre of health promotion concerns
- Improvement of health-related quality of life, rather than just prevention of disease
- Empowering communities to develop and maintain their own self-determined action in health promotion
- Taking a developmental approach to intervention and evaluation within communities.
People-Centred Health Promotion will be essential reading for all students, researchers and practitioners in health promotion, community development and public health. (From the publisher)