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<p><P>Health promotion is a newly emerging discipline, and health promoters are still grappling with the question of what are the appropriate methods to evaluate their activities. With increasing emphasis on cost-effectiveness and evidence-based health care, health promotion cannot ignore the demands for adequate evaluation. This practical guide for graduate, PG and practitioners of health promotion and public health describes methods by which health promotion can be evaluated. Practical examples are given and the book will help practitioners design and implement appropriate and informative evaluations.</p> <h3>Cristanna M. Cook</h3> <p>The editors of this book attempt to identify different methodologies appropriate in health promotion. These methodologies are known to anyone involved in evaluation, health promotion or otherwise. Content includes reviews of specific application of methodologies. "The purpose is to describe issues and questions facing those who want to evaluate health promotion. While the purpose is worthy, the presentation of methodologies and reviews of methodologies in practice are less than complete. Still, important issues and questions are identified even thou

Author

Margaret Thorogood; Yolande Coombes; Oxford University Press

Publisher

Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199569298

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Medicine