Health Promotion Practice: Building Empowered Communities

"A very welcome addition to the practical side of health promotion! Laverack’s brief and simply-worded text weaves together just the right balance of theory, evidence, tips and case studies to satisfy the new learner looking to gain a grasp of health promotion’s empowering whole, while still offering new insights to the more seasoned practitioner."
Ronald Labonté, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa

• 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?

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

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.