"This edition presents health data with related theories and skills that are needed to understand and practice when providing care. This book focuses on primary prevention intervention; its three main components are: (1) health promotion, (2) specific health protection and (3) prevention of specific diseases" -- Provided by publisher.

Health promotion, protection, and prevention -- Emerging populations and health -- Health policy and the delivery system -- The therapeutic relationship -- Ethical issues related to health promotion -- Health promotion and the individual -- Health promotion and the family -- Health promotion and the community -- Screening -- Health education -- Nutrition counseling for health promotion -- Exercise -- Stress management -- Complementary and alternative strategies -- Overview of growth and development framework -- The prenatal period -- Infant -- Toddler -- Preschool child -- School-age child -- Adolescent -- Young adult -- Middle-age adult -- Older adult -- Health promotion for the twenty-first century : throughout the life span and -- Throughout the world.