Table of Contents

Preface

1. Health Education, Health Promotion, Health Educators, and Program Planning

Part One: Planning a Health Promotion Program

2. Starting the Planning Process

3. Models for Program Planning in Health Promotion

4. Assessing Needs

5. Measurement, Measures, Measurement Instruments and Sampling

6. Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives

7. Theories and Models Commonly Used for Health Promotion Interventions

8. Interventions

9. Community Organizing and Community Building

Part Two: Implementing a Health Promotion Program

10. Identification and Allocation of Resources

11. Marketing: Making Sure Programs Respond to Wants and Needs of Consumers

12. Implementation: Strategies and Associated Concerns

Part Three: Evaluating a Health Promotion Program

13. Evaluation: An Overview

14. Evaluation Approaches and Designs

15. Data Analysis and Reporting

Appendix A: Code of Ethics for the Health Education Profession

Appendix B: Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness as a Part of the Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Author

Jim McKenzie was the first to come out with a book that combines program planning, implementing, and evaluating all in one place. A Professor at Penn State Hershey and a Professor Emeritus at Ball State University, he is Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES). He also serves as the Coordinator of the Division Board of Certified Health Education Specialists of the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.

Brad Neiger is the chair of the Health Science Department at Brigham Young University. Brad has also served in the field within the Utah State Department of Health and the National Health Institute.

Rosemary Thackeray is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University. She has revised the marketing chapter, her area of expertise.