This book, for professionals, faculty and students in health promotion in health education and community health nursing programs, is a practice-driven guide to promoting the health of individuals, families, communities, and groups.   Professional preparation is a major audience. Colleges that offer masters degrees relating to public health are required by the main accrediting organization (CEPH) to teach concepts and methods of social and behavioral sciences relevant to the identification and the solution of public health problems. Programs often fulfill this requirement by requiring a course in health promotion practice. pp Part One of explains the context of health promotion and theoretical approaches to clinical practice.  Part Two addresses the ten most important behaviors that contribute to the health of clients: Smoking Cessation, Eating Well, Physical Activity, Sexual Awareness, Injury and Violence Prevention, Substance Safety, Oral Health, Resilience and Self-Development, Productivity, and Disaster Preparedness. Each chapter in part 2 will include: the importance of the area for intervention from an epidemiologic perspective; theoretical foundation(s) for clinical practice in the area, with one or more theoretical underpinnings for the major studies in this field, including; the stages of change, Health Belief Model, Prospect Theory and others; evidence-based literature review; and evidence-based clinical intervention, including a script that a clinician should follow, tools for office-based prevention, or general guidelines for intervention in this area. Part Three looks at the economic and political aspects of health promotion, including the growth of managed care, and discusses the critical issues affecting the future of health promotion.