All healthcare practitioners have a professional responsibility to promote good health and well-being - making health promotion and health education a fundamental part of their daily work. Using a multi-professional approach, this book provides a fascinating guide to health promotion, health education and public health issues. It supplies the knowledge and means to understand and implement a systematic approach to your own practice, including information on:- Health promotion in the context of the healthcare setting- The role of the nurse in promoting health- Evidence-based practice- Politics, policy and ethics for health education and promotion. Health Promotion and Health Education in Nursing is essential reading for all nursing students, qualified nurses and allied health professionals.