TY - BOOK AU - Goodson,Patricia TI - Theory in health promotion research and practice: thinking outside the box SN - 0763757934 AV - RA427.8 .G66 2010 U1 - 613 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett KW - Health promotion KW - Philosophy KW - Research KW - Health planning KW - Models, Theoretical N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Theory as practice: thinking theoretically about health promotion -- Why think theoretically about health promotion? -- Who is thinking theoretically? current use of theory in health promotion research and practice -- Which theories? an overview of the theoretical landscape in health promotion -- Pattern # 1. Exaggerated focus on individual-level factors: too much of a good thing? -- Pattern # 2. Undue emphasis on rationality: what's love got to do with it? -- Pattern # 3. Deliberate privileging of linearity: the whole or the sum of the parts? -- Applying theory to health promotion research -- Applying theory to program planning and evaluation -- Bridging the gap: recommendations to enhance the use of theory in health promotion research and practice ER -