Chapter 1 - What is 'health'? Chapter 2 - Health promotion: an historical overview Chapter 3 - Health Promotion Approaches Chapter 4 - The role of health promotion in tackling contemporary health challenges Chapter 5 - Inequalities in health Chapter 6 - The importance of health promotion values Chapter 7 - Assessing Health Needs: Principles and Practice Chapter 8 - Valuing Lay Perspectives Chapter 9 - Understanding epidemiology and health profiling Chapter 10 - The role of the individual Chapter 11 - The role of the state Chapter 12 - Partnership working Chapter 13 - Settings approach: overarching theory Chapter 14 - Healthy settings in action Chapter 15 - Virtual settings for health Chapter 16 - Professional competencies and core skills Chapter 17 - Searching and appraising the evidence Chapter 18 - Planning and designing health promotion programmes Chapter 19 - Health promotion research and evaluation Chapter 20 - Communicating effectively