Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part I. THEORY AND CONCEPTS -- 1. A Model for Health and Wellness Promotion in Communities -- 2. Health Promotion with Changing and Vulnerable Populations -- Part II. DEVELOPING PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY -- 3. Community Self-Assessment -- 4. Principles of Planning Effective Community Programs -- 5. Community Mobilization and Participation -- 6. Marketing Community Health Promotion Programs -- 7. Evaluating Community Health Programs -- 8. Health Promotion in Rural Settings -- 9. Health Promotion on the Internet -- Part III. STRATEGIES FOR WELLNESS -- 10. Nutrition and Weight Management -- 11. Fitness and Flexible Movement -- 12. Typical Childhood Communicable Diseases: Promoting Community Resiliency -- 13. Stress Management -- 14. Smoking Cessation -- 15. Violence-Prevention Skills -- 16. Environmental Wellness -- 17. Complementary Health Care Practices -- Part IV. INTERACTION SKILLS -- 18. Advanced Communication Skills with Individuals and Groups -- 19. Working with Groups -- 20. Working with Families -- Part V. HEALTH PROMOTION IN A CULTURAL CONTEXT -- 21. Health Promotion with African American Women -- 22. Establishing a Lay Health Promotion Program in a Hispanic Community -- 23. Diabetes Programs in Hawaii -- 24. Parish Nursing -- Part VI. LESSONS FROM SAMPLE HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS -- 25. Conducting a Survey: The Example of a Youth Service Organization -- 26. Violence Prevention in Schools: A Model Violence-Prevention Center -- 27. Evaluating Small Community-Based Health Promotion Programs: Lessons Learned from Colorado Health Promotion Initiatives -- 28. Health Promotion in a Homeless Center -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.