HEALTH ENHANCEMENT
TRAINING HANDBOOK
by GLENN RICHARDSON and MICHAEL FELTS
1st edition, 310 pages, $19.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-196-8 
This
text was designed to help educational institutions, corporations,
and hospitals develop and implement programs designed to improve
the health status of the people they serve. This is a "how
to" book that focuses on direct program guidelines and samples
of other implemented programs. The authors developed techniques
on strength intervention as a lifestyle contracting approach and
wellness assessment approaches that are original and unique to
this book. The text contains over fifty tables, graphs and illustrations
which provide step-by-step assessment protocols, sample program
outlines and examples of lifestyle contracting strategies.
CONTENTS
SECTION
I
Chapter
1: FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE OF HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH EDUCATION
AND WELLNESS
Chapter
2: COMPONENTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Chapter
3: HEALTH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
Chapter
4: HEALTH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS IN WORKSITE AND HOSPITAL SETTINGS
SECTION
II
Chapter
5: PERSONAL STRENGTH AND LIFESTYLE ASSESSMENT
Chapter
6: COMPUTERIZED HEALTH ASSESSMENTS - BEHAVIORAL ANALYSES
Chapter
7: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Chapter
8: PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH STATUS
SECTION
III — LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION/EVALUATION
Chapter
9: STRENGTH INTERVENTION AND LIFESTYLE CONTRACTING
Chapter
10: HEALTH PROMOTION
Chapter
11: GRASS ROOTS (LOW COST) PROGRAMS
Chapter
12: PROGRAM EVALUATION
SECTION
IV — ESTABLISHING HEALTH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS
Chapter
13: ESSENTIALS OF EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS
Chapter
14: NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMMING - TOWARD A HEALTHIER DIET
Chapter
15: FACILITATING WEIGHT CONTROL
Chapter
16: PROGRAMMING FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT
Chapter
17: THE ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Chapter
18: SECONDARY PREVENTION - APPLICATION OF HEALTH ENHANCEMENT
STRATEGIES
SECTION
V
Chapter
19: TIPS FOR CONSULTANTS
Chapter
20: EXAMPLES OF PROGRAM THAT WORK
APPENDIX
A — CALORIC EXPENDITURE DURING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
APPENDIX
B — GUIDELINES FOR INDIRECT MEASUREMENT OF ARTERIAL
BLOOD PRESSURE
REFERENCES
ABOUT
THE AUTHORS
Glenn
Richardson received his Ph.D. from the University of utah
in 1976. He has held positions as Chair of the Department of Health
Education and Nutrition at the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City; Vice President of the Wellness Institue, Co-Director of
the Texas A&M Student Wellness Network, and Associate Professor
of Health Education at Texas A&M University in College Station,
Texas. Dr. Richardson has contributed over seventy publication
and presentations in the area of Health Promotion, Wellness and
Health Intervention Methodologies in national journals.
Dr.
Michael Felts holds his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Felts has taught in positions as Assistant Professor and Coordinator
of Graduate Studies in the Health and Physical Education Department
at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina; Assistant
Professor of health education at Texas A&M university, and
as an associate of the The Wellness Institutes. Prior to his university
positions he has held a position as a consultant for Control Data
Corporation's "Staywell" Program. Dr. Felts has contributed
numerous publications and national presentations in the area of
Stress management, Fitness, Health Promotion, and Adolescent Health.