MOYRA SIDDELL, LINDA JONES, JEANNE KATZ, ALYSON PEBERDY and JENNY DOUGLAS are all at the School of Health & Social Welfare, Open University, Milton Keynes.

• IntroductionSECTION 1: KEY ISSUES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH PROMOTIONIntroductionThe Cycle of Conflict: The History of the Public Health and Health Promotion Movements;C.Webster and J.FrenchThe Challenge of Health Inequalities;  H.GrahamOlder People's Health: Applying Antonovsky's Salutogenic Paradigm; M.SidellSocial Capital and Health Promotion: A Review; P.Hawe and A.ShiellThe Importance of Social Theory for Health Promotion: From Description to Reflexivity; R.CaplanModels of Health:Pervasive, Persuasive, and Politically Charged; T.CollinsPlanning and Delivering Health Promotion: Intergration Challenges; A.TannerhillThe Limits of Lifestyle: Re-assessing 'Fatalism' in the Popular Culture of Illness Prevention;  C.Davison, S.Frankel and G.Davey-SmithAn Empowerment Model of Health Promotion; K.Tones and S.TilfordCounselling People Living with HIV/AIDS;  P.ConnorMore than Words: Dialogue across Difference; Y.GunaratnumThe Social Marketing Imbroglio in Health Promotion; R.Craig LefebvreSECTION 2 : QUESTIONING THE EVIDENCE BASE OF HEALTH PROMOTION IntroductionEpidemiology: To be Taken with Care; J.H.AbramsonExplaining the French Paradox;  M.L.BurrJob-loss and Family Morbidity: A study of a Factory Closure; N.Beale and S.NethercottWhat Counts as Evidence: Issues and Debates;  D.V.McQueen and L.M.AndersonIs Prevention Better than Cure?;  C.GodfreyThe Efficacy of Health Promotion, Health Economics and Late Modernism; R.Burrows, R.Bunton, S.Muncer and K.GillenTowards a Critical Approach to Evaluation; A.Everitt and P.HardikerA Case Study of Ethical Issues in Health Promotion Mammography Screening: The Nurse's Position; A.DinesSECTION 3:PROMOTING HEALTH IN A WIDER CONTEXTIntroductionThe Changing Global Context of Public HealthPedagogy of the Oppressed: An Extract;  P.FreireAddressing the Contradictions: Health Promotion and Community Health Action in the United Kingdom; W.FarrantDialogical Evaluation and Health Projects: A Discourse of Change; A.BeattieUser Movements, Community Development and Health Promotion;  M.BarnesPromoting Health with Black and Minority Ethnic Communities; Developing Strategies which Address Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion;  J.DouglasEconology: Integrating Health and Sustainable Development. Guiding Principles for Decision-Making;  R.LabonteUsing Sponsorship to Create Health Environments for Sport and Racing Arts Venues in Western Australia; B.Corti, C.D'Arcy J.Holman, R.J.Donovan, S.K.Frizzell and A.MCarrollCan the Health Sector Influence Transport Planning for Better Health?; A.DavisCrime is a Public Health Problem;  J.MiddletonSECTION 4:LOOKING FORWARD: DILEMMAS IN HEALTH PROMOTION IntroductionLifestyle, Public Health and Paternalism; D.BeauchampSurveillance, Health Promotion and the Formation of a Risk Identity; S.NettletonConsumer Health Information Seeking on the Internet: The State of the Art; R J.W.Cline and K.M.HaynesGendering Health: Men, Women and Wellbeing; L.DoyalThe Future of the Health Promoting School;  S.Denman, A.Moon, C.Parsons and D.StearsThink Globally, Act Locally;  P.TownsendFrom Healthy Cities to Locality-based Initiatives: Margin to Mainstream;  M.P.Kelly and A.KilloranHealth Promotion as an Investment Strategy: A Perspective for the 21st Century;  L.S.Levin & E.Ziglio.