The second edition of the above book is now available. It is a completely revised edition of the book first published in 1993. Chapters include: introduction to health education and health promotion, understanding behaviour, teaching and learning, communication planning, interpersonal communication and patient education, folk media, schools and young people, working with communities, mass media and advocacy and political change. A special feature of this new edition is the inclusion of mini case studies from the Leeds Health Education Database of evaluated health education interventions from developing countries. A dedicated web site for the book has been set up at with details of the book, links, case studies and powerpoint presentations and training resources. Sample chapters in PDF format will be included in a forthcoming TALC CDROM. The book is available from TALC (http://www.talcuk.org [5]).
Communicating Health: An action guide to health education and health promotion in developing countries. 2nd edition 2004 Macmillan Education. Hubley, J.