This book focuses on three related issues - health promotion, community care, and client empowerment - and relates them to the needs of diverse clients. Health promotion activities relevant to different groups - pregnant women, teenage mothers, homeless women, people with mental health problems, gay people, ethnic minority groups, young people, elderly people, women, men - are clearly outlined.<BR>To meet the needs of practitioners in all community settings or students undertaking specialist community courses, Community Health Promotion: Challenges for Practice provides the background and techniques to promote excellence in health promotion practice, and sets the agenda for future developments in community health care.