John P. Allegrante & David Sleet 
Derryberry’s Educating for Health [PDF ebook] 
A Foundation for Contemporary Health Education Practice

Derryberry’s Educating for Health includes the complete original text of his classic book with new chapters by current experts and teachers in the field of health education and promotion. The book is organized into six sections: Linking Statistical Methods to Health Education, Education As a Challenge to All Health Professions, Establishing the Parameters of Health Education, Community Health Education, Influencing the International Health Field, and Research in Public Health Issues.

About the author

John P. Allegrante is professor of health education in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, and in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He is also president and CEO of the National Center for Health Education in New York City.
David A. Sleet is associate director for science in the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.