Home Business Non Profit Education K-12 Higher and Adult Education Public Health and Health Services Spirituality and Religion Parenting and Relationships Psychology
Join Email Mailing List Join Postal Mailing List
josseybass.com
Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being [E-Book]
Larry Cohen (Editor), Vivian Chavez (Editor), Sana Chehimi (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-7879-9563-8
E-Book
350 pages
June 2007
US $55.00 add_to_cart.gif

Important E-Book Information


Other Available Formats: Paperback
 
Table of Contents
 
List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.

Acknowledgments.

Foreword (Georges C. Benjamin).

The Contributors.

Introduction (Larry Cohen, Vivian Chávez, Sana Chehimi).

PART ONE: DEFINING THE ISSUES.

1 Beyond Brochures: The Imperative for Primary Prevention (Larry Cohen, Sana Chehimi).

2 Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice (Wayne H. Giles, Leandris C. Liburd).

3 Gender, Health, and Prevention (Michelle Ramirez, Siobhan Maty, Leslie McBride).

4 The Hope of Prevention: Individual, Family, and Community Resilience (Bonnie Benard).

PART TWO: KEY ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EFFORTS.

5 Community Organizing for Health and Social Justice (Vivian Chávez, Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein, Michael S. Spencer).

6 More Than a Message: Framing Public Health Advocacy to Change Corporate Practices (Lori Dorfman, Lawrence Wallack, Katie Woodruff).

7 Working Collaboratively to Advance Prevention (Larry Cohen, Ashby Wolfe).

8 Making Change: The Power of Local Communities to Foster Policy (Makani Themba-Nixon).

9 Using Media Advocacy to Influence Policy (Lori Dorfman).

10 Primary Prevention and Program Evaluation (Daniel Perales).

PART THREE: PREVENTION IN CONTEXT.

11 Preventing Injustices in Environmental Health and Exposures (Stephanie Ann Farquhar, Neha Patel, Molly Chidsey).

12 Health and the Built Environment: Opportunities for Prevention (Howard Frumkin, Andrew L. Dannenberg).

13 Creating Healthy Food Environments and Preventing Chronic Disease (Leslie Mikkelsen, Catherine S. Erickson, Marion Nestle).

14 Strengthening the Collaboration Between Public Health and Criminal Justice to Prevent Violence (Deborah Prothrow-Stith).

15 The Limits of Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention (Dan Wohlfeiler, Jonathan M. Ellen).

Name Index.

Subject Index.

 
Related Titles

Health Behavior & Education
Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4th Edition (Hardcover)
by Karen Glanz (Editor), Barbara K. Rimer (Editor), K. Viswanath (Editor)
Asian American Communities and Health: Context, Research, Policy, and Action (Paperback)
by Chau Trinh-Shevrin (Editor), Nadia Shilpi Islam (Editor), Mariano Jose Rey (Editor)
Putting Patients First: Best Practices in Patient-Centered Care, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
by Susan B Frampton (Editor), Patrick A. Charmel (Editor), Planetree (Editor)
Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion (E-Book)
by Miguel A Perez (Editor), Raffy R Luquis (Editor)