Prevention Is Primary Strategies for Community Well Being

Name: Prevention Is Primary Strategies for Community Well Being
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ISBN: 9780470550953

ISBN-10: 0470550953

ISBN-13: 9780470550953

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Larry Cohen, Vivian Chavez, Sana Chehimi

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Since the first edition of Prevention is Primary was published in 2007, the notion of prevention has gained greater prominence on a national level. This updated second edition includes advances in the field of prevention while contextualizing the practice of prevention in the current economic and healthcare climate. Stronger links are made throughout the text of the connection between various topics for example, links between violence prevention and physical activity promotion. The new edition also contains a real-world examples and application of key concepts and offers an online instructors manual.

Book details

List price: $73.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/22/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.20" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



Tables, Figures, and Exhibits


Acknowledgments


Foreword



The Contributors


Introduction




Defining the Issues



The Imperative for Primary Prevention




Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice



Sidebar




Individual, Family, and Community Resilience




Key Elements of Effective Prevention Efforts



Community Organizing for Health and Social Justice




Working Collaboratively to Advance Prevention



Sidebars




The Power of Local Communities to Foster Policy




Using Media Advocacy to Influence Policy




The Impact of Corporate Practices on Health and Health Policy




Primary Prevention and Program Evaluation




Prevention in Context



Preventing Injustices in Environmental Health and Exposures



Sidebars




Health and the Built Environment




Creating Healthy Food Environments to Prevent Chronic Disease




A Public Health Approach to Preventing Violence



Sidebar




The Limits of Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention




Mental Health in the Realm of Primary Prevention



Sidebar



Name Index


Subject Index