عنوان

Prevention is primary :

(Number (ISBN

0787983187

(Number (ISBN

9780787983185

Number

b782603

Title Proper

Prevention is primary :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

strategies for community well-being /

First Statement of Responsibility

Larry Cohen, Vivian Chávez, and Sana Chehimi, editors ; foreword by Georges C. Benjamin.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[Washington, DC] :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Copublished by American Public Health Association,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxxi, 367 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

Beyond brochures: the imperative for primary prevention / Larry Cohen, Sana Chehimi -- Achieving health equity and social justice / Wayne H. Giles, Leandris C. Liburd -- Gender, health, and prevention / Michelle Ramirez, Siobhan Maty, Leslie McBride -- The hope of prevention: individual, family, and community resilience / Bonnie Benard -- Community organizing for health and social justice / Vivian Chávez [and others] -- More than a message: framing public health advocacy to change corporate practices / Lori Dorfman, Lawrence Wallack, Katie Woodruff -- Working collaboratively to advance prevention / Larry Cohen, Ashby Wolfe -- Making change: the power of local communities to foster policy / Makani Themba-Nixon -- Using media advocacy to influence policy / Lori Dorfman -- Primary prevention and program evaluation / Dan Perales -- Preventing injustices in environmental health and exposures / Stephanie Farquhar, Neha Patel, Molly Chidsey -- Health and the built environment: opportunities for prevention / Howard Frumkin, Andrew L. Dannenberg -- Creating healthy food environments and preventing chronic disease / Leslie Mikkelsen, Catherine S. Erickson, Marion Nestle -- Strengthening the collaboration between public health and criminal justice to prevent violence / Deborah Prothrow-Stith -- The limits of behavioral interventions for HIV prevention / Dan Wohlfeiler, Jonathan M. Ellen.

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Text of Note

This book is a theory-to-practice book for students, faculty practitioners, and community leaders who want to take a proactive stance against the most pressing health problems in the community including asthma, tobacco, violence, HIV, poor nutrition and physical inactivity, health disparities, and environmental injustice. The volume provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of prevention on a community level. The authors define the elements of comprehensive, quality prevention efforts--from the necessary partnerships that need to be developed to the training, vision, and policies that go into successful efforts.

Community health services-- United States.

Medical policy-- United States.

Medicine, Preventive-- United States.

Social medicine-- United States.

Community Health Services-- organization & administration.

Health Policy.

Primary Prevention-- organization & administration.

Social Justice.

Justice sociale-- États-Unis.

Médecine préventive-- États-Unis.

Médecine sociale-- États-Unis.

Politique sanitaire-- États-Unis.

Santé, Services communautaires de-- États-Unis.

Santé, Services communautaires de-- Organisation-- États-Unis.

Community health services.

Gezondheidsvoorlichting en -opvoeding.

Gezondheidszorg.

Medical policy.

Medicine, Preventive.

Preventieve gezondheidszorg.

Social medicine.

Volksgezondheid.

United States.

United States.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Class number

Book Number

System Code

Chávez, Vivian.

Chehimi, Sana.

Cohen, Larry,1947 May 21-

Date of Transaction

20201206210625.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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