Prevention is primary
Subtitle: strategies for community well-being
By: Larry Cohen, Vivian Chávez, and Sana Chehimi, editors ; foreword by Georges C. Benjamin
Contributors: Cohen, Larry, 1947 May 21-; Chávez, Vivian; Chehimi, Sana
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Prevention Institute; Jossey-Bass; Copublished by American Public Health Association
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Oakland, CA]; San Francisco; [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780787983185
Subjects: Medicine, Preventive -- United States; Community health services -- United States; Medical policy -- United States; Social medicine -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Beyond brochures: the imperative for primary prevention / Larry Cohen, Sana Chehimi; title: Achieving health equity and social justice / Wayne H. Giles, Leandris C. Liburd; title: Gender, health, and prevention / Michelle Ramirez, Siobhan Maty, Leslie McBride; title: The hope of prevention: individual, family, and community resilience / Bonnie Benard; title: Community organizing for health and social justice / Vivian Chávez ... [et al.]; title: More than a message: framing public health advocacy to change corporate practices / Lori Dorfman, Lawrence Wallack, Katie Woodruff; title: Working collaboratively to advance prevention / Larry Cohen, Ashby Wolfe; title: Making change: the power of local communities to foster policy / Makani Themba-Nixon; title: Using media advocacy to influence policy / Lori Dorfman; title: Primary prevention and program evaluation / Dan Perales; title: Preventing injustices in environmental health and exposures / Stephanie Farquhar, Neha Patel, Molly Chidsey; title: Health and the built environment: opportunities for prevention / Howard Frumkin, Andrew L. Dannenberg; title: Creating healthy food environments and preventing chronic disease / Leslie Mikkelsen, Catherine S. Erickson, Marion Nestle; title: Strengthening the collaboration between public health and criminal justice to prevent violence / Deborah Prothrow-Stith; title: The limits of behavioral interventions for HIV prevention / Dan Wohlfeiler, Jonathan M. Ellen