Research for the public good : applying the methods of translational research to improve human health and well-being /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wethington, Elaine, Dunifon, Rachel E. (Rachel Elizabeth)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Bronfenbrenner series on the ecology of human development.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : translational research in the social and behavioral sciences / Elaine Wethington, Helena Herman, and Karl Pillemer
  • Part I. Social and behavioral science models for the translation of research
  • ch. 1. Translation in the social and behavioral sciences : looking back and looking forward / V. Jeffery Evans
  • ch. 2. If translational research is the answer, what's the question? who gets to ask it? / Abraham H. Wandersman and Catherine A. Lesesne
  • ch. 3. Opportunities for and challenges of translating educational and developmental research into policy and intervention / Robert Crosnoe
  • ch. 4. A systematic review of health promotion and disease prevention program adaptations : how are programs adapted? / Ludmila N. Krivitsky . . . [et al.]
  • Part II. Four case studies for translating social and behavioral science to improve well-being, health, and professional practice
  • ch. 5. Pursuing and sharing knowledge to inform practice and policy : the value of qualitative research in translational research / Jean M. Ispa
  • ch. 6. Translational research on work and family : daily stress processes in hotel employees and their families / David M. Almeida . . . [et al.]
  • ch. 7. The science of law and memory / Eric Zember . . . [et al.]
  • ch. 8. Community-researcher partnerships in aging : the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging / Elaine Wethington, Karl Pillemer, and Rhoda Meador.