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Integrating behavioral and social sciences with public health /

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This book examines the ways that behavioral and social sciences have been applied to major public health concerns. With the community-based approach, behavioral and social sciences have been increasingly integrated into public health, demonstrating that they can contribute to understanding the role...

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Other Authors: Schneiderman, Neil
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2001]
Subjects:
Public health > Social aspects.
Public health > Psychological aspects.
Social medicine.
Public Health.
Social Medicine.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Behavioral Science, Social Science, and Public Health in the 21st Century / Neil Schneiderman and Marjorie A. Speers
  • Ch. 2. Creating Social and Public Health Environments to Sustain Behavior Change: Lessons From Obesity Research / Margaret A. Chesney, Rebecca C. Thurston and Katrina A. Thomas
  • Ch. 3. Socioeconomic Factors in the Behavioral and Psychosocial Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease / John Lynch
  • Ch. 4. Community Intervention in Cardiovascular Health Promotion: North Karelia, 1972-1999 / Pekka Puska and Antti Uutela
  • Ch. 5. Exposure to Urban Violence: Shifting From an Individual to an Ecological Perspective / Raymond P. Lorion
  • Ch. 6. Action Research: Informing Interventions in Male Violence Against Women / Sarah L. Cook and Mary P. Koss
  • Ch. 7. Strategies for Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users: Taking Interventions to the People / Don C. Des Jarlais and Samuel R. Friedman
  • Ch. 8. Community Involvement in HIV/AIDS Prevention / Seth C. Kalichman, Anton Somlai and Kathleen Sikkema
  • Ch. 9. Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Breast Cancer Screening / Barbara K. Rimer, Helen Meissner and Nancy Breen / ... [and others]
  • Ch. 10. Integrating Perspectives on the Prevention of Unintentional Injuries / Andrea Carlson Gielen and Deborah C. Girasek
  • Ch. 11. Community Mobilization for Prevention and Health Promotion Can Work / Abraham Wandersman
  • Ch. 12. Assessing the Economic Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Interventions / David R. Holtgrave and Steven D. Pinkerton
  • Ch. 13. Toward a Psychosocially Healthy Work Environment: Broader Roles for Psychologists and Sociologists / Robert Karasek
  • Ch. 14. Evaluation of Community-Based Health Programs: An Alternate Perspective / Robert M. Goodman
  • Ch. 15. Efficacy and Effectiveness Trials in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Design and Analysis of Group-Randomized Trials / David M. Murray
  • Ch. 16. Empowerment Evaluation and Self-Determination: A Practical Approach Toward Program Improvement and Capacity Building / David Fetterman
  • Ch. 17. Public Health and Religion / Diane M. Becker.