Promoting health : intervention strategies from social and behavioral research /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press., ©2000.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 493 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144602
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Other authors / contributors:Smedley, Brian D.
Syme, S. Leonard (Sherman Leonard), 1932-
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health.
ISBN:0309569737
9780309569736
0309071755
9780309071758
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Other form:Print version: Promoting health. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Pr., ©2000
Table of Contents:
  • The contribution of social and behavioral research to an understanding of the distribution of disease: a multilevel approach / George A. Kaplan, Susan A. Everson, and John W. Lynch
  • Understanding and reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health / James S. House and David R. Williams
  • Preconception, prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal influences on health / Carol C. Korenbrot and Nancy E. Moss
  • The healthy development of young children: SES disparities, prevention strategies, and policy opportunities / Allison Sidle Fuligni and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
  • Preadolescent and adolescent influences on health / Cheryl L. Perry
  • Behavioral and social science contributions to the health of adults in the United States / Karen M. Emmons
  • The behavioral and social dynamics of aging well / George L. Maddox
  • The role of mass media in creating social capital: a new direction for public health / Lawrence Wallack
  • Public health and safety in context: lessons from community-level theory on social capital / Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff
  • Legal and public policy interventions to advance the population's health / Lawrence O. Gostin
  • The need for, and value of, a multi-level approach to disease prevention: the case of tobacco control / Kenneth E. Warner
  • Behavioral and psychosocial intervention to modify pathophysiology and disease course / Andrew Baum.