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The guide to community preventive services : what works to promote health? / Task Force on Community Preventive Services ; Stephanie Zaza, Peter A. Briss, Kate W. Harris, managing editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Task Force on Community Preventive Services, Author.
- Zaza, Stephanie, author.
- Briss, Peter A., author.
- Harris, Kate W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community health services--United States.
- Community health services.
- Preventive health services--United States.
- Preventive health services.
- Health promotion--United States.
- Health promotion.
- Community Health Services.
- Preventive Health Services.
- Health Promotion.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Community Health Services.
- Preventive Health Services.
- Health Promotion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 506 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- What works to promote health
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2005
- Summary:
- A primary resource to improve health and prevent disease in states, communities, community organizations, businesses healthcare organizations, and schools, this volume examines the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions to combat risky behaviours.
- Contents:
- Introduction: How to Use The Guide to Community Preventive Services; Part I: Changing Risk Behaviors and Addressing Environmental Challenges; 1 Tobacco; Reducing Initiation; Increasing Cessation; Reducing Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke; 2 Physical Activity; Increasing Physical Activity through Informational Approaches; Behavioral and Social Approaches; Environmental and Policy Approaches; 3 The Social Environment; Early Childhood Development Programs; Housing; Culturally Competent Health Care; Part II: Reducing Disease, Injury, and Impairment
- 4 Cancer; Preventing Skin Cancer; Promoting Informed Decision Making; 5 Diabetes; Disease Management; Case Management; Diabetes Self-Management Education; 6 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases; Improving Vaccination Coverage through Increasing; Community Demand; Enhancing Access to Vaccination Services; Through Provider- and System-Based Interventions; 7 Oral Health; Dental Caries; Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers; Sports-Related Craniofacial Injuries; 8 Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury; Child Safety Seats; Safety Belts; Alcohol-Impaired Driving; 9 Violence; Home Visitation; Therapeutic Foster Care
- Firearms Laws; Part III: Methodological Background; 10 Methods Used for Reviewing Evidence and Linking Evidence to Recommendations; 11 Understanding and Using the Economic Evidence; 12 Continuing Research Needs.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612544491
- 0-19-975978-2
- 1-282-54449-7
- OCLC:
- 232303857
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