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Handbook of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. James M. Raczynski

    1. Schools of Medicine and Public Health and UAB Center for Health Promotion, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

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  2. Ralph J. DiClemente

    1. Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Importance of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

      • Ralph J. DiClemente, James M. Raczynski
      Pages 3-9

    3. Historical and Conceptual Perspectives on Health Promotion

      • David M. Macrina
      Pages 11-20

  3. Theoretical Models and Evaluation Methods in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Theoretical Approaches Guiding the Development and Implementation of Health Promotion Programs

      • Connie L. Kohler, Diane Grimley, Kim Reynolds
      Pages 23-49

    3. Program Evaluation

      • Larry Fish, Laura Leviton
      Pages 51-71

  4. General Cross-Cutting Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 74-74
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    2. Symptom Perception

      • Martha M. Phillips, Carol E. Cornell, James M. Raczynski, M. Janice Gilliland
      Pages 75-94

    3. Health-Care-Seeking Behaviors

      • M. Janice Gilliland, Martha M. Phillips, James M. Raczynski, Delia E. Smith, Carol E. Cornell, Vera Bittner
      Pages 95-121

    4. Stress, Coping, Social Support, and Illness

      • Leslie F. Clark, Leslie Aaron, Mary Ann Littleton, Katina Pappas-Deluca, Jason B. Avery, Vel S. McKleroy
      Pages 123-145

  5. Behavior Change for Risk Reduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation

      • Suzan E. Winders, Connie L. Kohler, Diane M. Grimley, Eugene A. Gallagher
      Pages 149-169

    3. Obesity and Nutrition

      • Bonnie A. Spear, Christopher Reinold
      Pages 171-189

    4. Physical Activity

      • Bonnie K. Sanderson, Herman A. Taylor Jr.
      Pages 191-206

    5. Alcohol and Drug Abuse

      • Joseph E. Schumacher, Jesse B. Milby
      Pages 207-228

  6. Behavior Change for Preventing Disease and Disability Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. Cardiovascular Diseases

      • James M. Raczynski, Martha M. Phillips, Carol E. Cornell, M. Janice Gilliland, Bonnie Sanderson, Vera Bittner
      Pages 231-259

    3. Cancer Prevention and Control

      • Kim D. Reynolds, Polly P. Kratt, Suzan E. Winders, John W. Waterbor, John L. Shuster Jr., Marilyn Gardner et al.
      Pages 261-285

    4. Intentional Injury

      • Philip R. Fine, Matthew D. Rousculp, Andrea D. Tomasek, Wendy S. Horn
      Pages 287-308
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About this book

The idea for this volume developed when we were co-teaching our introductory, mas­ ter's-level course in the Department of Health Behavior at the UAB School of Public Health, a core course for all masters of public health students in the school regardless of the department in which they enrolled or the focus of their studies. Hence, in the course we sought to provide both students in our department, as well as those who might not ever again take a health behavior course, with an overview that would both truly represent the field and substantially provide educational, research, and public health practice benefits. This was, and continues to be, a challenge with the diversity of students specializing in fields that include not only health behavior but also bio­ statistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health care organization and policy, international health, and maternal and child health. The course that we taught attempted to provide the students with an overview of some of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues, while re­ viewing applications of these theories and methods to promoting health and pre­ venting disease through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. Since no one text provided this variety of readings, we depended on readings and guest lectures.

Reviews

" ... it offers comprehensive content, presented in an in-depth and insightful manner. It is scholarly in tone and requires serious reading. ... This volume is a superb example of collaborative academic achievement embracing a defined body of knowledge. A vital addition to academic libraries providing contemporary resources in the areas of public health, public policy, and behavioral science, as well as for health care disciplines employing health, wellness, and prevention as part of their scope of practice. Undergraduates and up."
(Choice, 37:5 (2000)
"... the volume meets its intended goals. It does a workman-like job in regard to the most prevalent and frequently discussed issues in the field. ... This should be a useful basic text for first year graduate students in public health."
(The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 188:11 (2000)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Schools of Medicine and Public Health and UAB Center for Health Promotion, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

    James M. Raczynski

  • Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

    Ralph J. DiClemente

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