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a great text for teaching principles of primary prevention

  • 1.  a great text for teaching principles of primary prevention

    Posted 11-07-2008 14:35

    Dear Professor:

    Prevention promises to be one of the foundations in the incoming Presidential administration's health care policy. Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being (Larry Cohen, Vivian Chavez, Sana Chehimi (editors), ISBN: 978-0-7879-8318-5, Paperback, 400 pages, April 2007), written by associates of the nationally renowned Prevention Institute, is a theory-to-practice book for students, faculty practitioners, and community leaders who want to take a proactive stance against the most pressing health problems in the community including asthma, tobacco, violence, HIV, poor nutrition and physical inactivity, health disparities, and environmental injustice. The volume provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of prevention on a community level. The authors define the elements of comprehensive, quality prevention efforts-from the necessary partnerships that need to be developed to the training, vision, and policies that go into successful efforts. (An instructor's manual for the book includes lecture outlines, discussion questions, and a test bank.)

    For more information, to inquire about other books relevant to this area, to request a desk review copy of Prevention is Primary (please include you institutional mailing address and course name), write to Publicheath@wiley.com.

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