Community-Based Prevention

by Brownson, Ross C.; Baker, Elizabeth A.; Novick, Lloyd F.

• ISBN13: 9780834212411
• ISBN10: 0834212412
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

Summary

Community-Based Prevention: Programs that Work is a topical book created from Aspen's Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. It covers everything from how to assess the health needs of a community to the actual development and implementation of community-based prevention programs. It provides actual examples from all over the country while looking at multiple health issues such as breast cancer, early detection and chronic disease mortality.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii	(6)
Foreword	xiii
Barbara A. Israel
1 Challenges in Community-Based Prevention	1	(4)
Ross C. Brownson
Elizabeth A. Baker
Lloyd F. Novick
PART I--FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES	5	(38)
2 Defining Characteristics of Community-Based Health Promotion Programs	7	(13)
Elizabeth A. Baker
Carol A. Brownson
3 Priorities and Strategies for Promoting Community-Based Prevention Policies	20	(23)
Nancy Milio
PART II--DATA-BASED ASSESSMENT	43	(62)
4 Assessing the Targets for Prevention of Chronic Diseases	47	(9)
M. Elizabeth Carvette
Edward B. Hayes
Randy H. Schwartz
Gregory F. Bogdan
N. Warren Bartlett
Lani B. Graham
5 Emergency Department E-Code Data Reporting: A New Level of Data Resource for Injury Prevention and Control	56	(11)
Robert L. Muelleman
William A. Watson
Garland H. Land
James D. Davis
Barbara S. Hoskins
6 Cardiovascular Disease Control Efforts among Local Health Departments	67	(10)
Nilsa E. Mack
Ross C. Brownson
Michael Pratt
Carol A. Brownson
Cynthia Dean
Sue Dabney
7 A Cooperative Effort To Pass Tobacco Control Ordinances	77	(7)
Karen Pippert
Larry Jecha
Steven Coen
Patricia MacDonald
Julia Francisco
Stephen Pickard
8 Conducting a Participatory Community-Based Survey	84	(21)
Amy J. Schulz
Edith A. Parker
Barbara A. Israel
Adam B. Becker
Barbara J. Maciak
Rose Hollis
PART III--INTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION	105	(64)
9 The National 5 A Day for Better Health Program: A Large-Scale Nutrition Intervention	109	(13)
Jerianne Heimendinger
Mary Ann Van Duyn
Daria Chapelsky
Susan Foerster
Gloria Stables
10 The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program	122	(18)
Rosemarie M. Henson
Stephen W. Wyatt
Nancy C. Lee
11 Progress in Breast Cancer Screening	140	(11)
Jan K. Carney
Jean F. Ewing
Christine A. Finley
12 Demonstration Projects in Community-Based Prevention	151	(18)
Ross C. Brownson
Patricia Riley
Thomas A. Bruce
PART IV--COALITION BUILDING	169	(40)
13 Community-Based Breast Health Partnerships	173	(9)
Susan J. True
14 Coalition Building for Prevention	182	(17)
Edith A. Parker
Eugenia Eng
Barbara Laraia
Alice Ammerman
Janice Dodds
Lewis Margolis
Alan Cross
15 The Bridge to Health Project: A Collaborative Model for Assessing the Health of the Community	199	(10)
Derryl E. Block
Jennifer Peterson
Michael Finch
Ann M. Kinney
Paul Miller
James Cherveny
PART V--EVALUATION	209	(32)
16 Principles and Tools for Evaluating Community-Based Prevention and Health Promotion Programs	211	(17)
Robert M. Goodman
17 Evaluation of a Children's Immunization Program: Process, Outcome, and Costs	228	(13)
Mary E. Foley
Pierre Kory
Gerry Fairbrother
PART VI--OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES	241	(60)
18 Development of the Guide to Community Preventive Services: A U.S. Public Health Service Initiative	245	(11)
Marguerite Pappaioanou
Caswell Evans, Jr.
19 HIV Prevention Community Planning: A National Perspective on Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions	256	(13)
David R. Holtgrave
Ronald O. Valdiserri
20 Improving Community-Based Prevention by Transforming Managed Care Organizations into Health Improvement Organizations	269	(17)
Tim McAfee
Robert S. Thompson
21 The Future of Cancer Control Research and Translation	286	(15)
Ross C. Brownson
Dileep G. Bal
Index	301