Integrating Behavioral Social Sciences with Public Health,9781557987211

Integrating Behavioral Social Sciences with Public Health

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781557987211
ISBN10: 1557987211
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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Summary

Univ. of Florida, Coral Gables. Examines ways behavioral and social sciences have been applied to public health concerns. Shows examples of successful integration and challenges professionals to meld their work in effective ways.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
I. Introduction
Behavioral Science, Social Science, and Public Health in the 21st Century
3(28)
Neil Schneiderman
Marjorie A. Speers
II. Applying Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Selected Public Health Problems
Creating Social and Public Health Environments to Sustain Behavior Change: Lessons From Obesity Research
31(20)
Margaret A. Chesney
Rebecca C. Thurston
Katrina A. Thomas
Socioeconomic Factors in the Behavioral and Psychosocial Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease
51(22)
John Lynch
Community Intervention in Cardiovascular Health Promotion: North Karelia, 1972-1999
73(24)
Pekka Puska
Antti Uutela
Exposure to Urban Violence: Shifting From an Individual to an Ecological Perspective
97(18)
Raymond P. Lorion
Action Research: Informing Interventions in Male Violence Against Women
115(26)
Sarah L. Cook
Mary P. Koss
Strategies for Preventing HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users: Taking Interventions to the People
141(18)
Don C. Des Jarlais
Samuel R. Friedman
Community Involvement in HIV/AIDS Prevention
159(18)
Seth C. Kalichman
Anton Somlai
Kathleen Sikkema
Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Breast Cancer Screening
177(26)
Barbara K. Rimer
Helen Meissner
Nancy Breen
Julie Legler
Cathy A. Coyne
Integrating Perspectives on the Prevention of Unintentional Injuries
203(28)
Andrea Carlson Gielen
Deborah C. Girasek
III. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations in the Integration of Behavioral and Social Science With Public Health
Community Mobilization for Prevention and Health Promotion Can Work
231(18)
Abraham Wandersman
Assessing the Economic Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Interventions
249(18)
David R. Holtgrave
Steven D. Pinkerton
Toward a Psychoscially Healthy Work Environment: Broader Roles for Psychologists and Sociologists
267(26)
Robert Karasek
Evaluation of Community-Based Health Programs: An Alternate Perspective
293(12)
Robert M. Goodman
Efficacy and Effectiveness Trials in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Design and Analysis of Group-Randomized Trials
305(16)
David M. Murray
Empowerment Evaluation and Self-Determination: A Practical Approach Toward Program Improvement and Capacity Building
321(30)
David Fetterman
Public Health and Religion
351(18)
Diane M. Becker
Author Index 369(24)
Subject Index 393(10)
About the Editors 403

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