Building Better Health. A Handbook of Behavioral Change (Scientific and Technical Publication)

This handbook blends tried-and-true disease prevention practices and behavioral science principles into a hands-on manual for health workers, community health promoters, nurses and family physicians. Many others, such as social workers and teachers, can also learn here how to promote health and prevent disease. The book offers step-by-step instruction in behavioral change techniques to use at the society, community, family, and individual levels. The author, Dr. C. David Jenkins, is an internationally known health worker, researcher, and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, of Epidemiology, and of Psychiatry. The book is structured into five sections, which detail theoretical and practical aspects of health promotion. Within the handbooks pages there is an overview of principles of disease prevention and strategies of community health intervention, including practical examples and step-by-step planning. The book also includes an in-depth examination of the causes of morbidity, disability, and premature mortality that most seriously burden broad age groups across the life cycle and a review of the protective and risk factors for each of the leading forms of disability and death. Throughout its chapters, the book recommends simple, hands-on preventive interventions. "Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change is a one-of-kind manual for communities to reduce disease, disability, and premature death throughout the life cycle. It blends proven disease prevention strategies with practical behavioral science principles and methods to create a handy guide that health workers at all levels can use in planning and operating local and regional health programs. The author, C. David Jenkins is an internationally known health worker, researcher and Professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, of Epidemiology, and of Psychiatry. He has been a consultant to the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, and WHO Regional Offices for Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Western Pacific. Dr. Jenkins' text is lively, enthusiastic, accessible -- and anchored in solid science. Wherever in the world health workers fight against disease and disability, this Handbook will become an essential tool. It will be especially useful in the battle against the rising tide of chronic degenerative diseases, lifestyle related diseases, major depression, injuries, and violence. Book jacket."--Jacket Contents......Page 4 Prologue......Page 13 Preface......Page 15 Acknowledgments......Page 17 1. General Principles of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Human and Economic Values of Prevention......Page 20 2. Principles of Community Health Intervention......Page 28 3. Infants and Children Up to 14 Years Old......Page 50 4. Adolescents and Young Adults 15–24 Years Old......Page 96 5. The Prime of Life: Ages 25 to 64 Years......Page 126 6. The Older Years: 65 to 100......Page 146 7. Brain and Behavioral Disorders......Page 160 8. Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels......Page 196 9. Cancers......Page 218 10. Chronic Lung Disorders......Page 244 11. Injuries and Violence......Page 254 12. Principles and Methods of Behavior Change......Page 272 13. Getting Specific: Actions to Reverse the Most Destructive Risk Forces......Page 304 14. Is Good Health Achievable and Sustainable?......Page 350 References and Additional Resources......Page 372 Index......Page 388 Este Libro Es Una Guia Unica Para Ayudar A Las Comunidades En Su Lucha Por Reducir Las Enfermedades, Las Discapacidades Y La Muerte Prematura A Traves De Todo El Ciclo De Vida. El Libro Combina Estrategias De Prevencion Con Principios Y Metodos Practicos De La Ciencia Conductual, Lo Cual Lo Hace Un Manual Ideal Para Planificar Y Poner En Practica Programas De Salud Locales Y Regionales. Prologo -- Prefacio -- Agradecimiento -- Parte I. Sentar Las Bases -- Parte Ii. Una Mejor Salud En Todas Las Edades -- Parte Iii. Una Mejor Comprension De Las Principales Grandes Causas De Muerte Y Discapacidad -- Parte Iv. Hacia Intervenciones Mas Efectivas -- Parte V. Epilogo Del Autor. C. David Jenkins. Se Publica Tambien En Ingles (2003) Con El Titulo: Building Better Health. A Handbook Of Behavioral Change (isbn 9275115907). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Incluye Referencias Bibliographicas Y Indice. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.