Handbook of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Importance of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention....Pages 3-9 Historical and Conceptual Perspectives on Health Promotion....Pages 11-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Theoretical Approaches Guiding the Development and Implementation of Health Promotion Programs....Pages 23-49 Program Evaluation....Pages 51-71 Front Matter....Pages 74-74 Symptom Perception....Pages 75-94 Health-Care-Seeking Behaviors....Pages 95-121 Stress, Coping, Social Support, and Illness....Pages 123-145 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation....Pages 149-169 Obesity and Nutrition....Pages 171-189 Physical Activity....Pages 191-206 Alcohol and Drug Abuse....Pages 207-228 Front Matter....Pages 229-229 Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 231-259 Cancer Prevention and Control....Pages 261-285 Intentional Injury....Pages 287-308 Unintentional Injury....Pages 309-334 Pulmonary Disorders....Pages 335-347 Behavioral and Social Dimensions of Pain in Rheumatic Disease....Pages 349-369 Prevention of HIV/AIDS....Pages 371-394 Front Matter....Pages 395-395 Schools as a Setting for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention....Pages 397-425 Planning Community Health Interventions....Pages 427-441 Front Matter....Pages 395-395 Health Promotion in Health Care Settings....Pages 443-457 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Work Site....Pages 459-474 Front Matter....Pages 475-475 Promoting the Health of Women and Children....Pages 477-490 Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention....Pages 491-520 Older Populations....Pages 521-537 Women’s Health and Health Behaviors....Pages 539-560 Sociocultural Factors and Prevention Programs Affecting the Health of Ethnic Minorities....Pages 561-577 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Developing Countries....Pages 579-604 Front Matter....Pages 605-605 The Role of Health Care Organization in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention....Pages 607-619 The Role of Governmental Public Health Agencies....Pages 621-636 Determining the Cost-Effectiveness of Health Promotion Programs....Pages 637-650 Front Matter....Pages 651-651 Promising Theoretical and Methodological Approaches and Future Directions in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research and Practice....Pages 653-662 Back Matter....Pages 663-669 This volume provides an overview of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues. Applications of these theories and methods are reviewed to promote health through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. It can be used as a text for introductory causes to the field of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as a reference for researchers and practitioner's actively working in this area.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

This volume provides an overview of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues. Applications of these theories and methods are reviewed to promote health through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. It is intended to allow its use as text for introductory causes to the field of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as a reference for researchers and practitioner's actively working in this area