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Global Health Promotion
Angela Scriven
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Global Health Promotion Introduction There are a number of reasons why a global perspective and understanding relating to health promotion have b...
Guide to Community Preventive Services, The
Peter A. Briss
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
The Guide to Community Preventive Services Introduction The Guide to Community Preventive Services (or “Community Guide”) is a family of produ...
Health Administration
Julia Field Costich
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Administration Introduction The term “health administration” in a public health context has connotations that vary with the health sys...
Health Communication
W. Douglas Evans
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Communication Introduction Communication and marketing are broad, interdisciplinary fields that draw from disciplines such as psycho...
Health Education
Elaine Auld, Stephen F. Gambescia
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Education Introduction Health education is defined as “any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary action...
Health Literacy
Rima Rudd, Lindsay Schubiner
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Literacy Introduction Health literacy represents a new field of inquiry at the intersection of individuals’ literacy skills and health sys...
Health Measurement Scales
F. Douglas Scutchfield, Alex F. Howard, Robert M. Shapiro
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Measurement Scales Introduction “What gets measured gets done,” as the old adage says. The measurement of health and health status is a key ...
Health Planning
F. Douglas Scutchfield, Alex F. Howard, Robert M. Shapiro
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Planning Introduction Health planning represents the first step in an orderly process to accomplish the things necessary to improve the he...
Health Promotion
Lawrence W. Green
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Promotion Introduction While the scope and definition of health promotion continues to evolve, international consensus has settled on some...
Homelessness
Holly A. Holtzen
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Homelessness Introduction Homelessness has existed throughout human history, and as far back as the 17th century in the United States. The cau...
Immigrant Populations
Hector G. Balcazar, Holly J. Mata
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Immigrant Populations Introduction The phenomenon of immigration is as old as humanity itself. Movement of people into and out of their habita...
Indigenous Populations of North America, Australasia, and Circumpolar North
Kue Young
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Indigenous Populations Introduction It is estimated that worldwide there are some 370 million indigenous people in ninety countries. There is ...
Knowledge Translation and Exchange
Graham Colditz
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Knowledge Translation and Exchange Introduction “Words, whether credible or not, rarely flow automatically into action” (Lomas 1991, cited und...
Media Advocacy
Lori Dorfman, Priscilla Gonzalez
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Media Advocacy Introduction The history of public health is clear: social conditions and the physical environment are important determinants of healt...
Mental Health
Vikki Vandiver, Nikki Hozack
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Mental Health Introduction An essential starting point for understanding and describing mental health is to also understand mental illness. Essen...
Mental Health Promotion
Vikki Vandiver, Nikki Hozack
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Mental Health Promotion Introduction Increasingly, promoting mental health is seen as an integral part of public health. The promotion of mental ...
National Association of Local Boards of Health
Ned E. Baker, Marie Fallon
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
National Association of Local Boards of Health Introduction In 1991, Ned Baker (Ohio) and Vaughn Upshaw (North Carolina) convened a meeting...
Needs Assessment
Chris Lovato
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Needs Assessment Introduction At the most basic level, needs assessment is about identifying the gap between “what is” and “what should be.” The ...
Obesity Prevention
Shiriki K. Kumanyika
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Obesity Prevention Introduction Obesity reflects a physiologically harmful excess of body fat, overall or accumulated in specific parts of the...
Occupational Safety and Health
Arthur L. Frank
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Occupational Safety and Health Introduction Occupational safety and health is the discipline that collectively looks after the regulation, inspec...
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