{"product_id":"prevention-is-primary-isbn-9780470550953","title":"Prevention Is Primary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new edition of Prevention Is Primary provides models, methods, and approaches for building health and equity in communities. This comprehensive book includes the theory, concepts, and models needed to harness social justice and practice primary prevention of unnecessary illness and injury. Ideal for students as well as practitioners, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition combines an overview of advances in the field with effective approaches in the current economic and health care climate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith contributions from noted experts, Prevention Is Primary shows practical applications of intervention science to social and health problems and issues facing at-risk and vulnerable groups. The book describes the overarching framework and principles guiding prevention efforts, including a focus on social justice and health equity, and community resilience. It explores the transition from prevention theory to implementation and practice and from interdisciplinary collaboration to evaluation. Highlighting the book's usefulness as a teaching and learning tool, Prevention Is Primary has real world examples, learning objectives, and review questions for each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e  Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword (Georges C. Benjamin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction (Larry Cohen, Vivian Chávez and Sana Chehimi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Defining the Issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Imperative for Primary Prevention (Larry Cohen and Sana Chehimi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice (Wayne H. Giles and Leandris C. Liburd).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidebar: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Nancy McArdle, Theresa L. Osypuk, Bonnie Lefkowitz and Barbara Krimgold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Individual, Family, and Community Resilience (Bonnie Benard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Key Elements of Effective Prevention Efforts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Community Organizing for Health and Social Justice (Vivian Chávez, Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein and Michael S. Spencer).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Working Collaboratively to Advance Prevention (Larry Cohen and Ashby Wolfe).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidebars: Deborah Balfanz, Soowon Kim and Ellen Wu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Power of Local Communities to Foster Policy (Makani Themba-Nixon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Using Media Advocacy to Influence Policy (Lori Dorfman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Impact of Corporate Practices on Health and Health Policy (Nicholas Freudenberg and Sandro Galea).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Primary Prevention and Program Evaluation (Daniel Perales).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Prevention in Context.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Preventing Injustices in Environmental Health and Exposures (Stephanie Ann Farquhar, Neha Patel and Molly Chidsey).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidebars: Nancy M. Goff and Peter Murchie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Health and the Built Environment (Howard Frumkin and Andrew L. Dannenberg).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Creating Healthy Food Environments to Prevent Chronic Disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Leslie Mikkelsen, Catherine S. Erickson, Juliet Sims and Marion Nestle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A Public Health Approach to Preventing Violence (Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Rachel A. Davis).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidebar: Dionne Smith Coker-Appiah, Mysha R. Wynn and Donald Parker.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Limits of Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention (Dan Wohlfeiler and Jonathan M. Ellen).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Mental Health in the Realm of Primary Prevention (Anita M. Wells, GiShawn A. Mance and M. Taqi Tirmazi).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSidebar: Joseph P. Gone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLarry Cohen, MSW, is the founder and executive director of the Prevention Institute, Oakland, California.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVivian Chavez, DrPH, MSW, is an associate professor in the department of health education at San Francisco State University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSana Chehimi, MPH, is program manager at the Prevention Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe new edition of Prevention Is Primary provides models, methods, and approaches for building health and equity in communities. This comprehensive book includes the theory, concepts, and models needed to harness social justice and practice primary prevention of unnecessary illness and injury. Ideal for students as well as practitioners, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition combines an overview of advances in the field with effective approaches in the current economic and health care climate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith contributions from noted experts, Prevention Is Primary shows practical applications of intervention science to social and health problems and issues facing at-risk and vulnerable groups. The book describes the overarching framework and principles guiding prevention efforts, including a focus on social justice and health equity, and community resilience. It explores the transition from prevention theory to implementation and practice and from interdisciplinary collaboration to evaluation. Highlighting the book's usefulness as a teaching and learning tool, Prevention Is Primary has real world examples, learning objectives, and review questions for each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989847326949,"sku":"NP9780470550953","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470550953.jpg?v=1761785658","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/prevention-is-primary-isbn-9780470550953","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}