Defining Prevention Science

Whoever coined the adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" could not have known how important this adage would become. The challenge of altering the health trajectories of poor lifestyle decisions for such behaviors as smoking, drinking, and using illicit drugs, violence, d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Sloboda, Zili (Editor ), Petras, Hanno (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Prevention Science,
Temas:
Medical sciences.
Medicine, Preventive.
Health promotion.
Epidemiology.
Health Sciences.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prevention Science: An Epidemiological Approach Individual Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Vulnerability across the Life Course: Benchmarks and Developmental Challenges
  • Pre-natal and Infancy
  • Childhood and the Entry into Adolescence: A Pivotal Period in Health-Related Behaviors and Prevention
  • Adolescent and Early Adulthood
  • Stressors and Vulnerabilities in Middle and Old Age: Opportunities for Prevention
  • Environmental Influences
  • Family
  • School Influences on Child and Youth Development
  • Peer Networks
  • Risk and Resilience Processes in Single Mother Families: An Interactionist Perspective
  • Environmental Influences: the workplace and mental health: models, vulnerability factors and interventions
  • An Integrated Prevention Science Model - A Conceptual Foundation for Prevention Research.-Design of Preventive Interventions
  • Implementation Science and the Effective Delivery of Evidence-Based Prevention
  • Factors Impacting Implementation: Training and Cultural Adaptation
  • Measuring Fidelity
  • Research Design
  • Translating the Intervention Approach into an Appropriate Research Design -The Next Generation Designs for Effectiveness and Implementation Research
  • The Epidemiologic Case-Crossover and Case-Control Approaches in Prevention Research
  • The Use of Simulation Models in Public Health with Applications to Substance Abuse and Obesity Problems
  • Meta-analysis in Prevention Science
  • Mixed Methods Research Design for Prevention Science Methods, Critiques, and Recommendations
  • Analytic Methods
  • Latent Class Analysis in Prevention Science
  • Discrete-time Survival Analysis in Prevention Science
  • Using Mediation and Moderation Analyses to Enhance Prevention Research
  • Analytic Methods: Advances in Missing Data Models and Fidelity Issues of Implementing these Methods in Prevention Science
  • Cost Analysis and Policy
  • Economic Analysis and Policy Studies: Special Challenges in the Prevention Sciences
  • Strengthening prevention science to ensure effectiveness of intervention in practice: setting up an international agenda.

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