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Promoting human wellness : new frontiers for research, practice, and policy /

This book is a state-of-the-art educational resource on the latest research and public-policy developments in the fields of wellness promotion and disease prevention. Based on award-winning lectures by University of California faculty on nine campuses as part of the Wellness Lectures Program jointly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jamner, Margaret Schneider, Stokols, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New directions in human wellness promotion. The social ecological paradigm of wellness promotion
  • The societal context of disease prevention and wellness promotion
  • Promoting wellness: biomedical versus outcomes models
  • Community participation, empowerment, and health: development of a wellness guide for California
  • Genetic determinism as a failing paradigm in biology and medicine: implications for health and wellness
  • Wellness promotion research: innovative strategies and perspectives. Creating health-promotive environments: implications for theory and research
  • Theory-based evaluation: investigating the how and why of wellness promotion programs
  • Pregnancy prevention opportunities focusing on the younger sisters of childbearing teens
  • Immigrants may hold clues to protecting health during pregnancy: exploring a paradox
  • Race and health: implications for health care delivery and wellness promotion
  • Health promotion in ethnic minority families: the impact of exposure to violence
  • Valuing future health in social policy and human health behavior
  • Wellness promotion practice: toward more comprehensive approaches. Health promotion at the dawn of the 21st century: challenges and dilemmas
  • Bridging the clinical and public health approaches to smoking cessation: California Smokers' helpline
  • Disease prevention versus health promotion: pitfalls of preventive care in the geriatric population
  • Preventing disability in older Americans: the challenge of the 21st century
  • An educational approach to engage health care professionals in wellness promotion
  • University-community partnerships to promote wellness in children, youth, and families.
  • Wellness promotion policy: toward a more explicit consideration of the political context. Strategies for reducing youth violence: media, community, and policy
  • Adolescent sexuality and health care reform
  • Improving health and safety in the agricultural workplace
  • Enhancing women's health: current status and directions in research and practice
  • Cardiovascular disease in women: exploring myths and controversies
  • HIV/AIDS prevention: successes and challenges.