Community-Based Prevention : Reducing the Risk of Cancer and Chronic Disease /

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Cancer and chronic disease are a rapidly increasing global health burden : according to the Milken Institute, the annual cost to the national US economy of the seven most common chronic conditions will rise to $4.2 trillion by 2023. The data are just as dramatic in Canada, Europe, Australia, and inc...

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Main Authors: Krueger, Hans (Author), Lamont, Sonia (Author), Williams, Dan, 1957- (Author), McLean, David I., 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Preventive health services.
Health promotion.
Community health services.
Chronic diseases > Prevention.
Cancer > Prevention.
Risk assessment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
risk assessment.
Évaluation du risque.
Promotion de la sante.
Soins medicaux preventifs.
Health Promotion
Risk Assessment
Preventive Health Services
Neoplasms > prevention & control
Community Health Services
Chronic Disease > prevention & control
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Part A. Purpose and Context
  • 1. Introduction : Mastering the surge in chronic diseases
  • 2. Cancer, chronic disease, and the relevance of CPEs
  • 3. Prevention educational leaders in British Columbia
  • Part B. Other Models of Community-Based Prevention Educators
  • 4. Identifying models of prevention coordination in the community
  • 5. North Karelia : Field office staff
  • 6. Northern Ireland : Health promotion officers
  • 7. Kentucky : Cooperative Extension agents and cancer control specialists
  • 8. North Carolina : Community health ambassadors
  • 9. Manitoba : Health promotion coordinators
  • Part C. A Strategic Pattern for Prevention Educators
  • 10. Important elements of a CPE-like program
  • 11. Establishing a foundation : Conceptual frameworks
  • 12. Tracking outcomes : Evaluation matters
  • 13. Conclusion : Sustained investment in prevention
  • Appendix I. Key informants
  • Appendix II. Cancer prevention program standards in Canada.

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