Prevention is Primary (eBook)

Larry Cohen, M.S.W., is the founder and executive director of Prevention Institute, a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing community well-being through primary prevention. Vivian Chávez, M.P.H., Dr.P.H., is associate professor in the department of health education at San Francisco State University. Sana Chehimi, M.P.H., is program manager at Prevention Institute.

List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.

Acknowledgments.

Foreword (Georges C. Benjamin).

The Contributors.

Introduction (Larry Cohen, Vivian Chávez, Sana
Chehimi).

PART ONE: DEFINING THE ISSUES.

1 Beyond Brochures: The Imperative for Primary Prevention (Larry
Cohen, Sana Chehimi).

2 Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice (Wayne H. Giles,
Leandris C. Liburd).

3 Gender, Health, and Prevention (Michelle Ramirez, Siobhan
Maty, Leslie McBride).

4 The Hope of Prevention: Individual, Family, and Community
Resilience (Bonnie Benard).

PART TWO: KEY ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE PREVENTION
EFFORTS.

5 Community Organizing for Health and Social Justice (Vivian
Chávez, Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein, Michael S.
Spencer).

6 More Than a Message: Framing Public Health Advocacy to Change
Corporate Practices (Lori Dorfman, Lawrence Wallack, Katie
Woodruff).

7 Working Collaboratively to Advance Prevention (Larry Cohen,
Ashby Wolfe).

8 Making Change: The Power of Local Communities to Foster Policy
(Makani Themba-Nixon).

9 Using Media Advocacy to Influence Policy (Lori Dorfman).

10 Primary Prevention and Program Evaluation (Daniel
Perales).

PART THREE: PREVENTION IN CONTEXT.

11 Preventing Injustices in Environmental Health and Exposures
(Stephanie Ann Farquhar, Neha Patel, Molly Chidsey).

12 Health and the Built Environment: Opportunities for
Prevention (Howard Frumkin, Andrew L. Dannenberg).

13 Creating Healthy Food Environments and Preventing Chronic
Disease (Leslie Mikkelsen, Catherine S. Erickson, Marion
Nestle).

14 Strengthening the Collaboration Between Public Health and
Criminal Justice to Prevent Violence (Deborah Prothrow-Stith).

15 The Limits of Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention
(Dan Wohlfeiler, Jonathan M. Ellen).

Name Index.

Subject Index.