Health Promotion at the Community Level : New Advances (eBook)

PART ONE: ADVANCES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION
Health Promotion at the Community-Wide Level - Maurice Mittelmark
Lessons from Diverse Perspectives
Social Change Theory - Beti Thompson
Applications to Community Health
Assessing Community Needs, Resources and Readiness - Christopher Rissel and Neil Bracht
Building on Strengths
A Five-Stage Community Organization Model for Health Promotion - Neil Bracht, Lee Kingsbury and Christopher Rissel
Empowerment and Partnership Strategies
Mass Media and Health Promotion - John Finnegan
Lessons Learned with Implications for Public Health Campaigns
Evaluating Health Promotion Programs - Phyllis Pirie
Basic Questions and Approaches
PART TWO: CROSS-NATIONAL EXPERIENCES: ISSUES IN DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS
Durability of Community Intervention Programs - Beti Thompson
Definitions, Empirical Studies and Strategic Planning
Maintaining Preventive Health Efforts in Developing Countries - Knut-Inge Klepp
AIDS in Africa
Asian and Western Pacific Approaches to Health Promotion - Bridget Hsu-Hage
Current Opportunities and Programs
Health Promotion Developments in the Nordic and Related Countries - John Gunnar Maeland
Health and Health Promotion in Latin America - Abel Arvisu Whittemore and Janet R Buelow
Emerging Public and Private Health Sector Partnerships - Lee Kingsbury
Selected USA Experiences