Promoting health at the community level /
Promoting health at the community level /
edited by Douglas V. Easterling, Kaia M. Gallagher, Dora G. Lodwick.
- London : SAGE, 2003.
- 368 p.
1. Introduction-- 2.The Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative: Communities defining and addressing health -- 3.The community indicators project: tracking health and quality of life -- 4.The teen pregnancy prevention 2000 initiative: community building through consensus-- 5.The community action for health promotion initiative: building capacity in small, focused, community-based health promotin programs -- 6. The volunteers for rural sensions initiative: leveraging community resources to meet the needs of seniors -- 7. The Colorado School Health Education Initiative: promoting school health education through capacity building-- 8. Home visitation learning groups: community-based professioinals discovering best practices -- 9. What do the case studies say about community-based health promotion?-- 10. Practical lessons for promoting health at the community level.
Providing a systematic examination of community-based health promotion, this text offers nine case studies which illustrate what community-driven health promotion means in practice, evaluates its potential for achieving improvements in the health of local populations & presents strategies for the future.
9780761922629 (hbk.) : £50.00 0761922628 : Đ42.50 stg
Health education.
Health promotion.
Community health services.
Health and Wellbeing.
Public health & preventive medicine
Communication studies
Public administration
Health systems & services
RA440.5 / .P76 2003
613 EAS
1. Introduction-- 2.The Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative: Communities defining and addressing health -- 3.The community indicators project: tracking health and quality of life -- 4.The teen pregnancy prevention 2000 initiative: community building through consensus-- 5.The community action for health promotion initiative: building capacity in small, focused, community-based health promotin programs -- 6. The volunteers for rural sensions initiative: leveraging community resources to meet the needs of seniors -- 7. The Colorado School Health Education Initiative: promoting school health education through capacity building-- 8. Home visitation learning groups: community-based professioinals discovering best practices -- 9. What do the case studies say about community-based health promotion?-- 10. Practical lessons for promoting health at the community level.
Providing a systematic examination of community-based health promotion, this text offers nine case studies which illustrate what community-driven health promotion means in practice, evaluates its potential for achieving improvements in the health of local populations & presents strategies for the future.
9780761922629 (hbk.) : £50.00 0761922628 : Đ42.50 stg
Health education.
Health promotion.
Community health services.
Health and Wellbeing.
Public health & preventive medicine
Communication studies
Public administration
Health systems & services
RA440.5 / .P76 2003
613 EAS