Promoting health : intervention strategies from social and behavioral research / Brian D. Smedley and S. Leonard Syme, editors ; Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health
Other Authors:	Smedley, Brian D., Syme, S. Leonard (Sherman Leonard), 1932-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press., ©2000.
Subjects:	Health promotion. Social medicine. Public health > Social aspects. Health. Social sciences. Psychology. behavioral sciences. health. social sciences. MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine. HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living. HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference. HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism. Social sciences Health Health promotion Public health > Social aspects Social medicine
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Table of Contents:

The contribution of social and behavioral research to an understanding of the distribution of disease: a multilevel approach / George A. Kaplan, Susan A. Everson, and John W. Lynch
Understanding and reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health / James S. House and David R. Williams
Preconception, prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal influences on health / Carol C. Korenbrot and Nancy E. Moss
The healthy development of young children: SES disparities, prevention strategies, and policy opportunities / Allison Sidle Fuligni and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Preadolescent and adolescent influences on health / Cheryl L. Perry
Behavioral and social science contributions to the health of adults in the United States / Karen M. Emmons
The behavioral and social dynamics of aging well / George L. Maddox
The role of mass media in creating social capital: a new direction for public health / Lawrence Wallack
Public health and safety in context: lessons from community-level theory on social capital / Robert J. Sampson and Jeffrey D. Morenoff
Legal and public policy interventions to advance the population's health / Lawrence O. Gostin
The need for, and value of, a multi-level approach to disease prevention: the case of tobacco control / Kenneth E. Warner
Behavioral and psychosocial intervention to modify pathophysiology and disease course / Andrew Baum.

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