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Title 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.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press., [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 493 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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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Subject Health promotion.
Health promotion.
Social medicine.
Social medicine.
Public health -- Social aspects.
Public health -- Social aspects.
Public health.
Behavioral Sciences.
Health Promotion.
Health.
Social Sciences.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Smedley, Brian D.
Syme, S. Leonard (Sherman Leonard), 1932-
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health.
Other Form: Print version: Promoting health. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Pr., ©2000 (DLC) 2001274647
ISBN 0309569737 (electronic book)
9780309569736 (electronic book)
0309071755 (paperback)
9780309071758 (paperback)