Health Promotion Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Population Regulation : Strategies for Developing

Contents Introduction. I. High priority programmes for health promotion 1. Prevention of HIV/AIDS in developing countries perspectives on past successful case studies and promising policies cum strategies on behavioural change/K. Mahadevan Vivek Panikkar G. Subramayam Ahmed Ali. 2. Child survival strategies for the development and quality of life an international perspective/K. Mahadevan V.M. Sandeep Abubekar Bedri Iqbal Shah Vivek Panikkar. 3. Empowerment of women through health education for healthy living of mothers and children/K. Mahadevan Philomina Reddy P. Sumangala L. Zufan D. Gail P. Thulasi. 4. Prevention of type 2 diabetes in India/A. Ramachandran and C. Snehalatha. 5. Determinants of fertility and contraceptive behaviour and implications on health cum quality of life/K. Mahadevan S. Krishnakumar Iqbal Shah L. Zufan M.K. Sharma. II. Strategies for health promotion 6. Health behaviour of patients/clients and the major determinants a holistic perspective/K. Mahadevan M.C. Prasanth K. Vivek Panikkar K. Abera A. Mesfin P. Thulasi C.M. Deepak. 7. Life style exercise scientific indigenous medicine health promotion and longevity/K. Mahadevan M.C. Prasanth K. Vivek Panikkar K. Abera A. Mesfin. 8. Communication health promotion and population regulation for developing countries perspectives on holistic approach/K. Mahadevan S. Krishnakumar M. Ubaidullah N. Murugesan V.M. Sandeep Ahmed Ali. 9. Communication through cultural strategies for awareness and prevention of AIDS in India/K. Mahadevan S. Krishnakumar K. Vivek Panikkar P. Kiran N. Murugesan. 10. Importance of behavioural sciences for health promotion and quality of life/K. Mahadevan H.M. Damen Bindu Menon S. Girish Nair R.S. Kumar. III. Policies for better quality of life 11. Child health and survival policies for developing countries/K. Mahadevan Abubekar Bedri V.M. Sandeep K. Vivek Panikkar D.U. Anju and V. Nagaraja Naidu. 12. A multidimensional approach to population control policy/K. Mahadevan S. Krishnakumar P. Sumangala P. Thulasi and V.M. Sandeep. 13. Approaches to the study of elderly population/K. Mahadevan P. Sumangala K. Vivek Panikkar and V.M. Sandeep. 14. New perspectives on community health education for better quality of life in developing countries/K. Mahadevan M.S.A. Krishnan K.V. Ranganathan M.C. Prasanth K.A. Pisharoti Ahmed Ali K. Vivek Panikkar C.M. Deepak and K. Abera. IV. Theoretical perspectives 15. Life affecting variables of children analytical framework and conceptual model/K. Mahadevan and V.M. Sandeep. 16. Empowerment of women and population dynamics analytical framework and conceptual model/K. Mahadevan P. Sumangala V.M. Sandeep R. Jayasree and G.S. Mani. 17. Conceptual models on health population and development new perspectives on theory/K. Mahadevan. Appendices. The major focus of this book is on health promotion through multiple and effective policies cum strategies. During 20 century the most important health problem of human beings was the threat of HIV/AIDS. Therefore all the successful experiences of two African countries Senegal and Uganda and NGO'S efforts in Tamilnadu India for drastically reducing this deadly disease and additionally required powerful strategies have been exhaustively and effectively presented. This book can educate the policy makers consultants teachers researchers NGOS managers and administrators for the total welfare of humanity. It can serve as a good text book for M.P.H. students gynecologists pediatricians behavioral scientists social workers health educators home scientists managers and other faculty members for prevention of diseases and promotion of health. It is the book for regulation of population growth and improving the better quality of life of the humanity in developing as well as developed countries. 408 pp. …