Promoting Human Wellness: New Frontiers for Research, Practice, and Policy

orig. cloth Minor rubbing. VG. Textual tables & graphs. 23x16cm, xii,737 pp. Contains 24 papers. Includes: D. Stokols: "The Social Ecological Paradigm of Wellness Promotion"; L. Breslow: "The Societal Context of Disease Prevention and Wellness Promotion"; R.M. Kaplan: "Promoting Wellness: Biomedical versus Outcomes Models"; S.L. Syme: "Community Participation, Empowerment, and Health: Development of a Wellness Guide for California"; R.C. Strohman: "Genetic Determinism as a Failing Paradigm in Biology and Medicine: Implications for Health and Wellness"; D. Stokols: "Creating Health-Promotive Environments: Implications for Theory and Research"; J. Birckmayer & C.H. Weiss: "Theory-Based Evaluation: Investigating the How and Why of Wellness Promotion Programs"; P.L. East: Pregnancy Prevention Opportunities Focusing on the Younger Sisters of Childbearing Teens"; S. Guendelman: "Immigrants May Hold Clues to Protecting Health during Pregnancy: Exploring a Paradox"; M. Roach III: " Race and Health: Implications for Health Care Delivery and Wellness Promotion"; K. Sanders- Phillips: "Health Promotion in Ethnic Minority Families: The Impact of Exposure to Violence"; T.G. Ganiats & W.J. Sieber: Valuing Future Health in Social Policy and Human Health Behavior"; M. Minkler: Health Promotion at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas"; S. Zhu & C.M. Anderson: "Bridging the Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Smoking Cessation: California Smoker's Helpline"; A. Duxbury: "Disease Prevention versus Health Promotion: Pitfalls of Preventive Care in the Geriatric Population"; etc.…