What are the goals of health promotion and the most apropriate means of achieving them? The prevailing view is that these goals are to prolong life and reduce mortality rates. Since the leading causes of morbidity and mortality are now largely attributable to lifestyle behaviors--smoking, diet, exercise, etc.--the means of achieving reductions in heart disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes and other chronic conditins are to identify more effective techniques for changing people's behavior. Virtually all health promotion research is currently directed towards accomplishing this objective. But at...
What are the goals of health promotion and the most apropriate means of achieving them? The prevailing view is that these goals are to prolong life an...
Originally published in the "International Quarterly of Community Health Education," this work presents twenty-one chapters about the state of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in a global context.
Originally published in the "International Quarterly of Community Health Education," this work presents twenty-one chapters about the state of HIV/...
