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  • Handbook for Public Health Social Work

    by Robert Keefe, PhD, Elaine T. Jurkowski, PhD, MSW ...
    Public health social work is an interdisciplinary, epidemiologically oriented approach to improving human health and well-being. About one quarter of all social workers in the United States currently work in medical or public health settings, a number that is expected to increase significantly in coming years. This handbook, written and edited by respected leaders of the Social Work Section of the ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

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  • Aging in Canada

    by Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research

    Edited by Ralph J. DiClemente, Michelle C. Kegler, Richard Crosby ...
    "Here is a 'must-read' for all health promotion researchers and practitioners eager to stay one step ahead of the pack. A panoply of insightful and promising new approaches is presented for consideration and exploration in our contemporary behavioral science arsenal."— M. Elaine Auld, MPH, CHES, Chief Executive Officer, Society for Public Health Education"This book is an essential addition to the ... Read more

    $85.00 USD

  • Handbook of HIV and Social Work

    Principles, Practice, and Populations

    by Cynthia Cannon Poindexter ...
    Praise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work"Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order to practice competently in today's complex world."—From the Foreword by Vincent J. Lynch, MSW, PhD, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work"This comprehensive handbook assembles a group ... Read more

    $51.00 USD

  • Harm Reduction

    Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors

    Edited by G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Mary E. Larimer, Ph.D., Katie Witkiewitz, PhD ...
    From addictions treatment pioneer G. Alan Marlatt and associates, this is the authoritative work on harm reduction: its principles, strategies, and practical applications. Contributors review programs that have been developed and tested for a range of high-risk behaviors, including problem drinking, tobacco use, illicit drug use, and risky sexual behavior. Flexible, tailored, culturally competent ... Read more

    $57.59 USD

  • Health Communication in the 21st Century

    by Lisa Sparks, Kevin B. Wright, H. Dan O'Hair ...
    This popular and engaging text on health communication is now revised and updated in a second edition that incorporates recent research and boasts new material on topics such as crisis communication, social disparities in health, and systemic reform.Fully revised second edition of this popular and authoritative textIncludes fresh material on topics such as crisis communication, health care reform, ... Read more

    $62.00 USD

  • The First Three Years and Beyond

    Brain Development and Social Policy

    by Professor Edward F. Zigler, Matia Finn-Stevenson, Nancy W. Hall ...
    Series series Current Perspectives in Psychology
    How much do children’s early experiences affect their cognitive and social development? How important is the parent’s role in child development? Is it possible to ameliorate or reverse the consequences of early developmental deficits? This vitally important book draws on the latest research from the social sciences and studies on the brain to answer these questions and to explore what they mean ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Homelessness & Health in Canada

    Edited by Manal Guirguis-Younger, Stephen W. Hwang, Ryan McNeil ...
    Series series Health and Society
    Homelessness & Health in Canada explores, for the first time, the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, the authors strive to outline policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis.This book is divided into three distinct but ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Planning Health Promotion Programs

    An Intervention Mapping Approach

    by Guy S. Parcel, Gerjo Kok, Nell H. Gottlieb, L. Kay Bartholomew Eldredge ...
    This guide to the planning of health promotion programs uses the increasingly popular Intervention Mapping approach, a theory- and evidence-based interactive process that links needs assessment with program planning in a way that adds efficiency and improves outcomes. Students, researchers, faculty, and professionals will appreciate the authors’ approach to applying theories of behavior and social ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Public Health Communication

    Evidence for Behavior Change

    Edited by Robert Hornik ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This volume argues the case that public health communication has affected health behavior. It brings together 16 studies of large-scale communication in a variety of substantive health areas--tobacco, drugs, AIDS, family planning, heart disease, childhood disease, highway safety--prepared by the authors who did the original research. These studies show important effects and illustrate the central ... Read more

    $103.99 USD

  • Social Perspective

    The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice

    by Richard U'Ren ...
    Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, political-economic conditions, and the social stratification system all contribute to individual well-being or disorder ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Elder Abuse and Mistreatment

    by Joanna Mellor, Patricia Brownell ...
    Provide the most effective service possible to help victims of this growing social problemElder Abuse and Mistreatment is a comprehensive overview of current policy issues, new practice models, and up-to-date research on elder abuse and neglect. Experts in the field provide insight into elder abuse with newly examined populations to create an understanding of how to design service plans for ... Read more

    $76.99 USD