Community-Based Health Interventions

Community-Based Health Interventions: Principles and Applications......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 7
TABLES, FIGURE, AND EXHIBIT......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 13
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 15
THE AUTHORS......Page 17
PART 1: INTRODUCING COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTIONS......Page 21
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 23
DEFINING COMMUNITY......Page 24
ECOLOGICAL THEORY AND LEVELS OF PREVENTION......Page 25
KEY TERMS......Page 29
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 30
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 31
COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS: AN INSTRUMENT FOR CHANGE......Page 32
EARLY COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS......Page 35
ASSESSING THE EVIDENCE FROM EARLY COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS......Page 38
THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS......Page 39
ACTIVITIES......Page 43
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 44
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 45
THE INTEGRATION OF ETHICS INTO PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE......Page 46
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS......Page 48
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS......Page 49
PERMISSION AND CONSENT......Page 50
PROTECTION FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS......Page 53
ENSURING RESEARCH QUALITY......Page 54
MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF RESEARCH......Page 55
KEY TERMS......Page 56
DISCUSSION QUESTION......Page 57
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 59
AN ECOLOGICAL FOCUS ON TYPES OF PREVENTION......Page 60
SELECTING A GOAL FOR THE INTERVENTION......Page 62
EXAMPLES OF INTERVENTIONS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PREVENTION......Page 65
SUMMARY......Page 68
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 69
PART 2: DEVELOPING THE INTERVENTION......Page 71
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 73
THEORETICAL GUIDANCE FOR HEALTH INTERVENTIONS......Page 74
EXAMPLES OF THEORIES USED AT THE FOUR ECOLOGICAL LEVELS......Page 76
KEY TERMS ACTIVITY......Page 83
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 84
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 85
DATA: A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF RESEARCH......Page 86
COLLECTING QUANTITATIVE DATA......Page 87
COLLECTING QUALITATIVE DATA......Page 93
AFTER DATA COLLECTION......Page 95
SUMMARY......Page 97
ACTIVITIES......Page 98
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 99
PART 3: WORKING THROUGH THE INTERVENTION......Page 101
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 103
BASIC COMPONENTS OF A COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT......Page 104
STRENGTHENING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 107
ACTIVITIES......Page 110
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 111
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 115
INTERVENTION CONTENT AND FORMAT......Page 116
A LOGIC MODEL AS AN ORGANIZING STRATEGY......Page 121
A FICTIONAL COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT: ADOLESCENT TOBACCO USE......Page 124
SUMMARY......Page 131
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 133
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 135
IMPLEMENTATION AT THE FOUR ECOLOGICAL LEVELS......Page 136
INTERVENTIONS AT THE COMMUNITY OR POLICY LEVEL......Page 143
SUMMARY......Page 144
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 145
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 147
REASONS FOR EVALUATION......Page 148
DESIGNING THE EVALUATION......Page 150
SUMMARY......Page 155
DISCUSSION QUESTION......Page 156
PART 4: LEARNING FROM THE PAST AND ADAPTING TO THE FUTURE......Page 157
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 159
FINANCING COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS......Page 160
COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING......Page 163
COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET......Page 170
SUMMARY......Page 175
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 176
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 177
THINGS HAPPEN......Page 178
SUMMARY......Page 182
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 183
LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 185
ADAPTING METHODS OF INTERVENTION TO TWENTY-FIRST–CENTURY COMMUNITIES......Page 186
A CHALLENGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS......Page 189
A LIMITATION OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES......Page 193
ACTIVITIES......Page 194
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS......Page 195
CHAPTER 14: COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS IN PRACTICE......Page 197
ARTHRITIS......Page 198
ASTHMA......Page 199
ADULT VACCINATIONS......Page 201
ALCOHOL USE......Page 202
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE......Page 203
CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS......Page 204
INJURIES FROM MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS......Page 205
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE......Page 206
SMOKING......Page 207
SUMMARY......Page 209
CHAPTER TWO......Page 223
CHAPTER THREE......Page 224
CHAPTER FOUR......Page 225
CHAPTER FIVE......Page 226
CHAPTER SEVEN......Page 227
CHAPTER EIGHT......Page 228
CHAPTER THIRTEEN......Page 229
INDEX......Page 231