TY - BOOK AU - Masiello,Matthew G. AU - Schroeder,Diana TI - Public Health Approach to Bullying Prevention SN - 9780875532684 AV - LB3013.3 -- .P83 2014eb U1 - 371.7/82 PY - 2013/// CY - Washington PB - APHA Press KW - Bullying in schools -- Prevention KW - Bullying -- Prevention KW - Electronic books N2 - A Public Health Approach to Bullying Prevention will serve as a practical, sustainable, cost-efficient strategy to tackle bullying. More importantly, it may be the best approach to providing legitimate and sustainable hope to our children at a time when bullying is becoming increasingly more difficult to tackle.This book presents a public health approach to bullying prevention in a comprehensive and deliberate manner. Formal public health strategies have been used to combat infectious disease epidemics, tobacco use, and motor vehicle injuries. When applied to bullying, public health strategies provide a scientific approach to community planning, the use of evidence-based programs, coalition development, and the ability to change the culture in a school and community to one that is positive and strong. This text will serve as invaluable resource to parents and professionals looking for advice on specific facets of school-based bullying UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1718202 ER -