Community-Based Health Interventions.

Intro -- Community-Based Health Interventions -- Contents -- Tables, Figure, and Exhibit -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Authors -- Part 1 Introducing Community-Based Interventions -- Chapter1 Improving Health in Community Settings -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Defining Community -- Place Can Define a Community -- Communities Defined by a Shared Concern -- Ecological Theory and Levels of Prevention -- Ecological Theory Applied to Community-Based Intervention -- Prevention Efforts Focused on the Community -- Examples of Community-Based Interventions by Levels of Prevention -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activity -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2 A Brief History of Community-Based Health Interventions -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Community-Based Health Interventions: An Instrument for Change -- The Rationale for Developing Community-Based Interventions -- Principles and Assumptions of Early Community-BasedHealth Interventions -- Early Community-Based Health Interventions -- Asessing The Evidence From Early Community-Based Health Interventions -- The Evolution of Community-Based Health Interventions -- Improving Community Capacity to Plan Community-Based Health Interventions -- Improving Existing Strategies and Developing New Ones -- Improving Methods for Evaluating Community-BasedHealth Interventions -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3 Ethical Issues in Community Interventions -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- The Integration of Ethics Into Public Health Practice -- The Development of Professional Codes of Ethics -- Common Attributes of Ethical Codes -- Institutional Review Boards -- The Responsibility of an IRB to Research Participants -- The Responsibility of Researchers to an IRB -- Vulnerable Populations -- Permission And Consent -- The Consent Form -- Consent of a Minor.

Protection For Research Participants -- The Use of Incentives -- Protection from Harm -- Respect for Individual Rights -- Ensuring Research Quality -- Avoiding Misrepresentation of Findings -- Maintaining The Integrity of Research -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Question -- Chapter 4 Levels and Types of Community-Based Interventions -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- An Ecological Focus on Types of Prevention -- Primary Prevention -- Secondary Prevention -- Tertiary Prevention -- Selecting a Goal for the Intervention -- Examples of Interventions at Different Levels of Prevention -- Primary Prevention: Group Level -- Primary Prevention: Organizational Level -- Primary Prevention: Community Level -- Primary Prevention: Policy Level -- Secondary Prevention: Group Level -- Secondary Prevention: Organizational Level -- Secondary Prevention: Community Level -- Secondary Prevention: Policy Level -- Tertiary Prevention: Group Level -- Tertiary Prevention: Organizational Level -- Tertiary Prevention: Community Level -- Tertiary Prevention: Policy Level -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Part 2 Developing the Intervention -- Chapter 5 A Framework for Designing Community-Based Interventions -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Theoretical Guidance for Health Interventions -- Theoretical Models -- The Constructs of Theory -- Measurement of Theoretical Constructs -- Examples of Theories Used at the Four Ecological Levels -- Intervention Theory for Group-Level Change -- Intervention Theory for Organization-Level Change -- Intervention Theory for Community-Level Change -- Intervention Theory for Policy-Level Change -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activity -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 6 Collecting and Managing Data -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Data: A Crucial Component of Research -- Why Collect Data?.

Types of Data -- Colecting Quantitative Data -- Instrument Development -- Collecting Follow-Up Data -- Sampling and Related Issues -- Colecting Qualitative Data -- Types of Interviews -- Group Interviews -- Managing Qualitative Data -- After Data Colection -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Part 3 Working Through the Intervention -- Chapter 7 Assessing Community Needs -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Basic Components of a Community Assessment -- Connecting with Stakeholders -- Formulating Guiding Questions -- Types of Assessments -- Collecting Data -- Preexisting Data -- Analyzing Data -- Strengthening Your Findings -- Community Input -- Identifying Priority Needs and Service Gaps -- Identifying Services and Other Resources -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 8 Planning a Community-Based Intervention -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Intervention Content and Format -- Examine Relevant Databases -- Forums and Conferences -- Consider All Options -- Clarify Objectives -- Determine the Fit of an Existing Intervention -- A Logic Model as an Organizing Strategy -- Components of a Logic Model -- Organizational Strategies for Logic Models -- A fictional Community Assessment: Adolescent Tobacco Use -- Inputs for the Y-Start Now Program -- The Situation -- Example Logic Models for Four Ecological Domains -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 9 Implementing a Community-Based Intervention -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Implementation at the Four Ecological Levels -- Interventions at the Group or Organization Level -- Content, Timing, and Logistics -- Staff Training -- Participant Recruitment -- Choose a Venue -- The Pilot Study -- Final Details -- Interventions at the Community or Policy Level -- Research Policy from Various Sources.

Determining Resources -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 10 Evaluating a Community-Based Intervention -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Reasons for Evaluation -- Types of Evaluation -- Potential Evaluators -- Preparing for an Evaluation -- Designing the Evaluation -- Step 1: Setting a Timeline -- Step 2: Establishing Which Objectives and Outcomes to Evaluate -- Step 3: Determining the Appropriate Type of Evaluation -- Step 4: Selecting Reliable Indicators -- Flexibility: An Essential Skill In Evaluation -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Question -- Part 4 Learning from the Past and Adapting to the Future -- Chapter 11 Funding and Sustainability -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Financing Community-Based Health Interventions -- Potential Sources of Funding -- Eligibility for Funding -- The Difference Between Contracts and Grants -- Selecting Potential Funders -- Components of the Proposal for Funding -- The Proposal Abstract -- Components of the Budget -- Personnel and OTPS -- The Budget Justification -- Indirect Costs -- Grant Writing Tips for Beginners -- Continuing and Sustaining an Intervention -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 12 Implementation Pitfalls -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Things Happen -- Design Pitfalls -- Implementation Pitfalls -- Staff Turnover -- Evaluation Pitfalls -- Negative Findings -- Summary -- Activity -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 13 The Future of Community-Based Health Interventions -- Learning Objectives -- Overview -- Adapting Methods of Intervention to Twenty-First-Century Comunities -- Information Technology Redefines Community -- Enhancing Health-Related Communication Through the Internet -- Using the Internet as a Community Organizing Tool.

A Challenge and an Opportunity for Public Health Practitioners -- Blurring the Line Between Education and Entertainment -- Using Computer Games to Reach a Community -- Virtual Experience as an Intervention Method -- Using Cell Phones and Smartphones for Community Intervention -- Reaching Underserved Communities via New Communication Tools -- A Limitation of the New Technologies -- Summary -- Activities -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 14 Community-Based Health Interventions in Practice -- Overview -- Arthritis -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Asthma -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- References -- Adult Vaccinations -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Alcohol Use -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Cardiovascular Disease -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Childhood Vaccinations -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Injuries from Motor Vehicle Accidents -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- Reference -- Smoking -- The Intervention -- The Evaluation -- References -- Summary -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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