Community-Based Prevention

Reducing the Risk of Cancer and Chronic Disease

David McLean, Dan Williams, Hans Krueger, Sonia Lamont (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2013
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-4530-1 (ISBN)

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This book presents a promising new approach to educating, engaging, empowering, and generating action within communities as part of broader prevention agenda.

Cancer and chronic disease are a rapidly increasing global health burden: according to the Milken Institute, the annual cost to the national US economy of the seven most common chronic conditions will rise to $4.2 trillion by 2023. The data are just as dramatic in Canada, Europe, Australia, and increasingly, in countries in the developing world. As communities, governments, and health organizations worldwide struggle to avoid being swamped by health care costs – not to mention the impact of suffering and poor quality of life – the only long-term, sustainable hope must be based on prevention efforts.

This book presents a promising new approach to educating, engaging, empowering, and generating action within communities as part of that broader prevention agenda. The authors review representative global experiences with community based prevention educators, focusing on the prevention coordination work that can be accomplished within geographical areas ranging from local communities to broader regions. Among the findings they reveal in this book are the fundamental elements of successful Community Based Prevention programs – skilled staff, high-quality evaluation, and sustained investment in prevention efforts.

David McLean is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and president of the Cancer Prevention Institute of Canada. Dan Williams is head of Research and Writing at H. Krueger & Associates Inc., a health care consultancy. Hans Krueger is an adjunct professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia and president of H. Krueger & Associates Inc. Sonia Lamont is an independent scholar and provincial director for Prevention Programs at the British Columbia Cancer Agency.

Part A: Purpose and Context

1. Introduction: Mastering the Surge in Chronic Diseases

2. Cancer, Chronic Disease, and the Relevance of CPEs

3. Prevention Educational Leaders in British Columbia

Part B: Other Models Of Community-Based Prevention Educators

4. Identifying Models of Prevention Coordination in the Community

5. North Karelia: Field Office Staff

6. Northern Ireland: Health Promotion Officers

7. Kentucky: Cooperative Extension Agents & Cancer Control Specialists

8. North Carolina: Community Health Ambassadors

9. Manitoba: Health Promotion Coordinators

Part C: A Strategic Pattern for Prevention Educators

10. Important Elements of a CPE-Like Program

11. Establishing a Foundation: Conceptual Frameworks

12. Tracking Outcomes: Evaluation Matters

13. Conclusion: Sustained Investment in Prevention

Appendix I: Key Informants

International and Canadian Leaders in Comparable Programs

British Columbia Cancer Agency – Prevention Programs

CPEs

Appendix II: Cancer Prevention Program Standards in Canada

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2013
Zusatzinfo	24 figures
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10	1-4426-4530-X / 144264530X
ISBN-13	978-1-4426-4530-1 / 9781442645301
Zustand	Neuware