Prevention Diaries - The Practice and Pursuit of Health for All (Hardcover)

How do trees help reduce violence? What do roads have to do with chronic disease? Prevention Diaries examines the unexpected yet empirically predictable relationships that shape our health, providing the keys to realizing vitality and health across our society. With passion, wisdom, and humor, internationally recognized prevention expert Larry Cohen draws on his three decades of experience to make a case for building health into the everyday fabric of our lives-from health care to workplaces, urban planning to agriculture. Prevention Diaries envisions an alternate model of American health care, one less predicated on treating sickness and more focused on preventing it. Doing so requires a shift in how our society perceives and approaches health - first recognizing our overreliance on individual solutions, then building an environment conducive to preventing problems before they occur. Through first-person vignettes and scientific data, Cohen shows that prevention is the cure what ails us. By creating greater opportunities for health and safety - things like safe access to parks and healthful housing - the US sets a foundation for a healthier country. Prevention Diaries makes it clear that as the US works to ensure everyone can access medical services, we also must make health, not just health care, the ultimate goal.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2016
Authors:	Larry Cohen (Founder and Executive Director)
Dimensions:	214 x 141 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-062382-1
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	0-19-062382-9
Barcode:	9780190623821

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