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Technology Applications in Prevention (Paperback)
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Control health care costs with these cost-effective,
technology-based prevention/intervention techniques! In 2001,
Americans spent $1.4 trillion on health care services. By 2010,
health care costs are forecasted to approach 20% of the United
States' Gross National Product. Technology Applications in
Prevention highlights much-needed technology-based
prevention/intervention methods that can help contain health costs.
Efficient and Effective Uses of Technology in Community Research
provides the information that future prevention researchers and
program evaluators will need to be effective in electronic data
collection, management, and cost analysis. Community Building with
Technology: The Development of Collaborative Community Technology
Initiatives presents a case example showing how Web sites can
function as regional clearinghouses of useful information and
provide convenient forums where agency staff can update their
prevention skills. Applying Web-Based Survey Design Standards
addresses a question critical to professionals in e-data
collection: How reliable is Web-based needs assessment and/or
outcome data? This chapter suggests standards that should be
adhered to in Internet-based data collection. Assessing Quality
Assurance of Self-Help Sites on the Internet and The Quality of
Spanish Health Information Web Sites: An Emerging Disparity address
the current lack of quality in the health and mental health
information available on the World Wide Web. A Participatory
Internet Initiative in an African-American Neighborhood explores
health disparity concerns regarding the use of the Internet. This
chapter discusses several ways to empower those who are on the dark
side of the digital divideand shows how to ensure that Web-based
material is culturally relevant and appropriate for those it is
intended to help. Alcohol Abuse Prevention Among High-Risk Youth
presents a case example of a life-skills based CD-ROM intervention
designed to discourage kids from abusing alcohol. Constructing
Better Futures Via Video looks at video-based futures planning,
which combines self-modeling and feedforward to forecast a
student's future capabilities. This technique helps teenagers find
meaning in their current educational setting and prepare for
adulthood. This chapter also explains how to train school-based
personnel to encourage positive attitudes and support the life
skills of their students via carefully planned and editedyet
inexpensivevideo productions. Why is the information in this book
so essential? In 2000, approximately 20% of U.S. employers changed
their health insurance plans as a cost savings strategy. American
companies and their employees must new deal with new insurance
plans that have reduced the breadth of their coverage and/or
increased employee deductibles. The need for cost-effective
preventive strategies is becoming increasingly more urgent as
employers and insurance companies scramble to provide affordable
health care coverage. New technologies have opened the door to
better, more economical modes of preventive care. This book
presents a vital cross-section of the current state of the art in
the application of technology to prevention and intervention. Make
it a part of your professional/teaching collection today!
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