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In the first place: community prevention’s promise to advance health and equity [1]

This paper highlights the role of community prevention in improving overall health and in supporting health equity. By addressing the underlying causes of illness and injury, community prevention efforts can prevent illness and injury before they occur. The paper presents three frameworks that support quality community prevention efforts.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Sana Chehimi [2], Larry Cohen [3], Erica Valdovinos [4]
Environment & Urbanization [5]
23
1
71-89
Tags:
Health [6], Health Care [7], Public Participation [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Poverty [10], Health Policy [11], Smoking [12], Breast Feeding [13]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sana-chehimi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/larry-cohen
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/erica-valdovinos
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environment-urbanization
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-participation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/smoking
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/breast-feeding