Integrating Behavioral and Social Sciences with Public Health

Download or read book Integrating Behavioral and Social Sciences with Public Health written by Neil Schneiderman and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2001 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the ways that behavioral and social sciences have been applied to major public health concerns. With the community-based approach, behavioral and social sciences have been increasingly integrated into public health, demonstrating that they can contribute to understanding the role of risk behaviors and risk-group characteristics for health promotion and disease control and prevention. The authors of this book provide a showcase of successful examples of integrating behavioral and social sciences with public health, and they challenge public health specialists and behavioral and social scientists to meld their work in more effective ways.