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Youth-led health promotion in urban communities : a community capacity-enhancement perspective

Title
Youth-led health promotion in urban communities : a community capacity-enhancement perspective / Melvin Delgado and Huiquan Zhou.
Author
Delgado, Melvin.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.

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Additional Authors
Zhou, Huiquan, 1980-
Description
xiv, 267 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Methods to address the current and future needs of this country's urban marginalized communities have been considered in academics and public policy and practice during the past decade. This book provides an examination of this social paradigm and its impact on current and future generations."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Youth > United States
  • Youth > Medical care > United States
  • Youth > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Marginality, Social > United States
  • Social work with minorities > United States
  • Youth in development > United States
  • Social sciences > Research > Methodology
  • Health education
  • Health promotion
  • Health Education
  • Health Promotion
  • Adolescent
  • Health promotion
  • Health education
  • Marginality, Social
  • Social sciences > Research > Methodology
  • Social work with minorities
  • Youth
  • Youth > Health and hygiene
  • Youth in development
  • Youth > Medical care
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-250) and index.
Contents
Contextual setting -- Overview -- Health promotion field -- Demographic profile of youth and trends -- Health care needs in urban communities : a special focus on youth of color -- Youth-led health promotion -- Conceptual foundations for youth-led health promotions -- Social and economic justice foundation -- Principles of youth-led health promotion -- Youth-led health promotion framework and strategies -- Research and evaluation of youth-led health promotion -- Reflections from the field -- Case illustration -- Recommendations for practice and research.
ISBN
  • 9780742561137
  • 0742561135
  • 9780742561144
  • 0742561143
LCCN
2007040832
OCLC
  • ocn174040202
  • 174040202
  • SCSB-1467093
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library