An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention

by Committee on Valuing Community-Based Non-Clinical Prevention Programs, Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, et al.

During the past century the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States have shifted from those related to communicable diseases to those due to chronic diseases. Just as the major causes of morbidity and mortality have changed, so too has the understanding of health and what makes people healthy or ill. Research has documented the importance of the social determinants of health (for example, socioeconomic status and education)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309263549
• ISBN13: 9780309263542
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"