Youth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities: A Community Capacity-Enrichment

Description: Youth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities by Melvin Delgado, Huiquan Zhou Youth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities presents a comprehensive and up-to-date view on youth-led health promotion in the United States and provides recommendations for addressing health issues and problems related to urban youth of color. The book is comprehensive, providing statistical documentation and case illustrations. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The introduction of innovative social paradigms that stress community-participation, community-focused empowerment, assets, social and economic justice themes, and in the case of youth, civic participation, represents one of the outcomes of this questioning and bodes well for current and future generations. The subject of how best to address the current and future health needs of this countrys urban marginalized comunities is one that has also received considerable attention in academic, policy, and practice arenas in the past decade. A variety of models have been put forth to achieve the goal of health in these communities. One of the most promising recommendations has been the use of health promotion as a vehicle for reaching and empowering communities of color in both rural and urban America. The youth-led environmental justice movement, as it will be addressed in various sections of this book, is one of the latest and most promising approaches towards health promotion that is grass-roots and community participatory based. Youth-led health promotion represents an emerging field with tremendous implications for addressing the health needs of marginalized urban youth of color in the United States. Author Biography Melvin Delgado is professor of social work and chair of macro-practice at Boston University of Social Work. Huiquan Zhou is currently a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. Table of Contents Part 1 List of Figures Part 2 Acknowledgements Part 3 Preface Part 4 Contextual Setting Chapter 5 Overview Chapter 6 Health Promotion Field Chapter 7 Demographic Profile of Youth and Trends Chapter 8 Health Care Needs in Urban Communities: A Special Focus on Youth of Color Part 9 Youth-Led Health Promotion Chapter 10 Conceptual Foundation for Youth-Led Health Promotion Chapter 11 Social and Economic Justice Foundation Chapter 12 Principles of Youth-Led Health Promotion Chapter 13 Youth-Led Health Promotion Framework and Strategy Chapter 14 Research and Evaluation of Youth-Led Health Promotion Part 15 Reflections from the Field Chapter 16 Case Illustration Chapter 17 Recommendations for Practice and Research Part 18 Bibliography Part 19 Additional Reading Part 20 Index Part 21 About the Authors Long Description The introduction of innovative social paradigms that stress community-participation, community-focused empowerment, assets, social and economic justice themes, and in the case of youth, civic participation, represents one of the outcomes of this questioning and bodes well for current and future generations. The subject of how best to address the current and future health needs of this countrys urban marginalized comunities is one that has also received considerable attention in academic, policy, and practice arenas in the past decade. A variety of models have been put forth to achieve the goal of health in these communities. One of the most promising recommendations has been the use of health promotion as a vehicle for reaching and empowering communities of color in both rural and urban America. The youth-led environmental justice movement, as it will be addressed in various sections of this book, is one of the latest and most promising approaches towards health promotion that is grass-roots and community participatory based. Youth-led health promotion represents an emerging field with tremendous implications for addressing the health needs of marginalized urban youth of color in the United States. Details ISBN0742561135 Author Huiquan Zhou Short Title YOUTH-LED HEALTH PROMOTION IN Language English ISBN-10 0742561135 ISBN-13 9780742561137 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Birth 1980 Residence MA, US Affiliation Boston University Pages 288 Subtitle A Community Capacity-Enrichment Perspective DOI 10.1604/9780742561137 AU Release Date 2008-02-28 NZ Release Date 2008-02-28 US Release Date 2008-02-28 UK Release Date 2008-02-28 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publication Date 2008-02-28 Alternative 9780742561144 DEWEY 362.1083 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:13099024;

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