Includes section "Books and reports."

The authors deal not only with finding and using scientific evidence, but also with implementation and evaluation of interventions that generate new evidence on effectiveness.

Distilled into nine foundational principles, this book guides readers through population science studies that strategically incorporate: ? macrosocial factors ? multilevel, lifecourse, and systems theories ? prevention science fundamentals ...

Examines the different populations and settings that can make surveys hard to conduct and discusses methods to meet these challenges.

Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.

Examining the experiences of Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, this book illustrates the ways health officials used complexly constructed concerns about public health to demean, diminish, discipline, and define ...