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Prevention diaries, the practice and pursuit of health for all, Larry Cohen

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Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Prevention diaries

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Larry Cohen

the practice and pursuit of health for all

"How do trees help reduce violence? What do roads have to do with chronic disease? Prevention Diaries examines the unexpected yet empirically predictable relationships that shape our health, providing the keys to realizing vitality and health across our society. With passion, wisdom, and humor, internationally recognized prevention expert Larry Cohen draws on his three decades of experience to make a case for building health into the everyday fabric of our lives-from health care to workplaces, urban planning to agriculture. Prevention Diaries envisions an alternate model of American health care, one less predicated on treating sickness and more focused on preventing it. Doing so requires a shift in how our society perceives and approaches health -- first recognizing our overreliance on individual solutions, then building an environment conducive to preventing problems before they occur. Through first-person vignettes and scientific data, Cohen shows that prevention is the cure for what ails us. By creating greater opportunities for health and safety -- things like safe access to parks and healthful housing -- the US sets a foundation for a healthier country. Prevention Diaries makes it clear that as the US works to ensure everyone can access medical services, we also must make health, not just health care, the ultimate goal "--, Provided by publisher"How do trees help reduce violence? What do roads have to do with chronic disease? Prevention Diaries illuminates the unexpected (yet foreseeable) things that shape our health, and provides the keys to realizing vitality and wellbeing in the U.S. (and around the world). With passion, wisdom, and humor, internationally-recognized prevention expert Larry Cohen draws on 30-plus years of experience to build the case for prioritizing health throughout society. From healthcare to business practices, urban development to agriculture, Cohen demonstrates that many of the illnesses and injuries that burden the U.S. are entirely preventable through commonsense solutions. Prevention Diaries provides effective alternatives to the U.S.'s reliance on a healthcare system that focuses on sickness and treatment--and explains how health happens in our communities and homes, not just at the doctor's office. The U.S. system is in crisis precisely because it systematically neglects prevention and wellness. This requires shifting the way our society perceives and approaches health, exposing our overreliance on individual solutions, rather than taking action to prevent disease and injury before they occur. Diaries shows the reader why prevention is the solution. Telling individuals to be healthier won't succeed if they live and work in unsafe places that promote unhealthy products and behaviors. Working together to support community solutions that increase opportunities for health and safety--like safe access to parks and healthful housing--sets the foundation for a healthier country. Prevention Diaries makes it clear that as the U.S. works to ensure everyone can access medical services, we also must make health, not just healthcare, universally accessible and available"--, Provided by publisher

1. Prelude to Prevention -- 2. Upstream -- 3. It's the Environment -- 4. We Build Our Environment and Then it Builds Us -- 5. The Burden of Unfairness -- 6. Food For Thought -- 7. Injuries Are Not Accidents -- 8. Stay Safe -- 9. When People Thrive, Business Thrives -- 10. Healthcare : A Wide-Angle Lens As Well As a Microscope -- 11. It Takes a Flock to Make a Bird Soar