| Youth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities: A Community Capacity-Enrichment Perspective Contributor(s): Delgado, Melvin (Author), Zhou, Huiquan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742561135 ISBN-13: 9780742561137 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $122.76 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: iYouth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communitiesi 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues |
| Dewey: 362.108 |
| LCCN: 2007040832 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.29 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Topical - Health & Fitness |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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 country's 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Delgado, Melvin: - Dr. Melvin Delgado, M.S.W, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Work at Boston University School of Social Work. He is the former Chair of Macro Practice. He brings over 40 years of practice, research, and scholarship focused on urban population groups, with the Latinx community being a specific focus. Dr. Delgado is bilingual and bicultural, born and raised in New York City (South Bronx) and has focused his professional and academic career on developing urban-based outreach, research, and service delivery models stressing participatory democratic principles, and tapping cultural strengths and community assets. Dr. Delgado's has addressed a variety of social issues and needs, and published numerous articles and over 30 books on urban community practice topics. He is currently the Series Editor on Social Justice and Youth Community Practice, Oxford University Press. |