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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 29(6) pp. 405-414, 2004
Journal of Pediatric Psychology vol. 29 no. 6 © Society of Pediatric Psychology 2004; all rights reserved
Bridging Disciplines: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Public Health and Pediatric Psychology
National Cancer Institute, Health Promotion Research Branch
All correspondence should be addressed to Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Health Promotion Research Branch, 6130 Executive Blvd., EPN 4080, MSC 7335, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. E-mail: fuemmelb@mail.nih.gov. This article was managed by Ronald T. Brown.
Key words: public health; prevention; health promotion.
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Public health reflects a broad variety of activities, with the ultimate goal of reducing disease mortality and morbidity and promoting health of the population as a whole. In the past, population health was measured by a relative absence of diseases, and the focus of public health research and practice was on the control of such diseases (especially communicable and infectious ones). However, more recently, a broader definition of health has been recognized. The World Health Organization views health as not just an absence of something, namely disease, but as a resource for realizing higher aspirations, satisfying needs, and coping with changes in the environment (Young, 1998
). With this conceptualization being more widely adopted, the focus of population health has broadened to include social, environmental, and behavioral factors that may jeopardize health, placing individuals at risk for disease. Consequently, there is increased interest in including behavioral science and theory in
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Injury Prevention
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Dissemination of Obesity Prevention Programs
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