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Vivian Chávez, M.P.H., Dr.P.H., is associate professor in the department of health education at San Francisco State University.

Sana Chehimi, M.P.H., is program manager at Prevention Institute.

Acknowledgments.

Foreword (Georges C. Benjamin).

The Contributors.

Introduction (Larry Cohen, Vivian Chávez, Sana Chehimi).

PART ONE: DEFINING THE ISSUES.

1 Beyond Brochures: The Imperative for Primary Prevention (Larry Cohen, Sana Chehimi).

2 Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice (Wayne H. Giles, Leandris C. Liburd).

3 Gender, Health, and Prevention (Michelle Ramirez, Siobhan Maty, Leslie McBride).

4 The Hope of Prevention: Individual, Family, and Community Resilience (Bonnie Benard).

PART TWO: KEY ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE PREVENTION EFFORTS.

5 Community Organizing for Health and Social Justice (Vivian Chávez, Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein, Michael S. Spencer).

6 More Than a Message: Framing Public Health Advocacy to Change Corporate Practices (Lori Dorfman, Lawrence Wallack, Katie Woodruff).

7 Working Collaboratively to Advance Prevention (Larry Cohen, Ashby Wolfe).

8 Making Change: The Power of Local Communities to Foster Policy (Makani Themba-Nixon).

9 Using Media Advocacy to Influence Policy (Lori Dorfman).

10 Primary Prevention and Program Evaluation (Daniel Perales).

PART THREE: PREVENTION IN CONTEXT.

11 Preventing Injustices in Environmental Health and Exposures (Stephanie Ann Farquhar, Neha Patel, Molly Chidsey).

12 Health and the Built Environment: Opportunities for Prevention (Howard Frumkin, Andrew L. Dannenberg).

13 Creating Healthy Food Environments and Preventing Chronic Disease (Leslie Mikkelsen, Catherine S. Erickson, Marion Nestle).

14 Strengthening the Collaboration Between Public Health and Criminal Justice to Prevent Violence (Deborah Prothrow-Stith).

15 The Limits of Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention (Dan Wohlfeiler, Jonathan M. Ellen).

Name Index.

Subject Index.