Defining Prevention Science
Whoever coined the adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" could not have known how important this adage would become. The challenge of altering the health trajectories of poor lifestyle decisions for such behaviors as smoking, drinking, a
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Zili Sloboda Hanno Petras Editors
Defining Prevention Science
Advances in Prevention Science
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Zili Sloboda • Hanno Petras Editors
Defining Prevention Science
Editors Zili Sloboda Ontario, Ohio USA
Hanno Petras JBS International, Inc. Rockville, Maryland USA
ISBN 978-1-4899-7423-5 ISBN 978-1-4899-7424-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-7424-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014931239 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Prevention Science: A Global Issue
There are few countries or populations which are not affected by the consequences of behavioural risk (Ezzati et al., 2002). Obesity, for example, was once considered primarily a problem of high-income countries, but its consequences are now linked to more deaths worldwide than a lack of food (WHO, 2004). Despite young people traditionally being perceived as more healthy than older members of the population, a large proportion of premature adult deaths (up to 70 %) are associated with behaviours initiated in adolescence (Resnick, Catalano, Sawyer, Viner, & Patton, 2012), and young people’s involvement in preventable risks such as drug and
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