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HPM 521

Spring 2007

Reading List

D-R-A-F-T

NOTE: Textbook page numbers below refer to the 5th Edition, but you can read the equivalent pages from 3rd or 4th Edition. Chapter numbers haven’t changed, and you should be able to figure out which pages are relevant.

DISCLAIMER: All URLs worked properly when checked January 2006.

January 23Introduction, Course requirements

Wilcox LS. It constitutes itself: health & community. Preventing Chronic Dis [serial online]: July 2006;3(3). [Date cited: Jan 19, 2007.] Available from URL:

January 30 Built Environment

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapters 1.

Northridge, ME; Sclar, ED, & Biswas, P. (2003) Sorting out the connections between the built environment and health: A conceptual framework for navigating pathways and planning healthy cities. Journal of Urban Health. 8(4), 556-568

Leyden, KM. (2003). Social Capital and the Built Environment: The Importance of Walkable Neighborhoods American Journal of Public Health. 93(9), 1546-51.

McConnell, R., Berhane, K., Yoa, L., Jerrett., Lurmann, F., Gilliland., Kunzli N., Gauderman, J., Avol, E., Thomas, D., Peters, J. (2006). Traffic, susceptibility, and childhood asthma. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114, 766-772.

February 6 Community based health approaches Macro – Coalitions

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapters 3 (Read only pp 66-81 if you’ve taken an epidemiology course; otherwise read all of chapter 3).

MacIntire, S. & Ellaway, A. (2003). Neighborhoods and Health: An Overview. (pp 20-42). Kawachi, I. & Berkman, L.F. (eds) Neighborhoods and Health. New York: Oxford University Press.

Butterfoss, FD; Goodman, R; Wanderman, A. (1993) Community Coalitions for Prevention and Health Promotion. Health Education Research. 8(3): 315-330.

Cavanaugh N, Cheney KSWD. Community collaboration —a weaving. J Publ Hlth Mgmt & Practice, 2002, 8(1), 13-20.

Syme SL. Social determinants of health: the community as an empowered partner. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2004 Jan.

February 13 Community Based Health Approaches Micro

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 5

Minkler, M. & Wallerstein, N. (2003) Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research. (pp1-26) Minkler, M. & Wallerstein, N.(eds) Community-Based Participatory Research for Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wallerstein N. (1999) Power dynamics between evaluator and community: research relationships within New Mexico's Healthier Communities. Social Science & Medicine 49:39-53.

Giachello, A.L; Arrom, J.O.; Davis, M.; Sayad, J.V.; Ramirez, D.; Nandi, C.; Ramos, C. (2003) Reducing Diabetes Health Disparities through Community-Based Participatory Action Research: The Chicago Southeast Diabetes Community Action Coalition. Public Health Reports. 118(4): 309-323.

Abrahams, N. (1996). Negotiating Power, Identity, Family, and Community: Women’s Community Participation. Gender & Society. 10(6): 768-796.

February 20NO CLASS – WINTER BREAK

February 27The Influence of Culture on Health

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 10

Dien (2004). Explanatory models of and attitudes towards cancer in different cultures. The Lancet. 5:119-124.

Jurkowski, JM & Johnson, TP. (2005). Acculturation and cardiovascular disease screening practices among Mexican Americans living in Chicago. Ethnicity & Disease. 15: 411-417.

Yancey AK, Kumanyika SK, Ponce NA, McCarthy WJ, Fielding JE, Leslie JP, Akbar J. Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2004 Jan [date cited].

March 6Social Capital

Baum FE and Ziersch AM. Social Capital. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2000, 57: 320 – 323.

Lochner L, Kawachi I, and Kennedy BP. Social capital: a guide to its measurement. Health and Place. 1999, 5: 259 – 270.

Cattell V. Poor people, poor places, and poor health: the mediating role of social networks and social capital. Social Science and Medicine. 2001, 52: 1501 – 1516.

Carlson ED and Chamberlain RM. Social Capital, Health, and Health Disparities. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2003, 35(4): 325-331.

March 13Maternal Infant Health

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 7 (pp 167-190)

Wagner MG. (1988) Infant mortality in Europe: Implications for the US. Journal of Public Health Policy, Winter 1988, 473-484.

Misra DP, Guyer B, Allston A. Integrated perinatal health framework. A multiple determinants model with a life span approach. Am J Prev Med. 2003 jul; 25 (1): 65-75.

Sable MS, Wilkinson DS. Impact of perveived stress, Major life Events, and Pregnancy Attitudes on Low Birthwweight. Famly Planning Perspectives, Nov/Dec 2000, 32(6): 288-294.

Wise PH, The anatomy of a disparity in infant mortality. Annual Review Public Health, 2003. 24: 17. 1-17. 22.

March 20Child Health; Oral Health

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 7 (pp. 190-203)

Wang, C. & Pies, C.A. (2004). Family, Maternal, and Child Health Through Photovoice. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2004,8(2): 95-102.

National School Boards Association. (1999). Ten Critical Threats to America’s Children. Full report no longer available on-line, but summary available at this URL:

US Department of Health and Human Services (2000). Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General – Executive Summary. Rockville, MD: US DHHS, National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 2000.

March 27Adolescent Health; Relationship Violence

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 8 (pp. 206-222)

Fergus, S., Zimmerman, MA. (2005). Adolescent resilience: a framework for understanding healthy development in the face of risk. Annu Rev Public Health, 26, 399-419.

Resnick MD. (2000). Protective factors, resiliency and health youth development. Adolesc Med, 200, 157-165.

Silverman JG, Raj A, Mucci LA, Hathaway JE (2001). Dating violence against adolescent girlsand associated substance abuse, unhealthy weight control, sexual risk behavior, pregnancy, and suicidality. JAMA, 2001;286:572-579.

Wood K, Maforah F, Jewkes R (1998). “He forced me to love him”: putting violence on adolescent sexual health agendas. Social Science & Medicine, 1998 July; 47(2): 233-42.

April 3Reproductive Health; Abortion

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Reread Chap 7 (pp. 173-84)

Hwang AC & Stewart FH. Family Planning in the Balance. Am Journal Public Health, 2004; 94: 15-18.

Glasier, A., Gulmezoglu, AM., Schmid, GP., Moreno CG., Van Look PF. (2006) Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death. Lancet, 368, 1595-1607.

Potts M. (2005). Why can’t a man be more like a woman? Sex, power, and politics. Obstet Gynecol, 106. 1065-1070.

Campbell M., Sahin-Hodoglugil NN., Potts M. (2006). Barriers to fertility regulation: a review of the literature. Stud Fam Plann, 37, 87-98.

Optional Readings:

Jones RK., Boonstra H. (2004). Confidential reproductive health services for minors: the potential impact of mandated parental involvement for contraception. Perspect Sex Reprod Health, 36, 182-191.

Jones, RK. (2006). Do U.S. family planning clinics encourage parent-child communication? Findings from an exploratory survey. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 38, 155-161.

April 10NO CLASS – SPRING BREAK

April 17Adult Health; Disability

Harrison TC, Kahn DL. Disability rites: the cultural shift following impairment. Fam Community Health. 2004 Jan-Mar; 27(1): 86-93.

Jones GC, Bell K. Adverse health behaviors and chronic conditions in working-age women with disabilities. Fam Community Health. 2004 Jan-Mar; 27(1): 22-36.

Boslaugh, SE, Andresen EM. Correlates of physical activity for adults with disability. Preventing Chronic Dis [serial online]: July 2006;3(3). [Date cited: Jan 19, 2007.] Available from URL:

April 24Gerontologic Health

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 9

Feldman PH, Oberlink M. The AdvantAge Initiative: Developing community indicators to promote the health and well-being of older people. Fam Community Hlth 2003, 26(4): 268-74.

Kane R. (1994). Making aging a public health priority. American Journal of Public Health, 84, 1213-1214.

Wallace RB. (1997). Variability in disease manifestations in older adults: Implications for public and community health programs. In T. Hickey, MA Speers, & TR Prohaska (Eds.) Public Health and Aging. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Pp. 75-86.

Johnson DB, Beaudoin S, Smith LT, Beresford SAA, LoGerfo JP. Increasing fruit and vegetable intake in homebound elders: the Seattle Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2004 Jan.

May 1Mental Health & Substance Abuse

McKenzie & Pinger, An Introduction to Community Health, Chapter 11

Garber J (2006). Depression in children and adolescents: linking research and prevention. Am J Prev Med 2006;31(6S1):S104-S125.

Colton CW, Manderscheid RW (2006). Congruencies in increased mortality rates, years of potential life lost, and causes of death among public mental health clients in eight states. Preventing Chronic Dis [serial online]: 2006 April [Date cited: Jan 19, 2007]. Available from URL:

Lando J, Williams SM. Uniting mind and body in our health care and public health systems. Prev Chronic Diseases [serial online] 2006 Apr [Date cited: Jan 19,2007]. Available from: URL:

US Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, Executive Summary. Washington, 2000.

ask Henri for Substance Abuse 2-3 articles

JJ – check E-Res

MA – add citations

MA – find article

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