Neil F Bracht
Biographic Data
| ID | 1728051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil F Bracht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil F |
| FAMILY NAME | Bracht |
| SIGNATURE | BRACHT N F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Health Promotion at the Community Level
Evaluating quality and sustainability
Many community-based studies have been implemented nationally and internationally in the last two decades. Quality and sustainability are desirable qualities of such health-promotion programs, yet have received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper begins to address these issues by examining the quality of programs that were incorporated and continued by the three intervention communities of the Minnesota Heart Health Program …
Community education for cardiovascular disease prevention
OBJECTIVES. The Minnesota Heart Health Program is a 13-year research and demonstration project to reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease in whole communities. METHODS. Three pairs of communities were matched on size and type; each pair had one education site and one comparison site. After baseline surveys, a 5- to 6-year program of mass media, community organization, and direct education for risk reduction was begun in the edu…
Community mobilization for smoking cessation
The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) required that 11 different project sites utilize a standard protocol to mobilize their communities for a four-year intervention aimed at smoking cessation. This experience provided a unique opportunity to describe the process and examine several questions about the mobilization components and to assess the effectiveness of a common set of mobilization strategies. Specific questions o…
Impact of a community health promotion program on existing organizations
Early experiences from the Kirseberg Public Health Project in Malmö, Sweden An alcohol prevention campaign
This article reports on a pilot demonstration to implement an alcohol reduction campaign in the community of Kirseberg (population 10 000) located in Malmö, Sweden. Begun in 1988, this public health project integrates many aspects of the comprehensive community based models for heart disease and cancer prevention reported in the literature during the past two decades. Utilizing a five stage model of preventive action, the paper details the interv…
Principles and strategies of effective community participation
A framework is offered for understanding the conceptual basis and the strategic implications of community participation, in achieving Health for All goals. Special focus is given to the meaning, settings and levels of participation in official decision-making structures and at the community level. Questions such ‘how is participation facilitated?’, ‘who participates?’ and ‘what are the benefits and obstacles to participation?’ are geared primaril…
Policy change and implementation strategies in the development of a Comprehensive Cancer Prevention Program for urban areas (The Stockholm Cancer Prevention Program ‐ SCPP)
Hospice U.S.A
Hospice U.S.A. Get access Hospice U.S.A. Edited by Austin H. Kutscher, Samuel C. Klagsbrun, Richard J. Torpie, Robert DeBellis, Mahlon S. Hale, and Margot Tallmer. New York: Columbia University Press. 1983. 300 pp. $24.00. Neil F. Bracht Neil F. Bracht School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 30, Issue 1, January-February 1985, P…
Mental Health Consultants
Medical Plans and Health Care
Community education for cardiovascular disease prevention
OBJECTIVES. The Minnesota Heart Health Program is a 13-year research and demonstration project to reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease in whole communities. METHODS. Three pairs of communities were matched on size and type; each pair had one education site and one comparison site. After baseline surveys, a 5- to 6-year program of mass media, community organization, and direct education for risk reduction was begun in the edu…
Impact of a community health promotion program on existing organizations
Medical Plans and Health Care
Mental Health Consultants
Hospice U.S.A
Hospice U.S.A. Get access Hospice U.S.A. Edited by Austin H. Kutscher, Samuel C. Klagsbrun, Richard J. Torpie, Robert DeBellis, Mahlon S. Hale, and Margot Tallmer. New York: Columbia University Press. 1983. 300 pp. $24.00. Neil F. Bracht Neil F. Bracht School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 30, Issue 1, January-February 1985, P…
Policy change and implementation strategies in the development of a Comprehensive Cancer Prevention Program for urban areas (The Stockholm Cancer Prevention Program ‐ SCPP)
Principles and strategies of effective community participation
A framework is offered for understanding the conceptual basis and the strategic implications of community participation, in achieving Health for All goals. Special focus is given to the meaning, settings and levels of participation in official decision-making structures and at the community level. Questions such ‘how is participation facilitated?’, ‘who participates?’ and ‘what are the benefits and obstacles to participation?’ are geared primaril…
Early experiences from the Kirseberg Public Health Project in Malmö, Sweden An alcohol prevention campaign
This article reports on a pilot demonstration to implement an alcohol reduction campaign in the community of Kirseberg (population 10 000) located in Malmö, Sweden. Begun in 1988, this public health project integrates many aspects of the comprehensive community based models for heart disease and cancer prevention reported in the literature during the past two decades. Utilizing a five stage model of preventive action, the paper details the interv…
Impact of a community health promotion program on existing organizations
Community mobilization for smoking cessation
The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) required that 11 different project sites utilize a standard protocol to mobilize their communities for a four-year intervention aimed at smoking cessation. This experience provided a unique opportunity to describe the process and examine several questions about the mobilization components and to assess the effectiveness of a common set of mobilization strategies. Specific questions o…
Community education for cardiovascular disease prevention
OBJECTIVES. The Minnesota Heart Health Program is a 13-year research and demonstration project to reduce morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease in whole communities. METHODS. Three pairs of communities were matched on size and type; each pair had one education site and one comparison site. After baseline surveys, a 5- to 6-year program of mass media, community organization, and direct education for risk reduction was begun in the edu…
Evaluating quality and sustainability
Many community-based studies have been implemented nationally and internationally in the last two decades. Quality and sustainability are desirable qualities of such health-promotion programs, yet have received relatively little attention in the literature. This paper begins to address these issues by examining the quality of programs that were incorporated and continued by the three intervention communities of the Minnesota Heart Health Program …
Health Promotion at the Community Level
Medicine (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (5 works) · Health promotion (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Community Health and Development (4 works)