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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464732703321

Autore

Masiello Matthew G.

Titolo

A public health approach to bullying prevention / / Matthew G. Masiello, Diana Schroeder ; cover Design, Alan Giarcanella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : American Public Health Association, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-87553-268-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Disciplina

371.7

371.782

Soggetti

Bullying in schools - Prevention

Bullying - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

A Public Health Approach to Bullying Prevention will serve as a practical, sustainable, cost-efficient strategy to tackle bullying. More importantly, it may be the best approach to providing legitimate and sustainable hope to our children at a time when bullying is becoming increasingly more difficult to tackle.This book presents a public health approach to bullying prevention in a comprehensive and deliberate manner. Formal public health strategies have been used to combat infectious disease epidemics, tobacco use, and motor vehicle injuries. When applied to bullying, public health strategies