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This title provides an introduction to evidence-based prevention in psychology. Counselors, psychologists and mental health workers in schools, government agencies, community settings, and in private practice are increasingly expected to select evidence-based practices and programmes, and to document the effectiveness of the care they provide. The book addresses the types of questions that may be most pertinent to those who are engaged in prevention and interested in understanding evidence-based programmes

Cancer is a transnational condition involving the unprecedented flow of health information, technologies, and people across national borders. Such movement raises questions about the nature of therapeutic citizenship, how and where structurally vulnerable populations obtain care, and the political geography of blame associated with this disease. This volume brings together cutting-edge anthropological research carried out across North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, representing low-, middle- and high-resource countries with a diversity of national health care systems. Contributors ethnographically map the varied nature of cancer experiences and articulate the multiplicity of meanings that survivorship, risk, charity and care entail. They explore institutional frameworks shaping local responses to cancer and underlying political forces and structural variables that frame individual experiences. Of particular concern is the need to interrogate underlying assumptions of research designs that may lead to the naturalizing of hidden agendas or intentions. Running throughout the chapters, moreover, are considerations of moral and ethical issues related to cancer treatment and research. Thematic emphases include the importance of local biologies in the framing of cancer diagnosis and treatment protocols, uncertainty and ambiguity in definitions of biosociality, shifting definitions of patienthood, and the sociality of care and support.

A contribution to the roundtable discussion on the preemptive use of force focuses on whether the US decision to wage war against the Iraqi regime is a just one rather than on the ethical implications of preemption & prevention. It is argued that Saddam Hussein's regime has given the US & its allies ample justifications for war that are based on justice, not prevention. Taken together, Saddam Hussein's willingness to attack his own civilians, his abuse of human rights, & his consistent violation of UN resolutions & the terms of the 1991 cease-fire treaty provide sufficient reasons to remove his regime as a matter of justice. The untrustworthy nature of Saddam Hussein's regime makes any peaceful road to Iraqi disarmament highly doubtful. Unlike the situation with North Korea, where there is hope of diplomatic options, the crisis in Iraq has reached its end with 'no reasonable chance of accommodation.' It is maintained that an invasion of Iraq is less likely to create a new international norm than allowing the status quo to continue. J. Lindroth

Message from the Director -- Abbreviations -- Mission Statements -- 1. The Past 2 Decades: How Far Have We Come? -- -- 2. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: What Is the Magnitude? -- How Serious Is It? -- How Is It Changing? -- -- 3. The Changing Epidemic: How Is CDC Responding? -- Surveillance -- Prevention Programs -- Prevention Strategies -- Research -- -- 4. Specific Populations: How Are They Affected? -- MSM -- IDUs -- Heterosexual Adults -- People of Color -- Youth -- Pregnant Women and Infants -- Correctional Facility Inmates -- People Worldwide -- -- 5. The Future: What Are CDC's Plans? -- -- 6. More about HIV Prevention: Where Is Information Available?? -- -- Glossary -- Resources ; Title from cover. ; "Updated October 2005." ; Also available via the World Wide Web. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-81).