Book Review: Prevention Diaries

In the April issue of The International Journal of Epidemiology, Peter Sainsbury writes, “Cohen and his colleagues clearly have a very comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of society and social change. Consequently, they use a wide range of prevention techniques—from lobbying for legislative and policy change, through partnerships with businesses and grassroots organizations (Cohen seems to know everybody), to community education, mobilisation and activism—but always emphasizing ‘upstream’ prevention and maximizing the benefits for the most needy.”