This occasional publication series is part of the Social Equity and Opportunity Forum in the Dean’s Office of the College of Urban and Public Affairs. Directed by Janet Hammer, Ph.D., the Forum emphasizes the interconnectedness, interdependence, and shared values that are the connective...

Personal health and well-being are gaining priority on the American agenda. A renewed interest in health promotion has been facilitated by the need to contain health care costs, realization of the limits of medicine in preventing illness, and a deeply rooted societal ethic of personal...