The major focus of this book is on health promotion through multiple and effective policies-cum-strategies. During 20 century, the most important health problem of human beings was the threat of HIV/AIDS. Therefore, all the successful experiences of two African countries, Senegal and Uganda and NGO'S efforts in Tamilnadu, India, for drastically reducing this deadly disease and additionally required powerful strategies have been exhaustively and effectively presented. This book can educate the policy makers, consultants, teachers, researchers, NGOS, managers and administrators for the total welfare of humanity. It can serve as a good text book for M.P.H. students, gynecologists, pediatricians, behavioral scientists, social workers, health educators, home scientists, managers and other faculty members for prevention of diseases and promotion of health. It is the book for regulation of population growth and improving the better quality of life of the humanity in developing as well as developed countries.

Table of Contents:
• Introduction I. HIGH PRIORITY PROGRAMMES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION 1. Prevention of HIV/AIDS in developing countries : perspectives on past successful case studies and promising policies-cum-strategies on behavioural change/K. Mahadevan, Vivek Panikkar, G. Subramayam, Ahmed Ali 2. Child survival, strategies for the development and quality of life : an international perspective/K. Mahadevan, V.M. Sandeep, Abubekar Bedri Iqbal Shah, Vivek Panikkar 3. Empowerment of women through health education for healthy living of mothers and children/K. Mahadevan, Philomina Reddy, P. Sumangala, L. Zufan, D. Gail, P. Thulasi 4. Prevention of type 2 diabetes in India/A. Ramachandran and C. Snehalatha 5. Determinants of fertility and contraceptive behaviour and implications on health-cum-quality of life/K. Mahadevan, S. Krishnakumar, Iqbal Shah, L. Zufan, M.K. Sharma II. STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION 6. Health behaviour of patients/clients and the major determinants : a holistic perspective/K. Mahadevan, M.C. Prasanth, K. Vivek Panikkar, K. Abera, A. Mesfin, P. Thulasi, C.M. Deepak 7. Life style, exercise, scientific indigenous medicine, health promotion and longevity/K. Mahadevan, M.C. Prasanth, K. Vivek Panikkar, K. Abera, A. Mesfin 8. Communication, health promotion and population regulation for developing countries : perspectives on holistic approach/K. Mahadevan, S. Krishnakumar, M. Ubaidullah, N. Murugesan, V.M. Sandeep, Ahmed Ali 9. Communication through cultural strategies for awareness and prevention of AIDS in India/K. Mahadevan, S. Krishnakumar, K. Vivek Panikkar, P. Kiran, N. Murugesan 10. Importance of behavioural sciences for health promotion and quality of life/K. Mahadevan, H.M. Damen, Bindu Menon, S. Girish Nair, R.S. Kumar III. POLICIES FOR BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE 11. Child health and survival policies for developing countries/K. Mahadevan, Abubekar Bedri, V.M. Sandeep, K. Vivek Panikkar, D.U. Anju and V. Nagaraja Naidu 12. A multidimensional approach to population control policy/K. Mahadevan, S. Krishnakumar, P. Sumangala, P. Thulasi and V.M. Sandeep 13. Approaches to the study of elderly population/K. Mahadevan, P. Sumangala, K. Vivek Panikkar and V.M. Sandeep 14. New perspectives on community health education for better quality of life in developing countries/K. Mahadevan, M.S.A. Krishnan, K.V. Ranganathan, M.C. Prasanth, K.A. Pisharoti, Ahmed Ali, K. Vivek Panikkar, C.M. Deepak and K. Abera IV. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 15. Life affecting variables of children : analytical framework and conceptual model/K. Mahadevan and V.M. Sandeep 16. Empowerment of women and population dynamics: analytical framework and conceptual model/K. Mahadevan, P. Sumangala, V.M. Sandeep, R. Jayasree and G.S. Mani 17. Conceptual models on health, population and development : new perspectives on theory/K. Mahadevan