Essentials of Health Behavior (Texts in the Essential Public): Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health (Essential Public Health) - Softcover

Edberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763737968 ISBN 13: 9780763737962

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Health promotion, education, and prevention programs ultimately focus on changing health behavior. Essentials of Health Behavior provides the groundwork for understanding, assessing, and effectively applying theories of human behavior within the practice of public health. In clear and accessible language, it provides the student with a background of the kinds of social and behavioral theories that guide our understanding of health related behavior and form the background for health promotion and prevention efforts. Filled with real life examples and profiles, the text explores some of the ways in which these theories and approaches are used in applied health promotion efforts.

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Synopsis

Edberg (public health, George Washington U.) provides an introductory text on behavioral interventions in public health--methods for changing behavior and programs in health promotion and disease prevention. He aims to give background on social and behavioral theories of health-related behavior, including those from psychology, social psychology, s

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0763737968
• ISBN 13: 9780763737962
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200