Title: Essentials Of Health Behavior: Social And Behavioral Theory In Public Health (Essential Public Health)
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0763737968
ISBN 13: 9780763737962
Binding: paperback
Condition: Fair

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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.

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