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Essentials of Health Behavior
Author: Mark EdbergOVERVIEW
Health promotion, education, and prevention programs ultimately focus on changing health behavior. Essentials of Health Behavior: Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health, Third Edition provides the groundwork for understanding, assessing, and effectively applying theories of human behavior within the practice of public health.
In clear and accessible language, this text 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.
Since the publication of the Second Edition, health promotion theory has continued to evolve. The Third Edition keeps pace with developments such as rapidly evolving social media, increased global population diversity, and emerging epidemics, making the book useful and current.
Features and Benefits
- Introduces students to the relationship between behavior and a selection of major health issues
- Provides an introductory background to 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
- Explores some of the ways in which these theories and approaches are used in applied health promotion efforts
- Updates data and examples of application and practice throughout
- Information about several new or additional theories has been added to chapters on individual theory and multi-level theory
- A new chapter on behavioral epigenetics — a brand new area of theory that seeks to examine the interaction between social-environmental influences and genetic expression, and the potential impacts on behavior
- New discussion of Dissemination/Implementation research frameworks
- An expanded discussion of the social norms construct
- Additional material on social network theory
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Section I On Health and Behavior – An Introduction
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Links Between Health and Behavior
- Chapter 2 Health Issues and Behavior
- Section II On the Roots of Behavior – A Multidisciplinary Survey
- Chapter 3 Social-Behavioral Theory and Its Roots
- Chapter 4 Individual Health Behavior Theories
- Chapter 5 Social, Cultural, and Environmental Theories (Part I)
- Chapter 6 Social, Cultural, and Environmental Theories (Part II)
- Chapter 7 Multilevel Theories
- Chapter 8 The New Frontier – Behavioral Epigenetics or How Nurture Shapes Nature and Vice Versa
- Section III Putting Theory into Practice
- Chapter 9 Doing Something About It: The Ecological Perspective and the Move from Theory to Practice
- Chapter 10 Communities and Populations as the Focus for Health Promotion Programs
- Chapter 11 Application of Theory: Schools and Worksites
- Chapter 12 Application of Theory: Communications Campaigns
- Chapter 13 Application of Theory: Global Health
- Chapter 14 Application of Theory: High-Risk and Special Populations
- Chapter 15 Evaluation: What Is It? Why Is It Needed? How Does It Relate to Theory?
- Section IV Current Trends
- Chapter 16 Culture, Diversity, and Health Disparities: Are Current Theories Relevant?
- Chapter 17 Career Choices and Social/Behavioral Theory in Public Health: A Brief Introduction
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