Health Behavior (theory, Research, And Practice)

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Edited by Glanz Karen; Edited by Rimer Barbara K.; Edited by Viswanath, K.

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The essential health behavior text, updated with the latest theories, research, and issuesHealth Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides a thorough introduction to understanding and changing health behavior, core tenets of the public health role.


The essential health behavior text, updated with the latest theories, research, and issues Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides a thorough introduction to understanding and changing health behavior, core tenets of the public health role. Covering theory, applications, and research, this comprehensive book has become the gold standard of health behavior texts. This new fifth edition has been updated to reflect the most recent changes in the public health field with a focus on health behavior, including coverage of the intersection of health and community, culture, and communication, with detailed explanations of both established and emerging theories. Offering perspective applicable at the individual, interpersonal, group, and community levels, this essential guide provides the most complete coverage of the field to give public health students and practitioners an authoritative reference for both the theoretical and practical aspects of health behavior. A deep understanding of human behaviors is essential for effective public health and health care management.This guide provides the most complete, up-to-date information in the field, to give you a real-world understanding and the background knowledge to apply it successfully. * Learn how e-health and social media factor into health communication * Explore the link between culture and health, and the importance of community * Get up to date on emerging theories of health behavior and their applications * Examine the push toward evidence-based interventions, and global applications Written and edited by the leading health and social behavior theorists and researchers, Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides the information and real-world perspective that builds a solid understanding of how to analyze and improve health behaviors and health.

Table of contents
Tables and Figures viiForeword by Robert T. Croyle xiPreface xvAbout the Editors xxAbout the Contributors xxiiiPart One: Health Behavior: The Foundations 1Chapter 1 The Scope of Health Behavior 3 The EditorsChapter 2 Theory, Research, and Practice in Health Behavior 23 The EditorsChapter 3 Ecological Models of Health Behavior 43 James F. Sallis and Neville OwenPart Two: Models of Individual Health Behavior 65Chapter 4 Introduction to Health Behavior Theories That Focus on Individuals 67 Barbara K. Rimer and Noel T. BrewerChapter 5 The Health Belief Model 75 Celette Sugg Skinner, Jasmin Tiro, and Victoria L. ChampionChapter 6 Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, and the Integrated Behavioral Model95 Daniel E. Montano and Danuta KasprzykChapter 7 The Transtheoretical Model and Stages of Change 125 James O. Prochaska, Colleen A. Redding, and Kerry E. EversPart Three: Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior 149Chapter 8 Introduction to Models of Interpersonal Influences on Health Behavior 151 Catherine A. Heaney and K. ViswanathChapter 9 How Individuals, Environments, and Health Behaviors Interact 159 Steven H. Kelder, Deanna Hoelscher, and Cheryl L. PerryChapter 10 Social Support and Health 183 Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Bert N. UchinoChapter 11 Social Networks and Health Behavior 205 Thomas W. ValenteChapter 12 Stress, Coping, and Health Behavior 223 Elaine Wethington, Karen Glanz, and Marc D. SchwartzChapter 13 Interpersonal Communication in Health and Illness 243 Ashley Duggan and Richard L. Street Jr.Part Four: Community and Group Models of Health Behavior Change 269