Essentials of health behavior :
Edberg, Mark Cameron 1955 -
Essentials of health behavior : Social and behavioral theory in public health / Mark Edberg, MA, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, Joint Appointment, Department of Anthroplogy, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. - 2nd ed. - Burlington, MA : [2015] Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2015 - xii, 223 pages ; 28 cm. - The essential public health series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ntroduction : the links between health and behavior -- Health issues and behavior -- Social behavioral theory and its roots -- Individual health behavior theories -- Social, cultural, and environmental theories (part I) -- Social, cultural, and environmental theories (part II) -- Multilevel theories -- Doing something about it : the ecological perspective and the move from theory to practice -- Communities and populations as focus for health promotion programs -- Application of theory : schools and worksites -- Application of theory : communications campaigns -- Application of theory : global health -- Application of theory : high-risk and special populations -- Evaluation : what is it? why is it needed? how does it relate to theory? -- Culture, diversity, and health disparities : are current theories relevant? -- Career choices and social/behavioral theory in public health : a brief introduction.
9781449698508 (pbk.) 1449698506 (pbk.)
Social medicine.
Health behavior.
Public health.
Health Behavior.
Attitude to Health.
Health Promotion--methods.
RA418 / .E326 2015
Essentials of health behavior : Social and behavioral theory in public health / Mark Edberg, MA, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, Joint Appointment, Department of Anthroplogy, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. - 2nd ed. - Burlington, MA : [2015] Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2015 - xii, 223 pages ; 28 cm. - The essential public health series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ntroduction : the links between health and behavior -- Health issues and behavior -- Social behavioral theory and its roots -- Individual health behavior theories -- Social, cultural, and environmental theories (part I) -- Social, cultural, and environmental theories (part II) -- Multilevel theories -- Doing something about it : the ecological perspective and the move from theory to practice -- Communities and populations as focus for health promotion programs -- Application of theory : schools and worksites -- Application of theory : communications campaigns -- Application of theory : global health -- Application of theory : high-risk and special populations -- Evaluation : what is it? why is it needed? how does it relate to theory? -- Culture, diversity, and health disparities : are current theories relevant? -- Career choices and social/behavioral theory in public health : a brief introduction.
9781449698508 (pbk.) 1449698506 (pbk.)
Social medicine.
Health behavior.
Public health.
Health Behavior.
Attitude to Health.
Health Promotion--methods.
RA418 / .E326 2015