TY - BOOK AU - Edberg, Mark Cameron TI - Essentials of health behavior: Social and behavioral theory in public health / SN - 9781449698508 (pbk.) AV - RA418 .E326 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Burlington, MA : [2015] PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - Social medicine KW - Health behavior KW - Public health KW - Health Behavior KW - Attitude to Health KW - Health Promotion--methods N1 - 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 ER -