Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Handbook of Health Behavior ChangeCondition: NewEAN: 9780826180131ISBN: 9780826180131Publisher: Springer Publishing Co IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/18/2018Description: This revised and updated fifth edition of the highly acclaimed “gold standard” textbook continues to provide a foundational review of health behavior change theories, research methodologies, and intervention strategies across a range of populations, age groups, and health conditions. It examines numerous, complex, and often co-occurring factors that can both positively and negatively influence people’s ability to change behaviors to enhance their health including intrapersonal, interpersonal, sociocultural, environmental, systems, and policy factors, in the context of leading theoretical frameworks. Beyond understanding predictors and barriers to achieving meaningful health behavior change, the Handbook provides an updated review of the evidence base for novel and well-supported behavioral interventions and offers recommendations for future research.New content includes chapters on Sun Protection, Interventions With the Family System, and the Role of Technology in Behavior Change. Throughout the textbook, updated reviews emphasize mobile health technologies and electronic health data capture and transmission and a focus on implementation science. And the fifth edition, like the previous edition, provides learning objectives to facilitate use by course instructors in health psychology, behavioral medicine, and public health.The Handbook of Health Behavior Change, Fifth Edition, is a valuable resource for students at the graduate and advanced undergraduate level in the fields of public or population health, medicine, behavioral science, health communications, medical sociology and anthropology, preventive medicine, and health psychology. It also is a great reference for clinical investigators, behavioral and social scientists, and healthcare practitioners who grapple with the challenges of supporting individuals, families, and systems when trying to make impactful health behavior change.NEW TO THE FIFTH EDITION:Revised and updated to encompass the most current research and empirical evidence in health behavior changeIncludes new chapters on Sun Protection, Interventions With the Family System, and the Role of Technology in Behavior ChangeIncreased focus on innovations in technology in relation to health behavior change research and interventionsKEY FEATURES:The most comprehensive review of behavior change interventionsProvides practical, empirically based information and tools for behavior changeFocuses on robust behavior theories, multiple contexts of health behaviors, and the role of technology in health behavior changeApplicable to a wide variety of courses including public health, behavior change, preventive medicine, and health psychologyOrganized to facilitate curriculum development and includes tools to assist course instructors, including learning objectives for each chapterLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmContributor: Kristin A. Riekert (Edited by), Judith K. Ockene (Edited by), Lori Pbert (Edited by), Marisa E. Hilliard, PhD (Edited by)Genre: MedicineTopic: Society & CultureISBN-10: 0826180132Author: Kristin A. RiekertRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Handbook of Health Behavior Change
Title: The Handbook of Health Behavior Change
EAN: 9780826180131
ISBN: 9780826180131
Release Date: 04/18/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Contributor: Marisa E. Hilliard, PhD (Edited by)
Genre: Medicine
Topic: Society & Culture
ISBN-10: 0826180132
Number of Pages: 568 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Handbook of Health Behavior Change
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Lasers in Medicine, Health Care Delivery, Preventive Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Healthy Living
Type: Textbook
Author: Kristin A. Riekert
Subject Area: Health & Fitness, Psychology, Medical
Format: Trade Paperback