Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4th Edition
by Editor: Karen Glanz (Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health); Editor: Barbara K. Rimer (University of North Carolina, School of Public Health); Editor: K. Viswanath (Harvard University, School of Public Health)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2008-08-01
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary
This fourth edition of the classic book, Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice provides a comprehensive, highly accessible, and in-depth analysis of health behavior theories that are most relevant to health education. This essential resource includes the most current information on theory, research, and practice at individual, interpersonal, and community and group levels. This edition includes substantial new content on current and emerging theories of health communication, e-health, culturally diverse communities, health promotion, the impact of stress, the importance of networks and community, social marketing, and evaluation.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Tables and Figures | |
| Preface | |
| The Editors | |
| The Contributors | |
| Health Education And Health Behavior: The Foundations | |
| The Scope of Health Behavior and Health Education (The Editors) | |
| Key Points | |
| The Changing Context of Health Behavior | |
| Health Education and Health Behavior in Context | |
| Settings and Audiences for Health Education | |
| Progress in Health Promotion and Health Behavior Research | |
| Summary | |
| Theory, Research, and Practice in Health Behavior and Health Education (The Editors) | |
| Key Points | |
| Theory, Research, and Practice: Interrelations | |
| What Is Theory? | |
| Paradigms for Theory and Research in Health Promotion and Education | |
| Trends in Use of Health Behavior Theories and Models | |
| Fitting a Theory or Theories to Research and Practice | |
| Selection of Theories for This Book | |
| Limitations of This Book | |
| Summary | |
| Models Of Individual Health Behavior | |
| The Health Belief Model | |
| Key Points | |
| Origins of the Model | |
| Description of HBM and Key Constructs | |
| Evidence for the Model's Performance | |
| Measurement of HBM Constructs | |
| Applications of the HBM to Mammography and AIDS-Related Behaviors | |
| Comparison of HBM to Other Theories | |
| Challenges in Future HBM Research | |
| Summary | |
| Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, and the Integrated Behavioral Model | |
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