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-important facets of the public health role. Since the publication of the first edition, this comprehensive book has become the gold standard of health behavior texts. This new sixth edition has been updated to reflect the most recent changes in the public health field, including findings from real-world interventions based on the theories described in the book. Offering perspective applicable at the individual, interpersonal, group, and community levels, this essential guide gives public health students and practitioners an authoritative reference for both the theoretical and practical aspects of health behavior.
- Explore the link between culture, 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 focus on diverse populations
- Learn how e-health and social media factor into health communication
Written and edited by leading theorists and researchers in the field, Health Behavior builds a solid understanding of how to analyze and improve health behaviors and health.
A landmark volume linking theory to research and practice in the continuum of health behavior
Advancing the science of health behavior through the informed application of health behavior theories, the new Sixth Edition of Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice is the definitive text for students, practitioners, and scientists in these areas. This edition covers new developments in health behavior theories and their application in new settings, and in new ways.
The book analyzes key components of health behavior theories, describing current applications of them and identifying important future directions for research and practice in health behavior change. The new edition also draws on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, including a focus on social inequities, health behaviors and health outcomes.
Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice, Sixth Edition explores:
- The link between culture and health, and Ecological Models, the importance of community
- Leading theories of health behavior, including the Health Belief Model, the Theory of Reasoned Action, and The Transtheoretical Model, and their applications
- The push toward evidence-based interventions and global applications
- How e-health and social media factor into health communication
Written and edited by leading health and social theorists and researchers, this book provides real-world perspective with a solid approach for the analysis and improvement of health behaviors and health.
