BookKaren Glanz, Barbara K. Rimer, K. Viswanath, editors.
Summary: "Health Behavior: Theory, Research, and Practice, Fifth Edition, is a thorough introduction to the practice of health education and health promotion, covering the theories, applications, and research of most use to public health students and practitioners. Through four editions, with more than 100,000 copies sold, this book has become the gold-standard textbook for health behavior courses. This essential resource includes the most current information on theory, research, and practice at individual, interpersonal, and community and group levels, with substantial new content on current and emerging theories of health communication, social marketing and e-health, culturally diverse communities, health promotion, the impact of stress, the importance of networks and community, social marketing, and evaluation. New contents include an update to the selection of theories, both established and emerging; e-health and social media as integrated into health communication; global health as an application of health behavior theory; culture and health disparities; more guidance on how to select suitable theories for specific problems/issues. In addition to a selection of basic ancillary materials, the editors offer a dedicated website with student-written "theory in action" examples; expanded bibliographies; exemplar measures of theoretical constructs; and relevant links"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part one: Health behavior, the foundations. The scope of health behavior
Theory, research, and practice in health behavior
Ecological models of health behavior
Part two: Models of individual health behavior. Introduction to health behavior theories that focus on individuals
The health belief model
Theory of reasoned action, theory of planned behavior, and the integrated behavioral model
The transtheoretical model and stages of change
Part three: models of interpersonal health behavior. Introduction to models of interpersonal influences on health behavior
How individuals, environments, and health behaviors interact
Social support and health
Social networks and health behavior
Stress, coping, and health behavior
Interpersonal communication in health and illness
Part four: Community and group models of health behavior change. Introduction to community and group models of health behavior change
Improving health through community engagement, community organization, and community building
Implementation, dissemination, and diffusion of public health interventions
Communication and health behavior in a changing media environment
Part five: Using theory in research and practice. Introduction to using theory in research and practice
Planning models for theory-based health promotion interventions
Behavioral economics and health
Social marketing.