Environmental Health Behavior

Edited by:   Ana Virgolino (Environmental Health Behavior (EnviHeB) Lab Institute of Environmental Health Faculty of Medicine University of Lisbon), Osvaldo Santos (Environmental Health Behavior (EnviHeB) Lab, Institute of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon), Ricardo R. Santos (Institute of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon), Ricardo R. Santos (Researcher, Environmental Health Institute and Center for Bioethics, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Saude Ambiental and Centro de Bioetica, Portugal)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780128240007
ISBN 10:   0128240008
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   01 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ana Virgolino is a health and clinical psychologist and a researcher at the Institute of Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, where she has been working on several projects linked to environmental health, mental health, epidemiology, and behavioral change, also involving interventions at the community. She is the responsible investigator for the participation of the Lisbon Faculty of Medicine in several international projects in the area of human biomonitoring. Osvaldo Santos is a clinical and health psychologist, and psychotherapist. He is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL), teaching several topics of health psychology, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods applied to different areas of health psychology, health promotion, public health, and environmental health. He is the head of the Environmental Health Behavior Lab, at the Institute of Environmental Health of FMUL. He led several international projects in different health psychology areas, focusing on health behavior change. More recently, he has coordinated several local health promotion strategies, envisioning the transformation of environments to support healthy behaviors adoption. His work has been recognized with several scientific awards. He is one of the most cited Portuguese psychologists, with publications in several of the most relevant scientific journals worldwide (including Nature, Science, and The Lancet). Ricardo R. Santos is a Board-certified Biologist. He is a Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Health and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon (UL). He is also a doctoral researcher at the NOVA Institute of Communication, an associate member of the ICS-UL Human-Animal Studies Hub, an associate member of the UL Tropical College, and a steering committee member of the DASH – The Doctor as a Humanist. His research work and lecturing covers a variety of areas, including science communication, ethics and bioethics, environmental health, one health, planetary health, climate change, science and art, animal studies, and grief.