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.
Tables and Figures ix Foreword xi Preface xiii About the Editors xvi About the Contributors xviii About the Companion Website xx Part One Health Behavior: The Foundations 1 Chapter 1 The Scope of Health 3 The Editors Chapter 2 Theory, Research, and Practice in Health Behavior 10 The Editors Chapter 3 Ecological Models of Health Behavior 22 Deborah Salvo, Casey Durand, and Alejandra Jáuregui Part Two Models of Individual Health Behavior 37 Chapter 4 Introduction to Health Behavior Theories that Focus on Individuals 39 Noel T. Brewer and Barbara K. Rimer Chapter 5 The Health Belief Model 44 Celette Sugg Skinner, Jasmin A. Tiro, and Serena A. Rodriguez Chapter 6 Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, Integrative Behavioral Model, and Reasoned Action Approach 56 Amy Bleakley and Shawnika Hull Chapter 7 The Transtheoretical Model and Stages of Change 73 Kerry E. Evers and Sara G. Balestrieri Part Three Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior 91 Chapter 8 Introduction to Models of Interpersonal Influences on Health Behavior 93 Racquel E. Kohler and K. Viswanath Chapter 9 Social Cognitive Theory and Health Behavior 98 Dale S. Mantey, Ethan T. Hunt, Deanna M. Hoelscher, and Steven H. Kelder Chapter 10 Social Support and Health 116 Julianne Holt- Lunstad and Andrew Scot Proctor Chapter 11 Social Networks and Health Behavior 137 Thomas W. Valente and Sarah E. Piombo Chapter 12 Stress, Coping, Adaptation, and Health Behavior 153 Cheryl L. Woods- Giscombe and Ganga Bey Part Four Community and Group Models of Health Behavior Change 167 Chapter 13 Introduction to Community and Group Models of Health Behavior Change. 169 Karen Glanz and Tamara J. Cadet Chapter 14 Race, Health, and Equity: Integrating Concepts of Social Justice into Health Behavior Models 174 Zinzi Bailey Chapter 15 Improving Health Through Community Engagement: Research and Practice 184 Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, John G. Oetzel, Ka‘imi A. Sinclair, and Ridvan Tupai- Firestone Chapter 16 Implementation, Dissemination, and Diffusion of Public Health Innovations 200 Shoba Ramanadhan and Rachel C. Shelton Chapter 17 Communication and Media Effects on Health Behavior 217 Sarah E. Gollust and Rebekah H. Nagler Part Five Using Theory in Research and Practice 233 Chapter 18 Introduction to Using Theory in Research and Practice 235 The Editors Chapter 19 Planning Models for Theory- Based Health Promotion Interventions 240 Maria E. Fernandez, Christine Markham, Patricia Dolan Mullen, Melissa Peskin, and Shari Esquenazi- Karonika Chapter 20 Behavioral Economics and Health 258 Jessica L. Cohen and Harsha Thirumurthy Chapter 21 Social Marketing 274 J. Douglas Storey, Evelyn Kumoji, Fred Rariewa, and Yunita Wahyuningrum Chapter 22 Social Media and Health 288 Mesfin A. Bekalu and K. Viswanath Name Index 300 Subject Index 310
KAREN GLANZ, PhD, MPH, is George A. Weiss University Professor and Director of the UPenn Prevention Research Center and the Center for Health Behavior Research at the University of Pennsylvania. BARBARA K. RIMER, DrPH, is Dean Emerita and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. K. VISWANATH, PhD, is Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Population Sciences at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
