Synopses & Reviews
The first edition of Health Behavior and Health Education was a groundbreaking collection of chapters that provided an in-depth analyses of various health behavior theories relevant to health education. In this completely revised and updated second edition of Health Behavior and Health Education, the contributors offer the most current information on developments in health behavior in theory, research, and practice. Drawing from such fields as cognitive and organizational psychology, marketing, and communications, the authors explain the diverse factors affecting health behavior. They analyze a variety of health behavior theories and apply them to health promotion and education, exploring three levels of approach for influencing health behavior: the individual, interpersonal, and group or community levels. This revised edition includes information on the challenges of making health behavior theory relevant and useful in populations with varied sociodemographic and cultural backgrounds. The expanded second edition also explores how health promotion theory, research, and practice might advance in the face of increased globalization, new communication technologies, and health care reform. When the first edition of Health Behavior and Health Education was published in 1990, it was a groundbreaking collection providing an indepth analysis of a variety of theories of health behavior relevant to health education. In a single comprehensive volume, the book offers valuable insights into the factors that influence health behavior and provides guidance in designing practical intervention strategies.In this completely revised and updated second edition of Health Behavior and Health Education the contributors offer the most current information on developments in health behavior in theory, research, and practice. Drawing from such fields as cognitive and organizational psychology, marketing, and communications, the authors offer understanding about the diverse factors affectin
Review
"is a book that belongs on the desktop of every medial educator..." (The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, April 2003)
Review
?The wealth of information...within this book can help all of us in the field fine-tune the effectiveness of strategies and interventions designed to improve health-related behaviors. This book is definitely on my list as one of the top five `big picture theoretical framework' resources for the serious public health professional.? (American Journal of Health Promotion)
?This edited volume does an admirable job of bridging the gap between theory and practice and providing examples of multiple levels of analysis—individual, group, organizational, and community...It is a valuable resource.?
?Frequently, in my role as a health educator and researcher, I have been asked by clinicians to recommAnd the reading or approach to use on how to change behavior. I have explained that it depAnds on one's theoretical perspective about health behavior and that no single study or approach has been proven to be clearly superior to another. In the future, however, I will be able to refer those who ask to the book by Glanz, Lewis, and Rimer.?
Synopsis
A Thoroughly Revised Edition of the Classic Volume for Public Health Students and ProfessionalsSince it was first published more than a decade ago, Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practicehas become the leading resource in the field of health promotion and education. This thoroughly revised third edition provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of health behavior theories relevant to health education and includes the most current information on developments in theory, research, and practice.
Synopsis
This book can help all of us in the field fine-tune the effectiveness of strategies and interventions designied to improve health-related behaviors. This book is definitely on my list as one of the top five 'big picture theoretical framework' resources for the serious public health professional. --American Journal of Health Promotion
The contributors draw from such fields as cognitive and organizational psychology, marketing, and communications to explain the diverse factors affecting health behavior.
Synopsis
The groundbreaking first edition of Health Behavior and Health Education, published in 1990, provided a comprehensive and in depth analysis of health behavior theories relevant to health education.This completely revised second edition brings the most current information on developments in theory, research, and practice. Drawing from such fields as cognitive and organizational psychology, markeing, and communicationg, the editors explain the new, diverse factors affecting health behavior. They analyze a variety of theories and apply them to health promotion and education, exploring three different levels in each approach: individual, interpersonal, and group or community. In addition, the updated version addresses the challenge of making theory relevant and useful in populations with varied sociodemographic and cultural backgrounds.
About the Author
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH,is Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Research Scholar, and Director, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Barbara K. Rimer, Dr PH,is Dean, and Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Frances Marcus Lewisis professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington. The editors were the recipients of the 1992 Mayhew Derryberry Award for outstanding contribution to health education theory and research.
Table of Contents
Tables and Figures.
Foreword by Noreen M. Clark, Ph.D.
Preface.
The Editors.
The Contributors.
PART ONE: Health Education and Health Behavior: The Foundations.
1. The Scope of Health Behavior and Health Education (The Editors).
2. Theory, Research, and Practice in Health Behavior and Education (The Editors).
PART TWO: Models of Individual Health Behavior.
3. The Health Belief Model (Nancy K. Janz, Victoria L. Champion, and Victor J. Strecher).
4. The Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Planned Behavior (Daniel E. Monta?o and Danuta Kasprzyk).
5. The Transtheoretical Modeland Stages of Change (James O. Prochaska, Colleen A. Redding, and Kerry Evers).
6. The Precaution Adoption Process Model (Neil D. Weinstein and Peter M. Sandman).
7. Perspectives on Intrapersonal Theories of Health Behavior (Barbara K. Rimer).
PART THREE: Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior.
8. How Individuals, Environments, and Health Behavior Interact: Social Cognitive Theory (Tom Baranowski, Cheryl L. Perry, and Guy S. Parcel).
9. Social Networks and Social Support (Catherine A. Heaney and Barbara A. Israel).
10. Stress, Coping, and Health Behavior (Lari Wenzel, Karen Glanz, and Caryn Lerman).
11. Social Influence and Interpersonal Communication in Health Behavior (Megan A. Lewis, Brenda DeVellis, and Betsy Sleath).
12. Perspectives on Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior (Frances Marcus Lewis).
PART FOUR: Community and Group Models of Health Behavior Change.
13. Improving Health Through Community Organization and Community Building (Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein).
14. Diffusion of Innovations (Brian Oldenburg and Guy S. Parcel).
15. Mobilizing Organizations for Health Enhancement: Theories of Organizational Change (Allan Steckler, Robert M. Goodman, and Michelle C. Kegler).
16. Communication Theory and Health Behavior Change: The Media Studies Framework (John R. Finnegan, Jr. and K. Viswanath).
17. Perspectives on Group, Organization, and Community Interventions (Karen Glanz).
PART FIVE: Using Theory in Research and Practice.
18. Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED Planning Model to Apply Health Behavior Theories (Andrea Carson Gielen and Eileen M. McDonald).
19. Social Marketing (Edward W. Maibach, Michael L. Rothschild, and William D. Novelli).
20. Ecological Models (James F. Sallis and Neville Owen).
21. Applying Theory to Culturally Diverse and Unique Populations (Ken Resnicow, Ron Braithwaite, Colleen DiIorio, and Karen Glanz).
22. Communication Technology and Health Behavior Change (Neville Owen, Michael J. Fotheringham, and Bess H. Marcus).
23. Evaluation of Theory-Based Interventions: The RE-AIM Model (Russell E. Glasgow).
24. Perspectives on Using Theory: Past, Present, and Future (Karen Glanz).
Name Index.
Subject Index.