The Handbook of Health Behavior Change - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826167810 ISBN 13: 9780826167811

Publisher: Springer Pub Co, 1998

Synopsis

Thirty articles constitute a state of behavior change theory, and an empirical review of the research results on social, economic, and interpersonal factors that influence people's decisions to adopt and maintain new health habits.

About this title

From the Back Cover

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Demands of managed care and wellness programs require that practitioners and researchers find effective models for behavior change. This Handbook has been updated to direct both care providers and policy makers to the most promising prevention and wellness therapies.

This second edition includes important findings on prevention topics like smoking cessation and addictions; adherence issues among patients with chronic diseases; and relapse behaviors. Issues associated with HIV are also given special emphasis, as well as behavior change in special populations, including teenagers and ethic groups.

Together, these chapters constitute a report on the state of behavior change therapy and the most reliable research results in the field.

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About the Author

Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd, M, is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She holds the Barbara Helen Smith Chair in Preventive and Behavioral Medicine and is Associate Vice Provost for Gender and Equity. Dr. Ockene is the recipient of numerous NIH grants funding research in the prevention of illness and disability and the promotion of health and quality of life for individuals and communities. Much of her work has focused on the risk behaviors of tobacco, alcohol, and diet. She teaches medical, graduate, public health students and clinicians how to help patients make lifestyle changes. She has over 180 publications and was a scientific editor of two Surgeon General's Reports on Smoking and Health. Dr. Ockene has received several school, state, and national mentoring awards, including the Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Mentor Award in 2009, the Katharine F. Erskine Mentoring Award for Women in Medicine & Science in 2008, and the UMMS Women's Faculty Committee Mentor Award in 2006. Dr. Ockene is a past member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and past President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She is coeditor of the third edition of The Handbook of Health Behavior Change.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Pub Co
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0826167810
• ISBN 13: 9780826167811
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 607
• Editor: Shumaker Sally A., Schron Eleanor B., Ockene Judith K., McBee Wendy L.