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Author: Karen Glanz, Barbara Rimer, K. Viswanath
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN 10: 1118628985
ISBN 13: 9781118628980
eISBN: 9781118629055
Edition: 5th
Description:
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, core tenets of the public health role. Covering theory, applications, and research, this comprehensive book has become the gold standard of health behavior texts. This new fifth edition has been updated to reflect the most recent changes in the public health field with a focus on health behavior, including coverage of the intersection of health and community, culture, and communication, with detailed explanations of both established and emerging theories. Offering perspective applicable at the individual, interpersonal, group, and community levels, this essential guide provides the most complete coverage of the field to give public health students and practitioners an authoritative reference for both the theoretical and practical aspects of health behavior. A deep understanding of human behaviors is essential for effective public health and health care management. This guide provides the most complete, up-to-date information in the field, to give you a real-world understanding and the background knowledge to apply it successfully.
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