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. Learn how e-health and social media factor into health communication Explore the link between culture and 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 global applications Written and edited by the leading health and social behavior theorists and researchers, Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides the information and real-world perspective that builds a solid understanding of how to analyze and improve health behaviors and health.

The essential health behavior text, updated with the latesttheories, research, and issuesHealth Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice provides athorough introduction to understanding and changing healthbehavior, core tenets of the public health role. Covering theoryapplications, and research, this comprehensive book has become thegold standard of health behavior texts. This new fifth edition hasbeen updated to reflect the most recent changes in the publichealth field with a focus on health behavior, including coverage ofthe intersection of health and community, culture, andcommunication, with detailed explanations of both established andemerging theories. Offering perspective applicable at theindividual, interpersonal, group, and community levels, thisessential guide provides the most complete coverage of the field togive public health students and practitioners an authoritativereference for both the theoretical and practical aspects of healthbehavior.A deep understanding of human behaviors is essential foreffective public health and health care management. This guideprovides the most complete, up-to-date information in the field, togive you a real-world understanding and the background knowledge toapply it successfully.* Learn how e-health and social media factor into healthcommunication* Explore the link between culture and health, and the importanceof community* Get up to date on emerging theories of health behavior andtheir applications* Examine the push toward evidence-based interventions, andglobal applicationsWritten and edited by the leading health and social behaviortheorists and researchers, Health Behavior: Theory, Research andPractice provides the information and real-world perspectivethat builds a solid understanding of how to analyze and improvehealth behaviors and health.

Tables and Figures viiForeword by Robert T. Croyle xiPreface xvAbout the Editors xxAbout the Contributors xxiiiPart One: Health Behavior: The Foundations 1Chapter 1 The Scope of Health Behavior 3The EditorsChapter 2 Theory, Research, and Practice in Health Behavior 23The EditorsChapter 3 Ecological Models of Health Behavior 43James F. Sallis and Neville OwenPart Two: Models of Individual Health Behavior 65Chapter 4 Introduction to Health Behavior Theories That Focus on Individuals 67Barbara K. Rimer and Noel T. BrewerChapter 5 The Health Belief Model 75Celette Sugg Skinner, Jasmin Tiro, and Victoria L. ChampionChapter 6 Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, and the Integrated Behavioral Model 95Daniel E. Monta~no and Danuta KasprzykChapter 7 The Transtheoretical Model and Stages of Change 125James O. Prochaska, Colleen A. Redding, and Kerry E. EversPart Three: Models of Interpersonal Health Behavior 149Chapter 8 Introduction to Models of Interpersonal Influences on Health Behavior 151Catherine A. Heaney and K. ViswanathChapter 9 How Individuals, Environments, and Health Behaviors Interact 159Steven H. Kelder, Deanna Hoelscher, and Cheryl L. PerryChapter 10 Social Support and Health 183Julianne Holt-Lunstad and Bert N. UchinoChapter 11 Social Networks and Health Behavior 205Thomas W. ValenteChapter 12 Stress, Coping, and Health Behavior 223Elaine Wethington, Karen Glanz, and Marc D. SchwartzChapter 13 Interpersonal Communication in Health and Illness 243Ashley Duggan and Richard L. Street Jr.Part Four: Community and GroupModels of Health Behavior Change 269Chapter 14 Introduction to Community and Group Models of Health Behavior Change 271Karen Glanz and Alice AmmermanChapter 15 Improving Health Through Community Engagement, Communityrganization, and Community Building 277Nina Wallerstein, Meredith Minkler, Lori Carter-Edwards, Magdalena Avila,and Victoria S´anchezChapter 16 Implementation, Dissemination, and Diffusion of Public Health Interventions 301Ross C. Brownson, Rachel G. Tabak, Katherine A. Stamatakis, and Karen GlanzChapter 17 Communication and Health Behavior in a Changing Media Environment 327K. Viswanath, John R. Finnegan Jr., and Sarah GollustPart Five: Using Theory in Research and Practice 349Chapter 18 Introduction to Using Theory in Research and Practice 351The EditorsChapter 19 Planning Models for Theory-Based Health Promotion Interventions 359L. Kay Bartholomew, Christine Markham, Pat Mullen, and Mar´ia E. Fern´andezChapter 20 Behavioral Economics and Health 389Kevin Volpp, George Loewenstein, and David AschChapter 21 SocialMarketing 411J. Douglas Storey, Ronald Hess, and Gary SaffitzName Index 439Subject Index 469