ABC of behavior change : a guide to successful disease prevention and health promotion / edited by Jacqueline Kerr, Rolf Weitkunat, Manuel Moretti ; foreword by Rafael Bengoa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kerr, Jacqueline, Ph. D.

Weitkunat, Rolf.

Moretti, Manuel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health promotion.

Medicine, Preventive.

Health behavior.

Physical Description:

xvii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005.

Summary:

The ABC of Behavior Change addresses the basics of behavior change: what to change and how. It has been written by a multi-disciplinary team of international experts to provide a broad summary of the factors involved and give concrete recommendations on how to manipulate the most important ones. Particular attention is given to: personal and psychological factors; social & environmental factors; communication, and the problems faced in changing behavior. A unique feature of this book is the Vademecum - a detachable guide that acts as a proactive index asking questions that challenge you to think more about your intervention. Chapter references follow pertinent questions to help alert you to topics you may have overlooked and should consider.

Notes:

Vademecum in pocket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0443074283

OCLC:

58534025