Hygiene in a globalized and post-antibiotic world : a psychology perspective / Chris D. Fluckinger, Ph.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fluckinger, Chris D., author.

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public health in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hygiene.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a globalized and post-antibiotic world, it will be difficult to prevent the spread of infections and pathogens that have historically been largely controllable and treatable. In this scenario, efforts to improve public health will intensify the general trend to move away from sickness treatment to illness prevention and health promotion, as well as increased attention to personal and collective hygiene. This development exposes a potential problem in scholarly literature: much of what we know about influencing what people know about hygiene and why they engage in hygiene behavior is based o

Contents:

""HYGIENE IN A GLOBALIZED AND POST-ANTIBIOTIC WORLD: A PSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE""; ""HYGIENE IN A GLOBALIZED AND POST-ANTIBIOTIC WORLD: A PSYCHOLOGY PERSPECTIVE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Beginnings of Hygiene Psychology""; ""Fast Facts""; ""Introduction""; ""Why Hygiene Psychology?""; ""Relevant Personal Experience""; ""Domains of Hygiene Psychology""; ""My Hygiene Psychology Origins""; ""Illustrative Original Hand Hygiene Research Findings""; ""Illustrative Quantitative Study: Risk Perceptions and Health Behavior""

""Illustrative Case Study: Marketing Hand Hygiene in Hospitals""""Chapter 2: Acquisition, Representation, and Application of Hygiene Knowledge""; ""Fast Facts""; ""Introduction""; ""Parsing Knowledge and Behavior""; ""Relevant Personal Experience""; ""Illustrative Original Hand Hygiene Research Findings""; ""Illustrative Quantitative Study: Falling Back, Springing Forward, and Sleep Hygiene""; ""Illustrative Case Study: Barriers to Hygiene in Aboriginal Australian Communities""; ""Chapter 3: The Interactive Model of Hygiene""; ""Fast Facts""; ""Introduction""

""Integrating the Person and the Situation""""Interactive Model of Hygiene""; ""Sources of Hygiene Cues""; ""Moving from Sources of Hygiene Cues to the Hierarchy of Activated Cognitive and Affective Structures""; ""Hierarchy of Activated Cognitive and Affective Structures""; ""Observed Hygiene Constructs""; ""Relevant Personal Experience""; ""Illustrative Original Hand Hygiene Research Findings""; ""Illustrative Quantitative Study: Ego Depletion and Self-Regulation""; ""Illustrative Case Study: Differences in Cleaning Procedures in Two Italian Hospitals""

""Chapter 4: Key Individual Differences and Hygiene Applications""""Fast Facts""; ""Introduction""; ""Dispositions/Values""; ""Personality""; ""Achievement Goals""; ""Action Plans""; ""Relevant Personal Experience""; ""Illustrative Original Hand Hygiene Research Findings""; ""Illustrative Quantitative Study: Validity and Utility of Employment Selection Methods""; ""Illustrative Case Study: Cost Effectiveness of Hygiene Promotion in Burkina Faso""; ""Chapter 5: Contextual Influences on Hygiene""; ""Fast Facts""; ""Introduction""; ""Illustrative Original Hand Hygiene Research Findings""

""Illustrative Quantitative Study: Meta-Analysis of Diarrhea Reduction Interventions""""Illustrative Case Study: Addressing Hygiene Issues in Hotel Operations in Mauritius""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Beginnings of Hygiene Psychology""; ""Acquisition, Representation and Application of Hygiene Knowledge""; ""The Interactive Model of Hygiene""; ""Key Individual Differences and Hygiene Applications""; ""Contextual Influences on Hygiene""; ""Author�s Contact Information""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 1, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-190-0

OCLC:

914433185