Behavior Theory in Health Promotion Practice and Research - Softcover

Simons-Morton, Bruce; McLeroy, Kenneth R.; Wendel, Monica L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763786799 ISBN 13: 9780763786793

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2011

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Grounded in public health practice, this text offers a comprehensive study of the health behavior theories that are the foundation of all health education and promotion programs. Your students will come away with a clear understanding of essential relationships between human behavior and health, as well as the practical application of theory and approaches to health promotion research and practice. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

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Dr. Simons-Morton is Scientist Emeritus, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (retired). Formerly, he was Senior Research Scientist at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Director of the Impaired Driving Research Group. Before that, he was Chief of the Prevention Research Branch and Senior Investigator in the intramural research program at the NIH, where he conducted theory-based research on individual, social, and environmental influences on adolescent behaviors, with particular emphases on substance use and risky driving. Dr. Simons-Morton is the author of over 300 scientific papers, three books, and 25 book chapters. He served as Chair of the Public Health Education Section of the APHA and Chair of the Operator Education and Regulation Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Science.

Regents Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, Texas

Director, Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, Texas

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0763786799
• ISBN 13: 9780763786793
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 428
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