Overview
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James M. Raczynski
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Schools of Medicine and Public Health and UAB Center for Health Promotion, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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Ralph J. DiClemente
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Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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- Ralph J. DiClemente, James M. Raczynski
Pages 3-9
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Theoretical Models and Evaluation Methods in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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- Connie L. Kohler, Diane Grimley, Kim Reynolds
Pages 23-49
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- Larry Fish, Laura Leviton
Pages 51-71
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General Cross-Cutting Issues
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- Martha M. Phillips, Carol E. Cornell, James M. Raczynski, M. Janice Gilliland
Pages 75-94
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- M. Janice Gilliland, Martha M. Phillips, James M. Raczynski, Delia E. Smith, Carol E. Cornell, Vera Bittner
Pages 95-121
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- Leslie F. Clark, Leslie Aaron, Mary Ann Littleton, Katina Pappas-Deluca, Jason B. Avery, Vel S. McKleroy
Pages 123-145
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Behavior Change for Risk Reduction
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Front Matter
Pages 147-147
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- Suzan E. Winders, Connie L. Kohler, Diane M. Grimley, Eugene A. Gallagher
Pages 149-169
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- Bonnie A. Spear, Christopher Reinold
Pages 171-189
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- Bonnie K. Sanderson, Herman A. Taylor Jr.
Pages 191-206
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- Joseph E. Schumacher, Jesse B. Milby
Pages 207-228
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Behavior Change for Preventing Disease and Disability Outcomes
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Front Matter
Pages 229-229
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- James M. Raczynski, Martha M. Phillips, Carol E. Cornell, M. Janice Gilliland, Bonnie Sanderson, Vera Bittner
Pages 231-259
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- Kim D. Reynolds, Polly P. Kratt, Suzan E. Winders, John W. Waterbor, John L. Shuster Jr., Marilyn Gardner et al.
Pages 261-285
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- Philip R. Fine, Matthew D. Rousculp, Andrea D. Tomasek, Wendy S. Horn
Pages 287-308
About this book
The idea for this volume developed when we were co-teaching our introductory, mas ter's-level course in the Department of Health Behavior at the UAB School of Public Health, a core course for all masters of public health students in the school regardless of the department in which they enrolled or the focus of their studies. Hence, in the course we sought to provide both students in our department, as well as those who might not ever again take a health behavior course, with an overview that would both truly represent the field and substantially provide educational, research, and public health practice benefits. This was, and continues to be, a challenge with the diversity of students specializing in fields that include not only health behavior but also bio statistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health care organization and policy, international health, and maternal and child health. The course that we taught attempted to provide the students with an overview of some of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues, while re viewing applications of these theories and methods to promoting health and pre venting disease through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. Since no one text provided this variety of readings, we depended on readings and guest lectures.
Reviews
" ... it offers comprehensive content, presented in an in-depth and insightful manner. It is scholarly in tone and requires serious reading. ... This volume is a superb example of collaborative academic achievement embracing a defined body of knowledge. A vital addition to academic libraries providing contemporary resources in the areas of public health, public policy, and behavioral science, as well as for health care disciplines employing health, wellness, and prevention as part of their scope of practice. Undergraduates and up."
(Choice, 37:5 (2000)
"... the volume meets its intended goals. It does a workman-like job in regard to the most prevalent and frequently discussed issues in the field. ... This should be a useful basic text for first year graduate students in public health."
(The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 188:11 (2000)
Editors and Affiliations
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Schools of Medicine and Public Health and UAB Center for Health Promotion, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
James M. Raczynski
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Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Ralph J. DiClemente