Behavioural Change
An Evidence-Based Handbook for Social and Public Health
- 1 Edición - 2 de diciembre de 2005
- Última edición
- Autores: Colette Browning, Shane A. Thomas
- Idioma: Inglés
Behavioural Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is known about our ability to change behaviour of people across a wide range of domains including smoking, physical… Leer más
Behavioural Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is known about our ability to change behaviour of people across a wide range of domains including smoking, physical activity and exercise, eating and nutrition, sexual behaviour, drugs and alcohol use, sleep, crash and injury prevention, depression, gambling and self-management of chronic illness. It not only reviews the evidence concerning these issues but also provides original insights into how effective and sustainable intervention programs may be designed and delivered to address them. The main emphasis of the book is on linking research knowledge, i.e. the evidence base, and its translation into effective and sustainable programs. State of the art reviews are presented in an accessible but authoritative manner. The emphasis upon transfer to programs is very useful for practitioners and students.
For all topics, the following questions are posed:
- What is the scope of the problem within the international communities?
- What approaches are typically used to prevent or treat it?
- What is the evidence as to the most effective approaches to prevention and treatment?
- What is the performance of these approaches in terms of prevention/diversion and full or partial recovery for the short and long term?
• Course work students in undergraduate and postgraduate health, behavioural and social sciences (including nursing, occupational therapy, health psychology and social work students)• Public health coursework graduate students• Health promotion students• Managers and workers in health and human services organizations• Public servants/ officials with portfolio responsibility for health and human services programs
1. Introduction2. Models of behaviour change and health promotion3. Achieving effectiveness in health promotion programs: evidence, infrastructure and action4. Eating and nutrition5. Sexual health and behaviour change6. Alcohol and drug use: Theoretical integration of interventions to prevent harm.7. Changing physical activity and exercise patterns 8. Tobacco dependence, smoking prevention and cessation 9. Management of depression 10. Interventions for insomnia11. Problematic gambling behaviour12. Crash and injury prevention 13. Self-management and chronic illness 14. Pushing the boundaries of evidence-based research: enhancing the application and sustainability of health promotion programs in diverse populations 15. The way forward in the design and development of effective behaviour change programs
"This comprehensive text covers an important area for social and public healthcare practitioners. It is clearly written in a scholarly yet accessible style." Peter Hadwin; Nursing Standard vol. 20
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 2 de diciembre de 2005
- Idioma: Inglés
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Colette Browning
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University, AustraliaST
Shane A. Thomas
Shane A. Thomas is Professor and Director of Primary Care Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaHonorary Professor Research School in Population Health, Australian National UniversityProfessor and Director, International Institute for Primary Health Care Research,Health and Family Planning Capacity Building and Continuing Education Center of Shenzhen, China
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Distinguished Professor of Federation University