Encyclopedia of health & behavior / editor in chief, Norman B. Anderson.
This encyclopedia was designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice. In it, scholars, health care practitioners and the general public will find a wealth of info...
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| Other title: | Encyclopedia of health and behavior. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
2004.
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| Summary: | This encyclopedia was designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice. In it, scholars, health care practitioners and the general public will find a wealth of information on topics such as physical activity, stress and health, smoking, pain management, social support and health, cardiovascular health, health promotion, and HIV/AIDS. Anderson (American Psychological Association; he was long affiliated with the Harvard U. School of Public Health), along with six associate editors, has edited a notable new resource on the topic of health and behavior. Topics of the alphabetically arranged entries were chosen for their relevance to theories and methods, biopsychosocial interactions and basic behavioral and social processes, epidemiology of risk and protective factors, health promotion and disease prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, and policy and organizational issues. (A reader's guide indexes the entries according to these themes.) A random sample of individual topics: ecological momentary assessment, effect modification, erectile dysfunction, peptic ulcers and stress, social marketing, theory of reasoned action, asthma and stress, the Framingham Heart Study, behavioral risk factor surveillance system, self- reported health, and eating disorders. Each entry includes a basic definition followed by a detailed description, a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (2 volumes (xxviii, 968 pages)) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452265483 1452265488 9781412914277 1412914272 9781412952576 1412952573 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |