Health Behavior Change in Populations

by Scott Kahan, Andrea Carlson Gielen, Peter J. Fagan, Lawrence W. Green

Overview

Focuses on today’s major public health concerns to teach students the principles of population health behavior and behavior change.

The single greatest way to improve health and quality of life is not by developing new medical approaches, but by addressing harmful personal behaviors. These behaviors—which include tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, diet, and physical activity—play a significant role in the risk for and development, treatment, and management of the most common causes of disease, disability, and death in the modern world.

Health Behavior Change in Populations is designed to teach students and practitioners strategic principles for creating positive behavioral change on a population level. With an emphasis on the application of theory and research to practice, this textbook presents current and future public health professionals with a range of methods geared towards helping people make healthy choices, from informing the individual to modifying the surroundings and circumstances that drive decision-making.

Written and edited by experts in the health professions, the book is arranged into three sections: State of the Field, State of the Science, and Cross-Cutting Issues. The chapters within these sections include learning objectives with boldfaced keywords and a glossary of terms. Each chapter addresses
• The magnitude of the public health burden
• Key determinants and conceptual framework for behaviors and behavior change, including individual, familial, interpersonal, community, sociocultural, structural, and political perspectives
• Current evidence-based interventions and best practices
• Roles for key stakeholders, including health plans, employers/workplace, health departments/agencies, sectors such as recreational and agricultural, policymakers, community groups/advocates, clinics/clinicians, researchers, and funding institutions
• Considerations for implementation, evaluation, and translation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421414553
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	11/26/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Scott Kahan, MD, MPH, is director of the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance at George Washington University and the National Center for Weight and Wellness. He is an instructor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a clinical professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

Andrea C. Gielen, ScD, ScM, is a professor of health, behavior, and society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.

Peter J. Fagan, PhD, is an associate professor of medical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Lawrence W. Green, DrPH, is a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, and a faculty associate of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Table of Contents

Foreword William H. Dietz xi

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Editors xv

List of Contributors xix

List of Reviewers xxv

Chapter 1 Introduction Scott Kahan Lawrence W. Green Andrea C. Cielen Peter J. Fagan 1

Part I State of the Field: Key Concepts in Health Behavior Change 7

Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework for Behavior Change Karen Clanz Scott Kahan 9

Chapter 3 Evidence and Ecological Theory in Two Public Health Successes for Health Behavior Change Lawrence W. Green Andrea C. Gielen 26

Chapter 4 Extending the Ecological Model: Key Stakeholders and Organizational Partnerships Barbara Riley Allan Best 44

Chapter 5 Program Planning for Behavior Change Interventions Carolyn J. Cumpsty-Fowler Scott Kahan 64

Chapter 6 Behavior Change at the Intrapersonal Level Robyn Osborn Scott Kahan Stephanie Fitzpatrick Felicia Hill-Briggs 90

Chapter 7 Behavior Change at the Interpersonal Level: Social Networks Carl Latkin Melissa Davey-Rothwell Karin E. Tobin 101

Chapter 8 Behavior Change at the Environmental Level Ann Klassen Amber C. Summers Amy R. Confair 120

Chapter 9 Evaluating Behavior Change Programs Jane Bertrand Danny Schieffler Jr. 136

Part II State of the Science and Roles for Key Stakeholders 151

Chapter 10 Tobacco and Behavior Change Arnab Mukherjea Lawrence W. Green 153

Chapter 11 Alcohol and Behavior Change Harold Holder 158

Chapter 12 Substance Abuse and Behavior Change Eric C. Strain D. Andrew Tompkins 207

Chapter 13 Obesity and Eating Behaviors and Behavior Change Scott Kahan Lawrence J. Cheskin 233

Chapter 14 Physical Activity and Behavior Change Abby C. King Matthew Buman Eric Hekler 262

Chapter 15 Unintentional Injury and Behavior Change Andrea C. Cielen David A. Sleet Elizabeth M. Parker 294

Chapter 16 Workplace Injury and Behavior Change Keshia Pollack Maria Bulzacchelli 315

Chapter 17 Violence and Behavior Change Elaine Doherty Marcaret Ensminger Rebecca Evans-Polce 388

Chapter 18 Sexual Risk and Behavior Change Helen C. Koenic David Holtgrave

Chapter 19 Clinicians and Behavior Change Jill Marsteller Ayse P. Curses Yea-Jen Hsu A. Ant Ozok Scott Kahan Peter J. Pronovost 388

Part III Cross-Cutting Issues in Behavior Change 415

Chapter 20 Behavioral Economics and Incentives to Promote Health Behavior Change Kevin C. Volpp George Loewenstein 417

Chapter 21 Complexity, Systems Thinking, and Health Behavior Change Diane T. Finecood Lee M. Johnston Marla Steinberg Carrie L. Matteson Penny B. Deck 55

Chapter 22 Patient and Consumer Activation for Health Behavior Change Judith Hibbard 459

Chapter 23 Empowering Patient Communication Debra Roter 473

Chapter 24 Hearth Risk Assessment Martha Sylvia Ines Vigil 485

Chapter 25 Chronic Conditions and Population Health Management for Health Care Systems Peter J. Fagan Linda Dunbar 497

Chapter 26 Health Behavior Change in Persons with Depressive Disorders William W. Eaton Anita S. Everett Ryan MacDonald Gail Daumit Briana M. Mezuk 514

Glossary 523

Index 541

What People are Saying About This

Donald E. Morisky

An outstanding book that outlines key determinants and conceptual frameworks for behaviors and behavior change, Health Behavior Change in Populations represents a major contribution to the field. Required reading for any course on health behavior change.

From the Publisher

An outstanding book that outlines key determinants and conceptual frameworks for behaviors and behavior change, Health Behavior Change in Populations represents a major contribution to the field. Required reading for any course on health behavior change.
—Donald E. Morisky, ScD, MSPH, ScM, UCLA School of Public Health