Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior
1st Edition
Published on 3. February 2004
Book
Hardback
1016 pages
978-0-7619-2360-2 (ISBN)
Description
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"This work fills a niche and does so very well. Academic and large public libraries that are growing reference collections in the fields of psychology, epidemiology and public health, sociology, nursing, medicine, and anthropology will want to add this to their shelves."
--BOOKLIST
"A comprehensive treatment of the subject. Recommended for medium to large academic and medical libraries and large public libraries."
--LIBRARY JOURNAL
"The encyclopedic title of Anderson's fine work signals its comprehensiveness and usefulness as a handbook for the discipline. . . . This encyclopedia's expert authors cover the key theories, ideas, and factors, that link psychology and health. An excellent organization facilitates multiple entry points. Highly recommended."
--CHOICE
The current level of popular interest in health and behavior reinforces the urgent need for better information so practitioners, academics, and the public can perform research and make lifestyle choices based on sound science. From adherence to a doctor's advice, to emotions and health, to obesity treatment and prevention, to women's health and all topics in between, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior comprehensively covers all aspects of what has become the dynamic domain of behavioral medicine.
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.
This two-volume set includes more than 200 entries on topics covering all aspects of health and behavior. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior includes a comprehensive set of additional resources with entries on selected organizations and an appendix with a detailed annotated listing of such organizations as well as Web sites of interest.
Key Features
- More than 200 entries organized A to Z
- Reader's Guide groups entries by broad topic areas for easy browsing
- Comprehensive index
- Cross-references between and among entries
- Six Associate Editors, six Senior Advisors, and more than 300 contributors provide expertise in all aspects of health psychology and behavioral medicine
- Appendices providing a comprehensive reference list and annotated listings of organizations and online resources on health and behavior
Senior Advisors
Joel E. Dimsdale, University of California, San Diego
C. Tracey Orleans, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sherman James, University of Michigan
Dr. Neil Schneiderman, University of Miami
Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health
William Gerin, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Associate Editors
Dr. Robert M. Kaplan, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Shiriki K. Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Dr. Peter Salovey, Yale University
Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Margaret E. Kemeny, University of California, Los Angeles
"This work fills a niche and does so very well. Academic and large public libraries that are growing reference collections in the fields of psychology, epidemiology and public health, sociology, nursing, medicine, and anthropology will want to add this to their shelves."
--BOOKLIST
"A comprehensive treatment of the subject. Recommended for medium to large academic and medical libraries and large public libraries."
--LIBRARY JOURNAL
"The encyclopedic title of Anderson's fine work signals its comprehensiveness and usefulness as a handbook for the discipline. . . . This encyclopedia's expert authors cover the key theories, ideas, and factors, that link psychology and health. An excellent organization facilitates multiple entry points. Highly recommended."
--CHOICE
The current level of popular interest in health and behavior reinforces the urgent need for better information so practitioners, academics, and the public can perform research and make lifestyle choices based on sound science. From adherence to a doctor's advice, to emotions and health, to obesity treatment and prevention, to women's health and all topics in between, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior comprehensively covers all aspects of what has become the dynamic domain of behavioral medicine.
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.
This two-volume set includes more than 200 entries on topics covering all aspects of health and behavior. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior includes a comprehensive set of additional resources with entries on selected organizations and an appendix with a detailed annotated listing of such organizations as well as Web sites of interest.
Key Features
- More than 200 entries organized A to Z
- Reader's Guide groups entries by broad topic areas for easy browsing
- Comprehensive index
- Cross-references between and among entries
- Six Associate Editors, six Senior Advisors, and more than 300 contributors provide expertise in all aspects of health psychology and behavioral medicine
- Appendices providing a comprehensive reference list and annotated listings of organizations and online resources on health and behavior
Senior Advisors
Joel E. Dimsdale, University of California, San Diego
C. Tracey Orleans, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sherman James, University of Michigan
Dr. Neil Schneiderman, University of Miami
Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health
William Gerin, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Associate Editors
Dr. Robert M. Kaplan, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Shiriki K. Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Dr. Peter Salovey, Yale University
Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Margaret E. Kemeny, University of California, Los Angeles
Reviews / Votes
"The encyclopedic title of Anderson's fine work signals its comprehensiveness and usefulness as a handbook for the discipline. . . . This encyclopedia's expert authors cover the key theories, ideas, and factors, that link psychology and health. An excellent organization facilitates multiple entry points. Highly recommended." -- CHOICE "A comprehensive treatment of the subject. Recommended for medium to large academic and medical libraries and large public libraries." -- LIBRARY JOURNAL This work fills a niche and does so very well. Academic and large public libraries that are growing reference collections in the fields of psychology, epidemiology and public health, sociology, nursing, medicine, and anthropology will want to add this to their shelves. -- BOOKLISTMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
3204 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-2360-2 (9780761923602)
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Person
Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D., is currently Chief Executive Officer of the American Psychological Association. Trained as a practitioner and as a scientist, Dr. Anderson was Professor of Health and Social Behavior at the Harvard University School of Public Health before assuming his current position with the APA. Prior to his Harvard appointment, Anderson was the founding director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and an Associate Director at the National Institutes of Health. During Dr. Anderson's tenure from 1995 to 2000, OBSSR grew from a $2 million program to a $19 million program and organized the funding of more than $90 million in health research initiatives, including studies on cancer, heart disease, mental health, and diabetes. Dr. Anderson's research interests lie at the intersection of health and behavior and health and race. At Duke University, where he was an associate professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Psychology from 1985 to 1995, he conducted research studies on the role of stress in the development of hypertension in African Americans and directed the NIH-funded Exploratory Center for Research on Health Promotion in Older Minorities. As noted by APA President Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo upon Norman Anderson's appointment as CEO of APA, "His greatest strengths are his renaissance qualities as an educator-scientist with clinical credentials and a public interest orientation." Anderson is a past-president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the President of the Board of Directors of the Starbright Foundation and a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Institute of Drug Abuse at NIH. He is a graduate of the North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC, and earned master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received additional clinical and research training at the Schools of Medicine at Brown and Duke Universities.