Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research
2nd Edition
Published on 8. October 2009
700 pages
978-0-470-52288-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Here is a 'must-read' for all health promotion researchers andpractitioners eager to stay one step ahead of the pack. A panoplyof insightful and promising new approaches is presented forconsideration and exploration in our contemporary behavioralscience arsenal."
-- M. Elaine Auld, MPH, CHES, Chief Executive Officer, Societyfor Public Health Education
"This book is an essential addition to the health practice andresearch literature, concentrating on theories that have not beenextensively covered elsewhere and that have great currency. Itprovides an up-to-date rendition on the interplay amongcontemporary public health concerns, sound public health practice,and the theoretical bases for practice."-- Robert M. Goodman,PhD, MPH, Dean and Professor, School of Health, Physical Education,and Recreation, Indiana University
"The authors of Emerging Theories provide vivid descriptions ofthe state of the science in health promotion and presents anexciting map for future research. Understanding and using theoriesis the hallmark of an excellent practitioner. Creating andelaborating theories is the mark of an excellent researcher. Thistext will be very valuable for both."
-- Noreen M. Clark, PhD, Myron E. Wegman DistinguishedUniversity Professor; Director, Center for Managing ChronicDisease, University of Michigan
"Emerging Theories captures the dynamic growth in theories ofhealth promotion and illustrates how divergent theoreticalperspectives are being integrated into richer explanatory andpractice models."
-- Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD, MPH, Professor of Social Work andMedicine; Director, Health Communication Research Laboratory,Washington University in St. Louis
Reviews / Votes
"This book successfully addresses a need in the field to advance understanding of new directions for research and how emerging science can enhance practice. Many topics and approaches to health promotion covered in this book are not covered in other well-regarded books This edition of Emerging Theories adds new information and includes revisions that reflect the most recent and innovative thinking and research findings." - Doody's PublishingMore details
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Ralph J. DiClemente | Richard A. Crosby | Michelle Kegler
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Persons
Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, is Charles Howard CandlerProfessor of Public Health and Pediatrics, Division of InfectiousDiseases, Epidemiology, and Immunology and associate director,Emory Center for AIDS Research.
Richard A. Crosby, PhD, is DDI Endowed Professor andchair, Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health,University of Kentucky.
Michelle C. Kegler, DrPH, MPH, is associate professor anddeputy director, Emory Prevention Research Center, in theDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education in theRollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
Content
Tables and Figures.
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
The Editors.
The Contributors.
Introduction.
1 Theory in health Promotion Practice and Research (Richard A.Crosby, Michelle C. Kegler, Ralph J. DiClemente).
Part 1 Individual-level Approaches.
2 The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of HIVPreventive Behavior (Jeffrey D. Fisher, William A. Fisher, Paul A.Shuper).
3 Social Influences: The Effects of Socialization, Selection,and Social Normative Processes on Health Behavior (Bruce G.Simons-Morton, Denise Haynie, Elizabeth Noelcke).
4 Self-esteem Enhancement Theory: Promoting Health across theLife-Span (David L. DuBois, Brian R. Flay, Michael C. Fagen).
5 Conservation of Resources Theory: Application to Public HealthPromotion (Stevan E. Hobfoll, Jeremiah A. Schumm).
6 Self-Determination Theory: Process Models for Health BehaviorChange (Michelle S. Fortier, Geoffrey C. Williams Shane N. Sweet,Heather Patrick).
7 The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: DevelopingHealth Promotions for Sustained Behavioral Change (Richard E.Petty, Jamie Barden, S. Christian Wheeler).
8 An Integrative Model for Behavioral Prediction and itsApplication to Health Promotion (Martin Fishbein).
Part 2 Community-Based Approaches.
9 The Community Coalition Action Theory (Frances D. Butterfossand Michelle C. Kegler).
10 Community Capacity: Theory and Application (Monica L. Wendel,James N. Burdine, Kenneth R. McLeroy, Angela Alaniz, Barbara L.Norton, Michael R.J. Felix).
11 Natural Helper Models to Enhance a Community's Health andCompetence (Eugenia Eng, Scott D. Rhodes, Edith Parker).
12 Community-Based Prevention Marketing: A Hybrid Framework forPublic Health Professionals (Carol A. Bryant, Kelli R. McCormackBrown, Rita D. Debate, Moya L. Alfonso, Julie A. Baldwin,Paul Monaghan, Leah M. Phillips).
Part 3 Ecological Approaches.
13 Changing Our Unhealthy Ways: Emerging Perspectives fromSocial Action Theory (Craig K. Ewart).
14 The Theory of Gender and Power: Constructs, Variables, andImplications for Developing HIV Interventions for Women (Gina M.Wingood, Christian Camp, Kristin Dunkle, Hannah Cooper, Ralph J.DiClemente).
15 The Logical and Empirical Basis for the Behavioral EcologicalModel (Mel Hovell, Dennis Wahlgren, Marc Adams).
16 The Theory of Triadic Influence (Brian R. Flay, Frank Snyder,John Petraitis).
17 The Interactive Domain Model Approach to Best Practices inHealth Promotion (Barbara Kahan, David Groulx, Josephine Pui-HingWong).
18 COMBI - Communication-for-Behavioral-Impact: A WHOApproach to Social Mobilization in the Promotion of Health (EveroldHosein, Will Parks, Renata Schiavo).
19 Issues and Challenges in Applying Theory to Health PromotionPractice and Research (Ralph J. DiClemente, Michelle C. Kegler,Richard A. Crosby).
References.
Index.
