Principles and Concepts of Behavioral Medicine A Global Handbook 1st edition by Edwin Fisher 9780387938264 0387938265

Part 1. The Ecological Range of Relationships Between Behavior and Health

1. Introduction

2. Overview of Types of Disease, Their Epidemiology, and Treatments

3. Risky Behaviours

4. Behavioral Medicine: Who Does It and Where

Part II. Knowing in Behavioral Medicine: Epistemic Foundations

5. Randomized Clinical Trials in Behavioral Medicine

6. Research Approaches of Education, Applied Psychology, and Behavioral Science and Their Application to Behavioral Medicine

7. Theory in Behavioral Medicine

8. Advancing Implementation: Toward an Inclusive View of Research in Behavioral Medicine

Part III. Key Influences on Behavior and the Relationships Among Behavior, Health and Illness

9. Behavioral Medicine’s Roots in Behaviorism: Concepts and Applications

10. Genetics, Behavior, and Behavior-Genetic Interactions in Health Risk

11. Stress and Emotions

12. Social Support and Physical Health: Models, Mechanisms, and Opportunities

13. Social and Cultural Context: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

14. The Fundamental Role of Socioeconomic Resources for Health and Health Behaviors

15. Improving Health and Tackling Health Inequities Through the Non-health Sector

16. A Life Course Perspective on Behavior and Health

Part IV. Approaches to Changing Behavior Related to Health

17. Health Education and Health Promotion: Key Concepts and Exemplary Evidence to Support Them

18. Promoting Early Detection and Screening for Disease

19. Adherence

20. Patient-Provider Interactions: Promoting Effective Behavior and Providing Optimal Care

21. Child and Family Interventions

22. Peer Support in Prevention, Chronic Disease Management, and Well-Being

23. Engaging Communities to Improve Health: Models, Evidence, and the Participatory Knowledge Translation (PaKT) Framework

24. Using Genomic Knowledge to Improve Health Promotion Interventions in the Developing World

25. Policy and Policy Research for Behavioural Medicine

Part V. Key Areas of Application in Prevention and Disease Management

26. Tobacco Control: Preventing Smoking and Facilitating Cessation

27. Promoting Physical Activity Behavior: Interventions and Mediators

28. Behavioral Management of Obesity: Enduring Models, Applications to Diabetes Prevention and Management, and Global Dissemination

29. Preventing Violence and Injury

30. Ongoing Behavioral Management of Common Chronic Illnesses

31. The Evolution of HIV Prevention Interventions and Chronic Disease Management

32. Psychology, Mental Health, and Quality of Life

Part VI. Interventions to Enhance Quality of Life

33. Quality of Life and Person-Centered Outcomes: Considerations for Behavioral Medicine

34. End of Life Issues in Behavioral Medicine

Part VII. The Contexts of Behavioral Medicine Science and Practice

35. Values in Behavioral Medicine

36. Behavioral Medicine and the Benefits of Healthcare: A Critical Appraisal and the Need for Exnovation

37. Impacts of Emerging Fundamental Science on Health, Behavior, and Their Interaction

38. Behavioral Medicine of the Future: From Disease to Health and Well Being, from the Individual to the Community and the Global, from Causes to Complexity