TY - BOOK AU - Edberg,Mark Cameron TI - Essentials of health behavior: social and behavioral theory in public health T2 - The essential public health series SN - 9781449698508 (pbk.) AV - RA418 .E326 2015 U1 - 362.1 23 PY - 2015/// KW - Community Medicine N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the links between health and behavior -- Health issues and behavior -- Social behavioral theory and its roots -- Individual health behavior theories -- Social, cultural, and environmental theories (part I) -- Social, cultural, and environmental theories (part II) -- Multilevel theories -- Doing something about it : the ecological perspective and the move from theory to practice -- Communities and populations as focus for health promotion programs -- Application of theory : schools and worksites -- Application of theory : communications campaigns -- Application of theory : global health -- Application of theory : high-risk and special populations -- Evaluation : what is it? why is it needed? how does it relate to theory? -- Culture, diversity, and health disparities : are current theories relevant? -- Career choices and social/behavioral theory in public health : a brief introduction ER -