Substantially revised to reflect current trends in the field of health behavior change, this new edition of the highly acclaimed "gold standard" text continues to provide a comprehensive overview of behavior change as it relates to public health. The Handbook of Health Behavior Change, 4th Edition, has been extensively re-organized to eliminate redundancies in the earlier edition, and takes a broader, more pragmatic approach in its coverage of health behavior change.

New content includes chapters on lifestyle change and prevention and chronic disease management, with an intensive focus on specific behaviors (i.e. diet and nutrition, tobacco use) and chronic illness (i.e. diabetes, heart disease). A new section on community, system, and provider interventions to support health behavior change focuses on the efficacy of interventions implemented within various systems such as schools, workplaces, and healthcare systems. The fourth edition also provides learning objectives and discussion questions to facilitate use by course instructors in health psychology, behavioral medicine, and public health.

This multi-disciplinary text has been authored and edited by highly esteemed practitioners, educators, and researchers who are experts in their specific areas of study. The majority of the text continues to be organized around the specific behaviors and chronic illnesses with the most significant public health impacts in terms of morbidity and mortality. Each chapter explains the significance of a particular problem and reviews the empirical evidence for the various intervention approaches.

• Extensively reorganized to eliminate redundancies;
• Updated to encompass the most current research in health behavior change;
• Includes new chapters on alcohol, stress and mood management, diabetes, obesity, the workplace, Built Environment, and behavior data;
• Focuses intensively on specific behaviors and chronic illnesses that significantly affect public health;
• Includes a new section on community, system, and provider interventions to support health behavior change;
• Applicable to a wide variety of courses including public health, behavior change, preventive medicine, and health psychology;
• Authored by leading researchers, educators, and practitioners with a multidisciplinary focus; and
• Includes learning objectives and discussion questions.

Table of Contents

I. Theoretical models of health behavior change

1. Individual Theories
by Noreen M. Clark and Mary R. Janevic

2. Understanding Population Health From Multi-Level and Community-Based Models
by Marian L. Fitzgibbon, Angela Kong, and Lisa Tussing-Humphreys

3. Health System Models
by Russell E. Glasgow and Kurt C. Stange

II. Barriers to and facilitators of lifestyle change and disease management

4. Psychosocial Predictors of Behavior Change
by Summer L. Williams, Kelly B. Haskard-Zolnierek, and M. Robin DiMatteo

5. Developmental Influences on Behavior Change: Children, Adolescents, and the Elderly
by Crystal S. Lim, Elizabeth Schneider, and David M. Janicke

6. Culture, Behavior, and Health
by Milagros C. Rosal, Monica L. Wang, and Jamie S. Bodenlos

III. Lifestyle change/disease prevention interventions

7. Dietary Behaviors: Promoting Healthy Eating
by Cynthia A. Thomson and Gary D. Foster

8. Physical Activity Behavior
by Lauren A. Grieco, Jylana L. Sheats, Sandra J. Winter, and Abby C. King

9. Addressing Tobacco Use and Dependence
by Lori Pbert, Denise Jolicoeur, Rashelle B. Hayes, and Judith K. Ockene

10. Alcohol Prevention and Treatment: Interventions for Hazardous, Harmful, and Dependent Drinkers
by Ruth McGovern and Eileen Kaner

11. Reducing Stress to Improve Health
by Ellen A. Dornelas, Jonathan Gallagher, and Matthew M. Burg

12. Building a Science for Multiple-Risk Behavior Change
by Judith J. Prochaska, Janice M. Prochaska, and James O. Prochaska

IV. Chronic disease management interventions

13. Chronic Disease Management Interventions: Cardiovascular Disease
by Laura L. Hayman and Monika M. Mruk

14. Diabetes Management Behaviors: The Key to Optimal Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
by Korey K. Hood, Jennifer K. Raymond, and Michael A. Harris

15. Behavioral Management of Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Examples From Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
by Josie S. Welkom, Kristin A. Riekert, Michelle N. Eakin, Cynthia S. Rand, and Marisa E. Hilliard

16. Chronic Infectious Disease Management Interventions
by Scott D. Rhodes, Aimee M. Wilkin, Claire Abraham, and Laura H. Bachmann

17. Adherence to Treatment and Lifestyle Changes Among People With Cancer
by Amy H. Peterman, David Victorson, and David Cella

18. Obesity
by Lora E. Burke and Melanie W. Turk

V. Community, system, and provider interventions to support health behavior change

19. School Interventions to Support Health Behavior Change
by Rebekka M. Lee and Steven L. Gortmaker

20. Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Through Worksite Health Promotion
by Stephenie C. Lemon and Barbara Estabrook

21. Health Care Provider and System Interventions Promoting Health Behavior Change
by Anne C. Dobmeyer, Jeffrey L. Goodie, and Christopher L. Hunter

22. The Role of the Built Environment in Supporting Health Behavior Change
by Angie L. Cradock and Dustin T. Duncan

VI. Health behavior change research methodology

23. Principles of Health Behavior Measurement
by Marisa E. Hilliard

24. Translational Research Phases in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Adaptations From the Biomedical Sciences
by Stephenie C. Lemon, Deborah J. Bowen, Milagros C. Rosal, Sherry L. Pagoto, Kristin L. Schneider, Lori Pbert, Monica L. Wang, Jennifer D. Allen, and Judith K. Ockene

About the Authors:

Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd, M, is professor of medicine and chief of the division of preventive and behavioral medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She holds the Barbara Helen Smith chair in preventive and behavioral medicine and is associate vice provost for gender and equity. Dr. Ockene is the recipient of numerous NIH grants funding research in the prevention of illness and disability and the promotion of health and quality of life for individuals and communities. Much of her work has focused on the risk behaviors of tobacco, alcohol, and diet. She teaches medical, graduate, public health students and clinicians how to help patients make lifestyle changes. She has over 180 publications and was a scientific editor of two Surgeon General's Reports on Smoking and Health. Dr. Ockene has received several school, state, and national mentoring awards, including the Society of Behavioral Medicine Distinguished Mentor Award in 2009, the Katharine F. Erskine Mentoring Award for Women in Medicine & Science in 2008, and the UMMS Women's Faculty Committee Mentor Award in 2006. Dr. Ockene is a past member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and past president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She is co-editor of the third edition of The Handbook of Health Behavior Change.

Lori Pbert, PhD, is professor of medicine and associate chief of the division of preventive and behavioral medicine in the department of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). She is director of the Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training (CTTRT) and of the UMMS Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training and Certification Program. Dr. Pbert is a clinical and translational researcher with over 20 years experience conducting community-based and clinical trials. She is the recipient of numerous grants from NIH funding research in the design and evaluation of behavioral interventions for health promotion and risk behavior change in real-world settings. Dr. Pbert teaches medical and graduate students, physicians and other healthcare providers in the theory and practice of health behavior change. She is a fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine and a founding member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Center for Child Health Research Tobacco Consortium.