Shelley Taylor,
University of California, Los Angeles
Health Psychology: Challenges for the Future
Glossary
behavioral immunization&&
Programs designed to inoculate people against adverse health habits by exposing them to mild versions of persuasive communications that try to engage them in a poor health practice and giving them techniques that they can use to respond effectively to these efforts.
comprehensive intervention model
A model that pools and coordinates the medical and psychological expertise in some well-defined area of medical practice so as to make all available technology and expertise available to a patient; the pain management program is one example of a comprehensive intervention model.
cost containment
The effort to reduce or hold down health care costs.
cost-effectiveness
The formal evaluation of the effectiveness of some intervention relative to its cost and the cost of alternative interventions.
treatment effectiveness
Formal documentation of the success of an intervention.