Chapter Outline

I. Health Promotion: An Overview
II. An Introduction to Health Behaviors
     A. Role of Behavioral Factors in Disease and Disorder
     B. What Are Health Behaviors?
     C. Practicing and Changing Health Habits: An Overview
     D. Barriers to Modifying Poor Health Behaviors
     E. Intervening with Children and Adolescents
     F. Interventions with At-Risk People
     G. Health Promotion and the Elderly
     H. Ethnic and Gender Differences in Health Risks and Habits
III. Changing Health Habits
     A. Attitude Change and Health Behavior
     B. The Health Belief Model
     C. Theory of Planned Behavior
     D. Attitudes and Changing Health Behaviors: Some Caveats
IV. Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches to Health Behavior Change
     A. Self-Observation and Self-Monitoring
     B. Classical Conditioning
     C. Operant Conditioning
     D. Modeling
     E. Stimulus Control
     F. The Self-Control of Behavior
     G. Broad-Spectrum Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
     H. Relapse Prevention
V. Stages of Behavior Change: Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
     A. Precontemplation
     B. Contemplation
     C. Preparation
     D. Action
     E. Maintenance
     F. Importance of the Stage Model of Change
     G. Use of the Stage Model of Change
VI. Changing Health Behaviors Through Social Engineering
VII. Venues for Health-Habit Modification
     A. The Private Therapist's Office
     B. The Health Practitioner's Office
     C. The Family
     D. Managed Care Facilities
     E. Self-Help Groups
     F. Schools
     G. Worksite Interventions
     H. Community-Based Interventions
VIII. The Mass Media
IX. Conclusions

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