Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research: Strategies for Improving Public Health

✍ Scribed by Ralph J. DiClemente, Richard A. Crosby, Michelle C. Kegler

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 434
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

''Having so many theories put together thoughtfully, proximally, in a single book will help the field come to grips with what the role is of theories as we go forward and address the individual actions, and societal and community influencers of individual action, that promote healthy behaviors.'' --Jim Marks, director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention New and longstanding threats to public health, such as violence, drug misuse, HIV/AIDS, and homelessness are creating an ever greater demand for innovative theories that are responsive to the changes in the larger social environment. This important work is designed to fill the demand by assembling a careful selection of new and emerging health promotion theories into a single volume, written with an emphasis on practical application of theory to health promotion and health education programs.

✦ Table of Contents

EMERGING THEORIES IN HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE AND RESEARCH......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 14
About the Editors......Page 15
About the Contributors......Page 17
1 Understanding and Applying Theory in Health Promotion Practice and Research......Page 21
2 The Precaution Adoption Process Model and Its Application......Page 36
3 The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model......Page 60
4 The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: Health Promotions That Yield Sustained Behavioral Change......Page 91
5 Application of the Authoritative Parenting Model to Adolescent Health Behavior......Page 120
6 Natural Helper Models to Enhance a Community’s Health and Competence......Page 146
7 Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Community Coalitions: Moving from Practice to Theory......Page 177
8 Community Capacity: Concept, Theory, and Methods......Page 214
9 Social Capital Theory: Implications for Community-Based Health Promotion......Page 248
10 Prevention Marketing: An Emerging Integrated Framework......Page 275
11 Conservation of Resources Theory: Application to Public Health Promotion......Page 305
12 The Theory of Gender and Power: A Social Structural Theory for Guiding Public Health Interventions......Page 333
13 The Behavioral Ecological Model: Integrating Public Health and Behavioral Science......Page 367
14 Reflections on Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice......Page 406
Name Index......Page 417
Subject Index......Page 427