Overview

"For many years, social cognition models have been at the forefront of research into predicting and explaining health behaviours. Until recently, there have been few attempts to go beyond prediction and understanding to ""intervention"" - but now the position has changed, and a number of excellent interventions have been set up. The purpose of this book is to bring them together in one volume. There are nine chapters each addressing a particular behaviour or set of behaviours. Chapters 2 to 4 examine risk related behaviours (safer sex; smoking; exposure to radon gas); Chapters 5 to 7 turn to health-enhancing behaviours and screening (reducing fat intake; uptake of vitamin C; breats self-examination; participation in cervical and colorectal cancer screening); and Chapters 8 to 10 explore road safety (speeding by drivers; pedestrian behaviour; and cycle helmut use). The chapters follow a common structure: a presentation of the ""epidemiological facts"" about the behaviour and why an intervention was needed; an outline of the way in which the theoretical model being used was adapted for the intervention; a presentation of the experimental results; and a discussion of their theoretical and practical implications. The book ends with a chapter of commentary on the challenges of devising theory-based interventions."

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Author:   Jill Rutter ,  Lyn Quine
Publisher:   Open University Press
Imprint:   Open University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780335204335

ISBN 10:   0335204333
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   16 January 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction social cognition models and changing health behaviours Encouraging safer-sex behaviours development of the SHARE sex education programme Smoking and smoking cessation modifying perceptions of risk Reducing the risks of exposure to radon gas an application of the Precaution Adoption Process Model Reducing fat intake interventions based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour Increasing participation with colorectal cancer screening the development of a psycho-educational intervention Changing health behaviours the role of implementation intentions Changing drivers' attitudes to speeding using the Theory of Planned Behaviour Improving pedestrian road safety among adolescents an application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Increasing cycle helmet use in school-age cyclists an intervention based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour Conclusion using social cognition models to develop health behaviour interventions: problems and assumptions Index

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Derek Rutter is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He previously held posts at Oxford and Warwick. His main research interests include the relationships between health beliefs and health behaviours, and the role of social psychological factors in helping to explain social inequalities in health. Lyn Quine is Reader in Health Psychology at the University of Kent at Canterbury. She was previously Research Director for an NHS community health trust. Her main research interests include the use of social cognition models to predict and modify health adherence behaviours; and stress, social support, and coping.

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