PURPOSE With increasing evidence for the value of behavior change counseling, there is a
need for health behavior measurements that can be implemented in primary care research …

BACKGROUND: Primary care offices have been characterized as underutilized settings for
routinely addressing health behaviors that contribute to premature death and unnecessary …

Researchers in health behavior change have found it difficult to elucidate causal
mechanisms that can be empirically demonstrated. There exist multiple theories of health …

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title! 4 Stars-Doody's! Praise for the Third Edition:" This work
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Background: Information to judge both the internal and external validity of health behavior
research conducted in healthcare settings is vital to translate research findings to practice …

BACKGROUND: Four unhealthy behaviors (tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity,
and risky alcohol use) contribute to almost 37% of deaths in the US However, routine …

" This work will be the one that students and clinicans keep on their shelves as the gold-
standard reference for health behavior change. Summing Up: Essential"--Choice" The third …

Half of all deaths are caused by modifiable behavioral factors. 1 It is therefore no accident
that 5 of 10 health indicators selected by Healthy People 2010 2 are related to behavior …

Abstract The Behavior Change Consortium (BCC), a collective of 15 National Institutes of
Health-funded behavior-change projects, was conceived with the goal of evaluating the …