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The Application of Health Behavior Research

Health Education and Health Promotion

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Health Behavior

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The great majority of the controllable risk factors associated with chronic diseases and traumatic injuries are behavioral in nature (National Center for Health Statistics, 1981; U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979). As a consequence, these risk factors, and the death and illness they cause, can be reduced by health promotion and health education interventions that apply the findings of behavioral research both to inform people about means to decrease behavioral risks, and to foster social and environmental changes that facilitate these behavioral changes. Health promotion and health education are based on knowledge generated by behavioral epidemiology as well as by basic health behavior research.

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  1. Office of School Health and Special Projects, Division of Health Education, Center for Health Promotion and Education, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA

    Lloyd J. Kolbe

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    David S. Gochman

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Kolbe, L.J. (1988). The Application of Health Behavior Research. In: Gochman, D.S. (eds) Health Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0833-9_21

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